To amend sections 311.17, 3121.03, 3121.0310, 3121.091, 3121.59, 3121.64, 3121.89, 3121.891, 3121.892, 3121.893, 3121.894, 3121.895, 3121.897, 3121.898, 3121.899, 3121.8910, and 3123.021, to enact new section 3121.896 and section 3125.141, and to repeal sections 3121.60, 3121.63, and 3121.896 of the Revised Code regarding the enforcement of child support orders and to declare an emergency.

Section 1. That sections 311.17, 3121.03, 3121.0310, 3121.091, 3121.59, 3121.64, 3121.89, 3121.891, 3121.892, 3121.893, 3121.894, 3121.895, 3121.897, 3121.898, 3121.899, 3121.8910, and 3123.021 be amended and new section 3121.896 and section 3125.141 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 311.17.  For Except as provided in a contract entered into under division (A) of section 3125.141 of the Revised Code, for the services specified in this section, the sheriff shall charge the following fees, which the court or its clerk shall tax in the bill of costs against the judgment debtor or those legally liable therefor for the judgment:

(A) For the service and return of the following writs and orders:

(1) Execution:

(a) When money is paid without levy or when no property is found, twenty dollars;

(b) When levy is made on real property, for the first tract, twenty-five dollars, and for each additional tract, ten dollars;

(c) When levy is made on goods and chattels, including inventory, fifty dollars.

(2) Writ of attachment of property, except for purpose of garnishment, forty dollars;

(3) Writ of attachment for the purpose of garnishment, ten dollars;

(4) Writ of replevin, forty dollars;

(5) Warrant to arrest, for each person named in the writ, ten dollars;

(6) Attachment for contempt, for each person named in the writ, six dollars;

(7) Writ of possession or restitution, sixty dollars;

(8) Subpoena, for each person named in the writ, in either a civil or criminal case, six dollars;

(9) Venire, for each person named in the writ, in either a civil or criminal case, six dollars;

(10) Summoning each juror, other than on venire, in either a civil or criminal case, six dollars;

(11) Writ of partition, twenty-five dollars;

(12) Order of sale on partition, for the first tract, fifty dollars, and for each additional tract, twenty-five dollars;

(13) Other order of sale of real property, for the first tract, fifty dollars, and for each additional tract, twenty-five dollars;

(14) Administering oath to appraisers, three dollars each;

(15) Furnishing copies for advertisements, one dollar for each hundred words;

(16) Copy of indictment, for each defendant, five dollars;

(17) All summons, writs, orders, or notices, for the first name, six dollars, and for each additional name, one dollar.

(B) In addition to the fee for service and return:

(1) On each summons, writ, order, or notice, a fee of one dollar per mile for the first mile, and fifty cents per mile for each additional mile, going and returning, actual mileage to be charged on each additional name;

(2) Taking bail bond, three dollars;

(3) Jail fees, as follows:

(a) For receiving a prisoner, five dollars each time a prisoner is received, and for discharging or surrendering a prisoner, five dollars each time a prisoner is discharged or surrendered. The departure or return of a prisoner from or to a jail in connection with a program established under section 5147.28 of the Revised Code is not a receipt, discharge, or surrender of the prisoner for purposes of this division.

(b) Taking a prisoner before a judge or court, per day, five dollars;

(c) Calling action, one dollar;

(d) Calling jury, three dollars;

(e) Calling each witness, three dollars;

(f) Bringing prisoner before court on habeas corpus, six dollars.

(4) Poundage on all moneys actually made and paid to the sheriff on execution, decree, or sale of real estate, one and one-half per cent;

(5) Making and executing a deed of land sold on execution, decree, or order of the court, to be paid by the purchaser, fifty dollars.

When any of the services described in division (A) or (B) of this section are rendered by an officer or employee, whose salary or per diem compensation is paid by the county, the applicable legal fees and any other extraordinary expenses, including overtime, provided for the service shall be taxed in the costs in the case and, when collected, shall be paid into the general fund of the county.

The sheriff shall charge the same fees for the execution of process issued in any other state as the sheriff charges for the execution of process of a substantively similar nature that is issued in this state.

Sec. 3121.03.  If a court or child support enforcement agency that issued or modified a support order, or the agency administering the support order, is required by the Revised Code to issue one or more withholding or deduction notices described in this section or other orders described in this section, the court or agency shall issue one or more of the following types of notices or orders, as appropriate, for payment of the support and also, if required by the Revised Code or the court, to pay any arrearages:

(A)(1) If the court or the child support enforcement agency determines that the obligor is receiving income from a payor, the court or agency shall require the payor to do all of the following:

(a) Withhold from the obligor's income a specified amount for support in satisfaction of the support order and begin the withholding no later than fourteen business days following the date the notice is mailed to the payor under section 3121.035, 3121.896, 3123.021, or 3123.06 of the Revised Code and division (A)(2) of this section or, if the payor is an employer, no later than the first pay period that occurs after fourteen business days following the date the notice is mailed;

(b) Send the amount withheld to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.43 of the Revised Code immediately but not later than seven business days after the date the obligor is paid;

(c) Continue the withholding at intervals specified in the notice until further notice from the court or child support enforcement agency.

To the extent possible, the amount specified to be withheld shall satisfy the amount ordered for support in the support order plus any arrearages owed by the obligor under any prior support order that pertained to the same child or spouse, notwithstanding any applicable limitations of sections 2329.66, 2329.70, 2716.02, 2716.041, and 2716.05 of the Revised Code. However, in no case shall the sum of the amount to be withheld and any fee withheld by the payor as a charge for its services exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303(b) of the "Consumer Credit Protection Act," 15 U.S.C. 1673(b).

(2) A court or agency that imposes an income withholding requirement shall, within the applicable time specified in section 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.035, 3121.896, 3123.021, or 3123.06 of the Revised Code, send to the obligor's payor by regular mail a notice that contains all of the information applicable to withholding notices set forth in section 3121.037 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court.

(B)(1) If the court or child support enforcement agency determines that the obligor has funds that are not exempt under the laws of this state or the United States from execution, attachment, or other legal process and are on deposit in an account in a financial institution under the jurisdiction of the court that issued the court support order, or in the case of an administrative child support order, under the jurisdiction of the common pleas court of the county in which the agency that issued or is administering the order is located, the court or agency may require any financial institution in which the obligor's funds are on deposit to do all of the following:

(a) Deduct from the obligor's account a specified amount for support in satisfaction of the support order and begin the deduction no later than fourteen business days following the date the notice was mailed to the financial institution under section 3121.035 or 3123.06 of the Revised Code and division (B)(2) of this section;

(b) Send the amount deducted to the office of child support in the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.43 of the Revised Code immediately but not later than seven business days after the date the latest deduction was made;

(c) Provide the date on which the amount was deducted;

(d) Continue the deduction at intervals specified in the notice until further notice from the court or child support enforcement agency.

To the extent possible, the amount to be deducted shall satisfy the amount ordered for support in the support order plus any arrearages that may be owed by the obligor under any prior support order that pertained to the same child or spouse, notwithstanding the limitations of sections 2329.66, 2329.70, and 2716.13 of the Revised Code.

(2) A court or agency that imposes a deduction requirement shall, within the applicable period of time specified in section 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.035, or 3123.06 of the Revised Code, send to the financial institution by regular mail a notice that contains all of the information applicable to deduction notices set forth in section 3121.037 of the Revised Code. The notice is final and is enforceable by the court.

(C) With respect to any court support order it issues, a court may issue an order requiring the obligor to enter into a cash bond with the court. The court shall issue the order as part of the court support order or, if the court support order has previously been issued, as a separate order. The cash bond shall be in a sum fixed by the court at not less than five hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, conditioned that the obligor will make payment as previously ordered and will pay any arrearages under any prior court support order that pertained to the same child or spouse.

The order, along with an additional order requiring the obligor to immediately notify the child support enforcement agency, in writing, if the obligor begins to receive income from a payor, shall be attached to and served on the obligor at the same time as service of the court support order or, if the court support order has previously been issued, as soon as possible after the issuance of the order under this section. The additional order requiring notice by the obligor shall state all of the following:

(1) That when the obligor begins to receive income from a payor the obligor may request that the court cancel its bond order and instead issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from income for support in accordance with this section;

(2) That when the obligor begins to receive income from a payor the court will proceed to collect on the bond if the court determines that payments due under the court support order have not been made and that the amount that has not been paid is at least equal to the support owed for one month under the court support order and will issue a notice requiring the withholding of an amount from income for support in accordance with this section. The notice required of the obligor shall include a description of the nature of any new employment, the name and business address of any new employer, and any other information reasonably required by the court.

The court shall not order an obligor to post a cash bond under this section unless the court determines that the obligor has the ability to do so.

