Florida 2023 Regular Session

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An act relating to child support; amending s. 61.046, 2 
F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3 
"depository"; amending s. 61.13016, F.S.; authorizing 4 
deferral of support payments for an obligor's good 5 
faith job training efforts; amending s. 61.181, F.S.; 6 
requiring a depository to impose and collect a fee on 7 
certain cases; providing a minimum and maximum amount 8 
for the fee; removing language relating to the State 9 
Disbursement Unit collecting fees; specifying how such 10 
fee must be distributed; requiring certain moneys to 11 
be remitted to the Department of Children and Families 12 
at specified intervals; removing requirements for a 13 
depository to provide certain i nformation to the Title 14 
IV-D agency; conforming provisions to changes made by 15 
the act; removing obsolete language; making technical 16 
changes; amending s. 61.30, F.S.; removing exceptions 17 
relating to incarceration when establishing or 18 
modifying a support ord er; amending s. 409.256, F.S.; 19 
authorizing a child's caregiver to provide an 20 
affidavit or a written declaration regarding a 21 
putative father; amending s. 409.2563, F.S.; requiring 22 
the department to file a certain payment record with 23 
the clerk of the circuit court; requiring the clerk of 24 
the circuit court to update certain information and 25          
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apply credits under certain circumstances; authorizing 26 
a party to dispute the application of a credit in a 27 
subsequent proceeding; amending ss. 61.13, 61.1811, 28 
and 61.1814, F.S.; conforming cross -references; 29 
providing effective dates. 30 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 32 
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 Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 61.046, Florida 34 
Statutes, is amended to read: 35 
 61.046  Definitions. —As used in this chapte r, the term: 36 
 (4)  "Depository" means a the central governmental 37 
depository established by the clerk of the circuit court in each 38 
county pursuant to s. 61.181 , created by special act of the 39 
Legislature or other entity established before June 1, 1985, to 40 
perform depository functions and to receive, record, report, 41 
disburse, monitor, and otherwise handle alimony and child 42 
support payments not otherwise required to be processed by the 43 
State Disbursement Unit. 44 
 Section 2.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of s ection 45 
61.13016, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 46 
 61.13016  Suspension of driver licenses and motor vehicle 47 
registrations.— 48 
 (1)  The driver license and motor vehicle registration of a 49 
support obligor who is delinquent in payment or who has failed 50          
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to comply with subpoenas or a similar order to appear or show 51 
cause relating to paternity or support proceedings may be 52 
suspended. When an obligor is 15 days delinquent making a 53 
payment in support or failure to comply with a subpoena, order 54 
to appear, order to show cause, or similar order in IV -D cases, 55 
the Title IV-D agency may provide notice to the obligor of the 56 
delinquency or failure to comply with a subpoena, order to 57 
appear, order to show cause, or similar order and the intent to 58 
suspend by regular Unit ed States mail that is posted to the 59 
obligor's last address of record with the Department of Highway 60 
Safety and Motor Vehicles. When an obligor is 15 days delinquent 61 
in making a payment in support in non -IV-D cases, and upon the 62 
request of the obligee, the depository or the clerk of the court 63 
must provide notice to the obligor of the delinquency and the 64 
intent to suspend by regular United States mail that is posted 65 
to the obligor's last address of record with the Department of 66 
Highway Safety and Motor Vehic les. In either case, the notice 67 
must state: 68 
 (c)  That notification will be given to the Department of 69 
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to suspend the obligor's 70 
driver license and motor vehicle registration unless, within 20 71 
days after the date that the n otice is mailed, the obligor: 72 
 1.a.  Pays the delinquency in full and any other costs and 73 
fees accrued between the date of the notice and the date the 74 
delinquency is paid; 75          
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 b.  Enters into a written agreement for payment with the 76 
obligee in non-IV-D cases or with the Title IV -D agency in IV-D 77 
cases; or in IV-D cases, complies with a subpoena or order to 78 
appear, order to show cause, or a similar order, which may 79 
include a reasonable period of payment deferral to accommodate 80 
an obligor's good faith job -seeking or job training efforts; 81 
 c.  Files a petition with the circuit court to contest the 82 
delinquency action; 83 
 d.  Demonstrates that he or she receives reemployment 84 
assistance or unemployment compensation pursuant to chapter 443; 85 
 e.  Demonstrates that he or she is disabled and incapable 86 
of self-support or that he or she receives benefits under the 87 
federal Supplemental Security Income program or Social Security 88 
Disability Insurance program; 89 
 f.  Demonstrates that he or she receives temporary cash 90 
assistance pursuant to chapter 414; or 91 
 g.  Demonstrates that he or she is making payments in 92 
accordance with a confirmed bankruptcy plan under chapter 11, 93 
chapter 12, or chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 94 
11 U.S.C. ss. 101 et seq.; and 95 
 2.  Pays any applicable delinquency fees. 96 
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If an obligor in a non -IV-D case enters into a written agreement 98 
for payment before the expiration of the 20 -day period, the 99 
obligor must provide a copy of the signed written agreement to 100          
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the depository or the clerk of the court . If an obligor seeks to 101 
satisfy sub-subparagraph 1.d., sub -subparagraph 1.e., sub -102 
subparagraph 1.f., or sub -subparagraph 1.g. before expiration of 103 
the 20-day period, the obligor must provide the applicable 104 
documentation or proof to the depository or the c lerk of the 105 
court. 106 
 Section 3.  Subsections (5) through (8) and (10) of section 107 
61.181, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) 108 
through (7) and (9), respectively, and present subsections (1), 109 
(2), (3), (4), (8), and (9) of that section are am ended to read: 110 
 61.181  Depositories Depository for alimony transactions, 111 
support, maintenance, and support payments; fees. — 112 
 (1)(a)  The office of the clerk of the court in each county 113 
shall operate a depository unless the depository is otherwise 114 
created by special act of the Legislature or unless, prior to 115 
June 1, 1985, a different entity was established to perform such 116 
functions. The department shall , no later than July 1, 1998, 117 
extend participation in the federal child support cost 118 
reimbursement program to the central depository in each county, 119 
to the maximum extent allowable possible under existing federal 120 
law. Each The depository shall receive reimbursement for 121 
services provided under a cooperative agreement with the 122 
department pursuant to s. 61.1826. Each depository shall 123 
participate in the State Disbursement Unit and shall implement 124 
all statutory and contractual duties imposed on the State 125          
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Disbursement Unit. Each depository shall receive from and 126 
transmit to the State Disbursement Unit required data t hrough 127 
the Clerk of Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System. 128 
Payments on non-Title IV-D cases without income deduction orders 129 
shall not be sent to the State Disbursement Unit. 130 
 (b)  Upon request by the department, each the depository 131 
operated under created pursuant to paragraph (a) shall establish 132 
an account for the receipt and disbursement of support payments 133 
for Title IV-D interstate cases. The department shall provide a 134 
copy of the other state's order with the request, and each the 135 
depository shall advise the department of the account number in 136 
writing within 4 business days after receipt of the request. 137 
 (2)(a)  Each depository shall impose and collect a fee for 138 
payments not required to be processed through the State 139 
Disbursement Unit, the depo sitory shall impose and collect a fee 140 
on each payment made for receiving, recording, reporting, 141 
disbursing, monitoring, or handling alimony or child support 142 
payments as required under this section. for non-Title IV-D 143 
cases required to be processed by the S tate Disbursement Unit 144 
pursuant to this chapter, the State Disbursement Unit shall, on 145 
each payment received, collect a fee, and shall transmit to the 146 
depository in which the case is located 40 percent of such 147 
service charge for the depository's administra tion, management, 148 
and maintenance of such case . If a payment is made to the State 149 
Disbursement Unit which is not accompanied by the required fee, 150          
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the State Disbursement Unit shall not deduct any moneys from the 151 
support payment for payment of the fee. The f ee shall be a flat 152 
fee based, to the extent practicable, upon estimated reasonable 153 
costs of operation. The fee is 4 shall be reduced in any case in 154 
which the fixed fee results in a charge to any party of an 155 
amount greater than 3 percent of the amount of an y support 156 
payment made in satisfaction of the amount which the party is 157 
obligated to pay, except that a no fee may not shall be less 158 
than $1 or nor more than $5.25 $5 per payment made. The fee must 159 
shall be considered by the court in determining the amount of 160 
support that the obligor is, or may be, required to pay. A fee 161 
may not be imposed on payments for Title IV -D cases. 162 
 (b)1.  The fee imposed in paragraph (a) shall be increased 163 
to 4 percent of the sup port payments which the party is 164 
obligated to pay, except that no fee shall be more than $5.25. 165 
The fee shall be considered by the court in determining the 166 
amount of support that the obligor is, or may be, required to 167 
pay. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 145.022, the fee 168 
imposed under paragraph (a) shall be distributed as follows: 169 
 1.  To 75 percent of the additional revenues generated by 170 
this paragraph shall be remitted monthly to the Clerk of the 171 
Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trus t Fund, 172 
calculated as follows: 173 
 a.  For each support payment of less than $33, 18.75 cents. 174 
 b.  For each support payment of at least $33 but not more 175          
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than $140, an amount equal to 75 percent of the difference 176 
between 4 percent of the support payment amoun t, not to exceed 177 
$5.25, and 3 percent of the support payment amount, not to 178 
exceed $5. 179 
 c.  For each support payment in excess of $140, 18.75 cents 180 
administered by the department as provided in subparagraph 2 . 181 
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These funds shall be used exclusively for the development, 183 
implementation, and operation of the Clerk of the Court Child 184 
Support Enforcement Collection System to be operated by the 185 
depositories, including the automation of civil case information 186 
necessary for the State Case Registry. The department s hall 187 
contract with the Florida Association of Court Clerks and the 188 
depositories to design, establish, operate, upgrade, and 189 
maintain the automation of the depositories to include, but not 190 
be limited to, the provision of online electronic transfer of 191 
information to the IV-D agency as otherwise required by this 192 
chapter. The department's obligation to fund the automation of 193 
the depositories is limited to the state share of funds 194 
available in the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement 195 
Collection System Tr ust Fund. Each depository created under this 196 
section must shall fully participate in the Clerk of the Court 197 
Child Support Enforcement Collection System and transmit data in 198 
a readable format as required by the contract between the 199 
Florida Association of Co urt Clerks and the department. 200          
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 2.  For support payments not processed through the State 201 
Disbursement Unit, the clerk of the court shall retain the 202 
balance of the fee imposed under paragraph (a) for receiving, 203 
recording, reporting, disbursing, monitoring, or handling 204 
support payments as required under this section Moneys to be 205 
remitted to the department by the depository shall be done daily 206 
by electronic funds transfer and calculated as follows: 207 
 a.  For each support payment of less than $33, 18.75 cents. 208 
 b.  For each support payment between $33 and $140, an 209 
amount equal to 18.75 percent of the fee charged. 210 
 c.  For each support payment in excess of $140, 18.75 211 
cents. 212 
 3.  For support payments processed through the State 213 
Disbursement Unit, the clerk of the court shall retain 40 214 
percent of the fee imposed under paragraph (a) for the 215 
depository's administration, management, and maintenance of each 216 
case. After retaining 40 percent of the fee imposed under 217 
paragraph (a) and paying the amount due to the Clerk of the 218 
Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund, 219 
the clerk of the court shall transmit the balance of the fee to 220 
the department, which shall be treated as program income under 221 
s. 61.1814(2). 222 
 (c)  Each depository must remit moneys due to t he 223 
department under subparagraphs (b)1. and 3. at least monthly as 224 
required under s. 28.245. 225          
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 (d) The fees established by this section shall be set 226 
forth and included in every order of support entered by a court 227 
of this state which requires payment to be made into a the 228 
depository. 229 
 (3)(a)  For payments not required to be processed through 230 
the State Disbursement Unit, a the depository shall collect and 231 
distribute all support payments paid into the depository to the 232 
appropriate party. On or after July 1, 19 98, If a payment is 233 
made on a Title IV-D case which is not accompanied by the 234 
required transaction fee, a the depository may shall not deduct 235 
any moneys from the support payment for payment of the fee. 236 
Nonpayment of the required fee is shall be considered a 237 
delinquency, and when the total of fees and costs which are due 238 
but not paid exceeds $50, the judgment by operation of law 239 
process set forth in s. 61.14(6)(a) shall become applicable and 240 
operational. As part of its collection and distribution 241 
functions, each the depository shall maintain records listing: 242 
 1.  The obligor's name, address, social security number, 243 
place of employment, and any other sources of income. 244 
 2.  The obligee's name, address, and social security 245 
number. 246 
 3.  The amount of support due as provided in the court 247 
order. 248 
 4.  The schedule of payment as provided in the court order. 249 
 5.  The actual amount of each support payment received, the 250          
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date of receipt, the amount disbursed, and the recipient of the 251 
disbursement. 252 
 6.  The unpaid balance of any arrearage due as provided in 253 
the court order. 254 
 7.  Other records as necessary to comply with federal 255 
reporting requirements. 256 
 (b)  A The depository may require a payor or obligor to 257 
complete an information form, which shall re quest the following 258 
about the payor or obligor who provides payment by check: 259 
 1.  Full name, address, and home phone number. 260 
 2.  Driver license number. 261 
 3.  Social security number. 262 
 4.  Name, address, and business phone number of obligor's 263 
employer. 264 
 5.  Date of birth. 265 
 6.  Weight and height. 266 
 7.  Such other information as may be required by the State 267 
Attorney if prosecution for an insufficient check becomes 268 
necessary. 269 
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If a the depository requests such information, and a payor or 271 
obligor does not comply, the depository may refuse to accept 272 
personal checks from the payor or obligor. 273 
 (c)  Parties using a the depository for support payments 274 
must notify shall inform the depository of: 275          
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 1. Changes in their names or addresses. An obligor shall, 276 
additionally, notify the depository of all 277 
 2. Changes in employment or sources of income, including 278 
the payor's name and address ., and 279 
 3. Changes in the amounts of income received. 280 
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Notification of all changes must shall be made in writing to the 282 
depository within 7 days after such of a change. 283 
 (d)  When time-sharing of a child is relinquished by a 284 
parent who is entitled to receive child support moneys from a 285 
the depository to the custody of a licensed or registered long -286 
term care child agency, that agency may reque st from the court 287 
an order directing child support payments that would otherwise 288 
be distributed to the parent be distributed to the agency for 289 
the period of time that the child is with the agency. 290 
Thereafter, payments shall be distributed to the agency as if 291 
the agency were the parent until further order of the court. 292 
 (4)  The depository shall provide to the IV -D agency, at 293 
least once a month, a listing of IV -D accounts which identifies 294 
all delinquent accounts, the period of delinquency, and total 295 
amount of delinquency. The list shall be in alphabetical order 296 
by name of obligor, shall include the obligee's name and case 297 
number, and shall be provided at no cost to the IV -D agency. 298 
 (7)(8) Each On or before July 1, 1994, the depository 299 
shall provide informat ion required by this chapter to be 300          
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transmitted to the Title IV -D agency by online electronic 301 
transmission pursuant to rules promulgated by the Title IV -D 302 
agency. 303 
 (9)  If the increase in fees as provided by paragraph 304 
(2)(b) expires or is otherwise terminat ed, the depository shall 305 
not be required to provide the Title IV -D agency the date 306 
provided by a payor as required by s. 61.1301. 307 
 Section 4.  Effective upon this act becoming a law, 308 
paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 61.30, Florida 309 
Statutes, is amended to read: 310 
 61.30  Child support guidelines; retroactive child 311 
support.— 312 
 (2)  Income shall be determined on a monthly basis for each 313 
parent as follows: 314 
 (c)  Except for incarceration for willful nonpayment of 315 
child support or for an offense against a child or person who is 316 
owed child support, Incarceration may not be treated as 317 
voluntary unemployment in establishing or modifying a support 318 
order. However, the court may deviate from the child support 319 
guideline amount as provided in paragraph (1)(a). 320 
 Section 5.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 321 
409.256, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 322 
 409.256  Administrative proceeding to establish paternity 323 
or paternity and child support; order to appear for genetic 324 
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 (2)  JURISDICTION; LOCATION OF HEARINGS; RIGHT OF ACCESS TO 326 
THE COURTS.— 327 
 (a)  The department may commence a paternity proceeding or 328 
a paternity and child support proceeding as provided in 329 
subsection (4) if: 330 
 1.  The child's paternity has not been establis hed. 331 
 2.  No one is named as the father on the child's birth 332 
certificate or the person named as the father is the putative 333 
father named in an affidavit or a written declaration as 334 
provided in subparagraph 5. 335 
 3.  The child's mother was unmarried when the c hild was 336 
conceived and born. 337 
 4.  The department is providing services under Title IV -D 338 
of the Social Security Act . 339 
 5.  The child's mother or caregiver or a putative father 340 
has stated in an affidavit, or in a written declaration as 341 
provided in s. 92.525(2 ), that the putative father is or may be 342 
the child's biological father. The affidavit or written 343 
declaration must set forth the factual basis for the allegation 344 
of paternity as provided in s. 742.12(2). 345 
 Section 6.  Subsection (8) of section 409.2563, Fl orida 346 
Statutes, is amended to read: 347 
 409.2563  Administrative establishment of child support 348 
obligations.— 349 
 (8)(a) FILING WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT; 350          
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OFFICIAL PAYMENT RECORD; JUDGMENT BY OPERATION OF LAW. —The 351 
department shall file with the clerk of the circuit court a copy 352 
of an administrative support order rendered under this section. 353 
The depository operated pursuant to s. 61.181 for the county 354 
where the administrative support order has been filed must do 355 
all of the following shall: 356 
 1.(a) Act as the official recordkeeper for payments 357 
required under the administrative support order .; 358 
 2.(b) Establish and maintain the necessary payment 359 
accounts.; 360 
 3.(c) Upon a delinquency, initiate the judgment by 361 
operation of law procedure as provided by s. 61. 14(6).; and 362 
 4.(d) Perform all other duties required of a depository 363 
with respect to a support order entered by a court of this 364 
state. 365 
 (b) When a proceeding to establish an administrative 366 
support order is commenced under subsection (4), the department 367 
shall file a copy of the initial notice with the depository for 368 
the county where the proceeding is filed . The depository shall 369 
assign an account number and provide the account number to the 370 
department within 4 business days after the initial notice is 371 
filed. 372 
 (c)  If the department receives a payment record from a 373 
Title IV-D agency or a court outside this state, as defined in 374 
s. 88.1011, and the payment record shows that the obligor made a 375          
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payment in that state pursuant to an administrative support 376 
order rendered by the department, the department must file the 377 
payment record with the appropriate clerk of the circuit court. 378 
The clerk of the circuit court shall review the payment record, 379 
update the clerk's payment accounts, and apply a credit for 380 
payments made to the other state for which the clerk has not 381 
