Bill Text: IA SF223 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to support of the poor by certain relatives. (Formerly SSB 1007.) Effective 7-1-15.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-31 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 756. [SF223 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF223-Enrolled.html

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Senate File 223 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                  1007)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        Senate File 223

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO SUPPORT OF THE POOR BY CERTAIN RELATIVES.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 252.13, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    252.13  Recovery by county.
    1.  Any county having expended money for the assistance or
 support of a poor person under this chapter, may recover the
 money from any of the following as follows:
    a.  From  1.  If the poor person is living, from the person
  if the person becomes able, or from the person's estate.
    b.  From relatives by action brought within two years from
 the payment of the assistance or support.
    c.  From the poor person by action brought within two years
 after the person becomes able.
    d.  From2.  a.  If the poor person is deceased, from the
 person's estate, by filing the claim as provided by law.
    2.  b.  There shall be allowed against the person's estate
 a claim of the sixth class for that portion of the liability
 to the county which exceeds the total amount of all claims of
 the first through the fifth classes, inclusive, as defined in
 section 633.425, which are allowed against that estate.
    Sec. 2.  Section 600B.1, Code 2015, is amended to read as
 follows:
    600B.1  Obligation of parents.
    The parents of a child born out of wedlock and not
 legitimized (in this chapter referred to as "the child") owe
 the child necessary maintenance, education, and support. They
 are also liable for the child's funeral expenses. The father
 is also liable to pay the expense of the mother's pregnancy and
 confinement. The obligation of the parent to support the child
 under the laws for the support of poor relatives applies to
 children born out of wedlock.
    Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Sections 252.2, 252.3, 252.4, 252.5, 252.6,
 252.7, 252.8, 252.9, and 252.15, Code 2015, are repealed.


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               KRAIG PAULSEN
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 223, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2015


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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