Legislature(2001 - 2002)
2001-01-10 House Journal
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Full Journal pdf2001-01-10 House Journal Page 0047 The following fiscal note(s) apply: 1. Zero, Dept. of Revenue The Governor's transmittal letter dated January 8, 2001, appears below: "Dear Speaker Porter: Alaska's Child Support Enforcement Division collected and distributed a record $85 million in Fiscal Year 2000 and is headed toward a new record this year. This bill I transmit today guarantees the state can retain the tools that enabled this success in helping thousands of children receive the financial support they need. It also keeps Alaska in compliance with federal welfare reform laws and eligible for nearly $80 million in annual federal funding to operate Alaska's family assistance and child support programs. This bill continues the state program begun in 1997 and 1998 as part of Alaska's compliance with federal welfare reform which has reduced dependence on government-funded public assistance programs by increasing child support collections. The Alaska legislature chose to sunset those compliance measures on July 1, 2001. This bill is important to the lives of the children and parents who make up the nearly 48,000 child support cases in Alaska. It will keep in place those successful provisions of the 1997 and 1998 legislation which have improved child support collections, including: · Enhanced due process protections in paternity proceedings. · Requirements that all employers report newly hired employees to the child support agency. · Authorization to use financial institution data matches to locate assets of delinquent parents.