
§ 204.002. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.  A county, acting 
through its commissioners court or domestic relations office, may 
contract with a private entity to:
		(1)  enforce, collect, receive, and disburse:                                 
			(A)  child support payments;                                                 
			(B)  other amounts due under a court order 
containing an order to pay child support;  and
			(C)  fees, including fees provided by this 
chapter;                        
		(2)  maintain appropriate records, including records 
of child support and other amounts and fees that are due, past due, 
paid, or delinquent;
		(3)  locate absent parents;                                                   
		(4)  furnish statements to parents accounting for 
payments that are due, past due, paid, or delinquent;
		(5)  send billings and other appropriate notices to 
parents;                
		(6)  perform any duty or function that a local registry 
is authorized to perform;
		(7)  perform any duty or function in connection with 
the state case registry;  or
		(8)  provide another child support or visitation 
enforcement service authorized by the commissioners court, 
including mediation of disputes related to child support or 
visitation.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1053, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Human Resources Code § 153.002 and 
amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 118, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.

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