HBA-CBW H.B. 3063 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3063
By: Brown, Fred
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, court records regarding an adoption are confidential,
and no person is entitled to access to or information from these records,
unless an order is entered by the  court that granted the adoption or
terminated the proceedings. This may cause an undue burden on many adoptees
attempting to access their records or information because they must travel
to the court that granted the adoption or terminated the proceedings to
access the records.  House Bill 3063 entitles a court, rather than the
court that granted the adoption or terminated the proceedings, to access to
or information from certain records regarding an adoption. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 3063 amends the Family Code to entitle a court, rather than the
court that granted the adoption or terminated the proceedings, to access to
or information from certain records relating to adoption. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.