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