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. 1-21 * * * * *