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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; creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 153.076, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-1) and amending Subsection (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b-1) 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: |
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(1) establishes a residence with a person who the |
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conservator knows is the subject of a final protective order sought |
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by an individual other than the conservator that is in effect on the |
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date the residence with the person is established; |
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(2) resides with, or allows unsupervised access to a |
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child by, a person who is the subject of a final protective order |
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sought by the conservator after the expiration of the 60-day period |
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following the date the final protective order is issued; or |
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(3) is the subject of a final protective order issued |
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after the date of the order establishing conservatorship. |
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(c-1) The notice required to be made under Subsection (b-1) |
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must be made as soon as practicable but not later than: |
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(1) the 30th day after the date the conservator |
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establishes residence with the person who is the subject of the |
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final protective order, if the notice is required by Subsection |
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(b-1)(1); |
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(2) the 90th day after the date the final protective |
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order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(2); |
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or |
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(3) the 30th day after the date the final protective |
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order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(3). |
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(d) A conservator commits an offense if the conservator |
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fails to provide notice in the manner required by Subsections (b) |
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and (c), or Subsections (b-1) and (c-1), as applicable. An offense |
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under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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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, 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, Family |
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Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 818 passed the Senate on |
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March 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 818 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |