SB3694sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 2/24/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3694

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3694 on page 2, immediately below line 21, by inserting the following:

"(c-2) Upon processing a deduction to satisfy a debt owed to a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's Offset System in accordance with subsection (c-1), the Comptroller shall give written notice to the person subject to the offset. The notice shall inform the person that he or she may make a written protest to the Comptroller within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice. The protest shall include the reason for contesting the deduction and any other information that will enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable. If the person subject to the offset has not made a written protest within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice, or if a final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the State agency.

(c-3) For a debt owed to a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's Offset System in accordance with subsection (c-1), the Comptroller shall deduct, from a warrant or other payment, its processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to satisfy, in whole or in part, the debt owed to the State agency. The Comptroller shall deduct a processing charge of up to $15 per transaction for each offset and such charges shall be deposited into the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.".