By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez)	H.B. No. 1500
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of
	an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 156.006, Family Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  A person who files a motion for a temporary order
	authorized by Subsection (b)(1) shall execute and attach to the
	motion an affidavit on the person's personal knowledge or the
	person's belief based on representations made to the person by a
	person with personal knowledge that contains facts that support the
	allegation that the child's present circumstances would
	significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional
	development. The court shall deny the relief sought and decline to
	schedule a hearing on the motion unless the court determines, on the
	basis of the affidavit, that facts adequate to support the
	allegation are stated in the affidavit. If the court determines
	that the facts stated are adequate to support the allegation, the
	court shall set a time and place for the hearing.
	SECTION 2.  Section 156.006(b-1), Family Code, as added by
	this Act, applies to a suit for modification filed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A suit for modification 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 September 1, 2015.
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