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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to repealing insupportability as a ground for divorce. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.001, Family Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act by the repeal |
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of Section 6.001, Family Code, applies only to a suit for |
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dissolution of a marriage that is filed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A suit for dissolution of a marriage filed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that 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, 2017. |