HBA-LJP H.B. 3094 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3094
By: Janek
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
3/26/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a court is required to specify in a standard possession
order that a possessory conservator has the right of possession of a child
for the summer if the possessory conservator gives the managing conservator
notice of the extended period or periods of summer possession by April 1 of
each year.  Managing conservators who work outside the home must often make
summer vacation arrangements with day-care centers or summer camps before
the 1st of April.  House Bill 3094 provides for a court to specify in a
standard possession order that the possessory conservator give a managing
conservator who is employed outside of the home notice of summer possession
by March 1 of each year and by April 1 of each year if the managing
conservator is not employed outside of the home. 

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 3094 amends the Family Code relating to the standard possession
order providing for possession of or access to a child.  The bill requires
the court to specify in a standard possession order that a possessory
conservator give the managing conservator written notice of the extended
period or periods of summer possession by March 1 of each year, if the
managing conservator is employed outside the home at the time the notice is
given.  If the managing conservator is not employed outside the home, then
the court is required to specify in a standard possession order that the
possessory conservator give the managing conservator the written notice of
the period of summer possession by April 1 of each year. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.