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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, BOSCOLA AND WASHINGTON, APRIL 16, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 16, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further |
3 | providing for information to consumer reporting agency, for |
4 | general administration of support matters; and for expedited |
5 | procedure. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 4303 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania |
9 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
10 | § 4303. Information to consumer reporting agency. |
11 | (a) Overdue support.--Information regarding the name and the |
12 | amount of arrearages owed by an obligor shall be provided |
13 | periodically to consumer reporting agencies whenever the obligor |
14 | owes overdue support, subject to the following: |
15 | (1) The information shall be available only after the |
16 | obligor owing the arrearages has been notified of the |
17 | proposed action and given a period not to exceed 20 days to |
18 | contest the accuracy of the information. The notice shall be |
19 | as provided by local rule of the court of common pleas. |
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1 | (2) Such information shall not be made available to: |
2 | (i) a consumer reporting agency which the department |
3 | determines not to have sufficient capability to |
4 | systematically and timely make accurate use of such |
5 | information; or |
6 | (ii) an entity which has not furnished evidence |
7 | satisfactory to the department that the entity is a |
8 | consumer reporting agency. |
9 | (b) Petition to provide record of payments.--An obligor who |
10 | is subject to a support order under this part may petition the |
11 | court as part of the court's support order to direct the |
12 | domestic relations section to provide periodic information to a |
13 | consumer reporting agency that includes the record of payment of |
14 | support to the domestic relations section as provided in section |
15 | 4325 (relating to payment of order of support). |
16 | Section 2. Section 4305(a) of Title 23 is amended by adding |
17 | a paragraph to read: |
18 | § 4305. General administration of support matters. |
19 | (a) Powers and duties.--Subject to any inconsistent general |
20 | rules and to the supervision and direction of the court, the |
21 | domestic relations section shall have the power and duty to: |
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23 | (12) Subject to approval of the court upon petition of |
24 | an obligor, provide monthly reporting to a credit reporting |
25 | agency concerning the timely payments of support as provided |
26 | in section 4303 (relating to information to consumer |
27 | reporting agency). |
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29 | Section 3. Section 4342(g) of Title 23 is amended to read: |
30 | § 4342. Expedited procedure. |
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2 | (g) Payment record.--A copy of the record of support |
3 | payments prepared by the domestic relations section and |
4 | certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the |
5 | record is evidence of facts asserted in it and is admissible to |
6 | show whether payments were made in any civil proceeding, |
7 | including, but not limited to, any action under Title 13 |
8 | (relating to commercial code) and for purposes of any consumer |
9 | credit reporting. |
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11 | Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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