Bill Text: TX HB3200 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the collection of certain judgments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB3200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3200-Introduced.html
88R12254 MZM-F | ||
By: Leach | H.B. No. 3200 |
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relating to the collection of certain judgments. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsections | ||
(i) and (j) to read as follows: | ||
(f) A court may not enter or enforce an order under this | ||
section that requires the turnover of a paycheck or the sales | ||
proceeds of, or the disbursement of, property exempt under any | ||
statute, including Section 42.0021, Property Code. This subsection | ||
does not apply to the enforcement of a child support obligation or a | ||
judgment for past due child support. | ||
(i) If a final money judgment remains unsatisfied in justice | ||
court for longer than six months, a judgment creditor is entitled to | ||
a hearing on the judgment creditor's motion for the court's | ||
assistance under this section. If notice of the hearing is provided | ||
to the judgment debtor, the court shall appoint a receiver under | ||
Subsection (b)(3) to enforce the judgment unless the judgment | ||
debtor appears and contests the appointment. | ||
(j) A court may issue an order under this section that | ||
requires the turnover of all nonexempt property of the judgment | ||
debtor without requiring the judgment creditor to prove the | ||
existence of specific property owned by the judgment debtor. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the | ||
collection of any judgment, regardless of whether the judgment was | ||
entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |