Bill Text: TX SB1965 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to enforcement of child support obligations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1965 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1965-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1965 |
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relating to enforcement of child support obligations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 157.105, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The court may conduct the release hearing under | ||
Subsection (a) through the use of teleconferencing, | ||
videoconferencing, or other remote electronic means if the court | ||
determines that the method of appearance will facilitate the | ||
hearing. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 157.163, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) The court may conduct a hearing on the issue of | ||
indigency through the use of teleconferencing, videoconferencing, | ||
or other remote electronic means if the court determines that | ||
conducting the hearing in that manner will facilitate the hearing. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 157.317(a), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A child support lien attaches to all real and personal | ||
property not exempt under the Texas Constitution or other law, | ||
including: | ||
(1) an account in a financial institution; | ||
(2) a retirement plan, including an individual | ||
retirement account; | ||
(3) the proceeds of an insurance policy, including the | ||
proceeds from a life insurance policy or annuity contract and the | ||
proceeds from the sale or assignment of life insurance or annuity | ||
benefits, a claim for compensation, or a settlement or award for the | ||
claim for compensation, due to or owned by the obligor; [ |
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(4) property seized and subject to forfeiture under | ||
Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
(5) the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas | ||
production from an oil or gas well located in this state. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 91.402(b), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Payments may be withheld without interest beyond the | ||
time limits set out in Subsection (a) if: | ||
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affect distribution of payments; | ||
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of its share of the oil or gas to the purchaser of such production; | ||
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in the proceeds of production; or | ||
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places in issue the title, identity, or whereabouts of the payee and | ||
that has not been satisfied by the payee after a reasonable request | ||
for curative information has been made by the payor; or | ||
(2) the payments are subject to a child support lien | ||
under Chapter 157, Family Code, or an order or writ of withholding | ||
issued under Chapter 158, Family Code. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
157.317, Family Code, applies only to a child support lien notice | ||
issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A child support | ||
lien notice issued before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the lien notice was issued, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1965 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1965 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |