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                                                                  H.B. No. 729




AN ACT

relating to an order by a court that a judgment debtor turn over 
certain property for the satisfaction of the judgment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  A court may enter or enforce an order under this section 
that requires the turnover of nonexempt property without 
identifying in the order the specific property subject to turnover.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies to the collection of any 
judgment, without regard to whether the judgment is rendered 
before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 729 was passed by the House on March 
23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 729 was passed by the Senate on May 3, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor