By: Hughes S.B. No. 2364
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 17, 2019,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2364 By: Nelson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the collection of certain judgments through court
proceeding.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of
appropriate jurisdiction, including a justice court, through
injunction or other means in order to reach property to obtain
satisfaction on the judgment if the judgment debtor owns property,
including present or future rights to property, that is not exempt
from attachment, execution, or seizure for the satisfaction of
liabilities.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was
entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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