H.B. No. 1181
AN ACT
relating to access to criminal history record information by a
domestic relations office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.1285(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A domestic relations office created under Chapter 203,
Family Code, is entitled to obtain from the department criminal
history record information that relates to a person who is a party
to a proceeding in which the domestic relations office has been:
(1) appointed guardian ad litem for a child; or
(2) ordered to conduct [subject of] a social study
under Subchapter D, Chapter 107, Family Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship pending in a trial
court on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the House on May 9,
2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor