HB 135 — The accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed

90R5533 KRM-F By: Garcia of Dallas H.B. No. 135 relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support owed by obligors who are incarcerated.

SECTION 1. Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), for delinquent child support owed by a child support obligor who is confined in local, state, or federal jail or prison, the interest rate on child support arrearages described by each of those subsections accrues at the rate of three percent simple interest per year from the date of the obligor's incarceration until the date the obligor is released from incarceration.

SECTION 2. Section 157.265(c-1), Family Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the accrual of interest on child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor who is incarcerated on or after the effective date of this Act. The accrual of interest on child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor incarcerated before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.