Delaware House Bill 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-03-28 - Amendment HA 2 to HB 29 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill establishes a writ of attachment of tax refunds and lottery winnings. This bill provides a procedure for interception of tax refunds and lottery winnings by the Department of Finance for judgments resulting from a breach of a residential or commercial rental agreement. This bill provides for the opportunity to contest the amount owed in regards to funds seized pursuant to a writ of attachment of tax refunds or lottery winnings. The bill directs the Department of Finance to work with the Courts to develop an electronic system relating to the collection of judgments through tax refunds and lottery winnings. The bill also directs the Courts and Department of Finance to work together and make a recommendation as to the amount of a special fee that is meant to offset the development, implementation and administration of the collection of judgments through tax refunds and lottery winnings. The Department and Finance are directed to provide a report to the General Assembly by January 10, 2018 regarding the costs of administrating this provision and an appropriate off-setting fee to be charged for issuance of the writ described herein. Sections 1 and 2 of the bill will not take effect until ongoing funds are provided to develop, implement and administer Sections 1 and 2, and until legislation is passed implementing the new fee.

An Act To Amend Title 10 And Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Judgments.

Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Kevin Hensley [R]	Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]
Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-28		Amendment HA 2 to HB 29 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-03-15		Amendment HA 1 to HB 29 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2017-01-25		Reported Out of Committee (Judiciary) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2017-01-05		Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25357
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25357&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB29