By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1066
(Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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, 2017.
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