Bill Text: TX HB241 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to substituted service of citation through a social media presence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB241 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB241-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Leach, Sheets | H.B. No. 241 | |
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| relating to substituted service of citation through a social media | ||
| presence. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and | ||
| Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 17.032 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 17.032. SUBSTITUTED SERVICE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA | ||
| PRESENCE. (a) If substituted service of citation is authorized | ||
| under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the court, in accordance | ||
| with the rules adopted by the supreme court under Subsection (b), | ||
| may prescribe as a method of service an electronic communication | ||
| sent to the defendant through a social media presence. | ||
| (b) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide for the | ||
| substituted service of citation by an electronic communication sent | ||
| to a defendant through a social media presence. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Supreme Court of Texas shall adopt rules | ||
| under Section 17.032, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than December 31, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 17.032, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an action commenced on | ||
| or after the effective date of the rules adopted by the Supreme | ||
| Court of Texas under that section. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
