77R10702 E
By Giddings H.B. No. 2275
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2275:
By Goodman C.S.H.B. No. 2275
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the attorney general providing certain child support
1-3 enforcement information to the parties to a suit and to the public.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 231, Family Code, is amended
1-6 by adding Section 231.1165 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 231.1165. INFORMATION ON SERVICE OF CITATION. The Title
1-8 IV-D agency shall update the agency's child support automated
1-9 system to inform the parties in a suit of the service of citation
1-10 in the suit not later than the first business day after the date
1-11 the agency receives notice that citation has been served. The
1-12 information required by this section must be available by telephone
1-13 and on the Internet.
1-14 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 231, Family Code, is amended
1-15 by adding Section 231.121 to read as follows:
1-16 Sec. 231.121. AVAILABILITY OF BROCHURES. The Title IV-D
1-17 agency shall ensure that all Title IV-D brochures published by the
1-18 agency are available to the public at courthouses where family law
1-19 cases are heard in the state.
1-20 SECTION 3. The Title IV-D agency shall perform a study of the
1-21 agency's current telephone interactive voice response system to
1-22 determine the feasibility of establishing a system to allow
1-23 placement of an automated outbound telephone call to provide notice
1-24 to the parties in a suit of significant actions in the suit,
2-1 including the completion of service of process.
2-2 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.