When a state college, university, or board determines that a public employee is indebted to the state for debts arising from a defaulted student loan, it may initiate proceedings to collect the debt through deductions from earnings by providing the public employee with the following:

(1)  a minimum of 30 days’ written notice as provided in Section 53B-14-102;

Terms Used In Utah Code 53B-15-103

  • Board: means the Utah Board of Higher Education described in Section 53B-1-402. See Utah Code 53B-1-101.5
  • Public employee: means any employee, officer, or servant of the state of Utah, or any office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital, college, university, or other instrumentality of the state, or of any county, city, town, school district, special improvement or taxing district, or any other political subdivision or public corporation of or within the state. See Utah Code 53B-15-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  an opportunity to inspect and copy college, university, or board records relating to the debt;

(3)  an opportunity to enter into a written agreement with the college, university, or board, under terms agreeable to the college, university, or board, to establish a schedule for the repayment of the debt; and

(4)  an opportunity for a hearing on the determination of the college, university, or board concerning the existence or the amount of the debt in accordance with Sections 53B-14-104 and 53B-14-105 and judicial review of an order of a hearing examiner under Sections 53B-14-107 and 53B-14-108.

Enacted by Chapter 167, 1987 General Session