H. B. 3299
(By Delegate Sumner)
[Introduced January 13, 2010; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §48-13-805, relating
to requirements for self-employed persons to participate in
the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement's PayConnextion
program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §48-13-805, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 13. GUIDELINES FOR CHILD SUPPORT AWARDS.
PART VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.
§48-13-805. Support payments from the self-employed.
When the payor is a person who is self-employed that payor
shall utilize the PayConnextion program of the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement. Payments may be made to this program either
by automatic deduction from the payor's checking account or by
monthly charges to the payor's credit card. If a self-employed
payor fail to make payments for sixty days, the payor shall receive
a warning letter that they are in arrears. If no payment is
received for ninety days, the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement
may take steps to revoke the business license of the self-employed
payor.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require self-employed
persons to participate in the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement's
PayConnextion program.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.