§ 26-36-303 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "Claimant agency" means: (i) State-supported colleges, universities, and technical institutes; (ii) The Department of Human Services; (iii) The Student Loan Guarantee Foundation of Arkansas; (iv) The Auditor of State; (v) The Division of Higher Education; (vi) The Office of Child Support Enforcement; (vii) Arkansas circuit, county, or district courts; (viii) Housing authorities created under § 14-169-101 et seq.; (ix) The Employee Benefits Division; (x) The Office of Personnel Management; (xi) County collectors and county treasurers; (xii) The Department of Health; (xiii) The Internal Revenue Service; (xiv) The Arkansas Real Estate Commission; (xv) The Arkansas Public Defender Commission created under § 16-87-202 ; (xvi) The Arkansas Department of Transportation; (xvii) The State Securities Department; (xviii) The Office of Driver Services; (xix) Arkansas Tobacco Control and the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board; (xx) Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System; (xxi) The State Insurance Department; (xxii) The Self-Insured Fidelity Bond Program created under § 21-2-701 et seq.; (xxiii) The Contractors Licensing Board; (xxiv) The Residential Contractors Committee; and (xxv) The Department of Labor and Licensing. (B) An entity shall not be added as a claimant agency under subdivision (1)(A) of this section, unless the entity has an annual outstanding debt of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000); (2) "Debt" means: (A) Any liquidated sum due and owing any claimant agency, which has accrued through contract, subrogation, tort, operation of law, legal proceeding, or any other legal theory, regardless of whether there is an outstanding judgment for that sum; (B) Accrued obligations due to an assignment of child support rights made to the state as a condition of eligibility for welfare assistance and those which have accrued from contract with the claimant agency by an individual who is not the recipient of welfare assistance; (C) Money owed to a claimant agency as a result of a debtor's cashing both the original and the duplicate state warrants; (D) All of the following that are not under appeal: (i) Traffic fines; (ii) Any court-imposed fine or cost, including fines related to the prosecution of hot checks under the Arkansas Hot Check Law, § 5-37-301 et seq.; (iii) Fees for reinstatement of a driver's license payable to the Office of Driver Services under §§ 5-65-119 , 27-16-508 , and 27-16-808 ; and (iv) Restitution ordered by a circuit, county, or district court related to the violation of any state law; (E) Money owed to a claimant agency for all costs as a result of the debtor's use of state medical and pharmacy benefits for which he or she is not entitled; (F) Money owed to a claimant agency for all costs resulting from an overpayment of wages or salaries, including without limitation a lump-sum payment or the repayment of a bonus payment under § 21-5-228(d)(2)(A) or § 21-5-228(d)(2)(B)(i) ; (G) Money owed to a claimant agency for all delinquent taxes, all costs resulting from delinquent taxes, and any penalties assessed against a delinquent taxpayer under § 26-36-201 ; and (H) Any overpayment of a monthly benefit or lump sum from the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System. (3) "Debtor" means any individual owing money to or having a delinquent account with any claimant agency, which obligation has not been adjudicated, satisfied by court order, set aside by court order, or discharged in bankruptcy; (4) "Refund" means the Arkansas income tax refund that the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration determines to be due any individual taxpayer less any amounts determined by the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to be due to the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for payment of any state tax as defined in the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq.; and (5) "Setoff" means the withholding of part or all of income tax refunds due individuals who owe debts to the State of Arkansas, to a county, a city, or a town, or to a housing authority created under § 14-169-101 et seq.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2024, No. 172,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2024. Amended by Act 2023, No. 625,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2021, No. 483,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 483,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 483,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 373,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 373,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 281,§ 2, eff. 3/8/2021. Amended by Act 2021, No. 281,§ 1, eff. 3/8/2021. Amended by Act 2019, No. 1071,§ 3, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 803,§ 3, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 803,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 110,§ 9, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2397, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2396, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2395, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 2394, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 294, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2017, No. 824,§ 17, eff. 7/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 531,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Amended by Act 2013, No. 961,§ 2A, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 282,§ 14, eff. 3/6/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 158,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1983, No. 372, § 2; 1983 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 82, § 1; 1985, No. 987, §§ 1, 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-4902; Acts 1989, No. 698, § 1; 1993, No. 345, § 1; 1995, No. 1184, § 36; 1995, No. 1262, § 12; 1997, No. 1280, § 1; 2003, No. 826, § 1; 2003, No. 1023, §§ 2, 3; 2003, No. 1800, §§ 2, 3; 2005, No. 277, § 1; 2007, No. 553, § 1; 2011, No. 724, § 1; 2011, No. 815, § 1; 2011, No. 983, § 4.