By: Muñoz, Jr. (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 2703
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017;
May 15, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 21, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2703 By: Hughes
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a temporary order appointing a receiver in a suit for
dissolution of a marriage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date a receiver is
appointed under Subsection (a)(5), the court shall issue written
findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the receiver's
appointment. If the court dispenses with the issuance of a bond
between the spouses as provided by Section 6.503(b) in connection
with the receiver's appointment, the court shall include in the
court's findings an explanation of the reasons the court dispensed
with the issuance of a bond.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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