REPRESENTATIVES Willamowski, Schneider, Otterman, S. Patton, Flowers, Hagan, Price, Reidelbach, Schmidt, Beatty, Carano, Chandler, Cirelli, Clancy, Daniels, DePiero, Distel, Domenick, C. Evans, Hartnett, Harwood, Hollister, Hughes, Jolivette, Key, McGregor, Niehaus, T. Patton, Perry, Raussen, Redfern, Schaffer, Schlichter, Seitz, Sferra, J. Stewart, Sykes, Wagner, Widener, Widowfield

To amend sections 3121.59 and 3121.64, to enact

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section 3125.141, and to repeal sections 3121.60

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and 3121.63 of the Revised Code to allow a child

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support enforcement agency to contract with a

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private person or entity to provide service of

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process or to compensate a sheriff for service of

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process, to eliminate the Program Income Fund, and

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to require monthly distributions of administrative

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charge amounts to each county child support

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enforcement agency.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 3121.59 and 3121.64 be amended and	11
section 3125.141 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as	12
follows:	13

Sec. 3121.59.  A fine imposed pursuant to division (B) of	14
section 3121.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the office of	15
child support in the department of job and family services or,	16
pursuant to section 3125.29 of the Revised Code, to the child	17
support enforcement agency. The amount of the fine that does not	18
exceed the amount of arrearage under the child support order shall	19
be disbursed in accordance with the child support order. The	20
amount of the fine that exceeds the amount of the arrearage shall	21
be considered program income and handled in accordance with	22
section 3121.60 of the Revised Code.	23

Sec. 3121.64.  On receipt of administrative charges under	24
section 3121.56 of the Revised Code, the office of child support	25
shall determine the charge amounts collected from obligors under	26
support orders being administered by the child support enforcement	27
agency in each county and distribute quarterlymonthly to each	28
agency an amount equal to the charges attributable to the agency.	29

Sec. 3125.141. In providing for service of process of a	30
notice or order as required under this chapter or Chapter 3111.,	31
3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code and in	32
accordance with the provisions of the Rules of Civil Procedure	33
that govern service of process, a child support enforcement agency	34
may do one or both of the following:	35

(A) Contract with the sheriff of the county served by the	36
agency to compensate the sheriff's office for service of process,	37
which may include additional incentives for successful service of	38
process;	39

(B) Contract with a private person or entity to provide	40
service of process for the agency.	41

Section 2. That existing sections 3121.59 and 3121.64 and	42
sections        Sec. 3121.60.  and        Sec. 3121.63.  of the Revised Code are hereby	43
repealed.	44