Bill Text: TX SB1159 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exception to the residency requirements for filing a suit for dissolution of a marriage in this state for certain spouses of military personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1159-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1159 |
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relating to an exception to the residency requirements for filing a | ||
suit for dissolution of a marriage in this state for certain spouses | ||
of military personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 6.303 and 6.304, Family Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 6.303. ABSENCE ON PUBLIC SERVICE. Time spent by a | ||
Texas domiciliary outside this state or outside the county of | ||
residence of the domiciliary while in the service of the armed | ||
forces or other service of the United States or of this state, or | ||
while accompanying the domiciliary's spouse in the spouse's service | ||
of the armed forces or other service of the United States or of this | ||
state, is considered residence in this state and in that county. | ||
Sec. 6.304. ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL NOT PREVIOUSLY | ||
RESIDENTS. A person not previously a resident of this state who is | ||
serving in the armed forces of the United States and has been | ||
stationed at one or more military installations in this state for at | ||
least the last six months and at a military installation in a county | ||
of this state for at least the last 90 days, or who is accompanying | ||
the person's spouse during the spouse's military service in those | ||
locations and for those periods, is considered to be a Texas | ||
domiciliary and a resident of that county for those periods for the | ||
purpose of filing suit for dissolution of a marriage. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A suit filed before that date is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1159 passed the Senate on | ||
April 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1159 passed the House on | ||
May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |