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Texas Family Code - Section 232.006. Notice

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§ 232.006. NOTICE.  (a) On the filing of a petition under 
Section 232.004, the clerk of the court or the Title IV-D agency 
shall deliver to the individual:
		(1)  notice of the individual's right to a hearing 
before the court or agency;
		(2)  notice of the deadline for requesting a hearing;  
and                  
		(3)  a hearing request form if the proceeding is in a 
Title IV-D case.      
	(b)  Notice under this section may be served as in civil 
cases generally.    
	(c)  The notice must contain the following prominently 
displayed statement in boldfaced type, capital letters, or 
underlined:
	"AN ACTION TO SUSPEND ONE OR MORE LICENSES ISSUED TO YOU HAS 
BEEN FILED. YOU MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT YOU IN THIS 
ACTION. IF YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY DO NOT REQUEST A HEARING BEFORE THE 
21ST DAY AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF THIS NOTICE, AN ORDER OF 
LICENSE SUSPENSION MAY BE RENDERED."

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 86, eff;  Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 976, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 178, § 11, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.

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