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AN ACT
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relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of |
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family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or |
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imprisoned. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.025(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) If a person who is the subject of a protective order is |
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confined or imprisoned on the date the protective order would |
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expire under Subsection (a) or (a-1), or if the protective order |
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would expire not later than the first anniversary of the date the |
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person is released from confinement or imprisonment, the period for |
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which the order is effective is extended, and the order expires on: |
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(1) the first anniversary of the date the person is |
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released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was |
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sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for more than five years; |
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or |
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(2) the second anniversary of the date the person is |
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released from confinement or imprisonment, if the person was |
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sentenced to confinement or imprisonment for five years or less. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.025(c), Family Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a protective order issued on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A protective order issued before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the order is issued, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 388 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |