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By: Thompson of Harris |
H.B. No. 553 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; |
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April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice regarding summer weekend possession of a child |
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under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the |
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parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.312, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 153.316, after receiving notice |
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from the managing conservator under Subsection (b)(3) of this |
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section designating the summer weekend during which the managing |
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conservator is to have possession of the child, the possessory |
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conservator, not later than the 15th day before the Friday that |
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begins that designated weekend, must give the managing conservator |
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written notice of the location at which the managing conservator is |
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to pick up and return the child. |
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SECTION 2. Section 153.312(c), Family Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a court order providing for possession of |
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or access to a child rendered on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A court order rendered before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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