PRINTER'S NO. 27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
46
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS AND SCHWANK, JANUARY 12, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 12, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further
providing for information to consumer reporting agency, for
general administration of support matters and for expedited
procedure.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4303 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4303. Information to consumer reporting agency.
(a) Overdue support.--Information regarding the name and the
amount of arrearages owed by an obligor shall be provided
periodically to consumer reporting agencies whenever the obligor
owes overdue support, subject to the following:
(1) The information shall be available only after the
obligor owing the arrearages has been notified of the
proposed action and given a period not to exceed 20 days to
contest the accuracy of the information. The notice shall be
as provided by local rule of the court of common pleas.
(2) Such information shall not be made available to:
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(i) a consumer reporting agency which the department
determines not to have sufficient capability to
systematically and timely make accurate use of such
information; or
(ii) an entity which has not furnished evidence
satisfactory to the department that the entity is a
consumer reporting agency.
(b) Petition to provide record of payments.--An obligor who
is subject to a support order under this part may petition the
court as part of the court's support order to direct the
domestic relations section to provide periodic information to a
consumer reporting agency that includes the record of payment of
support to the domestic relations section under section 4325
(relating to payment of order of support).
Section 2. Section 4305(a) of Title 23 is amended by adding
a paragraph to read:
§ 4305. General administration of support matters.
(a) Powers and duties.--Subject to any inconsistent general
rules and to the supervision and direction of the court, the
domestic relations section shall have the power and duty to:
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(12) Subject to approval of the court upon petition of
an obligor, provide monthly reporting to a credit reporting
agency concerning the timely payments of support under
section 4303 (relating to information to consumer reporting
agency).
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Section 3. Section 4342(g) of Title 23 is amended to read:
§ 4342. Expedited procedure.
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(g) Payment record.--A copy of the record of support
payments prepared by the domestic relations section and
certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the
record is evidence of facts asserted in it and is admissible to
show whether payments were made[.] in any civil proceeding,
including an action under Title 13 (relating to commercial code)
and for purposes of any consumer credit reporting.
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Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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