1-1 By: Uher (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 2550 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2001; 1-3 May 4, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the application of the child support guidelines to 1-9 certain children receiving social security old age benefits. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 154, Family Code, is amended 1-12 by adding Section 154.133 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 154.133. APPLICATION OF GUIDELINES TO CHILDREN OF 1-14 OBLIGORS RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY. In applying the child support 1-15 guidelines for an obligor who is receiving social security old age 1-16 benefits and who is required to pay support for a child who 1-17 receives benefits as a result of the obligor's receipt of social 1-18 security old age benefits, the court shall apply the guidelines by 1-19 determining the amount of child support that would be ordered under 1-20 the child support guidelines and subtracting from that total the 1-21 amount of benefits or the value of the benefits paid to or for the 1-22 child as a result of the obligor's receipt of social security old 1-23 age benefits. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-25 applies to a child support order entered before, on, or after that 1-26 date. 1-27 * * * * *