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.