Bill Text: TX HB556 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a protective order by default.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB556 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB556-Introduced.html
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| By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 556 | |
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| relating to the issuance of a protective order by default. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.006(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [ |
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| render a protective order that is binding on a respondent who does | ||
| not attend a hearing if: | ||
| (1) the respondent received service of the application | ||
| and notice of the hearing; and | ||
| (2) proof of service was filed with the court at least | ||
| 48 hours before the time set for the hearing. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 85.006(a), Family Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an application for a protective order that | ||
| is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | ||
| for a protective order filed before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is | ||
| filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
