LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 11, 2005

TO:	Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB460 by Dutton (Relating to the designation of a child support obligee as an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the current law governing Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) for public retirement systems.  The bill would add a "child support obligee" as a person who could be an alternate payee under a QDRO, allowing use of QDRO's to collect child support from retirement plan participants.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General, 323 Teacher Retirement System, 327 Employees Retirement System

LBB Staff:

JOB, WP, LB