1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to communications between courts regarding simultaneous
 1-3     interstate child custody proceedings.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 152.110, Family Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsections (d) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (d)  If proceedings involving the same parties are pending
 1-9     simultaneously in a court of this state and a court of another
1-10     state, the court of this state shall inform the other court of the
1-11     simultaneous proceedings.  The court of this state shall request
1-12     that the other court hold the proceeding in that court in abeyance
1-13     until the court in this state conducts a hearing to determine
1-14     whether the court has jurisdiction over the proceeding.
1-15           (e)  Communication between courts on schedules, calendars,
1-16     court records, and similar matters may occur without informing the
1-17     parties.  A record need not be made of the communication.
1-18           (f) [(e)]  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e)
1-19     [(d)], a record must be made of any [a] communication under this
1-20     section.  The parties must be informed promptly of the
1-21     communication and granted access to the record.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the House on April
         5, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the Senate on May
         10, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor