84th Legislative Session _ 2009

Committee: Senate Judiciary
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent
Roll Call
P    Gillespie
P    Heidepriem
P    Schmidt
P    Tieszen, Vice-Chair
P    Turbak Berry
P    Vehle
P    Abdallah, Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Senator Gene G. Abdallah, Chair.

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Moved by:    Tieszen
Second by:    Vehle
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        
SB 186: provide for the imposition of a late payment fee for unpaid child support.

Presented by:    Senator Russell Olson
Proponents:    Terry Walter, Department of Social Services

Tom Barnett, State Bar Association of South Dakota spoke to amendment 186ra

MOTION:     AMEND SB 186

186ja

     On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

     "      Section 1. That chapter 25-7 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     For the purposes of section 2 of this Act, the term, chronically delinquent, means the child support is paid five or more days after the date the child support is due in each of three or more months in any twelve-month consecutive period, or the child support paid is less than ninety percent of the amount due in each of three or more months in any twelve-month consecutive period.

     Section 2. That chapter 25-7 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Any chronically delinquent obligor of a payment or installment of support under an order for support, as defined in §  25-7A-1, is subject to a late payment fee equal to ten percent of the ordered child support or fifty dollars, whichever is greater, for each month in the preceding twelve months that the payment was five or more days delinquent or the payment was less than ninety percent of the ordered child support. Any obligee seeking the late payment fee shall file in the office of the clerk of courts of the county in which the order was filed, or in a county in which a transcript of the order is filed and docketed, a sworn statement or certificate showing the date of receipt of each month of delinquent payment and the amount received and the amount due for the late payment fee. The clerk of courts shall file and docket the statement or certificate with the order for support or transcript thereof. The late payment fee is effective from the date and time of docketing the statement or certificate in the office of the clerk of courts. The obligee shall send a copy of the docketed statement or certificate by certified mail to the obligor at the obligor's most recent residential or employer address on file with the tribunal as defined in §  25-9B-101.

     Section 3. That chapter 25-7 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     The obligor may petition the court to vacate the judgment entered by the clerk of courts pursuant to section 2 of this Act. Any petition shall be filed within thirty days of the date of the certified mailing of the docketed statement or certificate to the obligor. The obligor has the burden of showing an inability to timely pay any delinquent payment. If the court determines that any delinquent payment was caused by the inability of the obligor to timely pay the child support, the court may vacate or amend the judgment for any month in which the court determines that the delinquent payment was caused by an inability to pay.

     Section 4. That chapter 25-7 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     The obligee shall send a copy of the statement or certificate pursuant to section 2 of this Act, to the obligor at the obligor's most recent residential or employer address on file with the tribunal as defined in §  25-9B-101, by certified mail not less than ten days before filing the statement or certificate with the clerk of courts. The obligee shall inform the obligor in the mailing that if payment of the delinquent child support and late payment fee is received within ten days, the statement or certificate will not be filed with the clerk of courts.".


Moved by:    Vehle
Second by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     AMEND SB 186

186ra

     In the previously adopted amendment (186ja), in the third sentence of Section 3, delete "an" and insert "any alleged".


Moved by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Withdrawn.

MOTION:     AMEND SB 186

186rb

     In the previously adopted amendment (186ja), in the fourth sentence of Section 3, after "If the court determines" insert "that no delinquency exists or".


Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 186 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Turbak Berry
Second by:    Tieszen
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gillespie, Heidepriem, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, Vehle, Abdallah

MOTION:     AMEND TITLE OF SB 186

186rta

     On page 1, line 2, of the printed bill, delete "unpaid child support" and insert "certain chronically delinquent child support obligations".


Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Heidepriem
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        
HB 1021: provide for a contested case hearing on the denial of a claim for the recovery of an allegedly overpaid tax, penalty, or interest.

Presented by:    Andrew Fergel, Department of Revenue & Regulation

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1021

Moved by:    Turbak Berry
Second by:    Vehle
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gillespie, Heidepriem, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, Vehle, Abdallah

        
HB 1110: repeal certain provisions relating to limited liability for Y2K litigation.

Presented by:    Representative Richard Engels

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1110

Moved by:    Tieszen
Second by:    Schmidt
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gillespie, Heidepriem, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, Vehle, Abdallah

MOTION:     PLACE HB 1110 ON CONSENT CALENDAR

Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Tieszen
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

        
HB 1086: provide for and to require the attachment of an affidavit in certain garnishment proceedings.

HB 1086 was previously heard on February 10, 2009

Presented by:    Judith Roberts, Unified Judicial System

MOTION:     AMEND THE PENDING AMENDMENT

1086re

     In the pending amendment (1086rd), delete:

     On page 1, line 9, of the House Judiciary Committee engrossed bill, delete " daily " and insert " accrued ".

     and insert:

     On page 1, line 9, of the House Judiciary Committee engrossed bill, after " daily " insert " and accrued ".


Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     AMEND HB1086

1086rd

     On page 1, line 6, of the House Judiciary Committee engrossed bill, overstrike "judgment" and insert " order ".

     On page 1, line 7, overstrike "judgment" and insert " order ".

     On page 1, line 9, delete " daily " and insert " accrued ".

     On page 1, line 15, delete " An agreement that the " and insert " The ".


Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Vehle
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     AMEND HB 1086

1086rf

     On page 1 of the House Judiciary Committee engrossed bill, delete line 15 and all amendments thereto, and insert
"
             (6)    Any surplus shall be returned to defendant. ".

Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Turbak Berry
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     DO PASS HB 1086 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Vehle
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gillespie, Heidepriem, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, Vehle, Abdallah

        THE CHAIR DEFERRED SB 148 UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009

        
SB 146: increase the penalty for solicitation of a minor.

SB 146 was previously heard on February 5, 2009

Presented by:    Senator Sandy Jerstad

MOTION:     TO TABLE SB 146

Moved by:    Turbak Berry
Second by:    Vehle
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote. (7-0-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Gillespie, Heidepriem, Schmidt, Tieszen, Turbak Berry, Vehle, Abdallah

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Gillespie
Second by:    Heidepriem
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Rena Ortbahn

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Committee Secretary
Gene G. Abdallah, Chair