Tex. Family Code § 231.005
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 231.005, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 231.005. BIENNIAL REPORT REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(a) The Title IV-D agency shall report to the legislature each biennium on:
(1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support enforcement activity in reducing the state's public assistance obligations; and
(2) the use and effectiveness of all enforcement tools authorized by state or federal law or otherwise available to the agency.
(b) The agency shall develop a method for estimating the costs and benefits of the child support enforcement program and the effect of the program on appropriations for public assistance.
(1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support enforcement activity in reducing the state's public assistance obligations; and
(2) the use and effectiveness of all enforcement tools authorized by state or federal law or otherwise available to the agency.
(b) The agency shall develop a method for estimating the costs and benefits of the child support enforcement program and the effect of the program on appropriations for public assistance.
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