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	Amend CSHB 983 by striking page 1, line 5, through page 2, 
line 8, and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 157, Family Code, is 
amended by adding Section 157.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 157.009.  AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT 
OF CHILD SUPPORT: DISABILITY PAYMENTS.  (a)  This section applies 
only to an obligor who has a disability and who is required to pay 
support for a child who receives benefits as a result of the 
obligor's disability.
	(b)  An obligor may plead as an affirmative defense in whole 
or in part to a motion for enforcement of child support that the 
obligor is entitled to an offset against the obligee's claim for 
child support arrearages and interest in an amount equal to the 
amount of any benefit payments, including lump-sum benefit 
payments, made as a result of the obligor's disability to the 
obligee as the representative payee of the child.
	(c)  The offset permitted under this section may be applied 
only against arrearages and interest that accrued during the period 
of the obligor's disability and that are not assigned to the Title 
IV-D agency under Section 231.104(a).
	(d)  To the extent that this section conflicts with 
Subchapter F, this section prevails.
	SECTION 2.  Section 157.009, Family Code, as added by this 
Act, applies to a motion for enforcement of child support that is 
pending before a trial court on or filed on or after the effective 
date of this Act.