| 1 | 1 | | By: Huffman S.R. No. 838 |
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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 6 | 6 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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| 7 | 7 | | suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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| 8 | 8 | | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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| 9 | 9 | | Senate Bill 891 (the operation and administration of and practice |
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| 10 | 10 | | in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state |
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| 11 | 11 | | government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal |
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| 12 | 12 | | offense) to consider and take action on the following matter: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee |
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| 14 | 14 | | to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate |
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| 15 | 15 | | version of the bill by adding the following new SECTION to |
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| 16 | 16 | | ARTICLE 13 of the bill: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 13.01. Section 231.103(a), Family Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) The Title IV-D agency may: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) charge a reasonable application fee; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) charge a $35 [$25] annual service fee; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) to the extent permitted by federal law, recover |
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| 23 | 23 | | costs for the services provided in a Title IV-D case. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Explanation: The addition is necessary to amend the Family |
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| 25 | 25 | | Code to provide for an increase of the annual service fee charged |
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| 26 | 26 | | by the Title IV-D agency. |
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