84R2775 KKA-F
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 1636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs
of withholding for child support.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 158.503(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The Title IV-D agency shall:
(1) not later than the third business day after the
date of delivery of the administrative writ of withholding to an
employer, file a copy of the writ, together with a signed
certificate of service, in the court of continuing jurisdiction; or
(2) if the court of continuing jurisdiction is located
in a county with a population of less than 3.1 million, maintain a
record of the writ until all support obligations of the obligor have
been satisfied or income withholding has been terminated as
provided by this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 158.503(b), Family Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to an administrative writ of withholding issued
on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.