2005 Texas Family Code CHAPTER 236. COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION SERVICES

FAMILY CODE

CHAPTER 236. COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION 
SERVICES


	§ 236.001. DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "council" means 
the State Council on Competitive Government.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Family Code § 234.001 by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(25), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 236.002. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.  (a) The council 
shall:          
		(1)  establish an initiative called "Kids Can't Wait" 
to increase child support enforcement;
		(2)  identify child support enforcement functions 
performed by the Title IV-D agency that may be competitively bid;
		(3)  establish guidelines for referral of child support 
enforcement cases to a contractor;
		(4)  after consulting with the Title IV-D agency, make 
recommendations regarding competitive bidding of child support 
enforcement functions that are identified under Subdivision (2);
		(5)  consider the benefits of the state's participation 
in an electronic parent locator network or a similar national 
service designed to locate parents who owe child support;
		(6)  study the feasibility of cost recovery options in 
child support collection actions for children who do not receive 
public assistance;  and
		(7)  engage in other activities necessary for the 
administration of this chapter.
	(b)  The Title IV-D agency shall coordinate with the council 
regarding competitive bidding of child support enforcement 
functions identified under this section.
	(c)  A member of the council may designate an employee of the 
state agency represented by the member to perform any of the 
member's powers or duties under this section.
	(d)  The Title IV-D agency shall cooperate with the council 
if requested by the council.
	(e)  The council and the Title IV-D agency shall report not 
later than October 1, 1998, to the presiding officer of each house 
of the legislature the results of the council's efforts under this 
section.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Family Code § 234.002 by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(25), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 236.003. CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION AGREEMENT.  The Title 
IV-D agency or a contractor awarded a contract under this chapter to 
collect child support may enter into an agreement with a person 
liable for the payment of child support.  The agreement may relate 
to any matter that may be adjudicated by a court, including:
		(1)  the determination of paternity;                                          
		(2)  the determination of the amount of child support 
due;                  
		(3)  the method of making child support payments;                             
		(4)  the imposition of income garnishment or 
withholding;                   
		(5)  the payment of fees;                                                     
		(6)  the reimbursement of costs;  and                                         
		(7)  other child support enforcement matters permitted 
by state or federal law.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Family Code § 234.003 by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(25), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.