HBA-LJP H.B. 1453 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1453
By: Menendez
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
4/16/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, a
citation is authorized to be served by publication as in other civil cases
to persons entitled to service of citation who cannot otherwise be
notified. House Bill 1453 provides that in a suit affecting the
parent-child relationship, when a citation by publication is posted at a
courthouse door for seven days in the appropriate county, the citation may
be completed without having to satisfy any additional requirements or
restrictions. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1453 amends the Family Code to provide that in a suit affecting
the parent-child relationship, including those consolidated with a suit for
dissolution of marriage, when a citation by publication is posted at a
courthouse door for seven days in the appropriate county, the citation may
be completed without having to satisfy any additional requirements or
restrictions that apply to a citation by publication in a suit for
dissolution for marriage. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.