0001|                            HOUSE BILL 52
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                           MIGUEL P. GARCIA
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT COMPLIANCE; EXPANDING
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0012|     REVOCABLE LICENSE CATEGORIES; AMENDING THE PARENTAL
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0013|     RESPONSIBILITY ACT; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  Section 40-5A-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0017|     Chapter 25, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "40-5A-2.  PURPOSE.--The purpose of the Parental
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0019|     Responsibility Act is <u>to require</u>:
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0020|               A.  <s>[to require]</s> parents to eliminate child
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0021|     support arrearages in order to<u></u> <s>[maintain a professional,
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<s></s>0022| <s>    occupational or recreational license, including but not
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<s></s>0023| <s>    limited to a hunting, fishing or trapping license, and a
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<s></s>0024| <s>    driver's license]</s> <u>be issued, maintain or renew a license</u>;
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0025|     and
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0001|               B.  <s>[to require]</s> compliance with, after receiving
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0002|     appropriate notice, subpoenas or warrants relating to
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0003|     paternity or child support, which will subsequently reduce
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0004|     both the number of children in New Mexico who live at or below
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0005|     the poverty level and the financial obligation that falls to
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0006|     the state when parents do not provide for their minor
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0007|     children."
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0008|          Section 2.  Section 40-5A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995,
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0009|     Chapter 25, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0010|          "40-5A-3.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Parental
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0011|     Responsibility Act:
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0012|               A.  "applicant" means an obligor who is applying
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0013|     for issuance of a license;
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0014|               B.  "board" means:
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0015|                    (1)  the construction industries commission,
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0016|     the construction industries division and the electrical
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0017|     bureau, mechanical bureau and general construction bureau of
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0018|     the construction industries division of the regulation and
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0019|     licensing department;
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0020|                    (2)  the manufactured housing committee and
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0021|     manufactured housing division of the regulation and licensing
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0022|     department;
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0023|                    (3)  a board, commission or agency that
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0024|     administers a profession or occupation licensed pursuant to
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0025|     Chapter 61 NMSA 1978;
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0001|                    (4)  any other state agency to which the
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0002|     Uniform Licensing Act is applied by law; 
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0003|                    (5)  a licensing board or other authority that
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0004|     issues a license, certificate, registration or permit to
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0005|     engage in a profession or occupation regulated in New Mexico;
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0006|                    (6)  the department of game and fish; <s>[or]</s>
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0007|                    (7)  the motor vehicle division of the
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0008|     taxation and revenue department; <u>or</u>
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0009|                    <u>(8)  the alcohol and gaming division of the
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<u></u>0010| <u>    regulation and licensing department</u>;   
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0011|               C.  "certified list" means a verified list that
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0012|     includes the names, social security numbers and last known
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0013|     addresses of obligors not in compliance <s>[with a judgment and
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<s></s>0014| <s>    order for support]</s>;
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0015|               D.  "compliance" means that:
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0016|                    (1)  an obligor is no more than thirty days in
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0017|     arrears in payment of amounts required to be paid pursuant to
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0018|     an outstanding judgment and order for support; and
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0019|                    (2)  an obligor has, after receiving
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0020|     appropriate notice, complied with subpoenas or warrants
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0021|     relating to paternity or child support proceedings;
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0022|               E.  "department" means the human services
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0023|     department;
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0024|               F.  "judgment and order for support" means the
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0025|     judgment entered against an obligor by the district court or a
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0001|     tribal court in a case brought by the department pursuant to
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0002|     Title IV-D of the Social Security Act;
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0003|               G.  "license" means a <u>liquor license or other</u>
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0004|     license, certificate, registration or permit issued by a board
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0005|     that a person is required to have to engage in a profession or
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0006|     occupation in New Mexico; <s>[and]</s> <u>"license"</u> includes a
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0007|     commercial driver's license, driver's license and recreational
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0008|     licenses, including <s>[but not limited to]</s> hunting, fishing or
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0009|     trapping licenses;
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0010|               H.  "licensee" means an obligor to whom a license
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0011|     has been issued; and
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0012|               I.  "obligor" means the person who has been ordered
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0013|     to pay child or spousal support pursuant to a judgment and
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0014|     order for support."
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0015|          Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0017|     immediately.
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