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OFFICE OF RECOVERY SERVICES FEE

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

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House Sponsor: V. Lowry Snow

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions relating to a fee collected by the Office of Recovery
10     Services.
11     Highlighted Provisions:
12          This bill:
13          ▸     modifies provisions relating to an annual fee for child support services collected by
14     the Office of Recovery Services.
15     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
16          None
17     Other Special Clauses:
18          None
19     Utah Code Sections Affected:
20     AMENDS:
21          62A-11-303.7, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 184
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23     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
24          Section 1. Section 62A-11-303.7 is amended to read:
25          62A-11-303.7. Annual fee for child support services to a custodial parent who has
26     not received TANF assistance.
27          (1) The office shall impose an annual fee of [$25] $35 in each case in which services

28     are provided by the office if:
29          (a) the custodial parent who received the services has never received assistance under a
30     state program funded under Title IV, Part A of the Social Security Act; and
31          (b) the office has collected at least [$500] $550 of child support in the case.
32          (2) The fee described in Subsection (1) shall be:
33          (a) subject to Subsection (3), retained by the office from child support collected on
34     behalf of the custodial parent described in Subsection (1)(a); or
35          (b) paid by the custodial parent described in Subsection (1)(a).
36          (3) A fee retained under Subsection (2)(a) may not be retained from the first [$500]
37     $550 of child support collected in the case.
38          (4) The fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund as a
39     dedicated credit to be used by the office for the purpose of collecting child support.