80R11331 KKA-D
 
  By: Heflin H.B. No. 3022
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3022:
 
  By:  Dutton C.S.H.B. No. 3022
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees
paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child
relationship.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 107.015, Family Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
       (c-1)  On request by a county, the comptroller, from funds
appropriated for that purpose, shall reimburse the county for ad
litem fees paid from the county's general fund under Subsection
(c). If the comptroller fails to reimburse a county before the 61st
day after the date the comptroller receives the request for
reimbursement, the county may suspend further payment of fees under
Subsection (c) until reimbursement is received.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.