78S10061 DLF-D

By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 9  



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to statistical information concerning certain judicial 
proceedings to bypass parental notice of a minor's abortion.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 33, Family Code, is amended by adding 
Section 33.012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.012.  STATISTICAL INFORMATION.  (a)  The supreme 
court shall adopt rules governing the collection of statistical 
information relating to:
		(1)  the number of applications filed, granted, and 
denied under Section 33.003 and the number of applications deemed 
to be granted under Section 33.003(h); and
		(2)  the number of appeals made, granted, and denied 
under Section 33.004 and the number of appeals deemed to be granted 
under Section 33.004(b).
	(b)  The information collected under this section shall be 
made available to the public in aggregate form on a regional basis, 
as determined by the court.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect November 1, 2003.