By West H.B. No. 336 77R14853 E A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain requirements in connection with the expenditure 1-3 of child support payments. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 154, Family Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 154.0041 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 154.0041. ACCOUNTING OF CHILD SUPPORT EXPENDITURES. 1-8 (a) On the request of a party to a child support order and for 1-9 good cause shown, the court may order an accounting of the 1-10 expenditure of child support payments if the total child support 1-11 obligation exceeds $750 per month. The accounting required by the 1-12 court order may not include a duty to account for money deposited 1-13 in the account before the 12 months preceding the date of the 1-14 order. 1-15 (b) If, after a hearing, the court finds that child support 1-16 payments are not being used for the benefit of the child, the court 1-17 may order the obligee to open a child support account with a 1-18 financial institution solely for the receipt and use of child 1-19 support payments. 1-20 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-21 (b) If the Title IV-D agency implements an electronic 1-22 benefits transfer system under Section 234.007, Family Code, as 1-23 added by Section 6, Chapter 1072, Acts of the 76th Legislature, 1-24 Regular Session, 1999, a Title IV-D case in which an electronic 2-1 benefits transfer is used is exempt from Section 154.0041, Family 2-2 Code, as added by this Act.