HBA-SEB H.B. 3786 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3786 By: Reyna, Arthur Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 4/1/1999 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Family Code provides for the mandatory transfer from one county to another of specific suits affecting a parent-child relationship. H.B. 3786 modifies the Family Code to specify that a court is authorized to transfer a proceeding if a suit to modify or motion to enforce an order is filed in a county while a suit to modify or motion to enforce an order is pending in another county. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 155.201, Family Code, by adding Subsection (c), as follows: (c) Authorizes a court to transfer a proceeding affecting a parent-child relationship to another county in this state if a suit to modify or a motion to enforce an order is pending at the time a subsequent suit to modify or motion to enforce is filed in the other county. Provides that this subsection applies only if the court could have transferred the proceeding at the time the first motion or suit was filed. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS Committee Amendment #1 Amends SECTION 1 (proposed Section 155.201(c), Family Code) to delete a reference to another county in this state as the place of filing a subsequent suit to modify or motion to enforce an order. As amended, proposed Section 155.201(c) would authorize a court to transfer a proceeding affecting a parent-child relationship if a suit to modify or a motion to enforce an order is pending at the time a subsequent suit to modify or motion to enforce is filed.