Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB688 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R1602 YDB-D
2	2	By: Wu H.B. No. 688
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the filing of a court reporter's record in an appeal of
8	8	a final order in certain suits affecting the parent-child
9	9	relationship.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Sections 263.405(a) and (b), Family Code, are
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	(a) An appeal of a final order rendered under this
14	14	subchapter is governed by Section 263.4056 and the procedures for
15	15	accelerated appeals in civil cases under the Texas Rules of
16	16	Appellate Procedure. The appellate court shall render its final
17	17	order or judgment with the least possible delay.
18	18	(b) A final order rendered under this subchapter must
19	19	contain the following prominently displayed statement in boldfaced
20	20	type, in capital letters, or underlined: "A PARTY AFFECTED BY THIS
21	21	ORDER HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL. AN APPEAL IN A SUIT IN WHICH
22	22	TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IS SOUGHT IS GOVERNED
23	23	BY SECTION 263.4056, FAMILY CODE, AND THE PROCEDURES FOR
24	24	ACCELERATED APPEALS IN CIVIL CASES UNDER THE TEXAS RULES OF
25	25	APPELLATE PROCEDURE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW SECTION 263.4056, FAMILY
26	26	CODE, AND THE TEXAS RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE FOR ACCELERATED
27	27	APPEALS MAY RESULT IN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPEAL."
28	28	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 263, Family Code, is
29	29	amended by adding Section 263.4056 to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 263.4056. DEADLINE FOR FILING COURT REPORTER'S RECORD
31	31	IN APPELLATE COURT. (a) In an appeal of a final order rendered
32	32	under this subchapter, the court reporter for the court that
33	33	rendered the order shall prepare and submit the reporter's record
34	34	of the trial to the appellate court not later than the 20th day
35	35	after the date the notice of appeal is filed with the court.
36	36	(b) On a showing of good cause, the appellate court may
37	37	extend the deadline for submitting the reporter's record. If the
38	38	court grants an extension under this subsection, the reporter's
39	39	record must be filed with the appellate court not later than the
40	40	40th day after the date the notice of appeal is filed with the
41	41	court.
42	42	(c) To the extent that this section conflicts with the Texas
43	43	Rules of Appellate Procedure, this section controls.
44	44	Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, this section may
45	45	not be modified or repealed by a rule adopted by the supreme court.
46	46	SECTION 3. (a) Section 263.405(b), Family Code, as amended
47	47	by this Act, applies only to a final order rendered on or after the
48	48	effective date of this Act. An order rendered before that date is
49	49	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
50	50	of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
51	51	(b) Section 263.4056, Family Code, as added by this Act,
52	52	applies only to an appeal of a final order rendered on or after the
53	53	effective date of this Act. An appeal of a final order rendered
54	54	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
55	55	effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
56	56	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
57	57	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.