1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain fees for collecting, disbursing, or monitoring
 1-3     spousal maintenance or child support payments in Dallas County.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 152.0633(g), Human Resources Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (g)  The department has the duties assigned by the
 1-8     administrator or the local administrative judge and prescribed by
 1-9     this section and Section 152.0634, including the duty to:
1-10                 (1)  collect, receive, [and] disburse, and monitor
1-11     support payments that are required by court order to be made to the
1-12     department; and
1-13                 (2)  collect, receive, and deposit the fees authorized
1-14     under Section 152.0634 or 152.0635.
1-15           SECTION 2. Section 152.0634(b), Human Resources Code, is
1-16     amended to read as follows:
1-17           (b)  The administrator shall receive and disburse the
1-18     payments in the manner the court believes to be in the best
1-19     interest of the parties involved in the case.  The administrator
1-20     shall collect a fee for receiving, [and] disbursing, or monitoring
1-21     the payments as provided by Section 152.0635.
1-22           SECTION 3. Section 152.0635(a), Human Resources Code, is
1-23     amended to read as follows:
1-24           (a)  The district and county courts administrator shall
 2-1     assess and collect a monthly fee of not more than $3 for
 2-2     collecting, [and] disbursing, or monitoring spousal or child
 2-3     support payments.  The fee is payable annually and in advance.  The
 2-4     local administrative judge shall set the amount of the fee.  The
 2-5     court ordering payment shall determine if the payor or payee of the
 2-6     support must pay the fee and may designate a person to collect the
 2-7     fee for the administrator.
 2-8           SECTION 4. The changes in law made by Sections 152.0633,
 2-9     152.0634, and 152.0635, Human Resources Code, as amended by this
2-10     Act, apply only to a fee due on or after the effective date of this
2-11     Act.
2-12           SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2638 was passed by the House on May
         8, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2638 was passed by the Senate on May
         22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
                    __________________________
                            Governor