Bill Text: TX HB331 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed electronically in a child protection suit.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB331-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 331 |
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relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed | ||
electronically in a child protection suit. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 262, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 262.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 262.011. SEALING OF COURT RECORDS FILED | ||
ELECTRONICALLY. For purposes of determining whether to seal | ||
documents in accordance with Rule 76a, Texas Rules of Civil | ||
Procedure, in a suit under this subtitle, the court shall consider | ||
documents filed through an electronic filing system in the same | ||
manner as any other document filed with the court. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a | ||
trial court on or filed 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 331 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 331 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |