LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 15, 2005

TO:	Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1153 by Harris (Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including proceedings for the establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support; providing a civil penalty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would make technical corrections, clarifications, and enhancements to the Family Code to improve the Office of the Attorney General (OAG)-Child Support Division’s ability to serve its customers. The OAG reports that any additional work could be absorbed within the agency's current resources. The OAG does not anticipate a significant impact for other agencies who could suspend vehicle registrations or deny license renewals. Moreover, the bill would amend Section 232.014, Family Code, to specifically provide for a licensing authority to charge a fee to an individual who is subject to either license suspension or denial of license renewal in an amount sufficient to cover the authority’s administrative costs in suspending a license or denying license renewal.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

302 Office of the Attorney General

LBB Staff:

JOB, MS, LB