By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1066
        (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
  May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the collection of certain judgments through court
  proceeding.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 31.002(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A judgment creditor is entitled to aid from a court of
  appropriate jurisdiction through injunction or other means in order
  to reach property to obtain satisfaction on the judgment if the
  judgment debtor owns property, including present or future rights
  to property, that[:
               [(1)     cannot readily be attached or levied on by
  ordinary legal process; and
               [(2)]  is not exempt from attachment, execution, or
  seizure for the satisfaction of liabilities.
         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 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, 2017.
 
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