HBA-JRA H.B. 1462 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1462 By: Dunnam Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 3/11/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a custodial parent is 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 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 the parent's marriage to or intention 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 10 days after the marriage occurs and 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. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.