By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 619 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to court-ordered social studies in certain suits affecting 1-3 the parent-child relationship. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 107.051, Family Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (c) In a suit in which adoption is requested or possession 1-8 of or access to the child is an issue and in which the Department 1-9 of Protective and Regulatory Services is not a party, the court 1-10 shall appoint a private agency or another person, including a 1-11 domestic relations office, to conduct the social study. If a 1-12 domestic relations office is appointed, the domestic relations 1-13 office shall charge a fee to cover the cost of the social study. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.