HBA-SEB S.B. 686 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 686 By: Brown Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 4/21/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, a child support lien may be filed with a county clerk for past due child support. A county clerk is prohibited from charging a filing fee to the attorney general's office, a domestic relations office, or a friend of the court. S.B. 686 prohibits the county clerk from charging any party a fee for recording a notice of lien or for releasing the lien. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 157.315, Family Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c), as follows: (b) Prohibits a county clerk from charging any party a fee for recording the notice of a lien. Provides that the lien notice must be styled "Notice of Child Support Lien" to qualify for the exemption. Makes conforming changes. (c) Prohibits a county clerk from charging the Title IV-D agency (Office of the Attorney General-Child Support Division), a domestic relations office, or a friend of the court a fee for recording the release of a lien. Provides that the lien release must be styled "Release of Child Support Lien." Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.