Bill Text: IA SSB3182 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the collection of delinquent court debt and associated installment agreements.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-14 - Voted - Appropriations. [SSB3182 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB3182-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3182
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DVORSKY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
collection
of
delinquent
court
debt
and
1
associated
installment
agreements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.210B,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
If
a
person’s
fine,
penalty,
surcharge,
or
court
3
cost
is
deemed
delinquent
as
provided
in
section
602.8107,
4
subsection
2
,
and
the
person’s
driver’s
license
has
been
5
suspended
or
is
in
the
process
of
being
suspended
pursuant
6
to
section
321.210A
,
the
person
may
execute
an
installment
7
agreement
as
defined
in
section
602.8107
with
the
county
8
attorney,
the
county
attorney’s
designee,
or
the
private
9
collection
designee
under
contract
with
the
judicial
branch
10
pursuant
to
section
602.8107,
subsection
5
,
to
pay
the
11
delinquent
amount
and
the
civil
penalty
assessed
in
subsection
12
7
in
installments.
Prior
to
execution
of
the
installment
13
agreement,
the
person
shall
provide
the
county
attorney,
the
14
county
attorney’s
designee,
or
the
private
collection
designee
15
with
a
financial
statement
in
order
for
the
parties
to
the
16
agreement
to
determine
the
amount
of
the
installment
payments.
17
b.
Cases
involving
court
debt
assigned
to
a
county
attorney,
18
a
county
attorney’s
designee,
or
the
private
collection
19
designee
shall
remain
so
assigned.
20
Sec.
2.
Section
321.210B,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
21
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
4.
Upon
receipt
of
an
executed
installment
agreement
23
and
after
the
first
installment
payment
to
the
clerk
of
24
the
district
court
,
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
shall
25
report
the
receipt
of
the
executed
installment
agreement
to
26
the
department
of
transportation
,
and
the
department
shall
27
immediately
reinstate
the
person’s
license
under
section
28
321.210A
for
a
case
included
in
the
executed
installment
29
agreement
.
30
Sec.
3.
Section
321.210B,
subsection
12,
Code
2016,
is
31
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
602.8107,
subsection
3,
paragraphs
a
and
c,
33
Code
2016,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
a.
Thirty
days
after
court
debt
has
been
assessed
and
full
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payment
has
not
been
received
,
or
if
an
installment
payment
is
1
not
received
within
thirty
days
after
the
date
it
is
due,
the
2
judicial
branch
shall
assign
a
case
to
the
private
collection
3
designee
under
contract
with
the
judicial
branch
pursuant
to
4
subsection
5
to
collect
debts
owed
to
the
clerk
of
the
district
5
court
,
unless
the
case
has
been
assigned
to
the
county
attorney
6
under
paragraph
“c”
.
7
c.
If
Thirty
days
after
court
debt
has
been
assessed
and
8
full
payment
has
not
been
received,
or
if
an
installment
9
payment
is
not
received
within
thirty
days
after
the
date
it
10
is
due,
and
if
a
county
attorney
has
filed
with
the
clerk
11
of
the
district
court
a
notice
of
full
commitment
to
collect
12
delinquent
court
debt
pursuant
to
subsection
4
,
the
court
13
debt
in
a
case
shall
be
assigned
after
sixty
days
to
the
14
county
attorney
as
provided
in
subsection
4
,
if
the
court
debt
15
in
a
case
is
not
part
of
an
installment
agreement
with
the
16
private
collection
designee
under
contract
with
the
judicial
17
branch
pursuant
to
subsection
5
.
The
judicial
branch
shall
18
assign
cases
with
delinquent
court
debt
to
a
county
attorney
19
in
the
same
format
and
with
the
same
frequency
as
cases
with
20
delinquent
court
debt
are
assigned
to
the
private
collection
21
designee
under
paragraph
“a”
,
and
a
county
attorney
shall
not
22
be
required
to
file
an
individual
notice
of
full
commitment
23
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt
for
each
assigned
case.
If
24
the
county
attorney
or
the
county
attorney’s
designee,
while
25
collecting
delinquent
court
debt
pursuant
to
subsection
4,
26
determines
that
a
person
owes
additional
court
debt
for
which
a
27
case
has
not
been
assigned
by
the
judicial
branch,
the
county
28
attorney
or
the
county
attorney’s
designee
shall
notify
the
29
clerk
of
the
district
court
of
the
appropriate
case
numbers
30
and
the
judicial
branch
shall
assign
these
cases
to
the
31
county
attorney
for
collection
if
the
additional
court
debt
is
32
delinquent.
33
Sec.
5.
Section
602.8107,
subsection
4,
Code
2016,
is
34
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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4.
County
attorney
collection.
The
county
attorney
or
1
the
county
attorney’s
designee
may
collect
court
debt
sixty
2
days
after
the
court
debt
is
deemed
delinquent
pursuant
to
3
subsection
2
.
In
order
to
receive
a
percentage
of
the
amounts
4
collected
pursuant
to
this
subsection
,
the
county
attorney
5
must
first
file
annually
with
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
6
on
or
before
July
1
of
the
first
year
the
county
attorney
7
collects
court
debt
under
this
subsection,
a
notice
of
full
8
commitment
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt
,
and
a
memorandum
9
of
understanding
with
the
state
court
administrator
for
all
10
cases
assigned
to
the
county
for
collection
by
the
court.
The
11
annual
notice
shall
contain
a
list
of
procedures
which
will
12
be
initiated
by
the
county
attorney.
For
a
county
attorney
13
filing
a
notice
of
full
commitment
for
the
first
time,
the
14
cases
involving
delinquent
court
debt
previously
assigned
15
to
the
private
collection
designee
shall
remain
assigned
to
16
the
private
collection
designee.
Cases
involving
delinquent
17
court
debt
assigned
to
the
county
attorney
after
the
filing
18
of
a
notice
of
full
commitment
by
the
county
attorney
shall
19
remain
assigned
to
the
county
attorney.
A
county
attorney
who
20
chooses
to
discontinue
collection
of
delinquent
court
debt
21
shall
file
with
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
on
or
before
22
May
15
a
notice
of
the
intent
to
cease
collection
of
delinquent
23
court
debt
at
the
start
of
the
next
fiscal
year.
If
a
county
24
attorney
ceases
collection
efforts,
or
if
the
state
court
25
administrator
deems
that
a
county
attorney
collections
program
26
has
become
ineligible
to
collect
as
specified
in
paragraph
27
“f”
,
all
cases
involving
delinquent
court
debt
assigned
to
28
the
county
attorney,
including
court
debt
associated
with
any
29
existing
installment
agreement,
shall
remain
assigned
to
the
30
county
for
collection
unless
an
installment
payment
becomes
31
delinquent,
after
which
the
portion
of
the
cases
involving
32
all
the
remaining
delinquent
court
debt
associated
with
the
33
installment
agreement
shall
be
transferred
to
the
private
34
collection
designee
for
collection
on
July
1.
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a.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
amounts
collected
for
1
victim
restitution,
the
victim
compensation
fund,
the
criminal
2
penalty
surcharge,
sex
offender
civil
penalty,
drug
abuse
3
resistance
education
surcharge,
the
law
enforcement
initiative
4
surcharge,
county
enforcement
surcharge,
amounts
collected
as
5
a
result
of
procedures
initiated
under
subsection
5
or
under
6
section
8A.504
,
or
fees
charged
pursuant
to
section
356.7
.
7
b.
Amounts
collected
by
the
county
attorney
or
the
county
8
attorney’s
designee
shall
be
distributed
in
accordance
with
9
paragraphs
“c”
and
“d”
.
10
c.
(1)
Forty
Twenty-eight
percent
of
the
amounts
collected
11
by
the
county
attorney
or
the
person
procured
or
designated
by
12
the
county
attorney
shall
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
13
the
county
if
the
county
attorney
has
filed
the
notice
required
14
by
this
subsection
,
unless
the
county
attorney
has
discontinued
15
collection
efforts
on
a
particular
delinquent
amount.
16
(2)
The
remaining
sixty
seventy-two
percent
shall
be
17
paid
to
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
each
fiscal
year
for
18
distribution
under
section
602.8108
.
However,
if
such
amount,
19
when
added
to
the
amount
deposited
into
the
general
fund
of
20
the
county
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1),
exceeds
the
following
21
applicable
threshold
amount,
the
excess
shall
be
distributed
22
as
provided
in
paragraph
“d”
:
23
(a)
For
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
one
hundred
24
fifty
thousand,
an
amount
up
to
five
hundred
thousand
one
25
million
dollars.
26
(b)
For
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
one
hundred
27
thousand
but
not
more
than
one
hundred
fifty
thousand,
an
28
amount
up
to
four
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
29
(c)
For
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
fifty
30
thousand
but
not
more
than
one
hundred
thousand,
an
amount
up
31
to
two
hundred
fifty
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
32
(d)
For
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
twenty-six
33
thousand
but
not
more
than
fifty
thousand,
an
amount
up
to
one
34
hundred
thousand
dollars.
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(e)
For
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
fifteen
1
thousand
but
not
more
than
twenty-six
thousand,
an
amount
up
to
2
fifty
thousand
dollars.
3
(f)
For
a
county
with
a
population
equal
to
or
less
than
4
fifteen
thousand,
an
amount
up
to
twenty-five
thousand
dollars.
5
d.
Any
additional
moneys
collected
by
an
individual
county
6
after
the
distributions
in
paragraph
“c”
shall
be
distributed
7
by
the
state
court
administrator
as
follows:
forty
percent
of
8
any
additional
moneys
collected
by
the
county
attorney
or
the
9
person
procured
or
designated
by
the
county
attorney
shall
be
10
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
the
county
where
the
moneys
11
were
collected;
twenty
percent
of
the
remaining
sixty
percent
12
collected
by
the
county
attorney
or
the
person
procured
or
13
designated
by
the
county
attorney
After
the
total
collected
by
14
a
county
attorney
exceeds
the
threshold
amount
set
in
paragraph
15
“c”
,
and
for
the
remainder
of
the
fiscal
year,
five
percent
16
of
the
additional
moneys
collected
shall
be
deposited
with
17
the
office
of
the
county
attorney
that
collected
the
moneys;
18
twenty-eight
percent
of
the
additional
moneys
collected
shall
19
be
deposited
in
the
general
fund
of
the
county
where
the
moneys
20
were
collected;
and
the
remainder
remaining
sixty-seven
percent
21
of
the
additional
moneys
shall
be
paid
to
the
clerk
of
the
22
district
court
for
distribution
under
section
602.8108
or
the
23
state
court
administrator
may
distribute
the
remainder
under
24
section
602.8108
if
the
additional
moneys
have
already
been
25
received
by
the
state
court
administrator.
26
e.
(1)
A
county
may
enter
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
27
chapter
28E
with
one
or
more
other
counties
for
the
purpose
of
28
collecting
delinquent
court
debt
pursuant
to
this
subsection
.
29
(2)
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“c”
,
if
a
county
subject
30
to
the
threshold
amount
in
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
31
subparagraph
division
(e)
or
(f)
enters
into
such
an
agreement
32
exclusively
with
a
county
or
counties
subject
to
the
threshold
33
amount
in
paragraph
“c”
,
subparagraph
(2),
subparagraph
34
division
(e)
or
(f),
the
threshold
amount
applicable
to
all
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of
the
counties
combined
shall
be
a
single
threshold
amount,
1
equal
to
the
threshold
amount
attributable
to
the
county
with
2
the
largest
population
When
a
county
enters
into
a
chapter
28E
3
agreement
with
another
county
or
counties
to
collect
delinquent
4
court
debt,
the
county
or
the
county
debt
collection
designee
5
must
collect
an
amount
of
delinquent
court
debt
that
originated
6
in
the
county
and
that
is
equal
to
the
applicable
threshold
7
amount
under
paragraph
“c”
in
order
for
the
county
to
qualify
8
for
distribution
of
moneys
collected
by
county
attorneys
under
9
paragraph
“d”
.
10
f.
Beginning
July
1,
2010
2017
,
and
every
fiscal
year
11
thereafter,
amounts
collected
and
distributed
pursuant
to
12
this
subsection
shall
be
equal
to
or
greater
than
twenty-five
13
thousand
dollars
for
each
county
or
twenty-five
thousand
14
dollars
in
the
aggregate
for
counties
that
have
entered
into
an
15
agreement
pursuant
to
chapter
28E
.
If
a
county,
or
counties
16
that
have
entered
into
a
chapter
28E
agreement,
fails
to
meet
17
the
minimum
threshold
established
in
this
paragraph,
the
18
county,
or
counties
under
the
chapter
28E
agreement,
shall
19
be
within
two
years
of
beginning
to
collect
delinquent
court
20
debt,
a
county
attorney
shall
be
required
to
collect
one
21
hundred
percent
of
the
applicable
threshold
amount
specified
22
in
paragraph
“c”
.