A child support enforcement agency may not issue a cash bond order. If a child support enforcement agency is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under this section with respect to a court support order but the agency determines that no withholding or deduction notice would be appropriate, the agency may request that the court issue a cash bond order under this section, and upon the request, the court may issue the order.

(D)(1) If the obligor under a court support order is unemployed, has no income, and does not have an account at any financial institution, or on request of a child support enforcement agency under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section, the court shall issue an order requiring the obligor, if able to engage in employment, to seek employment or participate in a work activity to which a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, may be assigned as specified in section 407(d) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 607(d), as amended. The court shall include in the order a requirement that the obligor notify the child support enforcement agency on obtaining employment, obtaining any income, or obtaining ownership of any asset with a value of five hundred dollars or more. The court may issue the order regardless of whether the obligee to whom the obligor owes support is a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act." The court shall issue the order as part of a court support order or, if a court support order has previously been issued, as a separate order. If a child support enforcement agency is required to issue a withholding or deduction notice under this section with respect to a court support order but determines that no withholding or deduction notice would be appropriate, the agency may request that the court issue a court order under division (D)(1) of this section, and, on the request, the court may issue the order.

(2) If the obligor under an administrative child support order is unemployed, has no income, and does not have an account at any financial institution, the agency shall issue an administrative order requiring the obligor, if able to engage in employment, to seek employment or participate in a work activity to which a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, may be assigned as specified in section 407(d) of the "Social Security Act," 42 U.S.C.A. 607(d), as amended. The agency shall include in the order a requirement that the obligor notify the agency on obtaining employment or income, or ownership of any asset with a value of five hundred dollars or more. The agency may issue the order regardless of whether the obligee to whom the obligor owes support is a recipient of assistance under Title IV-A of the "Social Security Act." If an obligor fails to comply with an administrative order issued pursuant to division (D)(2) of this section, the agency shall submit a request to a court for the court to issue an order under division (D)(1) of this section.

Sec. 3121.0310.  The department of job and family services shall adopt standard forms for support withholding and deduction notices described in section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, which shall be used regardless of the type or source of income. All courts and child support enforcement agencies shall use the forms in issuing withholding and deduction notices. The withholding and deduction requirements contained in the notices are final and enforceable by the court.

Sec. 3121.091.  (A) A withholding notice or other order issued pursuant to Chapter 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code with respect to an obligor described in section 3121.09 of the Revised Code shall be served on one of the following:

(1) if (A) If the obligor is an officer or employee of the state, on the director of administrative services;

(2) if (B) If the obligor is an individual described in division (B) of section 3121.09 of the Revised Code, on the director of budget and management head of the state agency that is contracting with the obligor or that owes or will owe the obligor money.

(B) A notice or order described in this section shall set forth the following:

(1) The name of the state agency that owes or will owe money to the individual against whom the notice or order is issued;

(2) If money is to be withheld from a corporation or a limited liability company to pay the support obligation of an individual who is an obligor, evidence that the obligor is the sole shareholder of the corporation or the sole member of the limited liability company.

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

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

Sec. 3121.89.  As used in sections 3121.891 to 3121.8911 of the Revised Code:

(A) "Contractor" means an individual who provides services to an employer as an independent contractor for compensation that is reported as income other than wages and who is an individual, the sole shareholder of a corporation, or the sole member of a limited liability company. "Contractor" does not include any of the following:

(1) An individual performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions for a state agency if the head of the agency has determined that reporting pursuant to this section could endanger the safety of the individual or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission;

(2) A professionally licensed person who is providing services to the employer under that license;

(3) An individual who will receive for the services provided under the contract compensation of less than two thousand five hundred dollars per year or a greater amount that the director of job and family services establishes by rule adopted under section 3121.896 of the Revised Code.

(B) "Employee" means an individual who is employed to provide services to an employer for compensation to an employer and includes an individual who provides services to an employer under a contract as an independent contractor, and who is an individual, the sole shareholder of a corporation, or the sole member of a limited liability company that is reported as income from wages. "Employee" does not include an individual performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions for a state agency, if the head of the agency has determined that reporting pursuant to this section could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission.

(B)(C) "Employer" means any person or governmental entity other than the federal government for which an individual performs any service, of whatever nature, as the employee or contractor of such person, except that:

(1) If the person for whom the individual performs services does not have control of the payment of compensation for the services, "employer" means the person having control of the payment of the compensation.

(2) In the case of a person paying compensation on behalf of a nonresident alien individual, foreign partnership, or foreign corporation not engaged in trade or business within the United States, "employer" means the person paying the compensation.

(3) In the case of compensation paid to a contractor, "employer" does not include any person or entity that lacks a federal employer identification number.

(D) "Professionally licensed person" has the same meaning as in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3121.891.  (A) Except as provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, every employer shall make a new hire report to the department of job and family services regarding the hiring, rehiring, or return to work as an employee or contractor of a person who resides, works, or will be assigned to work in this state to whom the employer anticipates paying compensation.

(B) An employer with employees or contractors in two or more states that transmits new hire reports magnetically or electronically may make the new hire report to another state if the employer does both of the following:

(1) Notifies the Ohio department of job and family services and the United States secretary of health and human services in writing that the employer has designated another state as the state to which the employer will transmit the report;

(2) Transmits the report to that state in compliance with federal law.

(C) The department may by rule exempt employers from making new hire reports on any classification of contractors if the department determines that exempting the employer will assist the administration of the new hire reporting requirement.

Sec. 3121.892. (A) An employer shall include all of the following in each new hire report:

(A) The (1) For each employee, the employee's name, address, date of birth, social security number, and date of hire, rehire, or return to work;

(B) (2) For each contractor, the contractor's name, address, social security or tax identification number, the date payments begin, and the length of time the contractor will be performing services for the employer;

(3) The employer's name, address, and identification number.

(B) The department of job and family services may by rule require that additional information, specified in the rule, be included in each new hire report.

Sec. 3121.893.  An employer may shall make a new hire report by submitting for each newly hired employee or contractor in a manner prescribed by the department of job and family services. The department may require that the report include or consist of the submission of a copy of the United States internal revenue service form W-4 (employee's withholding allowance certificate) for the employee, a form provided by the department of job and family services, or any other hiring document or data storage device or mechanism the department authorizes. An employer may make the new hire report by mail, fax, magnetic or electronic means, or other means the department authorizes. If an employer makes a new hire report by mail, the date of making the report is the postmark date if the report is mailed in the United States with first class postage and is addressed as the department authorizes. An employer shall make the new hire report not later than twenty days after the date on which the employer hires or rehires an employee or the employee returns to work or the date on which the employer engages or re-engages the contractor or the contractor resumes providing services under the contract.

Sec. 3121.894.  The department of job and family services shall, within five days of receipt from an employer, enter the information described in divisions (A)(1) and (3) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code into the new hires directory, which shall be part of or accessible to the automated data processing system required pursuant to section 3125.07 of the Revised Code.

The department of job and family services may specify by rule the extent to which the information described in division (A)(2) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code is to be entered into the new hires directory or any other appropriate directory. The department shall enter the information in accordance with the rule.

Sec. 3121.895.  The department of job and family services shall make comparisons of the social security numbers obtained pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code and the social security numbers appearing in the case registry maintained pursuant to sections 3121.81 to 3121.86 of the Revised Code. Not later than the business day after information is entered into the directory, if the comparison conducted by the department results in a match, the department shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering the support order.

Sec. 3121.896. The director of job and family services shall by rule establish the manner in which information concerning any person identified in division (A)(2) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code shall be used to enforce any support obligations of that person.

The director of job and family services may adopt a rule increasing above the amount established in division (A)(3) of section 3121.89 of the Revised Code the amount of compensation that an employer may annually pay to a contractor under a contract without being required to make a new hire report in relation to that contractor.

Sec. 3121.897.  Within three business days after information on persons identified in division (A)(1) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code is entered into the new hires directory, the department of job and family services shall furnish the information to the national directory of new hires. The department shall furnish to the national directory of new hires on a quarterly basis such information contained in the records of the department as is required by state and federal law.

To the extent it determines appropriate, the department also may furnish to the national directory of new hires information on persons identified in division (A)(2) of section 3121.892 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3121.898.  The department of job and family services shall use the new hire reports it receives for any of the following purposes set forth in 42 U.S.C. 653a, as amended, including:

(A) To locate individuals for the purposes of establishing paternity and for establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support orders being administered by child support enforcement agencies in this state.

(B) To verify eligibility for any of the following programs As used in this division, "state agency" means every department, bureau, board, commission, office, or other organized body established by the constitution or laws of this state for the exercise of state government; every entity of county government that is subject to the rules of a state agency; and every contractual agent of a state agency.

To make available to any state agency responsible for administering any of the following programs for purposes of verifying program eligibility:

(1) Any Title IV-A program as defined in section 5101.80 of the Revised Code;

(2) The medicaid program authorized by Chapter 5111. of the Revised Code;

(3) The unemployment compensation program authorized by Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code;

(4) The food stamp program authorized by section 5101.54 of the Revised Code;

(5) Any other program authorized in 42 U.S.C. 1320b-7(b), as amended.

(C) The administration of the employment security program under the director of job and family services.

Sec. 3121.899.  (A) The new hire reports filed with the department of job and family services pursuant to section 3121.891 of the Revised Code shall not be considered public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The director of job and family services may adopt rules under section 3125.51 of the Revised Code governing access to, and use and disclosure of, information contained in the new hire reports.

(B) The department of job and family services may disclose information in the new hire reports to all of the following:

(1) Any child support enforcement agency and any agent under contract with a child support enforcement agency for the purposes listed in division (A) of section 3121.898 of the Revised Code;

(2) Any county department of job and family services and any agent under contract with a county department of job and family services for the purposes listed in division (B) of section 3121.898 of the Revised Code;

(3) Employees of the department of job and family services and any agent under contract with the department of job and family services for the purposes listed in divisions (B) and (C) of section 3121.898 of the Revised Code;

(4) The administrator of workers' compensation for the purpose of administering the workers' compensation system pursuant to Chapters 4121., 4123., 4127., and 4131. of the Revised Code;

(5) To state agencies operating employment security and workers compensation programs for the purpose of administering those programs, pursuant to division (D) of section 3121.898 of the Revised Code.

Sec. 3121.8910.  An employer that fails to make a new hire report shall be required by liable to the department of job and family services to pay a fee of not more than for a civil penalty of twenty-five dollars for each failure to make a report.

If the failure to make a new hire report is the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee not to supply the report or to supply a false or incomplete report, the department shall require the employer to pay a fee of not more than shall be liable for a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each such failure.

Sec. 3123.021.  If an obligor under a support order is identified as being in default under the order and is also identified under section 3121.895 of the Revised Code as obtaining employment, the withholding notice issued under section 3121.03 of the Revised Code in accordance with section 3121.896 of the Revised Code shall require the arrearage amount resulting from the default to be withheld in addition to current support amounts.

If an obligor under a support order is identified as being in default under the order and is also identified through a source other than section 3121.895 of the Revised Code as obtaining employment, the child support enforcement agency administering the order shall send a withholding notice to the employer pursuant to section 3121.03 of the Revised Code, unless the employee's income is not subject to withholding, not later than two business days after discovery of the employment. The withholding notice shall require the arrearage amount resulting from the default to be withheld in addition to current support amounts.

Section 3123.21 of the Revised Code applies to a withholding notice issued in accordance with this section beginning on the date it is issued and ending on the date the period of default ends.

Sec. 3125.141. In providing for service of process of a notice or order as required under this chapter or Chapter 3111., 3115., 3119., 3121., or 3123. of the Revised Code and in locating the individual to be served, a child support enforcement agency may do one or both of the following:

(A) Contract with the sheriff of the county served by the agency to compensate the sheriff's office for the provision of services, staff, or equipment, or for the performance of actions, on behalf of the child support enforcement agency to accomplish the objectives of the support enforcement program pursuant to Title IV-D of the "Social Security Act," 88 Stat. 2351 (1975), 42 U.S.C. 651, et. seq., as amended, any regulations adopted under that act, and state law;

(B) Contract with a private person or entity to provide service of process for the agency if the agency determines that the sheriff of the county served by the agency is unable to provide the resources necessary for service of process in a timely manner. The contract may include additional incentives for successful service of process.

Section 2. That existing sections 311.17, 3121.03, 3121.0310, 3121.091, 3121.59, 3121.64, 3121.89, 3121.891, 3121.892, 3121.893, 3121.894, 3121.895, 3121.897, 3121.898, 3121.899, 3121.8910, and 3123.021 and sections Sec. 3121.60. , Sec. 3121.63. , and Sec. 3121.896.  of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

Section 3. The amendments to sections 3121.03, 3121.0310, 3121.091, 3121.59, 3121.64, 3121.89, 3121.891, 3121.892, 3121.893, 3121.894, 3121.895, 3121.897, 3121.898, 3121.899, 3121.8910, and 3123.021, the enactment of new section 3121.896, and the repeal of sections 3121.60, 3121.63, and 3121.896 of the Revised Code shall take effect on the ninetieth day after the effective date of this act.

Section 4. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that its immediate effect will avoid problems with federal audits of contracts between child support enforcement agencies and county sheriffs regarding service of process. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.