HBA-LCA H.B. 2421 BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2421 By: Uresti Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 4/28/1999 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current Law provides for the accrual of interest on unpaid child support. Under certain conditions, interest may accrue even while the obligor is making timely child-support payments under an employer child-support withholding order. H.B. 2421 amends Chapter 157, Family Code (Enforcement), to provide for the accrual of interest on child support that is not received before the date an amount equal to the child support payable for one month becomes due. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 157.266, Family Code, as follows: Sec. 157.266. DELINQUENCY. Provides that a child-support payment is delinquent for the purpose of accrual of interest if the payment is not received before the date an amount equal to the child support payable for one month becomes past due. Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS Amendment #1: In SECTION 1, replaces "one month" with "fifteen-day period" as the amount of time after which delinquent child support becomes past due for purposes of interest accrual. In SECTION 2, replaces "September 1, 1999" with "January 1, 2001" as the effective date.