17-4-105. Authority to collect debt — offsets
17-4-105. Authority to collect debt — offsets. (1) Once a debt of an agency has been transferred to the department, the department may collect it. The department may contract with commercial collection agents for recovery of debts owed to agencies. (2) The department shall, when appropriate, offset any amount due an agency from a person or entity […]
17-4-106. Agency owed debt to receive all money collected
17-4-106. Agency owed debt to receive all money collected. (1) All money collected by the department on debts transferred to the department by the various agencies, except funds collected under 17-4-103(3), must be deposited to the account or fund of the agency to which the debt was originally owed. A county shall apply a delinquent personal […]
17-4-107. Writeoff procedures
17-4-107. Writeoff procedures. The department may establish procedures for canceling and writing off accounts receivable carried on the books of the various state agencies if the accounts have been transferred to the department pursuant to 17-4-104 and are uncollectible or if the continued pursuance of the collection of the accounts would cost the state more than […]
17-4-108. Circumstances under which previously written-off debt may be collected
17-4-108. Circumstances under which previously written-off debt may be collected. If a debt previously written off under 17-4-107 subsequently becomes collectible, the department shall proceed to collect the money due pursuant to 17-4-105(1) and 17-4-106. History: En. 84-7108 by Sec. 8, Ch. 118, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 84-7108; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 419, L. 1989; amd. Sec. […]
17-4-109. Debts not collectible under this part
17-4-109. Debts not collectible under this part. This part does not apply to unliquidated debts and to debts owed to a state agency for which a procedure for compromise, release, discharge, waiver, cancellation or other form of settlement thereof for reasons other than uncollectibility is by law made specifically applicable to such state agency. History: En. 84-7109 […]
17-4-110. State agencies to adopt rules
17-4-110. State agencies to adopt rules. All state agencies shall adopt rules and forms to participate in and carry out the provisions of this part. History: En. 84-7110 by Sec. 10, Ch. 118, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 84-7110.
17-4-111. Right of hearing to aggrieved persons
17-4-111. Right of hearing to aggrieved persons. A person aggrieved from a decision or an action taken under this part has the right to present the grievances in the same manner as provided by 17-4-105(4)(c) and subject to the contested case procedures of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act for taxpayer appeals. History: En. 84-7111 by Sec. 11, […]
17-4-103. Collection of claims by department
17-4-103. Collection of claims by department. (1) (a) The department may examine the collection of money due an agency and institute suits: (i) in its name for official delinquencies in relation to the assessment, collection, and payment of the revenue; (ii) against persons who possess public money or property and fail to pay over or deliver the money […]
17-4-104. Circumstances when department shall assist
17-4-104. Circumstances when department shall assist. Subject to and in accordance with rules adopted by the department, the department shall render assistance in the collection of accounts owing to any state agency if all of the following procedures have been completed to the department’s satisfaction: (1) A state agency shall make all reasonable efforts to collect money […]
17-4-101. Definitions
17-4-101. Definitions. In this part, the following definitions apply unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) ”Agency” includes: (a) all offices, departments, divisions, boards, commissions, councils, committees, institutions, university units, political subdivisions, and other entities or instrumentalities of this state government; (b) with respect to delinquent taxes that the department is requested to collect, state and local entities whose personal […]