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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 29, 2025
TO:
Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB4213 by Dutton (relating to the accrual of interest on over due child support.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would change the interest rate on delinquent child support, child support arrearage judgments, and retroactive child support judgments from six percent to three percent beginning January 1, 2026.
It is assumed that any technology costs to upgrade the Office of the Attorney General's Child Support IT system to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General