Texas Family Code
§ 232.0135 — DENIAL OF LICENSE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL
FA § 232.0135Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part D. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES · Ch. 232. SUSPENSION OF LICENSE
Statute text
View on source(a)A child support agency, as defined by Section 101.004, may provide notice to a licensing authority concerning an obligor who has failed to pay child support under a support order for six months or more that requests the authority to refuse to approve an application for issuance of a license to the obligor or renewal of an existing license of the obligor.
(b)A licensing authority that receives the information described by Subsection (a) shall refuse to approve 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).
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Legislative history
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 1674), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 1674), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 674 (H.B. 1846), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 355), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 859 (S.B. 1726), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2015.