SRC-VRA S.B. 1501 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1501
78R6762 JMM-FBy: Janek
Jurisprudence
3/24/2003
As File


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a registry of the court may accept child support payments only
by personal check, cashier's check, money order, and electronic funds
transfer.   As proposed, S.B. 1501 authorizes a local registry to accept
payments made by credit card. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 154.241, Family Code, by adding Subsection (f)
to authorize a local registry to accept child support payments made by
credit card. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.