84R1766 LED-D
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 241
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.