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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of an individual qualified to conduct a |
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child custody evaluation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 107.106, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a county: |
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(1) with a population of less than 500,000; |
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(2) that is contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay |
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or inlet opening into the gulf and that borders the United Mexican |
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States; or |
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(3) that borders a county described by Subdivision |
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(2). |
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(a-1) In a county to which this section applies [with a
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population of less than 500,000], if a court finds that an |
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individual who meets the requirements of Section 107.104 is not |
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available in the county to conduct a child custody evaluation in a |
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timely manner, the court, after notice and hearing or on agreement |
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of the parties, may appoint an individual the court determines to be |
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otherwise qualified to conduct the evaluation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |