79R1335 KKA-D

By:  Dutton                                                       H.B. No. 1183



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to distribution of certain child support payments by the 
state disbursement unit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 234.008, Family Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), not later 
than the second business day after the date the state disbursement 
unit receives a child support payment, the state disbursement unit 
shall distribute the payment to the Title IV-D agency or the 
obligee.
	(d)  In a case in which a court appoints a guardian ad litem 
for the purpose of receiving, disbursing, and monitoring child 
support payments, the state disbursement unit shall, after making 
any deduction required by Subsection (c), distribute the payment to 
the guardian ad litem by the date required by Subsection (a).  The 
guardian ad litem shall deduct any amount of the guardian ad litem's 
authorized fee from the payment, and promptly disburse the 
remainder of the amount to the Title IV-D agency or obligee.
	SECTION 2.  Section 234.008, Family Code, as amended by this 
Act, applies to a payment distributed by the state disbursement 
unit on or after the effective date of this Act.  A payment 
distributed before that date is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the payment is distributed, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.