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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