H.B. No. 248




AN ACT

relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations 
orders.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 9, Family Code, is amended 
by adding Section 9.1045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 9.1045.  AMENDMENT OF QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS 
ORDER.  (a)  A court that renders a qualified domestic relations 
order retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to amend the order 
to correct the order or clarify the terms of the order to effectuate 
the division of property ordered by the court.
	(b)  An amended domestic relations order under this section 
must be submitted to the plan administrator or other person acting 
in an equivalent capacity to determine whether the amended order 
satisfies the requirements of a qualified domestic relations order.  
Section 9.104 applies to a domestic relations order amended under 
this section.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
qualified domestic relations order issued 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.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 248 was passed by the House on April 
18, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 248 was passed by the Senate on May 
24, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor