1-1 By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 619 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 8, 2001; February 12, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 February 27, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 5, Nays 0; February 27, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to court-ordered social studies in certain suits affecting 1-9 the parent-child relationship. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 107.051, Family Code, is 1-12 amended to read as follows: 1-13 (c) In a suit in which adoption is requested or possession 1-14 of or access to the child is an issue and in which the Department 1-15 of Protective and Regulatory Services is not a party, the court 1-16 shall appoint a private agency or another person, including a 1-17 domestic relations office, to conduct the social study. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-23 * * * * *