Bill Text: TX SB1236 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the extension of an emergency order for protective services for certain persons who are elderly or have disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB1236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1236-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the extension of an emergency order for protective services for certain persons who are elderly or have disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB1236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1236-Engrossed.html
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relating to the extension of an emergency order for protective | ||
services for certain persons who are elderly or have disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (e-2), Section 48.208, Human | ||
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(e-2) The court, after notice and a hearing, may extend an | ||
emergency order issued under this section, other than an emergency | ||
order that terminated as provided under Subsection (e-1), for a | ||
period of not more than 30 days after the date the original | ||
emergency order for protective services would have expired under | ||
Subsection (e) [ |
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hearing and for good cause shown, may grant a second extension of an | ||
emergency order of not more than an additional 30 days. The court | ||
may not grant more than two extensions of the original emergency | ||
order. An extension order that ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal | ||
holiday is automatically extended to 4 p.m. on the first succeeding | ||
business day. The court may modify or terminate the emergency order | ||
on petition of the department, the incapacitated person, or any | ||
person interested in the person's welfare. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. |