Section 17.20, F.S., authorizes the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to assign the collection of any claim due to the state to a registered collection agent if it is determined to be cost effective. Section 17.20, F.S., requires each agency to exercise ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Division of Accounting and Auditing

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

69I-21.003Procedure for Processing Delinquent Accounts Receivable

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 17.20, F.S., authorizes the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to assign the collection of any claim due to the state to a registered collection agent if it is determined to be cost effective. Section 17.20, F.S., requires each agency to exercise due diligence in securing the full payment of all accounts receivable and other claims due to the state. Each agency is required to report delinquent accounts receivable as directed by the CFO to the appropriate collection agent for further action after the agency exhausts the lawful measures available to it and no later than 120 days after the date on which the account or claim was due and payable. The proposed amendments will update the rule to incorporate these changes.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Collection of delinquent accounts.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 17.29 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 17.03, 17.04, 17.20 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: April 7, 2014, 9:00 a.m.

PLACE: Room 430, Fletcher Building, 101 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Tanner Collins at [phone] or [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Tanner Collins, Financial Administrator, Bureau of Financial Reporting, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0364, [phone] or [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.