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| 1 | 1 | By: Uresti S.B. No. 2444 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to | |
| 7 | 7 | pay child support. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 154.062, Family Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) The court shall deduct the following items from | |
| 13 | 13 | resources to determine the net resources available for child | |
| 14 | 14 | support: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) social security taxes; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) federal income tax based on the tax rate for a | |
| 17 | 17 | single person claiming one personal exemption and the standard | |
| 18 | 18 | deduction; | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) state income tax; | |
| 20 | 20 | (4) union dues; [and] | |
| 21 | 21 | (5) expenses for the cost of health insurance or cash | |
| 22 | 22 | medical support for the obligor's child ordered by the court under | |
| 23 | 23 | Section 154.182; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (6) if the obligor does not pay social security taxes, | |
| 25 | 25 | nondiscretionary retirement plan contributions. | |
| 26 | 26 | (f) For purposes of Subsection (d)(6), a nondiscretionary | |
| 27 | 27 | retirement plan is a plan to which an employee is required to | |
| 28 | 28 | contribute as a condition of employment. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 30 | 30 | to a proceeding to establish or modify a child support obligation | |
| 31 | 31 | that is pending in a trial court on or filed on or after the | |
| 32 | 32 | effective date of this Act. | |
| 33 | 33 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |