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.