79R7993 KKA-D

By:  Reyna                                                        H.B. No. 2231



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the payment of child support to an individual with 
actual primary possession of the child.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 156.409(a), Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	(a)  If the sole managing conservator of a child or the joint 
managing conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the 
primary residence of the child has voluntarily relinquished the 
primary care and possession of the child to another person for at 
least two [six] months, the court shall, on the motion of the 
obligor or the other person having physical possession of the  
child, [may] modify an order providing for the support of the child 
to provide that the other person having physical possession of the 
child shall have the right to receive and give receipt for payments 
of support for the child and to hold or disburse money for the 
benefit of the child.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.