Texas Family Code 231.103 – Application and Service Fees
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(a) The Title IV-D agency may:
(1) charge a reasonable application fee;
(2) charge a $35 annual service fee; and
(3) to the extent permitted by federal law, recover costs for the services provided in a Title IV-D case.
(b) An application fee may not be charged in a case in which the Title IV-D agency provides services because the family receives public assistance.
Terms Used In Texas Family Code 231.103
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) An application fee may not exceed a maximum amount established by federal law.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972, Sec. 65(3), eff. September 1, 2007.
(e) The Title IV-D agency may impose and collect a fee as authorized by federal law for each request for parent locator services under § 231.101(a).
(f) The state disbursement unit established and operated by the Title IV-D agency under Chapter 234 may collect a monthly service fee of $3 in each case in which support payments are processed through the unit.
(g) The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for the imposition of fees and recovery of costs authorized under this section.
(g-1) A fee authorized under this section for providing child support enforcement services is part of the child support obligation if the obligor is responsible for the fee, and may be enforced against the obligor through any method available for the enforcement of child support, including contempt.
(h) The attorney general child support application and service fee account is an account in the general revenue fund in the state treasury. The account consists of all fees and costs collected under this section. The Title IV-D agency may only use the money in the account for agency program expenditures.