House Amendment 8645


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend Senate File 2383, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 8, by striking lines 19 through 22 and
     1  4 inserting <debt coordinator, on behalf of the state,
     1  5 shall have a right to a lien against all monetary
     1  6 claims arising from a civil action which the debtor may
     1  7 file against a third party.  A lien under this section
     1  8 becomes effective once the state debt coordinator files
     1  9 a notice of>
     1 10 #2.  Page 10, lines 17 and 18, by striking <has
     1 11 authority to file a satisfaction of the lien> and
     1 12 inserting <shall file a satisfaction of the lien in the
     1 13 civil action if the state debt coordinator, pursuant
     1 14 to this subsection, settles any part of the debt
     1 15 obligation owed the state.>
     1 16 #3.  Page 11, line 5, by striking <The> and inserting
     1 17 <Except as provided in subsection 7, the>
     1 18 #4.  Page 11, after line 8 by inserting:
     1 19    <7.  An insurance company that makes a payment to
     1 20 the debtor or the debtor's attorney in a civil action
     1 21 that is subject to a lien under this section shall have
     1 22 no further liability for the lien filed in the civil
     1 23 action.>
     1 24 #5.  Page 11, by striking lines 9 through 14 and
     1 25 inserting:
     1 26    <8.  As used in this section, unless the context
     1 27 otherwise requires:
     1 28    a.  "Insurance company" means an insurer organized or
     1 29 operating under chapter 508, 514, 514B, 515, 518, 518A,
     1 30 519, or 520, or authorized to do business in Iowa as an
     1 31 insurer or an insurance producer under chapter 522B.
     1 32    b.  "Third party" means an individual, institution,
     1 33 corporation, or public or private agency which is or
     1 34 may be liable to pay all or part of a debtor's monetary
     1 35 claim.  "Third party" does not include a financial
     1 36 institution as defined in section 572.2.>
     1 37 #6.  Page 20, lines 16 and 17, by striking <case in
     1 38 which the debt accrued> and inserting <eligible debt>


                                        
          COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
          OLDSON of Polk, Chairperson
          SF2383.3004 (3) 83
          jm/sc

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