{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-204.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 204.001","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"This chapter applies only to a commissioners court or domestic relations office of a county that did not have the authority to contract with a private entity to receive, disburse, and record payments or restitution of child support on January 1, 1997.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1053, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Redesignated from Human Resources Code Sec. 153.001 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 740 (H.B. 2668), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. JUDICIAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 204. CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION BY PRIVATE ENTITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.204.htm#204.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"34be32355c8fc2a515df883a5c58399eae2c79f50d62a31a5714a78bfdaae3e0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-203.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-204.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}