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79R859 YDB-D

By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 17 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to statistical information concerning the number of 
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 to govern the collection of statistical 
information on:
		(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 supreme court shall require the information 
collected under this section to 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, 2005.