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AN ACT
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relating to the calculation of a person's net resources for  | 
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purposes of determining child support liability. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 154.062, Family Code, is  | 
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amended to read as follows: | 
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       (c)  Resources do not include: | 
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             (1)  return of principal or capital; | 
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             (2)  accounts receivable; [or] | 
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             (3)  benefits paid in accordance with the Temporary  | 
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Assistance for Needy Families program; or | 
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             (4)  payments for foster care of a child [aid for 
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families with dependent children]. | 
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       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection  | 
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(c), Section 154.062, Family Code, applies only to a proceeding to  | 
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establish or modify a child support obligation that is pending in a  | 
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trial court on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act. | 
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       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the Senate on  | 
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April 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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       I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the House on  | 
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May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, one  | 
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present not voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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