H.B. No. 943
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an
  incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support
  obligations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 154.068, Family Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 154.068.  WAGE AND SALARY PRESUMPTION. (a) In the
  absence of evidence of a party's resources, as defined by Section
  154.062(b), the court shall presume that the party has income equal
  to the federal minimum wage for a 40-hour week to which the support
  guidelines may be applied.
         (b)  The presumption required by Subsection (a) does not
  apply if the court finds that the party is subject to an order of
  confinement that exceeds 90 days and is incarcerated in a local,
  state, or federal jail or prison at the time the court makes the
  determination regarding the party's income.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  154.068, Family Code, applies only to a proceeding to establish or
  modify a child support obligation that is pending in a trial court
  on or filed on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 943 was passed by the House on April
  23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 112, Nays 28, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 943 was passed by the Senate on May
  23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor