Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB604 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/06/2015

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                    84R545 SCL-F
 By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 604


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the collection of certain judgments through court
 proceeding.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
 Code, is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of
 appropriate jurisdiction through injunction or other means in order
 to reach property to obtain satisfaction on the judgment if the
 judgment debtor owns property, including present or future rights
 to property, that[:
 [(1)     cannot readily be attached or levied on by
 ordinary legal process; and
 [(2)]  is not exempt from attachment, execution, or
 seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to the
 collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was
 entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
 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, 2015.