HBA-SEB S.B. 160 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 160 By: Carona Juvenile Justice and Family Issues 4/7/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law establishes that the release of a child support obligor from incarceration does not constitute a material and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to warrant the modification of the child support order. S.B. 160 provides that the release of a child support obligor from incarceration is a material and substantial change of circumstances if the obligor's child support obligation was abated, reduced, or suspended during the period of the obligor's incarceration. 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 156.401, Family Code, by adding Subsection (d), as follows: (d) Provides that the release of a child support obligor from incarceration is a material and substantial change of circumstances for the purposes of Subsection (a)(1) if the obligor's child support obligation was abated, reduced, or suspended during the period of the obligor's incarceration. Subsection (a)(1) authorizes a court to modify a child support order due to a material and substantial change of circumstances of the child or a person affected by the order. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Establishes that this Act applies to a child support order entered before, on, or after that date. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.