Mississippi HB520: Gaming Commission; authorize to collaborate with DHS for collection of child support.

What the bill says

An act to amend section 43-19-31, mississippi code of 1972, to require the mississippi gaming commission to collaborate with the department of human services to establish rules to withhold gaming winnings of persons with outstanding child support arrearages; to create new section 43-19-63, mississippi code of 1972, to create a procedure to encumber gaming winnings for the payment of child support; to amend sections 75-76-33 and 93-11-71, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the preceding sections; and for related purposes.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-19-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH RULES TO WITHHOLD GAMING WINNINGS OF PERSONS WITH OUTSTANDING CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 43-19-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A PROCEDURE TO ENCUMBER GAMING WINNINGS FOR THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 75-76-33 AND 93-11-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 43-19-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 43-19-31. The Department of Human Services is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a single and separate Child Support Unit for the following purposes: (a) To develop and implement a nonsupport and paternity program and institute proceedings in the name of the Department of Human Services or in the name of the recipient in any court of competent jurisdiction in any county where the mother of the child resides or is found, in the county where the father resides or is found, or in the county where the child resides or is found; *HR26/R796* H. B. No. 520 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R796 PAGE 1 (GT\KW) (b) To secure and collect support by any method authorized …