Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Serna H.B. No. 3109 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the Domestic Relations Offices having access to and 1-3 transmittal of locate and discovery information to assist location 1-4 of persons or property to establish, modify, or enforce a child 1-5 support order. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Chapter 203, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-8 Sec. 203.008 to read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 203.008 INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN LOCATION OF PERSONS OR 1-10 PROPERTY. 1-11 (a) A Domestic Relations Office may obtain information 1-12 relating to the identity, location, employment, compensation, 1-13 benefits, income, and property holdings or other asset of any 1-14 person from a state or local government agency, private company, 1-15 institution, or other entity as necessary to establish, modify, or 1-16 enforce a child support order. 1-17 (b) A government agency, private company, institution, or 1-18 other entity shall provide the information requested under 1-19 Subsection (a) and shall, subject to safeguards on privacy and 1-20 information security, provide the information in the most efficient 1-21 and expeditious manner available, including electronic or automated 1-22 transfer and interface. Any individual or entity disclosing 1-23 information under this section in response to a request from a 1-24 Domestic Relations Office may not be held liable in any civil 2-1 action or proceeding to any person for such disclosure of 2-2 information. 2-3 SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.