83R3274 GCB-D
By: Anchia H.B. No. 1292
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of protective orders for certain sexual,
stalking, and trafficking offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 7A.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended by Chapters 135 (S.B. 250) and 238 (H.B. 649), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
Art. 7A.03. REQUIRED FINDINGS; ISSUANCE OF PROTECTIVE
ORDER. (a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a
protective order under this chapter, the court shall find whether
there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is the
victim of sexual assault or abuse,[; or] stalking, or trafficking.
(b) If the court makes a finding described by Subsection (a)
[(a)(1) or (2)], the court shall issue a protective order that
includes a statement of the required findings.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending
Section 7A.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to a
protective order issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
A protective order issued before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the order is issued, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.