By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1148
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the requirement that a child support obligor provide
 1-3     certain financial information to the court.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 105.006, Family Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
 1-7           (i)  An order in a suit that orders child support must
 1-8     require that, not later than June 1 of each year, the child support
 1-9     obligor shall submit a copy of the obligor's Wage and Tax
1-10     Statement, Internal Revenue Service Form W-2, to the court of
1-11     continuing exclusive jurisdiction.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-13     applies to an order rendered on or after that date in which child
1-14     support is required to be paid.  An order rendered before the
1-15     effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
1-16     date the order was rendered, and the former law is continued in
1-17     effect for that purpose.