TO: | Honorable Todd Hunter, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB4424 by Hernandez (Relating to operations fees and child support service fees assessed by domestic relations offices.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Family Code to authorize an administering entity of a domestic relations office to collect an operations fee or child support service fee on the filing of a motion for modification or motion for enforcement. Under current statute, the fees are collected at the time the original suit is filed.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house. If the bill does not receive the votes required to pass, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, TP
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