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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized |
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signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.4035(e), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) The party executing the waiver may [not] sign the waiver |
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using a digitized signature. |
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SECTION 2. Section 406.026, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 406.026. ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION. In a proceeding |
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filed under Title 1 or 5, Family Code, if a signature is required to |
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be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the |
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requirement may be satisfied if the electronic signature of the |
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person authorized to perform that act, together with all other |
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information required to be included by other applicable law, is |
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attached to or logically associated with the signature required to |
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be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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waiver of citation executed in a suit for dissolution of a marriage |
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that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this Act or |
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that is filed on or after that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |