(a)  The division of taxation has priority over the claimant agency for collection of tax liabilities. After this priority, the department of human services has priority, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of child support orders issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, over any other claimant agency.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 44-30.1-6

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

(b)  The department of labor and training has priority, to the extent necessary for the collection of benefit overpayments and interest owed over any other claimant agency.

[See §?12-1-15.]

History of Section.
P.L. 1982, ch. 111, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 102, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 29, § 9; P.L. 1995, ch. 374, § 9; P.L. 1999, ch. 170, § 2.