H.B. No. 1227
AN ACT
relating to certain procedures regarding court-ordered financial
support for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of
Family and Protective Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.001, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) The court may order either or both parents to make
periodic payments for the support of a child in a proceeding in
which the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory]
Services is named temporary managing conservator. In a proceeding
in which the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory]
Services is named permanent managing conservator of a child whose
parents' rights have not been terminated, the court shall order
each parent that is financially able to make periodic payments for
the support of the child.
(b-1) In a proceeding described by Subsection (b) in which
the court renders an order modifying an existing order for the
support of the child to require that the payments be made to the
Department of Family and Protective Services, the court shall
provide notice of the order to the office of the attorney general
not later than the 10th day after the date the order is rendered.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a proceeding 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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1227 was passed by the House on April
1, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1227 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor