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___________________ moved that HB 1179 be amended as follows:

     On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"      Section 1. That chapter 26-7A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     If a county pays custodial care costs under the provisions of §  26-7A-94, the county shall have a lien against the property, both real and personal, of the parents, jointly or severally, of the child placed in care.

     Immediately upon payment of the costs, a statement of claim showing the name and residence of the child's parents shall be filed by the county auditor in the office of the register of deeds in the county or counties where the child's parents reside. A certified copy of the lien may be filed in any other county in which the child's parents may have or may acquire an interest in real or personal property. The lien is enforceable until satisfied or compromised.

     Section 2. That chapter 26-7A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     The board of county commissioners of the county filing the lien may enforce, foreclose, satisfy, compromise, settle, subordinate, release, or otherwise dispose of the lien.

     Section 3. That chapter 26-7A be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     If, in the record of a lien made under the provisions of this chapter, the name of the person or persons for whose benefit any payment was made, or the name of a person or persons against whose property a lien may appear to have been created, is shown or stated to have been made by mistake or incorrectly or in such manner as not to identify easily the owner or owners of property, or the amount of such lien is incorrectly stated or recorded, any person whose interests are adversely affected thereby may apply to the board of county commissioners for correction of the record to conform to the facts. The board may grant the relief sought and direct the correction of the record accordingly."