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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a |
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conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding |
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family violence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.076(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The court shall order that each conservator of a child |
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has the duty to inform the other conservator of the child if the |
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conservator resides with for at least 30 days, marries, or intends |
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to marry a person who the conservator knows: |
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(1) is registered as a sex offender under Chapter 62, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure; [or] |
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(2) is currently charged with an offense for which on |
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conviction the person would be required to register under Chapter |
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62, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(3) is the subject of a protective order rendered |
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under Chapter 85 or a similar law of another state in which the |
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person was found to have committed family violence; or |
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(4) is currently charged by indictment or information |
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with an offense involving family violence for which a protective |
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order may be rendered under Chapter 85 or a similar law of another |
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state [that chapter]. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of |
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this section, the changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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153.076(b), Family Code, apply only to a court order rendered on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A court order rendered before |
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that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was |
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rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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(b) A person may bring a suit to modify a court order |
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rendered before September 1, 2015, under Section 153.076(b), Family |
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Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |