By: Watson S.B. No. 1516
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain costs and fees in a Title IV-D case.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 2.  The changes in law made 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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.