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            H.B. No. 969
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders; 
         
            authorizing a civil penalty.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Chapter 157, Family Code, is amended by adding 
         
            Subchapter K to read as follows:
         
            SUBCHAPTER K.  LOCAL REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
         
                   Sec. 157.551.  CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD 
         
            CUSTODY ORDER.  A municipality or county in this state may adopt an 
         
            ordinance or order that imposes a civil penalty of not more than 
         
            $500 for engaging in conduct described by Section 25.03, Penal 
         
            Code. 
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 969 was passed by the House on May 9, 
         
            2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, 2 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 969 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________
         
                               Date          
         
                      _____________________
         
                             Governor       
         
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	AN ACT
	relating to local regulation to enforce child custody orders;
	authorizing a civil penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 157, Family Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter K to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER K. LOCAL REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT
	Sec. 157.551. CIVIL PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD
	CUSTODY ORDER. A municipality or county in this state may adopt an
	ordinance or order that imposes a civil penalty of not more than
	$500 for engaging in conduct described by Section 25.03, Penal
	Code.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 969 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 969 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor