By Uher H.B. No. 2550 77R7816 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-19 applies only to an order for child support issued on or after that 1-20 date. An order for child support issued before the effective date 1-21 of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the order was 1-22 issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-23 (b) The change in law made by this Act does not by itself 1-24 constitute a material and substantial change of circumstances under 2-1 Section 156.401, Family Code, sufficient in and of itself to 2-2 warrant modification of a court order or a portion of a decree that 2-3 provides for the support of a child rendered before the effective 2-4 date of this Act.