78R3327 DLF-D
By: Brimer S.B. No. 331
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 September 1, 2003.