89R12035 KRM-F     By: Garcia of Dallas H.B. No. 3813       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the accrual of interest on delinquent child support   owed by obligors who are incarcerated.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 157.265, Family Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a), (b), and (c), for   delinquent child support owed by a child support obligor who is   confined in local, state, or federal jail or prison, the interest   rate on child support arrearages described by each of those   subsections accrues at the rate of three percent simple interest   per year from the date of the obligor's incarceration until the date   the obligor is released from incarceration.          SECTION 2.  Section 157.265(c-1), Family Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to the accrual of interest on child support   arrearages owed by a child support obligor who is incarcerated on or   after the effective date of this Act. The accrual of interest on   child support arrearages owed by a child support obligor   incarcerated before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.