Page HB 592CJ H.B. 592 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


JUVENILE JUSTICE & FAMILY ISSUES
H.B. 592
By: Thompson
2-21-97
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND

In 1993 and 1995 legislation was passed to deal with possession of a child
when the managing conservator moved from the county in which the
possessory conservator lives. The 1995 change fails to specify that this
provision applies only to a conservator moving from the county in which
both conservators lived at the time of the issuance of an order. The
standard possession order allows for certain alternative times for the
possession of the child to begin, however it does not require that these
be spelled out in the original order and does not allow for these
alternative pickup times on Wednesdays or Christmas. 

PURPOSE

The purpose of this bill is to clarify and standardize parts of the
standard possession order. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution.  

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 153.316 and 153.317, Family Code, as follows:
 Sec. 153.316. Amends Section 153.316(3)(B)(i) to clarify that this
subsection applies if both conservators lived in the same county at the
time the order was issued. 
 Sec. 153.317 is amended to provide that the standard possession order
must expressly provide  the time of possession and to make possession
times consistent for all possession periods. 

SECTION 2. Application of the Act.

SECTION 3. Effective Date.

SECTION 4. Emergency Clause.









CJ H.B. 592 75(R)