If
a
county
attorney
collects
more
than
23
eighty
percent
but
less
than
one
hundred
percent
of
the
24
applicable
threshold
amount,
the
state
court
administrator
25
shall
provide
notice
to
the
county
attorney
specifying
that
in
26
order
to
remain
eligible
to
participate
in
the
county
attorney
27
collection
program,
the
county
attorney
must
collect
at
least
28
one
hundred
twenty-five
percent
of
the
applicable
threshold
29
amount
by
the
end
of
the
next
fiscal
year.
If
a
county
attorney
30
who
has
been
given
such
a
notice
fails
to
collect
one
hundred
31
twenty-five
percent
of
the
applicable
threshold
amount,
the
32
state
court
administrator
shall
provide
notice
to
the
county
33
attorney
that
the
county
is
ineligible
to
participate
in
the
34
county
attorney
collection
program
for
the
following
next
two
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fiscal
year
years
and
all
existing
and
future
court
cases
1
with
delinquent
court
debt
shall
be
assigned
to
the
private
2
collection
designee
.
In
the
event
a
county
is
ineligible
to
3
collect
under
this
program,
the
county
may
apply
to
the
state
4
debt
coordinator
established
in
section
421C.1
to
reenter
5
the
program
following
the
fiscal
year
of
ineligibility.
The
6
provisions
of
this
paragraph
apply
to
all
counties,
including
7
those
counties
where
delinquent
court
debt
is
collected
8
pursuant
to
a
chapter
28E
agreement
with
one
or
more
counties.
9
Sec.
6.
STATE
AUDITOR
——
REPORT.
The
state
auditor
shall
10
review
the
collection
rate
for
each
county
that
has
filed
a
11
notice
of
full
commitment
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt,
and
12
file
a
report
of
the
results
of
the
review
with
the
general
13
assembly
by
January
1,
2018.
Additionally,
the
state
auditor
14
shall
distribute
the
report
to
the
judicial
branch
and
to
each
15
county
attorney
who
has
filed
a
notice
of
full
commitment
to
16
collect
delinquent
court
debt.
17
Sec.
7.
TEMPORARY
PROVISION
FOR
COUNTY
COLLECTION
18
PROGRAMS.
Notwithstanding
the
amendment
to
section
602.8107,
19
subsection
4,
paragraph
“f”,
in
this
Act,
the
provisions
of
20
section
602.8107,
subsection
4,
paragraph
“f”,
Code
2016,
apply
21
to
individual
counties
or
counties
entering
into
a
chapter
28E
22
agreement
until
June
30,
2017.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
the
collection
of
delinquent
court
debt
27
and
associated
installment
agreements.
28
The
bill
specifies
that
delinquent
court
debt
assigned
to
29
a
county
attorney
or
to
the
private
debt
collection
designee
30
shall
remain
with
the
collection
entity
collecting
the
debt.
31
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
of
transportation
32
shall
immediately
lift
any
driver’s
license
suspension
due
to
a
33
delinquent
fine,
penalty,
surcharge,
or
court
cost
under
Code
34
section
321.210A,
if
the
case
with
the
delinquent
amount
is
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included
in
an
executed
installment
agreement.
1
The
bill
strikes
Code
section
321.210B(12)
prohibiting
2
a
fine,
penalty,
surcharge,
or
court
cost
contained
in
an
3
installment
agreement
that
is
in
default
from
being
placed
in
a
4
new
installment
agreement.
5
The
bill
modifies
the
distribution
formula
when
a
county
6
attorney
collects
delinquent
court
debt.
7
The
bill
provides
that
a
county
attorney
may
begin
8
collecting
delinquent
court
debt
30
days
after
the
court
debt
9
is
assessed
and
payment
has
not
been
received,
if
the
county
10
attorney
has
filed
a
one-time
notice
of
full
commitment
to
11
collect
delinquent
court
debt
with
the
clerk
of
the
district
12
court.
Current
law
provides
that
a
county
attorney
may
begin
13
collecting
delinquent
court
debt
60
days
after
the
court
debt
14
is
deemed
delinquent,
and
if
the
county
attorney
files
a
notice
15
of
commitment
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt
on
an
annual
16
basis
with
the
clerk
of
the
district
court.
17
The
bill
requires
that
cases
involving
court
debt
be
18
assigned
to
the
county
attorney
in
the
same
format
and
with
19
the
same
frequency
as
cases
with
delinquent
court
debt
are
20
assigned
to
the
private
debt
collection
designee.
