Senate Bill sb0166

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 166

    By Senator Aronberg





    27-31-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child support; amending s.

  3         409.2558, F.S.; requiring the Department of

  4         Revenue to establish by rule a method that uses

  5         reasonable efforts to locate persons to whom

  6         collections or refunds are owed, including

  7         disclosing information on the Internet;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

13  409.2558, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         409.2558  Support distribution and disbursement.--

15         (2)  UNDISTRIBUTABLE COLLECTIONS.--

16         (a)  The department shall establish by rule the method

17  for determining a collection or refund to a noncustodial

18  parent to be undistributable to the final intended recipient.

19  This method must provide for reasonable efforts to locate and

20  notify persons to whom collections or refunds are owed,

21  including disclosure on the Internet of the names of obligees

22  and obligors and the account number assigned by the

23  depository, as defined in s. 61.046.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Requires the Department of Revenue to adopt rules for
      using reasonable efforts to locate persons to whom
29    collections or refunds are owed, including disclosing
      information on the Internet.
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