Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1966 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Creighton S.B. No. 1966
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	4	+	April 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
	5	+	Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to certain procedures for cases and orders relating to the
7	12		Title IV-D agency.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Section 201.104(e), Family Code, is amended to
10	15		read as follows:
11	16		(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d) and subject to Section
12	17		201.1042(g), an associate judge may hear and render an order on any
13	18		matter necessary to be decided in connection with a Title IV-D
14	19		service, including:
15	20		(1) a suit to modify or clarify an existing child
16	21		support order;
17	22		(2) a motion to enforce a child support order or revoke
18	23		a respondent's community supervision and suspension of commitment;
19	24		(3) a respondent's compliance with the conditions
20	25		provided in the associate judge's report for suspension of the
21	26		respondent's commitment; [or]
22	27		(4) a motion for postjudgment relief, including a
23	28		motion for a new trial or to vacate, correct, or reform a judgment,
24	29		if neither party has requested a de novo hearing before the
25	30		referring court;
26	31		(5) a suit affecting the parent-child relationship;
27	32		and
28	33		(6) a suit for modification under Chapter 156.
29	34		SECTION 2. Section 231.118, Family Code, is amended by
30	35		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
31	36		(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), a return of the process
32	37		made under this section in a suit is not required to include the
33	38		address served if:
34	39		(1) a pleading filed in the suit requests a finding
35	40		under Section 105.006(c); or
36	41		(2) the court has previously made a finding and
37	42		ordered nondisclosure under Section 105.006(c) relating to the
38	43		parties and the order has not been superseded.
39	44		SECTION 3. Section 233.024(a), Family Code, is amended to
40	45		read as follows:
41	46		(a) On the filing of an agreed child support review order
42	47		signed by all parties, together with waiver of service, the court
43	48		shall sign the order not later than the third day after the filing
44	49		of the order. On expiration of the third day after the filing of the
45	50		order, the order is considered confirmed by the court by operation
46	51		of law, regardless of whether the court has signed the order. The
47	52		court may sign the order before filing the order, but the signed
48	53		order shall immediately be filed.
49	54		SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to
50	55		Section 201.104, Family Code, applies only to a Title IV-D case
51	56		referred to an associate judge under Subchapter B, Chapter 201,
52	57		Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A Title
53	58		IV-D case referred to an associate judge before the effective date
54	59		of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the case was
55	60		referred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
56	61		purpose.
57	62		(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 231.118,
58	63		Family Code, applies to a suit affecting the parent-child
59	64		relationship filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
60	65		suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed before the
61	66		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
62	67		date the suit was filed, and the former law is continued in effect
63	68		for that purpose.
64	69		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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