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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a |
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suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a-1), Section 154.125, Family Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The dollar amount prescribed by Subsection (a) is |
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adjusted every six years as necessary to reflect inflation. The |
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Title IV-D agency shall compute the adjusted amount, to take effect |
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beginning September 1 of the year of the adjustment, based on the |
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percentage change in the consumer price index during the 72-month |
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[preceding six-year] period preceding March 1 of the year of the |
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adjustment [in the consumer price index], as rounded to the nearest |
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$50 increment. The Title IV-D agency shall publish the adjusted |
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amount in the Texas Register before September 1 of the year in which |
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the adjustment takes effect. For purposes of this subsection, |
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"consumer price index" has the meaning assigned by Section 341.201, |
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Finance Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |