Bill Text: TX HB847 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt and the awarding of costs and fees in certain proceedings.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB847 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB847-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 847 | ||
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| relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by | ||
| contempt and the awarding of costs and fees in certain proceedings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 157.162(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A finding that the respondent is not in contempt does | ||
| not preclude the court from awarding the petitioner court costs and | ||
| reasonable attorney's fees or ordering any other enforcement | ||
| remedy, including rendering a money judgment, posting a bond or | ||
| other security, or withholding income. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 157.162(d) and (e), Family Code, are | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The repeal by this Act of Sections 157.162(d) and | ||
| (e), Family Code, applies to a hearing to enforce an order in a suit | ||
| affecting the parent-child relationship that commences on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A hearing that commences before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the hearing commenced, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 847 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 847 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
