Amend HB 2202 as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding
Section 81.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.010. COURT ENFORCEMENT. (a) A court of this state
with jurisdiction of proceedings arising under this title may
enforce a protective order rendered by another court in the same
manner that the court that rendered the order could enforce the
order, regardless of whether the order is transferred under
Subchapter D, Chapter 85.
(b) A court's authority under this section includes the
authority to enforce a protective order through contempt.
SECTION ____. Section 82.002(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) With regard to family violence under Section 71.004(3),
an application for a protective order to protect the applicant may
be filed by a [an adult] member of the dating relationship,
regardless of whether the member is an adult or a child.
SECTION ____. Sections 85.065(a) and (b), Family Code, are
repealed.
(2) On page 1, lines 16 and 17, strike "change in law made by
this Act to Section 71.0021, Family Code, applies" and substitute
"changes in law made by this Act to Sections 71.0021 and 82.002,
Family Code, apply".