07
SB42/AP
Senate
Bill 42
By:
Senators Harp of the 29th, Thomas of the 54th and Tolleson of the
20th
AS PASSED
AS PASSED
AN
ACT
To
amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the "Child Support Recovery Act," so as to authorize the
Department of Human Resources to impose and retain certain fees on obligees and
obligors with respect to certain child support collections; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
1 of Chapter 11 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the "Child Support Recovery Act," is amended in Code Section 19-11-6,
relating to enforcement of child support payments and alimony for public
assistance recipients, by adding new subsections to read as
follows:
"(f)
The department shall be authorized to charge the obligee a federal Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 fee of $12.00 to be paid at the rate of $1.00 per month
after the IV-D agency has collected $500.00 of child support annually for each
case. The department shall retain such fee and deduct such fee from child
support collections before disbursement to the obligee. Such fee shall only
apply to an obligee who has never received public assistance payments pursuant
to Title IV-A or Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act.
(g)
The department shall be authorized to charge the obligor a federal Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 fee of $13.00 to be paid in 12 monthly installments after
the IV-D agency has collected $500.00 of child support annually for each case.
Such fee shall only apply to an obligor when the obligee has never received
public assistance payments pursuant to Title IV-A or Title IV-E of the federal
Social Security Act. The department shall retain such fee and collect such fee
through income withholding, as well as by any other enforcement remedy available
to the IV-D agency responsible for child support enforcement."
SECTION
2.
Said
article is further amended in Code Section 19-11-8 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to the duty of the Department of Human Resources to
enforce child support of an abandoned minor public assistance recipient, by
adding new subsections to read as follows:
"(e)
The department shall be authorized to charge the obligee a federal Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 fee of $12.00 to be paid at the rate of $1.00 per month
after the IV-D agency has collected $500.00 of child support annually for each
case. The department shall retain such fee and deduct such fee from child
support collections before disbursement to the obligee. Such fee shall only
apply to an obligee who has never received public assistance payments pursuant
to Title IV-A or Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act.
(f)
The department shall be authorized to charge the obligor a federal Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 fee of $13.00 to be paid in 12 monthly installments after
the IV-D agency has collected $500.00 of child support annually for each case.
Such fee shall only apply to an obligor when the obligee has never received
public assistance payments pursuant to Title IV-A or Title IV-E of the federal
Social Security Act. The department shall retain such fee and collect such fee
through income withholding, as well as by any other enforcement remedy available
to the IV-D agency responsible for child support enforcement."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.