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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-30-202.4(1) | Collection of Debts Due the State - Controller's Duties - Creation of Debt Collection Fund - Reciprocal Debt Collection Agreements - Definitions |
The state controller shall advise and assist the various state agencies concerning the collection of debts due the state through such agencies, in accordance with rules promulgated by the executive director of the department of personnel, to achieve the prompt collection of debts due such agencies. The controller may delegate the responsibility for the collection of debts to the central collection services section of the division of finance and procurement, or any successor section, in the department.
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Colorado | Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-30-202.4(2) | Collection of Debts Due the State - Controller's Duties - Creation of Debt Collection Fund - Reciprocal Debt Collection Agreements - Definitions |
All state agencies shall refer to the state controller debts due the state that the agency has been unable to collect within thirty days after such debts have become past due
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Indiana | Ind. Code 5-11-5-7 | State Board of Accounts |
Sec. 7. (a) The state board of accounts or a person designated in writing by it may collect any of the following: (1) Unpaid fines, costs, or fees that are + See moreimposed for violations of statutes defining a crime or infraction and are owed to the state or its political subdivisions.
(2) Money owed resulting from bond forfeitures under IC 35-33-8-7.
(3) Unpaid user's fees incurred under a pretrial diversion agreement by a person charged with a misdemeanor, infraction, or ordinance violation.
(b) The state board of accounts or its agent may compromise the amount of money owed in collecting money under this section.
(c) The costs of collection, including but not limited to reasonable attorney's fees, may be added to money that is owed and collected under this section. However, the costs of collection may not exceed an amount that is equal to the amount of money that is owed.
(d) When money is collected under this section, the state board of accounts or its agent shall deposit the money, less the costs of collection, in accounts to the credit of the state or a political subdivision as required by law.
(e) The costs of collecting money under this section shall be determined by the state board of accounts and shall be paid from money collected.
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