78R7201 MCK-D

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 (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  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.