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Amend SB 865 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) In Section 23 of the bill, in amended Section 231.202, Family Code, strike Subdivision (4) of that section (page 15, lines
7-12) and substitute the following:
(4) the fee for services provided by [that] sheriffs
and constables, including:
(A) a fee [are] authorized [to charge for serving
process] under Section 118.131, Local Government Code, for serving
each item of process to each individual on whom service is required,
including service by certified or registered mail[, to be paid to a
sheriff, constable, or clerk whenever service of process is
required]; and
(B) a fee authorized under Section 157.103(b) for
serving a capias;
(2) In Section 23 of the bill, in Section 231.202(5), Family
Code (page 15, line 14), strike "and" and substitute "[and]".
(3) In Section 23 of the bill, in Section 231.202(6), Family
Code (page 15, line 16), strike the period and substitute "; and".
(4) In Section 23 of the bill, immediately following Section
231.202(6), Family Code (page 15, between lines 16 and 17), insert
the following:
(7) a fee authorized under a local rule for the
electronic filing of documents with a clerk.
(5) In Section 40 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) of that
section (page 19, lines 17 and 18) and substitute the following:
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 158.203
and 231.202, Family Code, take effect September 1, 2009.
(6) Insert the following appropriately numbered section in
the bill and renumber the sections of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
231.202, Family Code, by the amendment of Subdivision (4) and the
enactment of Subdivision (7) of that section apply to a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship pending in a trial court on
or filed on or after September 1, 2009.