| 1 | 1 | | 84R545 SCL-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 604 |
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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 the collection of certain judgments through court |
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| 8 | 8 | | proceeding. |
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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. Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of |
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| 13 | 13 | | appropriate jurisdiction through injunction or other means in order |
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| 14 | 14 | | to reach property to obtain satisfaction on the judgment if the |
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| 15 | 15 | | judgment debtor owns property, including present or future rights |
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| 16 | 16 | | to property, that[: |
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| 17 | 17 | | [(1) cannot readily be attached or levied on by |
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| 18 | 18 | | ordinary legal process; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | [(2)] is not exempt from attachment, execution, or |
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| 20 | 20 | | seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was |
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| 23 | 23 | | entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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