12E-1.0051: Undistributable Collections
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 409.2558(3), F.S., requires the Department to establish by rule a method to determine a collection or refund to be undistributable to the final intended recipient. The law provides that before determining a collection or refund undistributable, the Department must make reasonable efforts to locate individuals to whom collections or refunds are owed. The law also directs the Department to process, as program income, payments the Department disburses that are less than $1.00 by paper check and the check is not cashed after 180 days, or if less than $1.00 is owed on a closed Title IV-D case. The purpose of creating proposed Rule 12E-1.0051, F.A.C., is to provide guidance to the public about the Department’s procedures for locating individuals to whom collections or refunds are owed, processing undistributable collections, how an individual can reclaim an undistributable collection, and processing payments that are less than $1.00 as program income. The effect is to provide the public with information on how the Department will: (1) try to locate individuals to whom collections or refunds are owed; (2) determine a collection or refund to be undistributable; (3) process undistributable collections; (4) allow an individual to reclaim a collection applied as program income; and (5) process payments that are less than $1.00 as program income.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The subject of this workshop is to develop procedures for locating individuals to whom collections or refunds are owed, processing undistributable collections, reclaiming collections applied as program income, processing payment refund requests, and processing payments that are less than $1.00 as program income.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 409.2557(3)(j), 409.2558(3), 409.2558(9) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.2558(3), 409.2558(5) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: November 22, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: Building 2, Room 2-4103, 2450 Shumard Oak Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Sarah Wachman at (850)717-7532. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Phil Scruggs, Government Analyst II, Child Support Enforcement Program, Department of Revenue, P. O. Box 8030, Tallahassee, Florida 32314-8030, telephone (850)617-8035, e-mail address scruggsp@dor.state.fl.us
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
Published on the Department’s Internet Site at: myflorida.com/dor/rules.