(1) The Director of the Department of Revenue may enter into an intergovernmental reciprocal agreement with the United States Financial Management Service and the Internal Revenue Service for the purpose of engaging in the offset of federal tax refunds or other federal payments in payment of liquidated state debt or of amounts payable by a transferee under ORS § 311.695 and the offset of state tax refunds or other state payments in payment of liquidated federal debt.

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(2) The director may pay a fee charged by the federal government for the processing of an offset request. The fee may be deducted from amounts remitted to the state by the federal government pursuant to an intergovernmental reciprocal agreement. The amount of the fee charged by the federal government shall be added to the debt, interest and penalties or to the amounts payable under ORS § 311.695, as applicable, owed by the debtor to the state.

(3) The Department of Revenue may by rule establish a fee to be charged to the federal government for the provision of state offset services.

(4) All moneys received by the department in payment of charges made pursuant to subsection (3) of this section shall be deposited in a department miscellaneous receipts account established under ORS § 279A.290. [2001 c.28 § 3; 2003 c.794 § 254; 2009 c.797 § 8; 2011 c.476 § 1; 2011 c.723 § 15]