If
the
21
county
attorney,
or
the
county
attorney’s
designee,
determines
22
that
a
person
has
additional
delinquent
court
debt
for
which
a
23
case
has
not
been
assigned
by
the
judicial
branch,
the
county
24
attorney
or
the
county
attorney’s
designee
shall
notify
the
25
clerk
of
the
district
court
of
the
appropriate
case
numbers
26
and
the
judicial
branch
shall
assign
these
cases
to
the
27
county
attorney
for
collection
if
the
additional
court
debt
is
28
delinquent.
29
The
bill
requires
the
county
attorney
to
also
file
a
30
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
state
court
administrator
31
for
all
cases
assigned
to
the
county
attorney
for
collection
32
by
the
court.
33
The
bill
provides
that
for
a
county
attorney
filing
a
34
notice
of
full
commitment
for
the
first
time,
the
cases
with
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delinquent
court
debt
previously
assigned
to
the
private
1
collection
designee
shall
remain
assigned
to
the
private
2
collection
designee.
Cases
with
delinquent
court
debt
assigned
3
to
the
county
attorney
after
filing
a
notice
of
full
commitment
4
by
the
county
attorney
shall
remain
assigned
to
the
county
5
attorney.
6
The
bill
provides
that
a
county
attorney
who
chooses
to
7
discontinue
the
collection
of
delinquent
court
debt
shall
8
file
with
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
on
or
before
May
15
9
a
notice
of
the
intent
to
cease
collection
at
the
start
of
10
the
next
fiscal
year.
If
a
county
ceases
collection
efforts
11
under
the
bill,
or
if
the
state
court
administrator
provides
12
notice
that
a
county
attorney
collections
program
has
become
13
ineligible
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt,
the
court
debt
in
14
any
existing
installment
agreement
remains
with
the
county
for
15
collection
unless
an
installment
payment
becomes
delinquent,
16
after
which
all
the
remaining
delinquent
court
debt
associated
17
with
the
installment
agreement
must
be
transferred
for
18
collection
to
the
private
collection
designee
on
July
1.
19
The
bill
and
current
law
provide
that
the
county
attorney
20
is
not
eligible
to
retain
certain
court
debt
specified
in
Code
21
section
602.8107(4)(a).
Code
section
602.8107(2)(c)
continues
22
to
govern
the
prioritized
application
of
court
debt
receipts.
23
The
bill
and
current
law
provide
for
a
two-tier
distribution
24
formula
if
a
county
attorney
decides
to
collect
delinquent
25
court
debt.
Current
law
and
the
bill
provide
for
one
26
distribution
formula
to
the
county
and
the
state
when
the
27
county
attorney
collects
below
a
certain
threshold
dollar
28
amount
and
a
different
distribution
formula
when
a
county
29
attorney
exceeds
that
certain
threshold
dollar
amount.
The
30
bill
makes
three
major
changes
to
the
county
attorney
court
31
debt
collection
formula.
32
First,
the
bill
requires
28
percent
of
the
distributable
33
amount
of
court
debt
collected
by
the
county
attorney
to
be
34
deposited
into
the
county
general
fund.
Current
law
requires
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40
percent
of
the
distributable
amount
of
court
debt
collected
1
by
the
county
attorney
to
be
deposited
into
the
county
general
2
fund.
Current
law
and
the
bill
provide
that
the
remaining
3
court
debt
not
deposited
into
the
county
general
fund
be
paid
4
to
the
clerk
of
district
court
for
distribution
under
Code
5
section
602.8108.
Under
the
bill,
this
remaining
court
debt
6
is
72
percent
of
the
distributable
amount
of
court
debt
and
7
is
required
to
be
paid
to
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
for
8
distribution
under
Code
section
602.8108.
9
Second,
the
bill
changes
the
threshold
dollar
amounts
10
that
are
in
place
to
further
incentivize
a
county
attorney
11
to
continue
collecting
delinquent
court
debt.
The
threshold
12
dollar
amount
depends
on
the
population
size
of
the
county.
13
The
bill
changes
the
threshold
dollar
amount
for
a
county
with
14
a
population
greater
than
150,000
from
$500,000
to
$1
million.
15
The
bill
changes
the
threshold
dollar
amount
for
a
county
with
16
a
population
greater
than
100,000
but
not
more
than
150,000
17
from
$400,000
to
$600,000.
