TO: | Honorable Chris Harris, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB819 by Harris (relating to family violence and protective orders.), |
The bill would amend the Family Code relating to family violence and protective orders. The bill would permit a court to enforce a protective order issued by another court and allow a child to apply for a protective order based on a dating relationship. The bill would also allow a court to recess a hearing on a temporary ex parte order to contact the respondent but must conclude the hearing the same day, regardless of whether the respondent appears before the court. These changes would not have a significant fiscal impact on the courts.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JT, JP
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