HBA-EDN, CBW H.B. 2275 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2275 By: Giddings Juvenile Justice & Family Issues 6/5/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It is not uncommon for a custodial parent to take off work to attend a hearing regarding child support, only to learn that the noncustodial parent has not been served a citation. As a result, the custodial parent, who may already be under financial constraints, must take off work and pay for parking only to repeat the process again. House Bill 2275 requires the Office of the Attorney General to update its child support automated system in a timely manner to reflect the most accurate and current information regarding service of citations. 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 House Bill 2275 amends the Family Code to require the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to update the child support automated system to inform the parties in a suit of the service of citation in the suit not later than the first business day after the date the OAG receives notice that citation has been served. The bill provides that the information must be available by telephone or on the Internet. The bill requires the OAG to ensure that all published brochures are available to the public at courthouses where family law cases are heard in the state. The bill requires the OAG to conduct a study of the telephone interactive voice response system to determine the feasibility of establishing an automated outbound telephone call system to notify parties in a suit of significant actions. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.