H.B. 529 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 529
By: Brown, Betty
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Texas Family Code 231.006 states that a child support obligor who is more
than 30 days delinquent in paying child support and a business entity in
which the obligor is a sole proprietor, partner, shareholder, or owner
with an ownership interest of at least 25 percent is not eligible to
receive a state-funded grant or loan.  

House Bill 529 would prevent delinquent child support obligors from
receiving a scholarship, a loan associated with an educational loan
repayment program, and any other student financial assistance that is
conditioned on the performance of some service obligation after
graduation; or to receive a federally funded educational loan that is
administered by the state. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

Section 1.Amends Section 231.006(a), Family Code, by to prevent delinquent
child support obligors from receiving a scholarship, a loan associated
with an educational loan repayment program, and any other student
financial assistance that is conditioned on the performance of some
service obligation after graduation; or to receive a federally funded
educational loan that is administered by the state. 

Section 2.This Act takes effect September 1, 2003. (b) The change in law
made by this Act applies only to a contract, grant, or loan that is
executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract, grant, or
loan executed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law
in effect on the date the contract, grant, or loan was executed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2003.