| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 553 |
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| 1 | + | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 553 |
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| 2 | + | (Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez) |
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| 3 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; |
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| 4 | + | April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 5 | + | Affairs; May 10, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | + | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to notice regarding summer weekend possession of a child |
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| 6 | 13 | | under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the |
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| 7 | 14 | | parent-child relationship. |
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| 8 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 153.312, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 17 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 18 | | (c) Notwithstanding Section 153.316, after receiving notice |
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| 12 | 19 | | from the managing conservator under Subsection (b)(3) of this |
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| 13 | 20 | | section designating the summer weekend during which the managing |
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| 14 | 21 | | conservator is to have possession of the child, the possessory |
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| 15 | 22 | | conservator, not later than the 15th day before the Friday that |
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| 16 | 23 | | begins that designated weekend, must give the managing conservator |
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| 17 | 24 | | written notice of the location at which the managing conservator is |
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| 18 | 25 | | to pick up and return the child. |
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| 19 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 153.312(c), Family Code, as added by |
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| 20 | 27 | | this Act, applies only to a court order providing for possession of |
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| 21 | 28 | | or access to a child rendered on or after the effective date of this |
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| 22 | 29 | | Act. A court order rendered before the effective date of this Act |
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| 23 | 30 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered, |
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| 24 | 31 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 25 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 26 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 553 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | | - | 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 30 | | - | voting. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 553 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 34 | | - | 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Date |
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| 39 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Governor |
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| 33 | + | * * * * * |
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