H.B. No. 1066

	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor