Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB267 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R883 KSD-F
2	2	By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 267
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to certain rights of the sole managing conservator of a
8	8	child in relation to the child's passport.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 153.132, Family Code, is amended to read
11	11	as follows:
12	12	Sec. 153.132. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENT APPOINTED SOLE
13	13	MANAGING CONSERVATOR. Unless limited by court order, a parent
14	14	appointed as sole managing conservator of a child has the rights and
15	15	duties provided by Subchapter B and the following exclusive rights:
16	16	(1) the right to designate the primary residence of
17	17	the child;
18	18	(2) the right to consent to medical, dental, and
19	19	surgical treatment involving invasive procedures;
20	20	(3) the right to consent to psychiatric and
21	21	psychological treatment;
22	22	(4) the right to receive and give receipt for periodic
23	23	payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse these
24	24	funds for the benefit of the child;
25	25	(5) the right to represent the child in legal action
26	26	and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance
27	27	concerning the child;
28	28	(6) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment
29	29	in the armed forces of the United States;
30	30	(7) the right to make decisions concerning the child's
31	31	education;
32	32	(8) the right to the services and earnings of the
33	33	child; [and]
34	34	(9) except when a guardian of the child's estate or a
35	35	guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the child, the
36	36	right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the child's
37	37	estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United
38	38	States, or a foreign government; and
39	39	(10) the right to:
40	40	(A) apply for a passport for the child;
41	41	(B) renew the child's passport; and
42	42	(C) maintain possession of the child's passport.
43	43	SECTION 2. Section 153.371, Family Code, is amended to read
44	44	as follows:
45	45	Sec. 153.371. RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT APPOINTED AS
46	46	SOLE MANAGING CONSERVATOR. Unless limited by court order or other
47	47	provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing
48	48	agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services
49	49	appointed as a managing conservator of the child has the following
50	50	rights and duties:
51	51	(1) the right to have physical possession and to
52	52	direct the moral and religious training of the child;
53	53	(2) the duty of care, control, protection, and
54	54	reasonable discipline of the child;
55	55	(3) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food,
56	56	shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care;
57	57	(4) the right to consent for the child to medical,
58	58	psychiatric, psychological, dental, and surgical treatment and to
59	59	have access to the child's medical records;
60	60	(5) the right to receive and give receipt for payments
61	61	for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the
62	62	benefit of the child;
63	63	(6) the right to the services and earnings of the
64	64	child;
65	65	(7) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment
66	66	in the armed forces of the United States;
67	67	(8) the right to represent the child in legal action
68	68	and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance
69	69	concerning the child;
70	70	(9) except when a guardian of the child's estate or a
71	71	guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the child, the
72	72	right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the child's
73	73	estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United
74	74	States, or a foreign government;
75	75	(10) the right to designate the primary residence of
76	76	the child and to make decisions regarding the child's education;
77	77	[and]
78	78	(11) if the parent-child relationship has been
79	79	terminated with respect to the parents, or only living parent, or if
80	80	there is no living parent, the right to consent to the adoption of
81	81	the child and to make any other decision concerning the child that a
82	82	parent could make; and
83	83	(12) the right to:
84	84	(A) apply for a passport for the child;
85	85	(B) renew the child's passport; and
86	86	(C) maintain possession of the child's passport.
87	87	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
88	88	a suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a
89	89	trial court on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
90	90	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.