By Brimer                                             H.B. No. 1198
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to statistical information concerning certain judicial
 1-3     proceedings to bypass parental notice of a minor's abortion.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Family Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Section 33.012 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 33.012. STATISTICAL INFORMATION. (a)  The supreme court
 1-8     shall adopt rules governing the collection of statistical
 1-9     information relating to:
1-10                 (1)  the number of applications filed, granted, and
1-11     denied under Section 33.003 and the number of applications deemed
1-12     to be granted under Section 33.003(h); and
1-13                 (2)  the number of appeals made, granted, and denied
1-14     under Section 33.004 and the number of appeals deemed to be granted
1-15     under Section 33.004(b).
1-16           (b)  The information collected under this section shall be
1-17     made available to the public in aggregate form on a regional basis,
1-18     as determined by the court.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.