By: Pitts H.B. No. 497 73R1758 MJW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a child support agency's report of delinquent child 1-3 support to a credit reporting bureau. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 14, Family Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 14.46 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 14.46. REPORT OF DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT TO CREDIT 1-8 BUREAU. (a) On determination by a court under this subchapter 1-9 that an obligor is delinquent in the payment of child support, the 1-10 child support agency with primary responsibility for enforcing the 1-11 support obligation shall report the fact of delinquency to a credit 1-12 reporting bureau that provides credit information in the county in 1-13 which the child support agency is located. 1-14 (b) In this section: 1-15 (1) "Child support agency" has the meaning assigned by 1-16 Section 14.80 of this code. 1-17 (2) "Credit reporting bureau" means a person or 1-18 organization engaging in the practice of assembling or reporting 1-19 credit information on individuals for the purpose of furnishing 1-20 such information to third parties. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 1-22 applies only to a child support payment that is determined by a 1-23 court to be delinquent and that is unpaid on or after the Act's 1-24 effective date. This Act does not apply to a child support payment 2-1 that is determined by a court to be delinquent but that is paid 2-2 before the Act's effective date. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.