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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support |
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owed by obligors who are incarcerated. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), for |
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delinquent child support owed by a child support obligor who is |
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confined in local, state, or federal jail or prison, the interest |
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rate on child support arrearages described by each of those |
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subsections accrues at the rate of three percent simple interest |
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per year from the date of the obligor's incarceration until the date |
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the obligor is released from incarceration. |
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SECTION 2. Section 157.265(c-1), Family Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the accrual of interest on child support |
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arrearages owed by a child support obligor who is incarcerated on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. The accrual of interest on |
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child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor |
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incarcerated before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |