Bill Text: TX HB541 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB541 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB541-Introduced.html
  82R1173 JSC-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 541
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain personal information contained in a decree of
  dissolution of a marriage or an order in a suit affecting the
  parent-child relationship.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended
  by adding Section 6.712 to read as follows:
         Sec. 6.712.  PERSONAL INFORMATION IN DECREE. (a) In this
  section, "personal information" means:
               (1)  an individual's social security number;
               (2)  an individual's bank account number and similar
  financial information; and
               (3)  the name and birth date of each child of an
  individual.
         (b)  A final decree of dissolution of a marriage, and any
  modification of the decree, may not contain personal information
  with regard to any party to the decree. Any personal information
  that is required by this title or any other law to be in the decree
  or modification must be listed in a separate document titled
  "CONFIDENTIAL DATA PAGE" in bold type.
         (c)  The separate document described by Subsection (b) must
  include the cause number and style of the proceeding.
         (d)  The personal information in the separate document
  described by Subsection (b) is confidential and may be disclosed
  only to:
               (1)  a party to the proceeding or an attorney for a
  party to the proceeding;
               (2)  a law enforcement agency, the Title IV-D agency,
  or another governmental entity conducting a criminal investigation
  or establishing or enforcing a child support order; or
               (3)  another person authorized to obtain the
  information by a court order that includes a finding of good cause
  for disclosing the information to that person.
         (e)  This section does not require a court to grant access to
  confidential personal information if access is restricted by other
  law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 105.006(a), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A final order, other than in a proceeding under Chapter
  161 or 162, must contain:
               (1)  the [social security number and] driver's license
  number of each party to the suit, including the child, except that
  the child's [social security number or] driver's license number is
  not required if the child has not been assigned a [social security
  number or] driver's license number; and
               (2)  each party's current residence address, mailing
  address, home telephone number, name of employer, address of
  employment, and work telephone number, except as provided by
  Subsection (c).
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 105, Family Code, is amended by adding
  Section 105.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 105.010.  PERSONAL INFORMATION IN CERTAIN ORDERS. (a)
  In this section, "personal information" means:
               (1)  an individual's social security number;
               (2)  an individual's bank account number and similar
  financial information; and
               (3)  the name and birth date of each child of an
  individual.
         (b)  An order in a suit affecting the parent-child
  relationship may not contain personal information with regard to
  any party to the suit. Any personal information that is required by
  this title or any other law to be in the order must be listed in a
  separate document titled "CONFIDENTIAL DATA PAGE" in bold type.
         (c)  The separate document described by Subsection (b) must
  include the cause number and style of the proceeding.
         (d)  The personal information in the separate document
  described by Subsection (b) is confidential and may be disclosed
  only to:
               (1)  a party to the suit or an attorney for a party to
  the suit;
               (2)  a law enforcement agency, the Title IV-D agency,
  or another governmental entity conducting a criminal investigation
  or enforcing a child support order; or
               (3)  another person authorized to obtain the
  information by a court order that includes a finding of good cause
  for disclosing the information to that person.
         (e)  This section does not require a court to grant access to
  confidential personal information if access is restricted by other
  law.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a decree of dissolution of a marriage or order in a suit affecting
  the parent-child relationship that is rendered or issued on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A decree or order rendered or
  issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
  in effect on the date the decree or order was rendered or issued,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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