H.B. No. 1846
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to suspension or denial of issuance or renewal of a license
  for failure to pay child support.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 232.008, Family Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Subject to Subsection (b-1), the [The] court or Title
  IV-D agency may stay an order suspending a license conditioned on
  the individual's compliance with:
               (1)  a reasonable repayment schedule that is
  incorporated in the order;
               (2)  the requirements of a reissued and delivered
  subpoena; or
               (3)  the requirements of any court order pertaining to
  the possession of or access to a child.
         (b-1)  The court or Title IV-D agency may not stay an order
  under Subsection (b)(1) unless the individual makes an immediate
  partial payment in an amount specified by the court or Title IV-D
  agency. The amount specified may not be less than $200.
         SECTION 2.  Section 232.0135(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A licensing authority that receives the information
  described by Subsection (a) shall refuse to accept an application
  for issuance of a license to the obligor or renewal of an existing
  license of the obligor until the authority is notified by the child
  support agency that the obligor has:
               (1)  paid all child support arrearages;
               (2)  made an immediate payment of not less than $200
  toward child support arrearages owed and established with the
  agency a satisfactory repayment schedule for the remainder or is in
  compliance with a court order for payment of the arrearages;
               (3)  been granted an exemption from this subsection as
  part of a court-supervised plan to improve the obligor's earnings
  and child support payments; or
               (4)  successfully contested the denial of issuance or
  renewal of license under Subsection (d).
         SECTION 3.  (a) Section 232.008(b-1), Family Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to an order suspending a license that is
  rendered on or after the effective date of this Act. An order
  suspending a license rendered before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was rendered,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Section 232.0135(b), Family Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a notice provided under Section 232.0135(a),
  Family Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A notice
  provided under Section 232.0135(a), Family Code, before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the notice was provided, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1846 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 5, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1846 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor