H.B. No. 553
AN ACT
relating to notice regarding summer weekend possession of a child
under a standard possession order in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 153.312, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Section 153.316, after receiving notice
from the managing conservator under Subsection (b)(3) of this
section designating the summer weekend during which the managing
conservator is to have possession of the child, the possessory
conservator, not later than the 15th day before the Friday that
begins that designated weekend, must give the managing conservator
written notice of the location at which the managing conservator is
to pick up and return the child.
SECTION 2. Section 153.312(c), Family Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a court order providing for possession of
or access to a child rendered on or after the effective date of this
Act. A court order rendered before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 553 was passed by the House on April
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 553 was passed by the Senate on May
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor