84R3275 KKA-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 943
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an
incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support
obligations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.068, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 154.068. WAGE AND SALARY PRESUMPTION. (a) In the
absence of evidence of a party's resources, as defined by Section
154.062(b), the court shall presume that the party has income equal
to the federal minimum wage for a 40-hour week to which the support
guidelines may be applied.
(b) The presumption required by Subsection (a) does not
apply if the party is subject to an order of confinement that
exceeds 90 days and is incarcerated in a local, state, or federal
jail or prison at the time the court makes the determination
regarding the party's income.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
154.068, Family Code, 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, 2015.