Tex. Human Resources Code § 246.003
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 246.003, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 246.003. PAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAY.
Official statutory text
The department shall apportion wages earned by a child working under the industries program in amounts determined at the discretion of the department, in the following priority:
(1) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a court or to whom the child has agreed to pay restitution;
(2) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a court to pay child support;
(3) the compensation to victims of crime fund or the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund; and
(4) the child's student account.
(1) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a court or to whom the child has agreed to pay restitution;
(2) a person to whom the child has been ordered by a court to pay child support;
(3) the compensation to victims of crime fund or the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund; and
(4) the child's student account.
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