2005 Minnesota Statutes

     16D.02 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Application.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of revenue. 

    Subd. 3.    Debt.  "Debt" means an amount owed to the 
 state directly, or through a state agency, on account of a fee, 
 duty, lease, direct loan, loan insured or guaranteed by the 
 state, rent, service, sale of real or personal property, 
 overpayment, fine, assessment, penalty, restitution, damages, 
 interest, tax, bail bond, forfeiture, reimbursement, liability 
 owed, an assignment to the state including assignments under 
 section 256.741, the Social Security Act, or other state or 
 federal law, recovery of costs incurred by the state, or any 
 other source of indebtedness to the state.  Debt also includes 
 amounts owed to individuals as a result of civil, criminal, or 
 administrative action brought by the state or a state agency 
 pursuant to its statutory authority or for which the state or 
 state agency acts in a fiduciary capacity in providing 
 collection services in accordance with the regulations adopted 
 under the Social Security Act at Code of Federal Regulations, 
 title 45, section 302.33.  Debt also includes an amount owed to 
 the courts or University of Minnesota for which the commissioner 
 provides collection services pursuant to contract. 

    Subd. 4.    Debtor.  "Debtor" means an individual, 
 corporation, partnership, an unincorporated association, a 
 limited liability company, a trust, an estate, or any other 
 public or private entity, including a state, local, or federal 
 government, or an Indian tribe, that is liable for a debt or 
 against whom there is a claim for a debt. 

    Subd. 5.    Debt qualification plan.  "Debt 
 qualification plan" means an agreement entered into between a 
 referring agency and the commissioner that defines the terms and 
 conditions by which the commissioner will provide collection 
 services to the referring agency. 

    Subd. 6.    Referring agency.  "Referring agency" means 
 a state agency or a court that has entered into a debt 
 qualification plan with the commissioner to refer debts to the 
 commissioner for collection. 

    Subd. 7.    State agency.  "State agency" means a state 
 office, officer, board, commission, bureau, division, 
 department, authority, agency, public corporation, or other unit 
 of state government. 

    Subd. 8.    Enterprise.  "Enterprise" means the 
 Minnesota collection enterprise, a separate unit established by 
 the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this chapter. 

    HIST: 1994 c 632 art 3 s 36; 1995 c 254 art 5 s 3,4; 1996 c 
 390 s 14,15; 1998 c 366 s 29; 1999 c 159 s 3