H.B. No. 2703 AN ACT relating to a temporary order appointing a receiver in a suit for dissolution of a marriage. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 6.502, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Not later than the seventh day after the date a receiver is appointed under Subsection (a)(5), the court shall issue written findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of the receiver's appointment. If the court dispenses with the issuance of a bond between the spouses as provided by Section 6.503(b) in connection with the receiver's appointment, the court shall include in the court's findings an explanation of the reasons the court dispensed with the issuance of a bond. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the House on May 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 12, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2703 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 9, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor