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Amend HB 3876 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
as appropriate:
	SECTION ____.  Section 231.202, Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 231.202.  AUTHORIZED COSTS AND FEES IN TITLE IV-D 
CASES.  In a Title IV-D case filed under this title, including a 
case filed under Chapter 159, the Title IV-D agency shall pay:
		(1)  filing fees and fees for issuance and service of 
process as provided by Chapter 110 of this code and by Sections 
51.317, 51.318(b)(2), and 51.319(2), Government Code;
		(2)  fees for transfer as provided by Chapter 110;                            
		(3)  fees for the issuance and delivery of orders and 
writs of income withholding in the amounts provided by Chapter 110;
		(4)  the fee for services provided by [that] sheriffs 
and constables, including:
			(A)  a fee [are] authorized [to charge for serving 
process] under Section 118.131, Local Government Code, for serving 
each item of process to each individual on whom service is required, 
including service by certified or registered mail[, to be paid to a 
sheriff, constable, or clerk whenever service of process is 
required]; and
			(B)  a fee authorized under Section 157.103(b) for 
serving a capias;
		(5)  the fee for filing an administrative writ of 
withholding under Section 158.503(d); [and]
		(6)  the fee for issuance of a subpoena as provided by 
Section 51.318(b)(1), Government Code; and
		(7)  a fee authorized under a local rule for the 
electronic filing of documents with a clerk.
	SECTION ____.  The changes in law made in Section 231.202 by 
this Act apply to a suit affecting the parent-child relationship 
pending in a trial court on or filed on or after the effective date 
of this Act.