71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to A-Eng. HB 2801
 
LC 2854/HB 2801-A3
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   A-ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2801
 
              By JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 
                             June 30
 
  On page 1 of the printed A-engrossed bill, line 23, after the
period delete the rest of the line and lines 24 through 26 and
insert:
  ' (3)(a) When the administrator is providing support
enforcement services under ORS 25.080, the obligee may enter into
an agreement with a collection agency, as defined in ORS 697.005,
for assistance in collecting child support payments.
  ' (b) The department:
  ' (A) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, shall
disburse support payments, to which the obligee is legally
entitled, to the collection agency according to the terms of the
agreement between the obligee and the collection agency;
  ' (B) May not disburse moneys to the collection agency before
the obligee submits the form referred to in paragraph (c)(A) of
this subsection to the department and the department adjusts its
support payment records;
  ' (C) May not disburse moneys to the collection agency after
180 days following the date the department adjusts its support
payment records as described in subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph;
  ' (D) May not disburse moneys to the collection agency if the
collection agency violates any provision of this subsection;
  ' (E) Shall credit the obligor's account for the full amount of
each support payment received by the department and disbursed to
the collection agency;
  ' (F) Shall develop the form referred to in paragraph (c)(A) of
this subsection, which shall include a notice to the obligee
printed in type size equal to at least 12-point type that the
obligee may be eligible for support enforcement services from the
department or the district attorney without paying the interest
or fee that is typically charged by a collection agency; and
  ' (G) May use information disclosed by the collection agency to
provide support enforcement services under ORS 25.080.
  ' (c) The obligee shall:
  ' (A) Provide to the department, on a form approved by the
department, information about the agreement with the collection
agency; and
  ' (B) Promptly notify the department when the agreement is
terminated.
  ' (d) The collection agency:
  ' (A) May provide investigative and location services to the
obligee and disclose relevant information from those services to
the department for purposes of providing support enforcement
services under ORS 25.080;
  ' (B) May not charge interest or a fee for its services
exceeding 20 percent of each support payment received; and
  ' (C) May not initiate, without written authorization from the
department, any enforcement action relating to support payments
on which support enforcement services are provided by the
department under ORS 25.080.'.
  On page 2, delete lines 1 through 11.
  In line 12, delete '(3)' and insert '(4)'.
  In line 16, delete '(4)' and insert '(5)'.
  In line 29, delete '(5)' and insert '(6)'.
  In line 32, delete '(6)(a)' and insert '(7)(a)'.
  On page 3, line 7, delete '(7)(a)' and insert '(8)(a)'.
  In line 13, delete '(8)' and insert '(9)'.
  In line 17, delete '(9)' and insert '(10)' and delete ' (10),
(11) and (12)' and insert '(11), (12) and (13)'.
  In line 20, delete '(10)' and insert '(11)'.
  In line 32, delete '(11)' and insert '(12)'.
  In line 34, delete '(10)' and insert '(11)'.
  In line 40, delete '(12)' and insert '(13)'.
  In line 44, delete '(13)' and insert '(14)'.
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