82R17186 YDB-D
By: King of Parker, Kolkhorst, Cook, Flynn H.B. No. 1078
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1078:
By: Cook C.S.H.B. No. 1078
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem and attorney for
a minor in an application for a court order authorizing the minor to
consent to an abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.003(e), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the
minor. If the minor has not retained an attorney, the court shall
appoint an attorney to represent the minor. The [If the guardian ad
litem is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state,
the] court may not appoint the guardian ad litem to serve as the
minor's attorney. The court may not appoint the minor's attorney to
be the guardian ad litem for the minor.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a court order authorizing a minor to consent
to an abortion filed under Section 33.003, Family Code, as amended
by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application filed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.