1-1 By: West (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 336 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001; 1-3 May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to certain requirements in connection with the expenditure 1-9 of child support payments. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 154, Family Code, is 1-12 amended by adding Section 154.0041 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 154.0041. ACCOUNTING OF CHILD SUPPORT EXPENDITURES. 1-14 (a) On the request of a party to a child support order and for 1-15 good cause shown, the court may order an accounting of the 1-16 expenditure of child support payments if the total child support 1-17 obligation exceeds $750 per month. The accounting required by the 1-18 court order may not include a duty to account for money deposited 1-19 in the account before the 12 months preceding the date of the 1-20 order. 1-21 (b) If, after a hearing, the court finds that child support 1-22 payments are not being used for the benefit of the child, the court 1-23 may order the obligee to open a child support account with a 1-24 financial institution solely for the receipt and use of child 1-25 support payments. 1-26 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-27 (b) If the Title IV-D agency implements an electronic 1-28 benefits transfer system under Section 234.007, Family Code, as 1-29 added by Section 6, Chapter 1072, Acts of the 76th Legislature, 1-30 Regular Session, 1999, a Title IV-D case in which an electronic 1-31 benefits transfer is used is exempt from Section 154.0041, Family 1-32 Code, as added by this Act. 1-33 * * * * *