Amend SB 776, on third reading, by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION   .  (a)  Subchapter A, Chapter 154, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 154.013 to read as follows:
      Sec. 154.013.  PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF COURT-ORDERED AMOUNT.
(a)  If a child support agency or local child support registry
receives from an obligor who is not in arrears a child support
payment in an amount that exceeds the court-ordered amount, the
agency or registry, to the extent possible, shall give effect to
any expressed intent of the obligor for the application of the
amount that exceeds the court-ordered amount.
      (b)  If the obligor does not express an intent for the
application of the amount paid in excess of the court-ordered
amount, the agency or registry shall:
            (1)  credit the excess amount to the obligor's future
child support obligation; and
            (2)  promptly disperse the excess amount to the
obligee.
      (c)  This section does not apply to an obligee who is a
recipient of public assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources
Code.
      (b)  Notwithstanding any other section of this Act, the
change in law made by Section 154.013, Family Code, as added by
this section, takes effect September 1, 2001, and applies only to a
child support payment made on or after that date.  A child support
payment made before September 1, 2001, is governed by the law in
effect on the date the payment was made, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.