HBA-JLV C.S.H.B. 1633 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1633
By: King, Phil
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
3/25/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Federal law requires all states to review their child support guidelines
every four years.  States must examine current economic data to ensure that
awards set in accordance with existing guidelines meet the children's
economic needs.  States must also review child support orders and determine
how often actual child support awards deviate from the awards that would be
calculated by applying the guidelines.  Texas state agencies must also
report certain information that may be unnecessary to the standing
legislative committees which have jurisdiction over family law issues.
C.S.H.B. 1633 removes the requirements for economic data and case data
analysis from the reporting requirements because federal law already
provides for those requirements which are subject to change. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 1633 amends the Family Code to remove provisions requiring certain
information to be included in the report submitted by the office of the
attorney general to the standing committees of each house of the
legislature having jurisdiction over family law issues for use by the
committee in conducting a review. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 1633 modifies the original to change the year in which the office
of the attorney general is required to submit a report to the standing
committees of each house of the legislature having jurisdiction over family
law issues, from December 1 of each even-numbered year to December 1 of
each oddnumbered year.