HBA-JRA H.B. 1462 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1462 By: Dunnam Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 6/28/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 76th Texas Legislature, a custodial parent was not obligated to inform the other parent of a child of the custodial parent's marriage to or intention to marry a sex offender or a person charged with a sex offense. H.B. 1462 requires a court to order each parent, if both parents are appointed as conservators, to inform the other parent of the parent's residence with, marriage to, or intention to marry a registered sex offender or a person charged with a sex offense. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 153.076, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 153.076. PARENTS' DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. (a) Creates subdivision from existing text. (b) Requires a court to order each parent, if both parents are appointed as conservators, to inform the other parent of if the parent resides with for at least 30 days, marries, or intends to marry a person known to the parent to be a registered sex offender or currently charged with an offense for which the person would be required to register as a sex offender if convicted. (c) Provides that the notice must be made as soon as practicable but not later than 40 days after the parent begins to reside with the person or 10 days after the marriage occurs, as appropriate. Establishes that the notice must include a description of the offense that is the basis of the person's requirement to register as a sex offender or of the offense with which the person is charged. (d) Establishes that a person commits a Class C misdemeanor for failing to provide notice in the manner required by Subsections (b) and (c). SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.