By: Muñoz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 2703

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017; May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2703 By: Hughes

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a temporary order appointing a receiver in a suit for dissolution of a marriage.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date a receiver is appointed under Subsection (a)(5), the court shall issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the receiver's appointment. If the court dispenses with the issuance of a bond between the spouses as provided by Section 6.503(b) in connection with the receiver's appointment, the court shall include in the court's findings an explanation of the reasons the court dispensed with the issuance of a bond.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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