By Brown of Brazos                                    H.B. No. 3063
         77R8684 MCK-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain records pertaining to adoptions.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 108.003(b), Family Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  Except as otherwise provided by law, for good cause
 1-7     shown, or on a court [an] order [of the court that granted the
 1-8     adoption or terminated the proceedings under Section 155.001], the
 1-9     records concerning a child maintained by the district clerk after
1-10     rendition of a decree of adoption, the records of a child-placing
1-11     agency that has ceased operations, and the records required under
1-12     this section to be maintained by the bureau of vital statistics are
1-13     confidential, and no person is entitled to access to or information
1-14     from these records.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.