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By:  Brown of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell)                   H.B. No. 529
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2003; 
May 6, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Jurisprudence; May 21, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; 
May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 529                                    By:  Lucio


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 six months 
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.



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