| 1 | 1 | | 84R1766 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Leach, Sheets H.B. No. 241 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to substituted service of citation through a social media |
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| 8 | 8 | | presence. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 17.032 to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 17.032. SUBSTITUTED SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA |
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| 14 | 14 | | PRESENCE. (a) If substituted service of citation is authorized |
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| 15 | 15 | | under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court, in accordance |
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| 16 | 16 | | with the rules adopted by the supreme court under Subsection (b), |
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| 17 | 17 | | may prescribe as a method of service an electronic communication |
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| 18 | 18 | | sent to the defendant through a social media presence. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide for the |
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| 20 | 20 | | substituted service of citation by an electronic communication sent |
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| 21 | 21 | | to a defendant through a social media presence. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The Supreme Court of Texas shall adopt rules |
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| 23 | 23 | | under Section 17.032, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act, not later than December 31, 2015. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 17.032, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 26 | 26 | | Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an action commenced on |
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| 27 | 27 | | or after the effective date of the rules adopted by the Supreme |
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| 28 | 28 | | Court of Texas under that section. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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