1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the application of the child support guidelines to
 1-3     certain children receiving social security old age benefits.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 154, Family Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Section 154.133 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 154.133.  APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO CHILDREN OF
 1-8     OBLIGORS RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY.  In applying the child support
 1-9     guidelines for an obligor who is receiving social security old age
1-10     benefits and who is required to pay support for a child who
1-11     receives benefits as a result of the obligor's receipt of social
1-12     security old age benefits, the court shall apply the guidelines by
1-13     determining the amount of child support that would be ordered under
1-14     the child support guidelines and subtracting from that total the
1-15     amount of benefits or the value of the benefits paid to or for the
1-16     child as a result of the obligor's receipt of social security old
1-17     age benefits.
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-19     applies to a child support order entered before, on, or after that
1-20     date.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2550 was passed by the House on May
         2, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2550 was passed by the Senate on May
         17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor