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| 1 | - | By: Raymond, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 4240 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021; | |
| 3 | - | May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State | |
| 4 | - | Affairs; May 22, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | - | Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 22, 2021, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 1 | + | 87R10171 JSC-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Raymond, Middleton, Swanson, Ramos, H.B. No. 4240 | |
| 3 | + | Talarico | |
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| 9 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 8 | relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; | |
| 12 | 9 | authorizing a civil penalty. | |
| 13 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 11 | SECTION 1. Chapter 157, Family Code, is amended by adding | |
| 15 | 12 | Subchapter J to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 13 | SUBCHAPTER J. LOCAL REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT | |
| 17 | 14 | Sec. 157.451. CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD | |
| 18 | 15 | CUSTODY ORDER. A municipality or county in this state may adopt an | |
| 19 | 16 | ordinance or order that imposes a civil penalty of not more than | |
| 20 | 17 | $500 for engaging in conduct described by Section 25.03, Penal | |
| 21 | 18 | Code. | |
| 22 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
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