By Reyna of Dallas                                    H.B. No. 1631
         77R4657 KLA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the admissibility of certain child support payment
 1-3     records in a proceeding.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 234, Family Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Section 234.012 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 234.012.  ADMISSIBILITY OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT RECORD.
 1-8     (a)  A record of child support payments maintained by a local
 1-9     registry or the state disbursement unit as provided by Section
1-10     234.009 is admissible into evidence in a proceeding without proof
1-11     of correctness or other proof if the custodian of records of the
1-12     local registry or state disbursement unit certifies the record's
1-13     accuracy and authenticity.
1-14           (b)  A certified copy of a record of child support payments
1-15     maintained by the state disbursement unit that is received by a
1-16     local registry by electronic transmission is admissible into
1-17     evidence in a proceeding and shall be given the same effect as the
1-18     original record.  The state disbursement unit shall maintain the
1-19     original record of child support payments.
1-20           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-21           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to a
1-22     proceeding commenced on or after the effective date of this Act.  A
1-23     proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is
1-24     governed by the law in effect on the date the proceeding was
 2-1     commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for that
 2-2     purpose.