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By: Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 529
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ineligibility of a delinquent child support obligor
to receive state-funded or state-administered student financial
assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 231.006, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
follows:
(a-1) A child support obligor who is more than 60 days
delinquent in paying child support is not eligible to receive
student financial assistance paid directly to the obligor by the
comptroller. This subsection does not apply to an obligor who
submits to the comptroller:
(1) a sworn affidavit from the obligor or obligee
stating that the obligor is current on the obligor's child support
payments; and
(2) a written statement from the obligor that the
obligor has made a request to the Title IV-D agency to correct the
errors in the obligor's payment record.
(b) A child support obligor or business entity ineligible to
receive payments under Subsection (a) or a child support obligor
ineligible to receive payments under Subsection (a-1) remains
ineligible until:
(1) all arrearages have been paid; or
(2) the obligor is in compliance with a written
repayment agreement or court order as to any existing delinquency.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to
student financial assistance paid on or after the effective date of
this Act.