ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2578	By:	Mulready of the House

			   and

		Brinkley of the Senate

An Act relating to counties and county officers; authorizing the board of county commissioners to contract with a collection agency; providing for collection of debts and accounts receivable; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Collection of county debts and accounts receivable

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 339.7 of Title 19, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.  The board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with a collection agency for the provision of collection services for debts and accounts receivable including, but not limited to, unpaid fees, penalties, interest, and other sums due the county, as applicable.

B.  The board of county commissioners that enters into a contract with a collection agency pursuant to this section may authorize the addition of a collection fee in an amount not to exceed thirty-five percent (35%) on each item described in subsection A of this section that has been referred by the county to the collection agency for collection.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of May, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 17th day of April, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate