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Texas Family Code - Section 231.302. Information To Assist In Location Of Persons Or Property

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§ 231.302. INFORMATION TO ASSIST IN LOCATION OF PERSONS OR 
PROPERTY.  (a) The Title IV-D agency of this or another state may 
request and obtain information relating to the identity, location, 
employment, compensation, benefits, income, and property holdings 
or other assets of any person from a state or local government 
agency, private company, institution, or other entity as necessary 
to establish, modify, or enforce a support order.
	(b)  A government agency, private company, institution, or 
other entity shall provide the information requested under 
Subsection (a) directly to the Title IV-D agency, without the 
requirement of payment of a fee for the information, and shall, 
subject to safeguards on privacy and information security, provide 
the information in the most efficient and expeditious manner 
available, including electronic or automated transfer and 
interface.  Any individual or entity disclosing information under 
this section in response to a request from a Title IV-D agency may 
not be held liable in any civil action or proceeding to any person 
for the disclosure of information under this subsection.
	(c)  To assist in the administration of laws relating to 
child support enforcement under Parts A and D of Title IV of the 
federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 601-617 and 
651-669):
		(1)  each licensing authority shall request and each 
applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social 
security number;
		(2)  each agency administering a contract that provides 
for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or 
entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's 
or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006, 
Family Code;  and
		(3)  each agency administering a state-funded grant or 
loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan 
shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by 
Section 231.006, Family Code.
	(d)  This section does not limit the right of an agency or 
licensing authority to collect and use a social security number 
under another provision of law.
	(e)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), a social security 
number provided under this section is confidential and may be 
disclosed only for the purposes of responding to a request for 
information from an agency operating under the provisions of Part A 
or D of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
Sections 601 et seq. and 651 et seq).
	(f)  Information collected by the Title IV-D agency under 
this section may be used only for child support purposes.
	(g)  In this section, "licensing authority" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 232.001.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 84, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 420, § 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 77, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 6.28, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 
77th Leg., ch. 1023, § 56, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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