By Van de Putte                                        S.B. No. 619
         77R4655 KSD-D                           
                                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. Section 107.051(c), Family Code, is amended to
 1-6     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.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.