By:  Dutton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)                  H.B. No. 1181
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2005; 
May 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 19, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to access to criminal history record information by a 
domestic relations office.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 411.1285(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203, 
Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal 
history record information that relates to a person who is a party 
to a proceeding in which the domestic relations office has been:
		(1)  appointed guardian ad litem for a child; or                       
		(2)  ordered to conduct [subject of] a social study 
under Subchapter D, Chapter 107, Family Code.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending in a trial 
court on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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