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


Senate Research Center   C.S.S.B. 1501
By: Janek
Jurisprudence
04/5/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


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.   C.S.S.B. 1501 authorizes a local registry to accept child
support payments made by credit card, debit card, or automatic teller
machine (ATM) 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, debit card, or ATM card. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.



SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 1.  Differs from the original by adding "debit card, or ATM card"
to proposed text.