75R9528 MCK-F By Serna H.B. No. 3109 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3109: By Reyna of Bexar C.S.H.B. No. 3109 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to authorizing a domestic relations office to obtain 1-3 certain information to establish, modify, or enforce a child 1-4 support order. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 203, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-7 Section 203.008 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 203.008. INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN LOCATION OF PERSONS 1-9 OR PROPERTY. (a) If necessary to establish, modify, or enforce a 1-10 child support order, a domestic relations office may obtain from 1-11 any person information relating to another person's identity, 1-12 location, employment, compensation, benefits, income, property 1-13 holdings, or other assets. 1-14 (b) A person receiving a request for information under 1-15 Subsection (a) shall: 1-16 (1) provide the information requested in the most 1-17 efficient manner available, including using electronic transfer; 1-18 and 1-19 (2) guarantee the privacy and security of the 1-20 information. 1-21 (c) A person that discloses information under this section 1-22 in response to a request from a domestic relations office may not 1-23 be held liable for damages that result from the disclosure of the 1-24 information. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.