By: Cook, Smith, Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 2070
(Senate Sponsor - Hughes)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
HughesX
JohnsonX
CreightonX
HinojosaX
MiddletonX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of spousal maintenance ordered under
certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.054(d), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) The continuation of maintenance ordered under
Subsection (b) is subject to the procedural requirements for a
motion to modify as provided by Section 8.057.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
motion to continue spousal maintenance under Subchapter B, Chapter
8, Family Code, that is made on or after the effective date of this
Act, regardless of whether the original spousal maintenance order
was rendered before, on, or after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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