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

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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

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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.