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1		-	By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2048
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
3		-	May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
4		-	Affairs; May 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the
12	6		Title IV-D agency.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 201.104(e), Family Code, is amended to
15	9		read as follows:
16	10		(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and subject to Section
17	11		201.1042(g), an associate judge may hear and render an order on any
18	12		matter necessary to be decided in connection with a Title IV-D
19	13		service, including:
20	14		(1) a suit to modify or clarify an existing child
21	15		support order;
22	16		(2) a motion to enforce a child support order or revoke
23	17		a respondent's community supervision and suspension of commitment;
24	18		(3) a respondent's compliance with the conditions
25	19		provided in the associate judge's report for suspension of the
26	20		respondent's commitment; [or]
27	21		(4) a motion for postjudgment relief, including a
28	22		motion for a new trial or to vacate, correct, or reform a judgment,
29	23		if neither party has requested a de novo hearing before the
30	24		referring court;
31	25		(5) a suit affecting the parent-child relationship;
32	26		and
33	27		(6) a suit for modification under Chapter 156.
34	28		SECTION 2. Section 231.118, Family Code, is amended by
35	29		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
36	30		(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a return of the process
37	31		made under this section in a suit may not include the address served
38	32		if:
39	33		(1) a pleading filed in the suit requests a finding
40	34		under Section 105.006(c); or
41	35		(2) the court has previously made a finding and
42	36		ordered nondisclosure under Section 105.006(c) relating to the
43	37		parties and the order has not been superseded.
44	38		SECTION 3. Section 233.024(a), Family Code, is amended to
45	39		read as follows:
46	40		(a) On the filing of an agreed child support review order
47	41		signed by all parties, together with waiver of service, the court
48	42		shall sign the order not later than the third day after the filing
49	43		of the order. On expiration of the third day after the filing of the
50	44		order, the order is considered confirmed by the court by operation
51	45		of law, regardless of whether the court has signed the order. The
52	46		court may sign the order before filing the order, but the signed
53	47		order shall immediately be filed.
54	48		SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
55	49		201.104, Family Code, applies only to a Title IV-D case referred to
56	50		an associate judge under Subchapter B, Chapter 201, Family Code, on
57	51		or after the effective date of this Act. A Title IV-D case referred
58	52		to an associate judge before the effective date of this Act is
59	53		governed by the law in effect on the date the case was referred, and
60	54		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
61	55		(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 231.118,
62	56		Family Code, applies to a suit affecting the parent-child
63	57		relationship filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
64	58		suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before the
65	59		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
66	60		date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
67	61		for that purpose.
68	62		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	63	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	64	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	65	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2048 was passed by the House on April
	66	+	27, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
	67	+	voting.
	68	+	______________________________
	69	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	70	+	I certify that H.B. No. 2048 was passed by the Senate on May
	71	+	19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	72	+	______________________________
	73	+	Secretary of the Senate
	74	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	75	+	Date
	76	+	_____________________
	77	+	Governor