§ 3-503 — Required information and statement in applications for licenses to conduct occupations; fulfillment of child support obligations

§ 3-503. Required information and statement in applications for\nlicenses to conduct occupations; fulfillment of child support\nobligations. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Agency" means the legal authority or entity responsible for\ndetermining whether or not a license shall be issued or renewed.\n b. "Application" means the form or statements required to be completed\nor supplied in order to obtain a license.\n c. "License" means any certificate, license, permit or grant of\npermission required by the laws of this state, its political\nsubdivisions or instrumentalities as a condition for the lawful practice\nof any occupation, employment, trade, vocation, business, or profession,\nand shall also include any registration required by law or agency\nregulation as a condition for such lawful practice.\n 2. Every applicant for a license or renewal thereof shall provide his\nor her social security number on the application. Additionally, every\napplicant for a license or renewal thereof shall certify in the\napplication in a written statement under oath, duly sworn and\nsubscribed, that as of the date the application is filed he or she is\n(or is not) under obligation to pay child support and that if he or she\nis under such an obligation, that he or she does (or does not) meet one\nof the following requirements:\n a. he or she is not four months or more in arrears in the payment of\nchild support; or\n b. he or she is making payments by income execution or by court agreed\npayment or repayment plan or by plan agreed to by the parties; or\n c. the child support obligation is the subject of a pending court\nproceeding; or\n d. he or she is receiving public assistance or supplemental security\nincome.\n 3. If the applicant is not under an obligation to pay child support,\nthe agency may issue or renew such license. If the applicant is under an\nobligation to pay child support and is not four months or more in\narrears in the payment of child support, or meets the conditions of\nparagraphs b, c and d of this subdivision, the agency may issue or renew\nsuch license. If the applicant does not meet one of the above\nrequirements, the agency may issue or renew such license but such\nlicense shall expire in six months unless before that time the applicant\nsubmits a written certification under oath, duly sworn and subscribed\nthat he or she:\n a. is no longer in arrears in the payment of child support; or\n b. is making payments by income execution or by court agreed payment\nor repayment plan or by plan agreed to by the parties or repayment plan\nwith the appropriate support collection unit; or\n c. the child support obligation is the subject of a pending court\nproceeding; or\n d. he or she is receiving public assistance or supplemental security\nincome.\n Upon the submission of such certification, the expiration date of such\nlicense shall be governed by the agency's customary practice and no fee,\nin addition to the initial license application fee, shall be charged\nunless the six month period has expired.\n 4. Every application shall state in bold face that persons who are\nfour months or more in arrears in child support or who have failed to\ncomply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or\nchild support proceeding may be subject to suspension of their business,\nprofessional, drivers and/or recreational licenses and permits\nincluding, but not limited to, licences issued pursuant to section\n11-0713 of the environmental conservation law.\n 5. Every application shall state that the intentional submission of\nfalse written statements for the purpose of frustrating or defeating the\nlawful enforcement of support obligations is punishable pursuant to\nsection 175.35 of the penal law.\n