88R19224 AMF-D
 
  By: Cook H.B. No. 660
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the enforcement and administration of certain
  protective orders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 83.0025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 83.0025.  ENFORCEMENT OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. A
  temporary ex parte order rendered under this chapter is enforceable
  to the same extent and in the same manner as a final protective
  order rendered under Chapter 85. 
         SECTION 2.  Section 86.001(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A law enforcement agency shall [may] enter a protective
  order in the agency's computer records of outstanding warrants as
  notice that the order has been issued and is currently in effect. On
  receipt of notification by a clerk of court that the court has
  vacated or dismissed an order, the law enforcement agency shall
  remove the order from the agency's computer record of outstanding
  warrants.
         SECTION 3.  Section 86.0011(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  On receipt of an original or modified protective order
  from the clerk of the issuing court, or on receipt of information
  pertaining to the date of confinement or imprisonment or date of
  release of a person subject to the protective order, a law
  enforcement agency shall immediately, but not later than the next
  [third] business day after the date the order or information is
  received, enter the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6),
  Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information
  system maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
         SECTION 4.  Section 87.004(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The clerk of the court shall attach the notification of
  change to the protective order and shall deliver a copy of the
  notification to:
               (1)  the respondent by registered or certified mail as
  provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; and
               (2)  any other person entitled to a copy of the order
  under Section 85.042.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  Section 83.0025, Family Code, as added by
  this Act, applies to a temporary ex parte protective order rendered
  under Chapter 83, Family Code, regardless of whether the order was
  rendered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  Sections 86.001(b) and 86.0011(a), Family Code, as
  amended by this Act, apply only to information regarding a
  protective order received by a law enforcement agency on or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         (c)  Section 87.004(b), Family Code, as amended by this Act,
  applies only to a notification of change of address or telephone
  number filed with the court on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.