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AN ACT
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relating to an exception to the residency requirements for filing a |
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suit for dissolution of a marriage in this state for certain spouses |
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of military personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 6.303 and 6.304, Family Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 6.303. ABSENCE ON PUBLIC SERVICE. Time spent by a |
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Texas domiciliary outside this state or outside the county of |
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residence of the domiciliary while in the service of the armed |
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forces or other service of the United States or of this state, or |
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while accompanying the domiciliary's spouse in the spouse's service |
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of the armed forces or other service of the United States or of this |
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state, is considered residence in this state and in that county. |
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Sec. 6.304. ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL NOT PREVIOUSLY |
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RESIDENTS. A person not previously a resident of this state who is |
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serving in the armed forces of the United States and has been |
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stationed at one or more military installations in this state for at |
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least the last six months and at a military installation in a county |
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of this state for at least the last 90 days, or who is accompanying |
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the person's spouse during the spouse's military service in those |
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locations and for those periods, is considered to be a Texas |
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domiciliary and a resident of that county for those periods for the |
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purpose of filing suit for dissolution of a marriage. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A suit filed before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1159 passed the Senate on |
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April 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1159 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |