Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 3 - OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Chapter 55 - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Subchapter O - STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT
Section 55.802 - Definitions

(1) Office of the Attorney General--The state's Title IV-D agency administered by the Child Support Division of the Office of the Attorney General.

(2) State Disbursement Unit--The unit established and operated by the Title IV-D agency, the Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division, under RSA 654(b) that has responsibility for receiving, disbursing, maintaining and furnishing child support payments and records.

(3) Authorization for Release of Information Form 1A004--The form used when a custodial or noncustodial parent wishes to authorize the Office of the Attorney General to release case status information, redirect correspondence or redirect payments to another person, company, organization, or governmental entity.

(4) Revocation of Authorization for Release of Information Form 1A005--The form used when a custodial or noncustodial parent wishes to cancel their authorization for the Office of the Attorney General to release case status information, redirect correspondence or redirect payments to another person, company, organization, or governmental entity previously named on the Authorization for Release of Information Form 1A004.

(5) Direct Deposit Application Form 6A002--The form signed by an obligee that authorizes the State Disbursement Unit to set up direct deposit for all child support payments to be deposited directly into a bank account.

(6) Texas Debit Card--The plastic card used by obligees to gain immediate access to child support payments through the use of electronic fund transfer systems via automated teller machines or the electronic funds transfer point-of-sale system.

(7) Obligee--A person or entity entitled to receive payments of child support, including an agency of this state or of another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned the person's right to support.