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| 1 | 1 | By: Nelson, et al. S.B. No. 129 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Lewis) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to proper venue for filing an application for a protective | |
| 8 | 8 | order against family violence. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 82.003, Family Code, is amended to read | |
| 11 | 11 | as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 82.003. VENUE. An application may be filed in: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) the county in which the applicant resides; [or] | |
| 14 | 14 | (2) the county in which the respondent resides; or | |
| 15 | 15 | (3) any county in which the family violence is alleged | |
| 16 | 16 | to have occurred. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to an application for a protective order that is filed on or after | |
| 19 | 19 | the effective date of this Act. An application for a protective | |
| 20 | 20 | order filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | |
| 21 | 21 | law in effect on the date the application is filed, and the former | |
| 22 | 22 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |