Sec. 231.124. CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES PAYMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) The Title IV-D agency may establish and administer a payment incentive program to promote payment by obligors who are delinquent in satisfying child support arrearages assigned to the Title IV-D agency under Section 231.104(a).
(b) A program established under this section must provide to a participating obligor a credit for every dollar amount paid by the obligor on interest and arrearages balances during each month of the obligor's voluntary enrollment in the program. In establishing a program under this section, the Title IV-D agency by rule must prescribe:
(1) criteria for a child support obligor's initial eligibility to participate in the program;
(2) the conditions for a child support obligor's continued participation in the program;
(3) procedures for enrollment in the program; and
(4) the terms of the financial incentives to be offered under the program.
(c) The Title IV-D agency shall provide eligible obligors with notice of the program and enrollment instructions.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (H.B. 1674), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.
Last modified: September 28, 2016