By: Paxton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1238
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2005;
May 13, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 21, 2005, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2005, sent to printer.)
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) The signature of an obligee on a final order in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship, or another order under
this title, that designates an individual or entity for the purpose
of receiving, disbursing, and monitoring child support payments
constitutes written consent by the obligee to the distribution of
the child support payments by the state disbursement unit to the
designated individual or entity. The state disbursement unit shall
distribute each child support payment to the designated individual
or entity by the date required by Subsection (a). The designated
individual or entity shall deduct any amount of the individual's or
entity'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.
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