Tex. Family Code § 231.307
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 231.307, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 231.307. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES.
Official statutory text
(a) The Title IV-D agency shall develop a system meeting the requirements of federal law (42 U.S.C. Sections 666(a)(4) and (17)) for the exchange of data with financial institutions doing business in the state to identify an account of an obligor owing past-due child support and to enforce support obligations against the obligor, including the imposition of a lien and a levy and execution on an obligor's assets held in financial institutions as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Section 666(c)(1)(G)).
(b) The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for data matches authorized under this section.
(c) The Title IV-D agency may enter into an agreement with one or more states to create a consortium for data matches authorized under this section. The Title IV-D agency may contract with a vendor selected by the consortium to perform data matches with financial institutions.
(d) A financial institution providing information or responding to a notice of child support lien or levy provided under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, or otherwise acting in good faith to comply with the Title IV-D agency's procedures under this section may not be liable under any federal or state law for any damages that arise from those acts.
(e) In this section:
(1) "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311; and
(2) "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311.
(f) A financial institution participating in data matches authorized by this section may provide the Title IV-D agency an address for the purpose of service of notices or process required in actions under this section or Subchapter G, Chapter 157.
(g) This section does not apply to an insurer subject to the reporting requirements under Section 231.015.
(b) The Title IV-D agency by rule shall establish procedures for data matches authorized under this section.
(c) The Title IV-D agency may enter into an agreement with one or more states to create a consortium for data matches authorized under this section. The Title IV-D agency may contract with a vendor selected by the consortium to perform data matches with financial institutions.
(d) A financial institution providing information or responding to a notice of child support lien or levy provided under Subchapter G, Chapter 157, or otherwise acting in good faith to comply with the Title IV-D agency's procedures under this section may not be liable under any federal or state law for any damages that arise from those acts.
(e) In this section:
(1) "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311; and
(2) "Account" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.311.
(f) A financial institution participating in data matches authorized by this section may provide the Title IV-D agency an address for the purpose of service of notices or process required in actions under this section or Subchapter G, Chapter 157.
(g) This section does not apply to an insurer subject to the reporting requirements under Section 231.015.
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