Bill Text: MI SB1001 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Family law; child support; fee for collecting and processing child support withholdings; provide for. Amends sec. 23 of 1982 PA 295 (MCL 552.623).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-12-27 - Assigned Pa 0357'12 [SB1001 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1001-Engrossed.html
SB-1001, As Passed House, November 29, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1001
A bill to amend 1982 PA 295, entitled
"Support and parenting time enforcement act,"
by amending section 23 (MCL 552.623), as amended by 1998 PA 334.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 23. (1) A source of income shall not use a notice of
income withholding as a basis for refusing to employ, discharging,
taking disciplinary action against, or imposing a penalty against a
payer. A source of income who refuses to employ, discharges,
disciplines, or penalizes a payer in violation of this section is
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than
$500.00, and shall be required to make full restitution to the
aggrieved payer, including reinstatement and back pay.
(2) A source of income shall not use the suspension, as
provided for in this act, of an occupational license, driver's
license, or recreational or sporting license as the basis for
refusing to employ, discharging, taking disciplinary action
against, or imposing a penalty against a payer unless the suspended
license is legally required for the payer's performance of the job.
This act does not prevent a source of income from refusing to
employ or discharging an individual whose occupational license,
driver's license, or recreational or sporting license is suspended
if that license is a necessary predicate to engage in that
occupation, vocation, or profession.
(3) A source of income may charge and collect from a payer a
fee in response to a notice of income withholding as follows:
(a) If a source of income submits income withholding payments
by electronic means, the source of income may charge the payer a
fee of $1.00 each time the source of income withholds payment from
the payer, but not to exceed $2.00 per month.
(b) If a source of income submits income withholding payments
by other than electronic means, the source of income may charge the
payer a fee of $2.00 each time the source of income withholds
payment from the payer, but not to exceed $4.00 per month.
(4) The fee authorized in subsection (3) shall be collected
separately and apart from the income withheld for child support.
(5) Charging or collecting a fee under subsection (3) is not a
violation of subsection (1).
