Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB914 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R679 KKA-D
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 914
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of
8	8	dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the
9	9	parent-child relationship.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended
12	12	by adding Section 6.712 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 6.712. PERSONAL INFORMATION IN DECREE. (a) In this
14	14	section, "personal information" means:
15	15	(1) an individual's social security number;
16	16	(2) an individual's bank account number and similar
17	17	financial information; and
18	18	(3) the name and birth date of each child of an
19	19	individual.
20	20	(b) A final decree of dissolution of a marriage, and any
21	21	modification of the decree, may not contain personal information
22	22	with regard to any party to the decree. Any personal information
23	23	that is required by this title or any other law to be in the decree
24	24	or modification must be listed in a separate document titled
25	25	"CONFIDENTIAL DATA PAGE" in bold type.
26	26	(c) The separate document described by Subsection (b) must
27	27	include the cause number and style of the proceeding.
28	28	(d) The personal information in the separate document
29	29	described by Subsection (b) is confidential and may be disclosed
30	30	only to:
31	31	(1) a party to the proceeding or an attorney for a
32	32	party to the proceeding;
33	33	(2) a law enforcement agency, the Title IV-D agency,
34	34	or another governmental entity conducting a criminal investigation
35	35	or establishing or enforcing a child support order; or
36	36	(3) another person authorized to obtain the
37	37	information by a court order that includes a finding of good cause
38	38	for disclosing the information to that person.
39	39	(e) This section does not require a court to grant access to
40	40	confidential personal information if access is restricted by other
41	41	law.
42	42	SECTION 2. Section 105.006(a), Family Code, is amended to
43	43	read as follows:
44	44	(a) A final order, other than in a proceeding under Chapter
45	45	161 or 162, must contain:
46	46	(1) the [social security number and] driver's license
47	47	number of each party to the suit, including the child, except that
48	48	the child's [social security number or] driver's license number is
49	49	not required if the child has not been assigned a [social security
50	50	number or] driver's license number; and
51	51	(2) each party's current residence address, mailing
52	52	address, home telephone number, name of employer, address of
53	53	employment, and work telephone number, except as provided by
54	54	Subsection (c).
55	55	SECTION 3. Chapter 105, Family Code, is amended by adding
56	56	Section 105.010 to read as follows:
57	57	Sec. 105.010. PERSONAL INFORMATION IN CERTAIN ORDERS. (a)
58	58	In this section, "personal information" means:
59	59	(1) an individual's social security number;
60	60	(2) an individual's bank account number and similar
61	61	financial information; and
62	62	(3) the name and birth date of each child of an
63	63	individual.
64	64	(b) An order in a suit affecting the parent-child
65	65	relationship may not contain personal information with regard to
66	66	any party to the suit. Any personal information that is required by
67	67	this title or any other law to be in the order must be listed in a
68	68	separate document titled "CONFIDENTIAL DATA PAGE" in bold type.
69	69	(c) The separate document described by Subsection (b) must
70	70	include the cause number and style of the proceeding.
71	71	(d) The personal information in the separate document
72	72	described by Subsection (b) is confidential and may be disclosed
73	73	only to:
74	74	(1) a party to the suit or an attorney for a party to
75	75	the suit;
76	76	(2) a law enforcement agency, the Title IV-D agency,
77	77	or another governmental entity conducting a criminal investigation
78	78	or enforcing a child support order; or
79	79	(3) another person authorized to obtain the
80	80	information by a court order that includes a finding of good cause
81	81	for disclosing the information to that person.
82	82	(e) This section does not require a court to grant access to
83	83	confidential personal information if access is restricted by other
84	84	law.
85	85	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
86	86	a decree of dissolution of a marriage or order in a suit affecting
87	87	the parent-child relationship that is rendered or issued on or
88	88	after the effective date of this Act. A decree or order rendered or
89	89	issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
90	90	in effect on the date the decree or order was rendered or issued,
91	91	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
92	92	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.