TITLE: Relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

SUMMARY: Relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to reimbursement by the state for attorney ad litem fees paid by counties in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 107.015, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c-1) On request by a county, the comptroller, from funds appropriated for that purpose, shall reimburse the county for ad litem fees paid from the county's general fund under Subsection (c). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.