HBA-KMH C.S.H.B. 955 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 955 By: Uher Judicial Affairs 5/6/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, state law does not require written notification to each party (or the party's attorney of record) in a child support case by the office of the attorney general of the name, telephone number, and facsimile number of the assistant attorney general, who is the attorney of record in the case, or of changes in any of this information. C.S.H.B. 955 requires the office of the attorney general to provide this information to the parties in a child support case and their attorneys in a timely manner. 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 Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, by adding Section 402.029, as follows: Sec. 402.029. NOTICE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD. Applies this section to any child support case in which the office of the attorney general (OAG) represents a party. Requires OAG to provide each party or the party's attorney of record with written notice of the name, telephone number, and facsimile number of the assistant attorney general who is the attorney of record in the case and written notice of any change in the information not later than the seventh day after the date of the change. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective as to all cases filed or pending on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 955 modifies the original in SECTION 1 (proposed Section 402.029, Government Code) to limit the applicability of the section to child support cases and require the notice of a change of certain information to be provided not later than the seventh day after the date of the change.