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	Amend SB 865 (House committee report) as follows:                            

(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 	the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 157.268, Family Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 157.268.  APPLICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT.  Child 
support collected shall be applied in the following order of 
priority:
		(1)  current child support;                                                   
		(2)  non-delinquent child support owed;                                       
		(3)  [interest on the principal amounts specified in 
Subdivisions (4) and (5);
		[(4)]  the principal amount of child support that has 
not been confirmed and reduced to money judgment;
		(4) [(5)]  the principal amount of child support that 
has been confirmed and reduced to money judgment;
		(5)  interest on the principal amounts specified in 
Subdivisions (3) and (4); and
		(6)  the amount of any ordered attorney's fees or costs, 
or Title IV-D service fees authorized under Section 231.103 for 
which the obligor is responsible.
	SECTION ____.  Section 157.268, Family Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to child support collected on or after 
January 1, 2010.
	(2)  In SECTION 40(a) of the bill (page 19, line 10), strike 
"Subsection (b)" and substitute "Subsections (b) and (c)".
	(3)  In SECTION 40 of the bill (page 19, between lines 16 and 
17), insert the following:
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 157.268, 
Family Code, takes effect January 1, 2010.
	(4)  In SECTION 40 of the bill (page 19, line 17), strike 
"(b)" and substitute "(c)".