Bill Text: TX HB1782 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to protective orders against certain persons who are convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense involving family violence.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1782 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1782-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1782

AN ACT
relating to protective orders against certain persons who are
convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community
supervision for an offense involving family violence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding
Section 81.0015 to read as follows:
Sec. 81.0015. PRESUMPTION. For purposes of this subtitle,
there is a presumption that family violence has occurred and is
likely to occur in the future if:
(1) the respondent has been convicted of or placed on
deferred adjudication community supervision for any of the
following offenses against the child for whom the petition is
filed:
(A) an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, for
which the court has made an affirmative finding that the offense
involved family violence under Article 42.013, Code of Criminal
Procedure; or
(B) an offense under Title 6, Penal Code;
(2) the respondent's parental rights with respect to
the child have been terminated; and
(3) the respondent is seeking or attempting to seek
contact with the child.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a request for a protective order that is filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A request for a protective order filed
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the request is filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1782 was passed by the House on May
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1782 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor