73R3087 SMH-F
By Goodman H.B. No. 600
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the monthly charge by a domestic relations office from
1-3 each managing and possessory conservator for whom the office
1-4 provides services.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 151.008(a), Human Resources Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) The commissioners court of a county may authorize a
1-9 domestic relations office to assess and collect:
1-10 (1) a filing fee of not more than $5 for each suit
1-11 filed in the county for the dissolution of a marriage or affecting
1-12 the parent-child relationship;
1-13 (2) attorney's fees and court costs incurred by the
1-14 office in enforcing an order for child support or visitation
1-15 against the party found to be in violation of the order;
1-16 (3) an application fee from a person requesting
1-17 services from the office; and
1-18 (4) a monthly charge of not more than $2 <$1> from
1-19 each managing and possessory conservator for whom the office
1-20 provides services.
1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
1-22 applies only to charges under Section 151.008(a), Human Resources
1-23 Code, due on or after that date. A charge under that section due
1-24 before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
2-1 effect when the charge was due, and that law is continued in effect
2-2 for that purpose.
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.