84R1550 KSD-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1470
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a
conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding
family violence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 153.076(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The court shall order that each conservator of a child
has the duty to inform the other conservator of the child if the
conservator resides with for at least 30 days, marries, or intends
to marry a person who the conservator knows:
(1) is registered as a sex offender under Chapter 62,
Code of Criminal Procedure; [or]
(2) is currently charged with an offense for which on
conviction the person would be required to register under Chapter
62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(3) is the subject of a protective order rendered
under Chapter 85 or a similar law of another state in which the
person was found to have committed family violence; or
(4) is currently charged with an offense involving
family violence for which a protective order may be rendered under
Chapter 85 or a similar law of another state [that chapter].
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, the changes in law made by this Act to Section 153.076(b),
Family Code, apply only to a court order rendered on or after the
effective date of this Act. A court order rendered before that date
is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) A person may bring a suit to modify a court order
rendered before September 1, 2015, under Section 153.076(b), Family
Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.