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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| 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 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further |
3 | providing for costs and fees and for State disbursement unit. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Sections 4351(a.1) and 4374(c)(3) and (d)(2) of |
7 | Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended |
8 | to read: |
9 | § 4351. Costs and fees. |
10 | * * * |
11 | (a.1) Annual fee.--The Commonwealth shall impose a fee of |
12 | $25 in each case in which an individual has never received |
13 | assistance under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. |
14 | 620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and for whom the Commonwealth has |
15 | collected at least $500 of support in a Federal fiscal year. |
16 | [The Commonwealth shall pay the $25 fee for those cases in which |
17 | the annual collection is between $500 and $1,999.99.] The $25 |
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1 | fee shall be collected from the [custodial] parent who owes the |
2 | child support obligation in [cases where annual collections |
3 | equal $2,000 or more] all cases in which a fee is imposed under |
4 | this subsection. |
5 | * * * |
6 | § 4374. State disbursement unit. |
7 | * * * |
8 | (c) Allocation of collections.--Subject to subsections (d), |
9 | (e), (f) and (f.1), support collected on behalf of a family |
10 | shall be distributed as follows: |
11 | * * * |
12 | (3) In the case of a family that never received cash |
13 | assistance from the Commonwealth, all support collections |
14 | shall be paid to the family with the exception of the |
15 | federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the |
16 | [custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as |
17 | required under section 4351(a.1) (relating to costs and |
18 | fees). |
19 | (d) Retention by Commonwealth.-- |
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21 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the |
22 | federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the |
23 | [custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as |
24 | required under section 4351(a.1) shall be retained by the |
25 | department. |
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27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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