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TX SB3009

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tan Parker

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires justice courts to either grant a receiver appointment on submission or set a hearing with 14 days notice when a judgment creditor cannot collect on a judgment within six months; the court must appoint a receiver unless the debtor contests

  • Authorizes justice courts to charge a fee up to $25 for motions seeking court assistance with judgment collection

  • Allows costs related to enforcing child support judgments, including receiver fees, to be collected using any enforcement method available for child support obligations

  • Clarifies that courts may order turnover of nonexempt property subject to garnishment without requiring creditors to identify or prove the existence of specific property

  • Expands dormant judgment rules to include receiver appointments under Section 31.002 as actions that prevent a judgment from becoming dormant within the 10-year period

  • Applies to all judgments not already dormant as of September 1, 2025, regardless of when entered

Legislative Description

Relating to the collection or execution of certain judgments; authorizing fees.

Fees & Other Nontax Revenue

Last Action

Left pending in committee

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Jurisprudence4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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