By Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 586
77R1159 KSD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
1-3 to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial
1-4 assistance.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 231.006(a), Family Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (a) A child support obligor who is more than 30 days
1-9 delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in which
1-10 the obligor is a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, or owner
1-11 with an ownership interest of at least 25 percent is not eligible
1-12 to:
1-13 (1) receive payments from state funds under a contract
1-14 to provide property, materials, or services; [or]
1-15 (2) receive a state-funded grant or loan, including a
1-16 scholarship, a loan associated with an educational loan repayment
1-17 program, and any other student financial assistance that is
1-18 conditioned on the performance of some service obligation after
1-19 graduation; or
1-20 (3) receive a federally funded educational loan that
1-21 is administered by the state.
1-22 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-23 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
1-24 contract, grant, or loan that is executed on or after the effective
2-1 date of this Act. A contract, grant, or loan executed before the
2-2 effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
2-3 date the contract, grant, or loan was executed, and the former law
2-4 is continued in effect for that purpose.