(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the family support registry fund, which shall consist of any money credited thereto from the investment earnings on money deposited with the state treasurer, money accruing from collections for child support received by the family support registry, any undeliverable child support payments, and any fees collected pursuant to section 26-13-114 (13). Money in the family support registry fund shall be continuously appropriated to the state department to reimburse the family support registry for unfunded payments by obligors or for other incidental expenditures associated with the operation of the family support registry. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered money in the family support registry fund shall remain in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund of the state; except that any non-IV-D child support payments that are undeliverable after two years shall be considered unclaimed property for purposes of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, article 13 of title 38, and shall be reported to the administrator of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act for purposes of locating the payee. Consistent with the requirements for confidentiality of information regarding child support, the state department shall specify the amount of money that is unclaimed and provide sufficient identifying information, if available, to allow the administrator to locate the payee.
(2) Repealed.
Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1410, � 3, effective June 8. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 763, � 11, effective July 1. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 723, � 8, effective May 31. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 157, � 16, effective March 27; (2) repealed, p. 673, � 6, effective May 28; entire section amended, p. 25, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2019: (1) amended, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 468, � 12, effective July 1, 2020.
Editor's note: The term custody, and related terms, has been changed in other places in the Colorado Revised Statutes to correspond with the use of the term parental responsibilities as described in section 14-10-124.
Cross references: For the Unclaimed Property Act, see article 13 of title 38.
26-13-116. Debt information made available to consumer reporting agencies - notice to noncustodial parent - fees - rules - definitions. (1) For purposes of this section, consumer reporting agency means any person which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties.
(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 1295, � 38, effective July 1, 1997.)
(2.5) (a) The child support enforcement agency may provide information to consumer reporting agencies regarding child support obligations pursuant to federal law.
(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 1295, � 38, effective July 1, 1997.)
(3) Prior to furnishing any information pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section, the child support enforcement agency shall provide advance notice to the obligor parent regarding the proposed release of the information to the consumer reporting agency. Such notice shall contain an explanation of the obligor parent's right to contest the accuracy of the information to be released.
(4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 96, p. 617, � 22, effective July 1, 1996.)
(5) The state board shall promulgate rules, pursuant to section 24-4-103, to implement this section, including but not limited to procedures for contesting the accuracy of the information listed on the notice. The rules shall be in addition to any rights that a person may have to contest a consumer reporting agency report pursuant to sections 5-18-110 to 5-18-117.
Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 602, � 21, effective July 1. L. 91: (2), (3), and (5)(b) amended, p. 256, � 19, effective July 1. L. 94: (2.5) added, p. 2045, � 4, effective June 3. L. 96: (3) to (5) amended, p. 617, � 22, effective July 1. L. 97: (2), (2.5), (3), and (5) amended, p. 1295, � 38, effective July 1. L. 2017: (5) amended, (HB 17-1238), ch. 260, p. 1175, � 23, effective August 9.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997.
26-13-117. Study of centralized system for processing child support payments. (Repealed)
Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 637, � 18, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section repealed, p. 1262, � 169, effective August 7.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1996 act repealing this section, see section 1 of chapter 237, Session Laws of Colorado 1996.