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1 1 Section 1. Section 252B.15, Code 1997, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Child support payments made to the
1 4 collection services center in accordance with an order being
1 5 enforced by the unit for an individual not eligible for
1 6 enforcement services as a public assistance recipient, and
1 7 child support payments made to the clerk of the district court
1 8 pursuant to a court order or judgment, shall be disbursed to
1 9 the appropriate individual by direct deposit of the support
1 10 payments in a customer asset account, as defined in section
1 11 527.2, established by the individual as required by this
1 12 subsection. The individual named as the recipient of the
1 13 support payments on behalf of the child shall establish a
1 14 customer asset account for the exclusive purposes of deposit
1 15 of support payments received and use of the moneys as
1 16 authorized by this subsection, and shall provide the account
1 17 number to the collection services center or the clerk of the
1 18 district court of the county in which the order for support is
1 19 filed, as appropriate. Moneys deposited in the customer asset
1 20 account shall only be used for the support of the child for
1 21 whom support is ordered and for payment of any fees related to
1 22 the establishment and maintenance of the account. The
1 23 recipient of the support payments shall forward a written
1 24 accounting of all canceled checks or receipts of transactions
1 25 written against the account and all receipts of withdrawal
1 26 from the account on or before January 1 of each year to the
1 27 obligor.
1 28 A person who willfully fails to comply with this subsection
1 29 may be cited and punished by the court for contempt and be
1 30 committed to the county jail for a period of time not to
1 31 exceed thirty days for each offense.
1 32 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 598.22C DISBURSEMENT OF SUPPORT
1 33 PAYMENTS.
1 34 Child support payments made to the collection services
1 35 center in accordance with an order being enforced by the child
2 1 support recovery unit for an individual not eligible for
2 2 enforcement services as a public assistance recipient, and
2 3 child support payments made to the clerk of the district court
2 4 pursuant to a court order or judgment, shall be disbursed to
2 5 the appropriate individual by direct deposit of the support
2 6 payments in a customer asset account, as defined in section
2 7 527.2, established by the individual as required by this
2 8 section. The individual named as the recipient of the support
2 9 payments on behalf of the child shall establish a customer
2 10 asset account for the exclusive purposes of deposit of support
2 11 payments received and use of the moneys as authorized by this
2 12 section, and shall provide the account number to the
2 13 collection services center or to the clerk of the district
2 14 court of the county in which the order for support is filed,
2 15 as appropriate. Moneys deposited in the customer asset
2 16 account shall only be used for the support of the child for
2 17 whom support is ordered and for payment of any fees related to
2 18 the establishment and maintenance of the account. The
2 19 recipient of the support payments shall forward a written
2 20 accounting of all canceled checks or receipts of other
2 21 transactions written against the account and all receipts of
2 22 withdrawal from the account on or before January 1 of each
2 23 year to the person obligated to pay support.
2 24 A person who willfully fails to comply with this section
2 25 may be cited and punished by the court for contempt and be
2 26 committed to the county jail for a period of time not to
2 27 exceed thirty days for each offense.
2 28 Sec. 3. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. The child support
2 29 recovery unit and the clerk of the district court shall notify
2 30 all recipients and payors of child support of the requirements
2 31 of this Act.
2 32 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES.
2 33 1. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect January 1,
2 34 1999.
2 35 2. Section 3 of this Act, being deemed of immediate
3 1 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
3 2 EXPLANATION
3 3 This bill requires that the collection services center in
3 4 disbursing child support payments received in accordance with
3 5 an order being enforced by the child support recovery unit for
3 6 an individual not eligible for enforcement services as a
3 7 public assistance recipient and the clerk of the district
3 8 court dispersing child support payments collected in
3 9 accordance with a support order filed in that county are only
3 10 to disburse payments through direct deposit of the support in
3 11 a customer asset account established by the recipient of the
3 12 support for the exclusive purposes of depositing of the
3 13 support payments and use of such deposits for the support of
3 14 the child. Moneys in the account shall only be used for
3 15 support of the child and payment of fees related to the
3 16 account. The recipient of the support payments is required to
3 17 provide the collection services center or the clerk of the
3 18 district court, as appropriate, with the account number and is
3 19 also required to provide the obligor with a written accounting
3 20 of all canceled checks and other receipts of transactions
3 21 written against the account and all receipts of withdrawal
3 22 from the account. The bill also provides for the citing of a
3 23 person with contempt of court for violating the requirements
3 24 of the bill. The bill also requires that the collection
3 25 services center and the clerk of the district court notify all
3 26 recipients and payors of child support of the requirements of
3 27 the bill upon enactment, and provides that the other
3 28 requirements of the bill are effective January 1, 1999.
3 29 LSB 3153YH 77
3 30 pf/sc/14
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