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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of certain attorney ad litem fees in a suit |
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affecting the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental |
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entity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 107.015(c), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) If indigency of the parents is shown, an attorney ad |
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litem appointed to represent a child or parent in a suit filed by a |
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governmental entity shall be paid from the general funds of the |
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county or by the governmental entity that filed the suit in an |
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amount according to the fee schedule that applies to an attorney |
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appointed to represent a child in a suit under Title 3 as provided |
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by Chapter 51. The court may not award attorney ad litem fees under |
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this chapter against the state, a state agency, or a political |
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subdivision of the state except as provided by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |