| 1 | | - | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1066 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; |
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| 4 | | - | May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 5 | | - | Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1066 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to the collection of certain judgments through court |
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| 13 | 6 | | proceeding. |
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| 14 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 16 | 9 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 10 | | (a) A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of |
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| 18 | 11 | | appropriate jurisdiction through injunction or other means in order |
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| 19 | 12 | | to reach property to obtain satisfaction on the judgment if the |
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| 20 | 13 | | judgment debtor owns property, including present or future rights |
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| 21 | 14 | | to property, that[: |
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| 22 | 15 | | [(1) cannot readily be attached or levied on by |
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| 23 | 16 | | ordinary legal process; and |
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| 24 | 17 | | [(2)] is not exempt from attachment, execution, or |
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| 25 | 18 | | seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities. |
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| 26 | 19 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 27 | 20 | | collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was |
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| 28 | 21 | | entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 29 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 34 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 27 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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| 30 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 31 | + | voting. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 35 | + | 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | + | Date |
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| 40 | + | _____________________ |
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| 41 | + | Governor |
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