Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1820 by Fraser (Relating to the calculation of a person's net resources for purposes of determining child support liability.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Family Code relating to the calculation of a person's net resources for purposes of determining child support liability. The bill would add payments for foster care of a child to the list of items exempted when calculating a person's net resources for determining child support liability. To the extent that the bill would alter the allowable exemptions, the rules change is not anticipated to increase the workload of the courts. The bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council