1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the notification of certain persons of the marriage of
1-3 the person's former spouse; providing a penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 153.076, Family Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 153.076. PARENTS' DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. (a) If
1-8 both parents are appointed as conservators of the child, the court
1-9 shall order that each parent has a duty to inform the other parent
1-10 in a timely manner of significant information concerning the
1-11 health, education, and welfare of the child.
1-12 (b) If both parents are appointed as conservators of a
1-13 child, the court shall order that each parent has the duty to
1-14 inform the other parent if the parent resides with for at least 30
1-15 days, marries, or intends to marry a person who the parent knows:
1-16 (1) is registered as a sex offender under Chapter 62,
1-17 Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 668, Acts of the
1-18 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997; or
1-19 (2) is currently charged with an offense for which on
1-20 conviction the person would be required to register under that
1-21 chapter.
1-22 (c) The notice required to be made under Subsection (b) must
1-23 be made as soon as practicable but not later than the 40th day
1-24 after the date the parent begins to reside with the person or the
2-1 10th day after the date the marriage occurs, as appropriate. The
2-2 notice must include a description of the offense that is the basis
2-3 of the person's requirement to register as a sex offender or of the
2-4 offense with which the person is charged.
2-5 (d) A person commits an offense if the person fails to
2-6 provide notice in the manner required by Subsections (b) and (c).
2-7 An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
2-8 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
2-9 applies to a court order providing for possession of or access to a
2-10 child rendered on or after that date. A court order rendered
2-11 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
2-12 effect on the date the order was rendered, and the former law is
2-13 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1462 was passed by the House on April
8, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1462 on May 12, 1999, by a non-record
vote; and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 280 authorizing certain
corrections in H.B. No. 1462 on May 14, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1462 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 10, 1999, by a viva-voce vote; and that the
Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 280 authorizing certain corrections in
H.B. No. 1462 on May 18, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor