By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 3258



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) and (e) 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 an individual or 
entity for the purpose of receiving, disbursing, and monitoring 
child support payments, the state disbursement unit shall:
		(1)  Construe the court order as consent from the 
oblige to direct child support payments in accordance with the 
court order;
		(2)  Make any deduction required by Subsection (c), and                
		(3)  Distribute the payment to the appointed individual 
or entity by the date required by Subsection (a).
	(e)  An individual or entity appointed by a court for the 
purpose of receiving, disbursing, and monitoring child support 
payments may deduct any amount of the individual's or entity's 
authorized fee from the payment and shall 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.