83R4392 JMM-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 847
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by
contempt and the awarding of costs and fees in certain proceedings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 157.162(d) and (e), Family Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 2. The repeal by this Act of Sections 157.162(d) and
(e), Family Code, applies to a hearing to enforce an order in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship that commences on or after
the effective date of this Act. A hearing that commences before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the hearing commenced, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.