PRINTER'S NO. 4411
No. 2787 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, HARKINS, JAMES, LONGIETTI, MANN, MUNDY, PETRI, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SIPTROTH, SURRA, SWANGER, R. TAYLOR AND WOJNAROSKI, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
AN ACT
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, amended or
8 added May 13, 2008 (P.L.144, No.16), are amended 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
18 fee shall be collected from the [custodial] parent who owes the
1 child support obligation in [cases where annual collections 2 equal $2,000 or more] all cases in which a fee is imposed under 3 this subsection. 4 * * * 5 § 4374. State disbursement unit. 6 * * * 7 (c) Allocation of collections.--Subject to subsections (d), 8 (e), (f) and (f.1), support collected on behalf of a family 9 shall be distributed as follows: 10 * * * 11 (3) In the case of a family that never received cash 12 assistance from the Commonwealth, all support collections 13 shall be paid to the family with the exception of the 14 federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the 15 [custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as 16 required under section 4351(a.1) (relating to costs and 17 fees). 18 (d) Retention by Commonwealth.-- 19 * * * 20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 21 federally mandated $25 annual fee collected from the 22 [custodial] parent who owes the child support obligation as 23 required under section 4351(a.1) shall be retained by the 24 department. 25 * * * 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. H27L23BIL/20080H2787B4411 - 2 -