1-1     By:  Brown of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Cain)          H.B. No. 586
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
 1-3     April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 1;
 1-6     May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 586                  By:  Bernsen
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
1-11     to receive certain state-funded student financial assistance.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 231.006(a), Family Code, is amended to
1-14     read as follows:
1-15           (a)  A child support obligor who is more than 30 days
1-16     delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in which
1-17     the obligor is a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, or owner
1-18     with an ownership interest of at least 25 percent is not eligible
1-19     to:
1-20                 (1)  receive payments from state funds under a contract
1-21     to provide property, materials, or services; or
1-22                 (2)  receive a state-funded grant or loan or student
1-23     financial assistance paid directly to the obligor by the
1-24     comptroller.
1-25           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect January 1, 2002.
1-26           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to
1-27     student financial assistance paid on or after the effective date of
1-28     this Act.
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