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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective |
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order. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 83.0015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 83.0015. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE |
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ORDER. Notice of a temporary ex parte order issued under this |
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chapter must be served personally on the respondent. |
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SECTION 2. Section 83.0015, Family Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a temporary ex parte protective order issued |
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under Chapter 83, Family Code, on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A temporary ex parte protective order issued under |
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Chapter 83, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |