HM 0149 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Future of Florida's Families recommends the
7	following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	House Memorial
12	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
13	Congress to explore the feasibility of accessing pension
14	plans and retirement funds, both public and private, for
15	the purpose of collecting child support payments and
16	related costs and fees from moneys that would ordinarily
17	be payable only upon retirement.
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19	WHEREAS, the collection of child support from deadbeat
20	parents is an expensive, time-consuming, and difficult process,
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22	WHEREAS, past and current income from pensions plans and
23	other retirement funds is considered income for purposes of
24	child support, and
25	WHEREAS, the state has the authority to use income
26	deduction orders to access this income, and
27	WHEREAS, many deadbeat parents are eligible to receive
28	income from pension plans and retirement funds, both public and
29	private, upon retirement, and
30	WHEREAS, income from moneys payable only upon retirement is
31	not currently accessible for the purpose of child support
32	payments and related costs and fees, and
33	WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States would be doing a
34	great service to many dependent children in this country by
35	determining the feasibility of accessing pension plans and
36	retirement funds, both public and private, for the purpose of
37	collecting child support payments and related costs and fees
38	from moneys that would ordinarily be payable only upon
39	retirement. NOW, THEREFORE,
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41	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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43	That the Congress of the United States is requested to
44	determine the feasibility of accessing pension plans and
45	retirement funds, both public and private, for the purpose of
46	collecting child support obligations, to include all fees and
47	costs associated with such collections, from moneys that would
48	ordinarily be payable only upon retirement.
49	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
50	dispatched to the President of the United States, the President
51	of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
52	House of Representatives, and each member of the Florida
53	delegation to the United States Congress.