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| 1 | 1 | 86R12001 MM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 2023 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to service of a notice of an application for a protective | |
| 8 | 8 | order. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 82.043(c), Family Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) Notice of an application for a protective order must be | |
| 13 | 13 | served on the person [in the same manner as citation under the Texas | |
| 14 | 14 | Rules of Civil Procedure, except that service by publication is not | |
| 15 | 15 | authorized]. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. Section 82.043, Family Code, as amended by this | |
| 17 | 17 | Act, applies only to a notice of an application for a protective | |
| 18 | 18 | order served on or after the effective date of this Act. An | |
| 19 | 19 | application for a protective order served before the effective date | |
| 20 | 20 | of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that | |
| 21 | 21 | date, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |