85R15335 KJE-F     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2634       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to enforcement of child support obligations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 157.105, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  The court may conduct a hearing under Subsection (a)   through the use of teleconferencing, videoconferencing, or other   remote electronic means if the court determines that conducting the   hearing in that manner will facilitate the hearing.          SECTION 2.  Section 157.163, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:          (d-1)  The court may conduct a hearing on the issue of   indigency through the use of teleconferencing, videoconferencing,   or other remote electronic means if the court determines that   conducting the hearing in that manner will facilitate the hearing.          SECTION 3.  Section 157.317(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A child support lien attaches to all real and personal   property not exempt under the Texas Constitution or other law,   including:                (1)  an account in a financial institution;                (2)  a retirement plan, including an individual   retirement account;                (3)  the proceeds of an insurance policy, including the   proceeds from a life insurance policy or annuity contract and the   proceeds from the sale or assignment of life insurance or annuity   benefits, a claim for compensation, or a settlement or award for the   claim for compensation, due to or owned by the obligor; [and]                (4)  property seized and subject to forfeiture under   Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure; and                (5)  the proceeds derived from the sale of oil or gas   production from an oil or gas well located in this state.          SECTION 4.  Section 91.402(b), Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Payments may be withheld without interest beyond the   time limits set out in Subsection (a) if:                (1)  [of this section when] there is:                      (A) [(1)]  a dispute concerning title that would   affect distribution of payments;                      (B) [(2)]  a reasonable doubt that the payee:                            (i) [(A)]  has sold or authorized the sale   of its share of the oil or gas to the purchaser of such production;   or                            (ii) [(B)] has clear title to the interest in   the proceeds of production; or                      (C) [(3)]  a requirement in a title opinion that   places in issue the title, identity, or whereabouts of the payee and   that has not been satisfied by the payee after a reasonable request   for curative information has been made by the payor; or                (2)  the payments are subject to a child support lien   under Chapter 157, Family Code.          SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   157.317, Family Code, applies only to a child support lien notice   filed or delivered on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   child support lien notice filed or delivered before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the   lien notice was filed or delivered, and the former law is continued   in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.