H.B. No. 943
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 court finds that 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 943 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 28, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 943 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor