Bill Text: TX HB2514 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment of an individual qualified to conduct a child custody evaluation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2514 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2514-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2514 |
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relating to the appointment of an individual qualified to conduct a | ||
child custody evaluation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 107.106, Family Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to a county: | ||
(1) with a population of less than 500,000; | ||
(2) that is contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico or a bay | ||
or inlet opening into the gulf and that borders the United Mexican | ||
States; or | ||
(3) that borders a county described by Subdivision | ||
(2). | ||
(a-1) In a county to which this section applies [ |
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individual who meets the requirements of Section 107.104 is not | ||
available in the county to conduct a child custody evaluation in a | ||
timely manner, the court, after notice and hearing or on agreement | ||
of the parties, may appoint an individual the court determines to be | ||
otherwise qualified to conduct the evaluation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2514 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2514 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |