SALEM, Ore. -- The state is increasing efforts to collect money owed by Dan Doyle, the disgraced former state representative.

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State Rep. Dan Doyle from Salem.

Doyle, a Salem Republican, pleaded guilty in September 2005 to 11 felony counts of falsifying campaign finance reports. Prosecutors said it was to conceal the diversion of about $150,000 in contributions to Doyle's personal use. A judge sentenced Doyle to 10 months and he served about half of it.

The Elections Division assessed a $127,185 civil penalty, but Doyle has yet to make any payments.

Nancy Ferry, the Election Division compliance specialist, said Doyle never responded to a proposed payment plan sent April 1, specifying he pay $500 a month. She referred the case Tuesday to the Business Services Division of the Secretary of State's office.

The division will give Doyle 30 days to start making payments on his civil penalties. If there is no response within 30 days, the unit will refer the case to the Department of Revenue.

The department has the authority to keep income tax "kicker" rebates or tax refunds that would go to Doyle, or place liens on his property. But it lacks the legal authority to garnish wages or bank accounts in cases referred by the Secretary of State's office.

The case could eventually go to a collection agency on contract with the state.

After his release from jail, Doyle took a job at Ames Research Laboratories, a Turner-based company owned by his friend W. Ames Curtright. Curtright told the Statesman Journal newspaper on Tuesday that Doyle hasn't worked for the company for some time.

Doyle was elected to the House in 2000, 2002 and 2004, briefly rising to become co-chairman of the powerful joint budget committee.

His wife, Victoria Doyle, pleaded guilty in 2005 to a single count of falsifying a campaign finance report during her unsuccessful 2004 race for Marion County clerk. She served 10 days in a work-release program and was fined $1,604.

Ferry said Victoria Doyle has been paying $25 a month for the past year, under a signed payment agreement. Her debt is down to $1,279.