previously provided credit. If the payment record from the other 382 
state indicates that the obligor has made payments that are not 383 
reflected in the clerk's payment accounts, the clerk must credit 384 
the account in the amount of the payment made to the other 385 
state. Any party to the administrative proceeding may dispute 386 
the application of credit in a subsequent proceeding concerning 387 
payment under the administrative support order. 388 
 Section 7.  Paragraph (d) of subsec tion (1) of section 389 
61.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 390 
 61.13  Support of children; parenting and time -sharing; 391 
powers of court.— 392 
 (1) 393 
 (d)1.  All child support orders shall provide the full name 394 
and date of birth of each minor child who is the s ubject of the 395 
child support order. 396 
 2.  If both parties request and the court finds that it is 397 
in the best interest of the child, support payments need not be 398 
subject to immediate income deduction. Support orders that are 399 
not subject to immediate income de duction may be directed 400          
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through the depository under s. 61.181 or made payable directly 401 
to the obligee. Payments made by immediate income deduction 402 
shall be made to the State Disbursement Unit. The court shall 403 
provide a copy of the order to the depository. 404 
 3.  For support orders payable directly to the obligee, any 405 
party may subsequently file an affidavit with the depository 406 
alleging a default in payment of child support and stating that 407 
the party wishes to require that payments be made through the 408 
depository. The party shall provide copies of the affidavit to 409 
the court and to each other party. Fifteen days after receipt of 410 
the affidavit, the depository shall notify all parties that 411 
future payments shall be paid through the depository, except 412 
that payments in Title IV-D cases and income deduction payments 413 
shall be made to the State Disbursement Unit. In Title IV -D 414 
cases, an affidavit of default or a default in payments is not 415 
required to receive depository services. Upon notice by the 416 
department that it is p roviding Title IV-D services in a case 417 
with an existing support order, the depository shall transmit 418 
case data through, and set up appropriate payment accounts in, 419 
regardless of whether there is a delinquency, the Clerk of the 420 
Court Child Support Enforceme nt Collection System as required 421 
under s. 61.181(2)(b)1. s. 61.181(2)(b). 422 
 Section 8.  Section 61.1811, Florida Statutes, is amended 423 
to read: 424 
 61.1811  Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement 425          
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Collection System Trust Fund. —There is hereby created the Clerk 426 
of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trust 427 
Fund to be used to deposit the department's share of the fees 428 
generated in s. 61.181(2)(b)1. s. 61.181(2)(b). 429 
 Section 9.  Subsection (2) of section 61.1814, Florida 430 
Statutes, is amended to read: 431 
 61.1814  Child Support Enforcement Application and Program 432 
Revenue Trust Fund.— 433 
 (2)  With the exception of fees required to be deposited in 434 
the Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection 435 
System Trust Fund under s. 61.181(2)(b)1. s. 61.181(2)(b) and 436 
collections determined to be undistributable or unidentifiable 437 
under s. 409.2558, the fund shall be used for the deposit of 438 
Title IV-D program income received by the department. Each type 439 
of program income received must shall be accounted for 440 
separately. Program income received by the department includes, 441 
but is not limited to , all of the following : 442 
 (a)  Application fees of nonpublic assistance applicants 443 
for child support enforcement services .; 444 
 (b)  Court-ordered costs recovered from child support 445 
obligors.; 446 
 (c)  Interest on child support collections .; 447 
 (d)  The balance of the fee fees received under s. 448 
61.181(2)(b)3. s. 61.181(2)(a) on non-Title IV-D cases required 449 
to be processed through the State Disbursement Unit after the 450          
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clerk's share is paid .; 451 
 (e)  Fines imposed under ss. 409.256(7)(b), 409.2564(7), 452 
and 409.2578.; and 453 
 (f)  The annual fee required under s. 409.2567. 454 
 Section 10.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 455 
act and except for this section, which shal l take effect upon 456 
this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 457 
2023. 458