| 1 | 1 | | By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 847 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Jurisprudence; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by |
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| 11 | 11 | | contempt and the awarding of costs and fees in certain proceedings. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 157.162(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A finding that the respondent is not in contempt does |
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| 16 | 16 | | not preclude the court from awarding the petitioner court costs and |
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| 17 | 17 | | reasonable attorney's fees or ordering any other enforcement |
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| 18 | 18 | | remedy, including rendering a money judgment, posting a bond or |
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| 19 | 19 | | other security, or withholding income. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Sections 157.162(d) and (e), Family Code, are |
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| 21 | 21 | | repealed. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 3. The repeal by this Act of Sections 157.162(d) and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (e), Family Code, applies to a hearing to enforce an order in a suit |
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| 24 | 24 | | affecting the parent-child relationship that commences on or after |
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| 25 | 25 | | the effective date of this Act. A hearing that commences before the |
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| 26 | 26 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 27 | 27 | | date the hearing commenced, and the former law is continued in |
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| 28 | 28 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * * * |
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