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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the service of notice of license suspension for failure |
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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. This Act shall be known as the "Chantal Thomas |
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Act." |
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SECTION 2. Section 232.006, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), notice [Notice] |
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under this section may be served as in civil cases generally. |
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(b-1) If the individual has been ordered under Chapter 105 |
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to provide the court and the state case registry with the |
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individual's current mailing address, notice under this section |
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must be served by mailing a copy of the petition, by first-class |
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mail, to the last mailing address of the individual on file with the |
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court and the state case registry. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a petition for suspension of a license for failure to pay child |
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support filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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petition filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the petition was filed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |