By: Uresti H.B. No. 2481
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to excluding certain income in calculating child support
and spousal maintenance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.055, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A spouse's monthly gross income does not include any
hostile fire or imminent danger pay, the overseas basic allowance
for housing, or the family separation basic allowance for housing
received by a member of the United States armed forces.
SECTION 2. Section 154.062(c), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Resources do not include:
(1) return of principal or capital;
(2) accounts receivable; [or]
(3) benefits paid in accordance with aid for families
with dependent children; or
(4) hostile fire or imminent danger pay, the overseas
basic allowance for housing, or the family separation basic
allowance for housing received by a member of the United States
armed forces.
SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies to an order for child support or spousal maintenance
rendered on or after that date. An order rendered before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the order was rendered, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
(b) The change in law made by this Act does not by itself
constitute a material and substantial change of circumstances under
Section 156.401, Family Code, sufficient to warrant modification of
a court order or a portion of a decree that provides for the support
of a child rendered before the effective date of this Act.