By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 331
	(In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2003; February 11, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
April 2, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 1; April 2, 2003, sent to printer.)

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.
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