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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dismissal of certain enforcement actions alleging |
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the failure to pay child support. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.162, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The court may not find a respondent in contempt of court |
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for failure to pay child support if the respondent appears at the |
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hearing with a copy of the payment record or other evidence |
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satisfactory to the court showing that the respondent is current in |
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the payment of child support. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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hearing to enforce an order in a suit affecting the parent-child |
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relationship that commences on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A hearing before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the hearing commenced, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |