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Amend SB 669 (House Committee Printing) as follows:                          
	(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Subsection (e), Section 261.302, Family Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(e) An interview by an investigating agency, other than the 
department, with a child alleged to be a victim of physical abuse or 
sexual abuse shall be audiotaped or videotaped unless the 
investigating agency determines that good cause exists for not 
audiotaping or videotaping the interview in accordance with rules 
of the agency.  Good cause may include, but is not limited to, such 
considerations as the age of the child and the nature and 
seriousness of the allegations under investigation.  An interview 
by the department with a child alleged to be the victim of physical 
abuse or sexual abuse shall be audiotaped or videotaped unless a 
parent of the child observes the interview or agrees in writing that 
the department may proceed with the interview without taping the 
interview or a court, on finding good cause, waives the 
requirement. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
prohibiting the department or other investigating agency from 
audiotaping or videotaping an interview of a child on any case for 
which such audiotaping or videotaping is not required under this 
subsection.  The fact that the department or other investigating 
agency failed to audiotape or videotape an interview is admissible 
at the trial of the offense that is the subject of the interview.
	SECTION _____. Section 262.201(a), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a) Unless the child has already been returned to the parent, 
managing conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, 
or custodian entitled to possession and the temporary order, if 
any, has been dissolved, a full adversary hearing shall be held not 
later than the 14th day after the date the child was taken into 
possession by the governmental entity.  The parent, managing 
conservator, possessory conservator, guardian, caretaker, or 
custodian entitled to possession of the child may petition the 
court to hold the hearing on a date earlier than the date set by the 
court under this subsection.
	(2) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (page 2, lines 19-24) and 
substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
	SECTION _____. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                    
	(b) Sections 261.301 and 261.302, Family Code, as amended by 
this Act, apply only to the investigation of a report of child abuse 
or neglect made on or after the effective date of this Act, without 
regard to whether the abuse or neglect occurred before, on, or after 
that date.  The investigation of a report made before the effective 
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
report was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	(b) Section 262.201(a), Family Code, as amended by this Act, 
applies only to a hearing with regard to a child taken into 
possession by a governmental entity on or after the effective date 
of this Act.  A hearing with regard to a child taken into possession 
by a governmental entity before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the child was taken into 
possession by the governmental entity, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.