Bill Text: PA HB529 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In support matters generally, further providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB529 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB529-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 580
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 529 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, THOMAS, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, BROWN, ELLIS, FLECK, FREEMAN, HARKINS, HARPER, LONGIETTI, MANN, MUNDY, O'NEILL, PETRI, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROSS, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND WALKO, FEBRUARY 19, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further
providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 4351(a.1) and 4374(c)(3) and (d)(2) of
Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 4351. Costs and fees.
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(a.1) Annual fee.--The Commonwealth shall impose a fee of
$25 in each case in which an individual has never received
assistance under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (49 Stat.
620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and for whom the Commonwealth has
collected at least $500 of support in a Federal fiscal year.
[The Commonwealth shall pay the $25 fee for those cases in which
the annual collection is between $500 and $1,999.99.] The $25
fee shall be collected from the [custodial] parent who owes the
child support obligation in [cases where annual collections
equal $2,000 or more] all cases in which a fee is imposed under
this subsection.
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§ 4374. State disbursement unit.
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(c) Allocation of collections.--Subject to subsections (d),
(e), (f) and (f.1), support collected on behalf of a family
shall be distributed as follows:
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(3) In the case of a family that never received cash
assistance from the Commonwealth, all support collections
shall be paid to the family with the exception of the
federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the
[custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as
required under section 4351(a.1) (relating to costs and
fees).
(d) Retention by Commonwealth.--
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the
[custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as
required under section 4351(a.1) shall be retained by the
department.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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