Bill Text: TX HB1066 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the collection of certain judgments through court proceeding.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB1066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1066-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1066 |
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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 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 | ||
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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 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, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |