HBA-JRA H.B. 1462 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1462
By: Dunnam
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
3/11/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a custodial parent is not obligated to inform the other parent
of a child of the custodial parent's marriage to or intention to marry a
sex offender or a person charged with a sex offense. H.B. 1462 requires a
court to order each parent, if both parents are appointed as conservators,
to inform the other parent of the parent's marriage to or intention to
marry a registered sex offender or a person charged with a sex offense. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 153.076, Family Code, as follows:

Sec. 153.076.  PARENTS' DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.  (a)  Creates
subdivision from existing text. 

(b)  Requires a court to order each parent, if both parents are appointed
as conservators, to inform the other parent of the parent's marriage to or
intention to marry a person known to the parent to be a registered sex
offender or currently charged with an offense for which the person would be
required to register as a sex offender if convicted. 

(c)  Provides that the notice must be made as soon as practicable but not
later than 10 days after the marriage occurs and include a description of
the offense that is the basis of the person's requirement to register as a
sex offender or of the offense with which the person is charged. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.
Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.