By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 1151
	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 0; April 14, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the use of a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity 
under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 159.316, Family Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a 
true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
	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.



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