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| 1 | 1 | By: Harris S.B. No. 517 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the application of the child support guidelines in a | |
| 7 | 7 | suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subsection (a-1), Section 154.125, Family Code, | |
| 10 | 10 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a-1) The dollar amount prescribed by Subsection (a) is | |
| 12 | 12 | adjusted every six years as necessary to reflect inflation. The | |
| 13 | 13 | Title IV-D agency shall compute the adjusted amount, to take effect | |
| 14 | 14 | beginning September 1 of the year of the adjustment, based on the | |
| 15 | 15 | percentage change in the consumer price index during the 72-month | |
| 16 | 16 | [preceding six-year] period preceding March 1 of the year of the | |
| 17 | 17 | adjustment [in the consumer price index], as rounded to the nearest | |
| 18 | 18 | $50 increment. The Title IV-D agency shall publish the adjusted | |
| 19 | 19 | amount in the Texas Register before September 1 of the year in which | |
| 20 | 20 | the adjustment takes effect. For purposes of this subsection, | |
| 21 | 21 | "consumer price index" has the meaning assigned by Section 341.201, | |
| 22 | 22 | Finance Code. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |