1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 920
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 5, 1999,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 5, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 920 By: Wentworth
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the collection of child support service fees by a
1-10 domestic relations office.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 203.005, Family Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 (a) The administering entity may authorize a domestic
1-15 relations office to assess and collect:
1-16 (1) either:
1-17 (A) an initial operations fee not to exceed $15
1-18 to be paid to the domestic relations office on the filing of a
1-19 suit; or
1-20 (B) in a county that has a child support
1-21 enforcement cooperative agreement with the Title IV-D agency, an
1-22 initial child support service fee not to exceed $51 to be paid to
1-23 the domestic relations office on the filing of a suit;
1-24 (2) a reasonable application fee to be paid by an
1-25 applicant requesting services from the office;
1-26 (3) a reasonable attorney's fee and court costs
1-27 incurred or ordered by the court;
1-28 (4) a monthly child support service fee not to exceed
1-29 $3 to be paid by a managing conservator and possessory conservator
1-30 for whom the domestic relations office acts as a local child
1-31 support registry;
1-32 (5) community supervision fees as provided by chapter
1-33 157 if community supervision officers are employed by the domestic
1-34 relations office; and
1-35 (6) a reasonable fee for preparation of a
1-36 court-ordered social study.
1-37 SECTION 2. Section 110.006, Family Code, is amended to read
1-38 as follows:
1-39 Sec. 110.006. DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE FEES [OPERATIONS
1-40 FEE]. If an administering entity of a domestic relations office
1-41 adopts an initial operations fee or an initial child support
1-42 service fee under Section 203.005(a) (1), the clerk of the court
1-43 shall collect the fee at the time suit is filed and send the fee to
1-44 the domestic relations office.
1-45 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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