By:  West                                              S.B. No. 479
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the entry of protective order information in the
 1-3     statewide law enforcement information system.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (d), Section 85.042, Family
 1-6     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The clerk of the court issuing an original or modified
 1-8     protective order under this subtitle shall send a copy of the
 1-9     order, along with the information provided by the applicant or the
1-10     applicant's attorney that is required under Section 411.042(b)(6)
1-11     [411.042(b)(5)], Government Code, to the chief of police of the
1-12     municipality in which the member of the family or household
1-13     protected by the order resides, if the person resides in a
1-14     municipality, or to the appropriate constable and the sheriff of
1-15     the county in which the person resides, if the person does not
1-16     reside in a municipality.  [The chief of police or constable and
1-17     sheriff shall enter the information into the statewide law
1-18     enforcement information system.]
1-19           (d)  The applicant or the applicant's attorney shall provide
1-20     to the clerk of the court:
1-21                 (1)  the name and address of each law enforcement
1-22     agency, child-care facility, and school to which the clerk is
1-23     required to mail a copy of the order under this section; and
1-24                 (2)  any other information required under Section
1-25     411.042(b)(6) [411.042(b)(5)], Government Code.
 2-1           SECTION 2.  Chapter 86, Family Code, is amended by adding
 2-2     Section 86.0011 to read as follows:
 2-3           Sec. 86.0011.  DUTY TO ENTER INFORMATION INTO STATEWIDE LAW
 2-4     ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.  On receipt of an original or
 2-5     modified protective order from the clerk of the issuing court, a
 2-6     law enforcement agency shall immediately, but not later than the
 2-7     10th day after the date the order is received, enter the
 2-8     information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code,
 2-9     into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by
2-10     the Department of Public Safety.
2-11           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-12           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
2-13     protective order issued or modified on or after the effective date
2-14     of this Act.  A protective order issued or modified before the
2-15     effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
2-16     date the order was issued or modified, and the former law is
2-17     continued in effect for that purpose.