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.
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