S.B. No. 818
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a
  conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding
  family violence; creating a criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 153.076, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (b-1) and (c-1) and amending Subsection (d) to
  read as follows:
         (b-1)  The court shall order that each conservator of a child
  has the duty to inform the other conservator of the child if the
  conservator:
               (1)  establishes a residence with a person who the
  conservator knows is the subject of a final protective order sought
  by an individual other than the conservator that is in effect on the
  date the residence with the person is established;
               (2)  resides with, or allows unsupervised access to a
  child by, a person who is the subject of a final protective order
  sought by the conservator after the expiration of the 60-day period
  following the date the final protective order is issued; or
               (3)  is the subject of a final protective order issued
  after the date of the order establishing conservatorship.
         (c-1)  The notice required to be made under Subsection (b-1)
  must be made as soon as practicable but not later than:
               (1)  the 30th day after the date the conservator
  establishes residence with the person who is the subject of the
  final protective order, if the notice is required by Subsection
  (b-1)(1);
               (2)  the 90th day after the date the final protective
  order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(2);
  or
               (3)  the 30th day after the date the final protective
  order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(3).
         (d)  A conservator commits an offense if the conservator
  fails to provide notice in the manner required by Subsections (b)
  and (c), or Subsections (b-1) and (c-1), as applicable. An offense
  under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
  this section, the changes in law made by this Act to Section
  153.076, 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, Family
  Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 818 passed the Senate on
  March 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 818 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor