1-1     By:  Jackson                                          S.B. No. 1000
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2001; March 1, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     March 28, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 28, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1000                 By:  Jackson
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance
1-11     of a supplementary birth certificate.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 162, Family Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 162.023 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 162.023.  ADOPTION ORDER FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY.
1-16     (a)  Except as otherwise provided by federal law, an adoption order
1-17     rendered to a United States citizen that is made under due process
1-18     of law by a foreign country shall be accorded full faith and credit
1-19     by the courts of this state and enforced as if the order were
1-20     rendered by a court in this state.
1-21           (b)  A person who adopts a child in a foreign country may
1-22     register the order in this state.  A petition for registration of a
1-23     foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition for a name
1-24     change.  If the court finds that the foreign adoption order meets
1-25     the requirements of Subsection (a), the court shall order the state
1-26     registrar to:
1-27                 (1)  register the order under Chapter 192, Health and
1-28     Safety Code; and
1-29                 (2)  issue a certificate of birth for the child under
1-30     Section 192.008, Health and Safety Code.
1-31           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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