86R24091 MM-F
By: Bowers H.B. No. 3139
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3139:
By: Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 3139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective
order.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 83, Family Code, is amended by adding
Section 83.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 83.0015. SERVICE OF NOTICE OF TEMPORARY EX PARTE
ORDER. Notice of a temporary ex parte order issued under this
chapter must be served personally on the respondent.
SECTION 2. Section 83.0015, Family Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a temporary ex parte protective order issued
under Chapter 83, Family Code, on or after the effective date of
this Act. A temporary ex parte protective order issued under
Chapter 83, Family Code, before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.