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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 612 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 31, by inserting after line 31 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 252B.6A EXTERNAL 1 5 SERVICES OBSTRUCTION OF ACTIONS. 1 6 1. Provided that the action is consistent with 1 7 applicable federal law and regulation, an attorney 1 8 licensed to practice in this state may, for the 1 9 purposes of collecting support payments for cases 1 10 being enforced by the unit for which public assistance 1 11 is being provided to a dependent child and for which 1 12 no payment has been made in accordance with an 1 13 administrative or court order for more than one year 1 14 from the entering of the order, initiate proceedings 1 15 to collect the support. 1 16 2. The attorney initiating the action shall notify 1 17 the unit of the action, but shall not be subject to 1 18 prior consent of the unit, any party to the action, or 1 19 any other person to initiate the action. 1 20 3. The attorney may utilize any existing action or 1 21 proceeding authorized by law, to enforce the support 1 22 obligation. 1 23 4. All of the following are applicable to an 1 24 action initiated by an attorney under this section: 1 25 a. The attorney has a lien for compensation which 1 26 is an amount which is thirty-three and one-third 1 27 percent of any amount collected upon all amounts 1 28 collected due to the action. 1 29 b. The amount paid toward the lien and any court 1 30 costs incurred are in addition to the amount of the 1 31 support obligation to be paid under the support order. 1 32 c. Negotiation of a partial payment or settlement 1 33 of any action shall not be made without the approval 1 34 of the unit. 1 35 5. A person who obstructs an action to collect 1 36 support under this section is subject to a penalty, 1 37 which is three times the amount of the support order 1 38 and which is in addition to the amount of the support 1 39 owed. Any penalty collected shall be applied equally 1 40 to the support obligation assigned to the state and to 1 41 payment of the lien established under this section." 1 42 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 BODDICKER of Cedar 1 47 HF 612.202 77 1 48 pf/jj/28
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