Bill Text: IA SF293 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the collection of delinquent judgments owed to a county or city, and including effective date provisions.(See SF 450.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 450. S.J. 442. [SF293 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF293-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
GREEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
collection
of
delinquent
judgments
1
owed
to
a
county
or
city,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.504,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
Any
judgment
debt
owed
to
a
county
or
3
city
arising
from
a
county
or
city
infraction.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
331.307,
subsection
6,
Code
2023,
is
amended
5
to
read
as
follows:
6
6.
a.
Notwithstanding
section
602.8106,
subsection
3
,
7
penalties
or
forfeitures
collected
by
the
court
for
county
8
infractions
shall
be
remitted
to
the
county
in
the
same
manner
9
as
fines
and
forfeitures
are
remitted
to
cities
for
criminal
10
violations
under
section
602.8106
.
If
the
person
named
in
11
the
citation
is
served
as
provided
in
this
section
and
fails
12
without
good
cause
to
appear
in
response
to
the
civil
citation,
13
judgment
shall
be
entered
against
the
person
cited.
14
b.
Judgment
debt
owing
to
a
county
is
deemed
delinquent
15
if
it
is
not
paid
within
thirty
days
after
the
date
it
is
16
assessed.
An
amount
that
was
ordered
by
the
court
to
be
paid
17
on
a
date
fixed
in
the
future
is
deemed
delinquent
if
it
is
not
18
received
by
the
clerk
of
court
within
thirty
days
after
the
19
fixed
date
set
out
in
the
court
order.
If
an
amount
was
ordered
20
to
be
paid
in
installments
and
an
installment
is
not
received
21
within
thirty
days
after
the
date
it
is
due,
the
entire
amount
22
of
the
judgment
debt
is
deemed
delinquent.
23
c.
The
county
attorney
or
the
county
attorney’s
designee
24
may
collect
judgment
debt
that
has
not
been
paid
sixty
days
25
after
the
judgment
debt
has
been
deemed
delinquent
pursuant
to
26
paragraph
“b”
.
27
d.
In
addition
to
paragraph
“c”
,
a
county
may
establish
a
28
debt
collection
setoff
procedure
for
purposes
of
collecting
29
delinquent
judgment
debt.
30
Sec.
3.
Section
364.22B,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
31
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
32
a.
A
city
may
contract
with
a
private
collection
designee
33
or
the
county
attorney
of
the
county
in
which
a
majority
of
34
the
city’s
residents
reside
for
the
collection
of
a
judgment
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debt
sixty
days
after
the
judgment
debt
in
a
case
is
deemed
1
delinquent
pursuant
to
subsection
2
.
2
Sec.
4.
Section
364.22B,
subsection
3,
Code
2023,
is
amended
3
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
4
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
In
addition
to
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
,
5
a
city
may
establish
a
debt
collection
setoff
procedure
for
6
purposes
of
collecting
delinquent
judgment
debt.
7
Sec.
5.
Section
421.65,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
as
8
enacted
by
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1064,
section
16,
is
amended
9
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
10
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
Any
judgment
or
debt
owed
to
a
county
11
or
city
arising
from
a
county
or
city
infraction.
12
Sec.
6.
CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following
takes
13
effect
on
the
effective
date
of
the
rules
adopted
by
the
14
department
of
revenue
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
implementing
2020
15
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1064,
other
than
transitional
rules:
16
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
421.65.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
the
collection
of
judgment
debt
owed
to
21
a
county
or
city.
Under
current
law,
a
penalty
or
forfeiture
22
collected
by
a
court
for
a
county
or
city
infraction
is
23
remitted
to
the
respective
county
or
city.
A
city
may
contract
24
with
a
private
collection
designee
for
the
collection
of
a
25
judgment
debt
60
days
after
the
judgment
debt
in
a
case
is
26
deemed
delinquent.
27
The
bill
allows
a
county
attorney
or
the
county
attorney’s
28
designee
to
collect
judgment
debt
that
has
not
been
paid
60
29
days
after
the
judgment
debt
has
been
deemed
delinquent.
30
The
bill
also
allows
a
county
or
city
to
establish
a
debt
31
collection
setoff
procedure
for
purposes
of
collecting
32
delinquent
judgment
debt.
33
The
section
of
the
bill
amending
Code
section
421.65
(setoff
34
procedures
——
department
of
revenue)
takes
effect
on
the
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