JUDICIAL BRANCHJUDICIAL BRANCH

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Oregon Judicial Department

State Court BusinessState Court Business

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4*includes compensatory fines and restitution

OJD – Total Outstanding Debt by OJD – Total Outstanding Debt by AgeAge

Age (in Fiscal Years) Total Amount Outstanding2012 $ 148,102,207 2011 $ 229,564,756 2010 $ 110,281,747 2009 $ 103,316,556 2008 $ 84,417,314 2007 $ 77,922,780 2006 $ 80,351,287 2005 $ 75,740,276 2004 $ 67,081,942 2003 $ 66,865,982 2002 $ 49,545,749 2001 $ 43,672,066 2000 $ 39,531,973 1999 $ 37,362,874 1998 $ 35,429,164 1997 $ 33,796,959 1996 $ 36,725,270 1995 $ 38,628,572 1994 $ 30,512,759 1993 $ 28,757,108 1992 $ 34,540,439 1991 $ 25,379,321 1990 $ 25,738,573 1989 $ 880,741 Grand Total $ 1,504,146,416

Judicial debt is valid for 20 to 50 years

Amounts Imposed Increasing Due to More Aggressive

Collections

Continuous ImprovementsContinuous Improvements Centralized debt

management :◦ Specialization and adoption of

best practices Already adopted 28 of 38 NCSC

best practices, implementing 7, and 3 were N/A

◦ Use professional collection firms (DOR and 3 PCF’s) who are expert in court debt

◦ National skip tracing tools◦ Centralized option phone and

mail receipting for all state court debt

Integrations with Others:◦ *Automated cycling of debt

between DOR & collection agencies*

◦ Automated state tax refund interception

◦ Automated referral to collections after 45 days

Automated systems:◦ Notices after 30 days◦ Referral to collections after 45

days◦ Additional fees for late payment

or collection activities◦ Driver License suspension◦ Payment plans◦ Collection performance reports◦ Internet payment website◦ *Implementing new case

management system (by 2016)* Person-based and statewide versus

case-based and by individual county

Will be able to charge interest when complete

Possible intercept opportunities with Federal Treasury Offset Program

Leveraging Technology - ePay

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Working together we be successful in state debt collections

IDEAS:• Implement the Federal Treasury Offset Program (TOP)

• Start charging interest as soon as possible in 2016-17

• Encourage a statewide “inventory” of collections opportunities / challenges

• Support Federal legislation for income tax intercept for state debt

• Support system upgrades at DOR and OJD and others that provide increased collection capabilities