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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to operations or service fees collected by domestic |
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relations offices. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 110.006, Family Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Section 110.006. DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE OPERATIONS OR |
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SERVICE FEES |
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If an administering entity of a domestic relations office |
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adopts an initial operations fee under Section 203.005(a)(1) or an |
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initial child support service fee under Section 203.005(a)(2), the |
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clerk of the court shall collect the operations or service fee at |
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the time the original suit, motion for modification, or motion for |
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enforcement is filed and send the fee to the domestic relations |
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office. The operations and service fees are not filing fees for |
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purposes of Sec.110.002 or 110.003 of this chapter, and shall be |
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collected for each original suit, motion for modification, or |
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motion for enforcement. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |