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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of a foreign judgment in a Texas court. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 35.003(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance |
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with an act of congress or a statute of this state may be filed in |
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the office of the clerk of a [any] court in the county of residence |
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of the party against whom recognition is sought or in any other |
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court of competent jurisdiction as allowed under the Texas venue |
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laws [of this state]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 35.003(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a foreign judgment |
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filed in this state on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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judgment filed in this state before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect immediately before the change in |
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law made by this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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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. |