| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2301 |
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| 1 | + | By: Parker, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 2301 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | + | Affairs; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to a change of name for participants in the address |
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| 6 | 12 | | confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney |
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| 7 | 13 | | general. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 45.102, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 16 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | (c) A petitioner is not required to provide the street |
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| 12 | 18 | | address of the petitioner's place of residence or the petitioner's |
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| 13 | 19 | | reason for the requested change of name as otherwise required by |
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| 14 | 20 | | Subsection (a) if the petitioner provides a copy of an |
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| 15 | 21 | | authorization card certifying in accordance with Article 58.059, |
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| 16 | 22 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, that the petitioner is a participant in |
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| 17 | 23 | | the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney |
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| 18 | 24 | | general under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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| 19 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 45.103, Family Code, is amended by |
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| 20 | 26 | | adding Subsections (a-1) and (c-1) to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 27 | | (a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), it is presumed that a |
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| 22 | 28 | | change of name is in the interest or to the benefit of the |
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| 23 | 29 | | petitioner and in the interest of the public if the petitioner |
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| 24 | 30 | | provides a copy of an authorization card certifying in accordance |
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| 25 | 31 | | with Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, that the |
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| 26 | 32 | | petitioner is a participant in the address confidentiality program |
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| 27 | 33 | | administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, Chapter |
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| 28 | 34 | | 58, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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| 29 | 35 | | (c-1) An order issued under this section to change the name |
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| 30 | 36 | | of a petitioner described by Subsection (a-1) is confidential and |
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| 31 | 37 | | may not be released by the court to any person, regardless of |
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| 32 | 38 | | whether the petitioner continues to participate in the address |
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| 33 | 39 | | confidentiality program following the change of name under this |
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| 34 | 40 | | subchapter. |
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| 35 | 41 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 36 | 42 | | to a petition for a change of name that is submitted on or after the |
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| 37 | 43 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 38 | 44 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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| 42 | | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 43 | | - | voting. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | | - | 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Date |
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| 52 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Governor |
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