Sec. 152.0492. COLLIN COUNTY SUPPORT PAYMENT COLLECTION. (a) The juvenile board of Collin County may appoint the district court clerk in Collin County to administer support payments for Collin County.
(b) The juvenile board may provide for the payment of a monthly support service fee in an amount set by the board not to exceed $2.50. The fee is assessed against the person ordered by a district court of Collin County to pay child or spousal support through the district clerk. The clerk shall add the fee to the first support payment each month.
(c) The district clerk shall collect the fees and shall transfer the money to the county treasurer on the last day of each month. The county treasurer shall deposit the fees to the credit of the county general fund.
(d) The service fee authorized by this section applies to child support, spousal support, and separate maintenance payments ordered before September 1, 1983, if the person ordered to make those payments defaults and is cited for contempt of court. The service fee becomes due and payable for each month after the hearing on the contempt citation.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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