By Naishtat H.B. No. 2218 74R6891 MJW-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the creation of a working group to develop strategies 1-3 regarding child support collections and enforcement. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The governor, in cooperation with the 1-6 attorney general, shall establish a working group to develop 1-7 strategies to: 1-8 (1) maximize federal assistance for county-based child 1-9 support collection efforts; 1-10 (2) reduce the state's child support enforcement 1-11 caseload relating to individuals who do not receive Aid to Families 1-12 with Dependent Children; and 1-13 (3) replace the existing state child support 1-14 enforcement application system with an automatic enforcement system 1-15 that does not require an applicant to file a complaint. 1-16 (b) The working group shall include county, state, and 1-17 federal officials involved in child support collections and 1-18 enforcement. 1-19 (c) The office of the attorney general shall coordinate the 1-20 activities of the working group. 1-21 (d) The working group established by this Act shall report 1-22 its findings and recommendations to the governor, the attorney 1-23 general, and the legislature not later than September 1, 1996. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 2-1 expires September 2, 1996. 2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.