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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 (page 1, lines 2 to 5 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  14 MRSA §4422, sub-§17  is enacted to read:
 
17.  Resources to pay child support.     The debtor's interest in funds or assets that are necessary for the debtor to pay past-due child support pursuant to a support order, except for funds or assets that are attached or executed upon to pay a contractual security interest, including but not limited to a mortgage or a tax lien or a mechanics lien preserved and enforced under Title 10, sections 3451 and 3452.
 
For purposes of this subsection, "support order" has the same meaning as provided in Title 19-A, section 2101, subsection 13.’
Amend the bill in section 2 in §2110 in the last line (page 1, line 12 in L.D.) by inserting at the end the following: 'This section does not apply to the collection or enforcement of tax debts under Title 36 or a contractual security interest.'
Amend the bill by adding after section 2 the following:
‘Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funds for one Bail Account Manager position and related costs to oversee a statewide system of the disbursement of bail funds. Also provides funds for the one-time computer programming costs necessary to accommodate the priorities established in this Act.

GENERAL FUND	2011-12	2012-13	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	1.000	1.000	
Personal Services	$55,056	$78,280	
All Other	$207,500	$1,500	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$262,556	$79,780	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report. The amendment replaces section 1 of the bill and provides an exemption from attachment and execution of a debtor's interest in funds or assets that are necessary for the debtor to pay past-due child support pursuant to a support order except for funds or assets that are attached or executed upon to pay a contractual security interest, including but not limited to a mortgage or a tax lien or a mechanics lien preserved and enforced under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, sections 3451 and 3452. The amendment also provides that a support order does not take priority over an action to collect or enforce tax debts or a contractual security interest. It also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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