Bill Text: IA HF2299 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 2299 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility to enter into installment agreements for the collection of court debt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - Sponsors added, Berry, Gaskill, McConkey, Mascher, Stutsman, Wessel-Kroeschell, Lensing, Wolfe, Olson, Brown-Powers, Hunter, Abdul-Samad, and Bennett. H.J. 247. [HF2299 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2299-Introduced.html

House File 2299 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  H. MILLER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to eligibility to enter into installment
  2    agreements for the collection of court debt.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.210B, subsection 13, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    13.  A person is eligible to enter into five installment
  1  4 agreements in the person's lifetime.  There shall be no minimum
  1  5 delinquent amount required to be owed by a person for the
  1  6 person to be eligible to enter into an installment agreement
  1  7 under this section.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 10 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 11    Code section 321.210B provides that if a person's fine,
  1 12 penalty, surcharge, or court cost is deemed delinquent and the
  1 13 person's driver's license has been suspended, the person may
  1 14 execute an installment agreement with the county attorney,
  1 15 the county attorney's designee, or the private collection
  1 16 designee under contract with the judicial branch to pay the
  1 17 delinquent amount. This bill provides that there shall be no
  1 18 minimum delinquent amount required to be owed by a person for
  1 19 the person to be eligible to enter into such an installment
  1 20 agreement.
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