By: Uresti S.B. No. 1751
(Thompson)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to calculation of the net resources of a person ordered to
pay child support.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.062, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(d) The court shall deduct the following items from
resources to determine the net resources available for child
support:
(1) social security taxes;
(2) federal income tax based on the tax rate for a
single person claiming one personal exemption and the standard
deduction;
(3) state income tax;
(4) union dues; [and]
(5) expenses for the cost of health insurance or cash
medical support for the obligor's child ordered by the court under
Section 154.182; and
(6) if the obligor does not pay social security taxes,
nondiscretionary retirement plan contributions.
(f) For purposes of Subsection (d)(6), a nondiscretionary
retirement plan is a plan to which an employee is required to
contribute as a condition of employment.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a proceeding to establish or modify a child support obligation
that is pending in a trial court on or filed on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2012.