SRC-JBJ, JXG S.B. 391 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 391
By: Harris
Jurisprudence
7/12/1999
Enrolled


DIGEST 

Currently, the enforcement of a child support order does not permit without
proper authorization a domestic relations office or certain friends of the
court to obtain certain records on a person from the national directory of
new hires or the state case registry.  S.B. 391 authorizes the domestic
relations office to obtain information from the national directory of new
hires, and the office and the friend of the court to obtain information
from the state case registry.   

PURPOSE

As enrolled, S.B. 391 authorizes a domestic relations office and certain
friends of the court to obtain information from the national directory of
new hires and the state case registry. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 203.004(a), Family Code, to authorize a domestic
relations office to provide an informal forum for negotiating an agreed
repayment schedule for delinquent child support is negotiated as an
alternative to filing a suit to enforce a court order for child support
under Subdivision (3).  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 203.007, Family Code, to authorize a domestic
relations office to obtain the records described by Subsections (d) and (e)
that relate to a certain persons.  Entitles a domestic relations office to
obtain from the Texas Workforce Commission, rather than employment, records
that relate to certain provisions.  Entitles a domestic relations office to
obtain from the National Directory of New Hires established under 42 U.S.C.
Section 653(i), as amended, records that relate to a person described by
Subsection (a), including records that relate to certain information, to
the extent permitted by federal law.  Entitles a domestic relations office
to obtain from the state case registry certain records that relate to a
person described by Subsection (a), to the extent permitted by federal law.
Makes conforming changes.   

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 233.003, Family Code, to delete text regarding
custodial parent or to the person designated by the parent. 

SECTION 4.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.