The
bill
changes
the
threshold
18
dollar
amount
for
a
county
with
a
population
greater
than
19
50,000
but
not
more
than
100,000
from
$250,000
to
$300,000.
20
The
remaining
threshold
amounts
for
the
less
populated
counties
21
are
not
changed
by
the
bill
and
are
specified
in
Code
section
22
602.8107(4)(c)(2).
23
Third,
after
a
county
attorney’s
collection
of
delinquent
24
court
debt
exceeds
the
threshold
dollar
amount
and
for
the
25
remainder
of
the
fiscal
year,
the
bill
requires
5
percent
of
26
the
distributable
amount
of
court
debt
collected
by
the
county
27
attorney
to
be
deposited
with
the
office
of
the
county
attorney
28
that
collected
the
debt.
Current
law
requires
12
percent
of
29
the
distributable
amount
of
court
debt
to
be
deposited
with
the
30
office
of
the
county
attorney.
In
addition
to
the
5
percent
31
of
distributable
court
debt
deposited
with
the
office
of
the
32
county
attorney
that
collected
the
debt,
the
bill
requires
28
33
percent
of
the
distributable
amount
of
court
debt
collected
34
by
the
county
attorney
after
exceeding
the
threshold
dollar
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amounts
to
be
deposited
into
the
county
general
fund.
Current
1
law
requires
40
percent
of
such
debt
to
be
deposited
into
the
2
county
general
fund.
Current
law
and
the
bill
requires
the
3
remaining
court
debt
not
deposited
into
the
county
general
fund
4
be
paid
to
the
clerk
of
district
court
for
distribution
under
5
Code
section
602.8108.
Under
the
bill,
after
exceeding
the
6
threshold
dollar
amount,
67
percent
of
the
court
debt
remains
7
to
be
paid
to
the
clerk
of
the
district
court
for
distribution
8
under
Code
section
602.8108.
9
The
bill
provides
that
any
county
that
enters
into
a
Code
10
chapter
28E
agreement
with
another
county
or
counties
to
11
collect
delinquent
court
debt,
must
collect
an
amount
in
12
excess
of
the
applicable
threshold
dollar
amount
for
that
13
particular
county
in
order
to
qualify
for
the
second
tier
of
14
the
distribution
formula
and
the
5
percent
distribution
to
the
15
office
of
the
county
attorney.
The
bill
specifies
that
Code
16
section
602.8107(4)(f),
Code
2016,
governs
individual
counties
17
entering
into
Code
chapter
28E
agreements
to
collect
delinquent
18
court
debt
until
June
30,
2017.
19
The
bill
provides
that
beginning
July
1,
2017,
a
county
20
attorney
shall
be
required
to
collect
100
percent
of
the
21
applicable
threshold
dollar
amount
within
two
years
of
22
beginning
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt.
The
bill
provides
23
that
if
the
county
attorney
collects
more
than
80
percent
24
but
less
than
100
percent
of
the
applicable
threshold
dollar
25
amount,
the
state
court
administrator
shall
provide
notice
to
26
the
county
attorney
specifying
that
in
order
to
remain
eligible
27
to
participate
in
the
county
attorney
collection
program,
28
the
county
attorney
must
collect
at
least
125
percent
of
the
29
applicable
threshold
amount
by
the
end
of
the
next
fiscal
30
year.
If
after
a
county
attorney
who
has
been
given
such
a
31
notice
fails
to
collect
125
percent
of
the
applicable
threshold
32
amount,
the
state
court
administrator
shall
provide
notice
to
33
the
county
attorney
that
the
county
attorney
is
ineligible
to
34
participate
in
the
county
attorney
collection
program
for
the
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next
two
fiscal
years.
1
The
bill
strikes
a
reference
to
the
state
debt
coordinator
2
in
repealed
Code
section
602.8107(4)(f).
The
coordinator
was
3
never
appointed.
4
The
bill
requires
the
state
auditor
to
review
the
collection
5
rate
for
each
county
that
has
filed
a
notice
of
full
commitment
6
to
collect
delinquent
court
debt,
and
file
a
report
of
the
7
results
of
the
audit
with
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
8
2018.
The
bill
requires
the
state
auditor
to
also
distribute
9
such
report
to
the
judicial
branch
and
to
each
county
attorney
10
who
has
filed
a
notice
of
full
commitment
to
collect
delinquent
11
court
debt.
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