House File 174 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 76) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the penalties for a payor who knowingly fails 2 to withhold income or pay amounts withheld under a support 3 order. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1663HV 81 6 pf/cf/24 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 252D.17, subsection 8, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 8. If the payor knowingly fails to withhold income or to 1 4 pay the amounts withheld to the collection services center or 1 5 the clerk of court in accordance with the provisions of the 1 6 order, the notice of the order, or the notification of payors 1 7 of income provisions established in section 252B.13A, the 1 8 payor commits a simple misdemeanor for a first offense and is 1 9 liable for the accumulated amount which should have been 1 10 withheld, together with costs, interest, and reasonable 1 11 attorney fees related to the collection of the amounts due 1 12 from the payor. For each subsequent offense prescribed under 1 13 this subsection, the payor commits a serious misdemeanor and 1 14 is liable for the accumulated amount which should have been 1 15 withheld, together with costs, interest, and reasonable 1 16 attorney fees related to the collection of the amounts due 1 17 from the payor. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill provides that a payor of income who knowingly 1 20 fails to withhold income or to pay the amounts withheld to the 1 21 collection services center or the clerk of court in accordance 1 22 with the provisions of the order, or the notification of 1 23 payors of income provisions, commits a simple misdemeanor for 1 24 a first offense and for any subsequent offense the payor 1 25 commits a serious misdemeanor. In addition to the criminal 1 26 penalty, the payor of income is liable for the accumulated 1 27 amount which should have been withheld, together with costs, 1 28 interest, and reasonable attorney fees related to the 1 29 collection of the amounts due from the payor. 1 30 LSB 1663HV 81 1 31 pf:nh/cf/24