1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to child support; requiring funds to be applied to arrears; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 518A.61.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 518A.61, is amended to read:
1.6 	518A.61 COLLECTION; REVENUE RECAPTURE.
1.7 	(a) The public authority may submit debt under chapter 270A only if the obligor is 
1.8 	in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount 
1.9 	greater than the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments or if the debt 
1.10 	has been entered and docketed as a judgment.
1.11 	(b) Funds recaptured under chapter 270A or through a federal income tax refund 
1.12 	offset must be used only to reduce the amount of arrears owed by the obligor.