1-1     By:  Staples                                          S.B. No. 1064
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2001; March 6, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     April 18, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 18, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to adoption services of the Department of Protective and
 1-9     Regulatory Services with respect to sibling groups.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 162.302, Family Code, is amended by
1-12     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-13           (e)  It is the intent of the legislature that the department
1-14     in providing adoption services keep siblings together and whenever
1-15     possible place siblings in the same adoptive home.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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