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.