H.B. No. 1066
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the collection of certain judgments through court
  proceeding.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction through injunction or other means in order
  to reach property to obtain satisfaction on the judgment if the
  judgment debtor owns property, including present or future rights
  to property, that[:
               [(1)     cannot readily be attached or levied on by
  ordinary legal process; and
               [(2)]  is not exempt from attachment, execution, or
  seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
  collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was
  entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor