Report Title:
State Finances
Description:
Allows the Child Support Enforcement Agency to impose an annual fee where no public assistance had been paid to the custodial parent and collection for the case exceeds $500. (HB162 HD1)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to state finances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 576D-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§576D-5[]]
Fee for obtaining or enforcing nonpublic assistance order. (a) The
agency shall require the payment of a reasonable fee on the application of a
person under section 576D-3(b)(3) who is not receiving public assistance for
support of the child for assistance in obtaining or enforcing a child support
order. The payment and amount of the fee shall be in compliance with
applicable federal regulations promulgated under Title IV-D.
(b) In the case of an individual who has never received public assistance for the support of a child under Title IV-A and for whom the State has collected not less than $500 of support, the agency shall impose an annual fee of $25 for each case in which Title IV-D services were furnished, which shall be retained by the State from support collected from the absent parent on behalf of the individual; provided that the $25 shall not be retained from the first $500 so collected."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.