HP0459, LD 645, item 1, An Act To Amend the Penalties for Failure To Pay Child Support

An Act To Amend the Penalties for Failure To Pay Child Support

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§2, ¶¶C to E, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are repealed.

Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1997, c. 466, §§13 and 14 and affected by §28, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§12, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

C. The number of hearings held under this section, the results of the hearings and the number of cases settled without a hearing; and

Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §2202, sub-§12, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 6. 19-A MRSA §2361, sub-§14, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 537, §48 and affected by §62, is amended to read:

14. License revocation. If an obligor who is served with a support order under subsection 1 fails to appear without good cause or fails to provide documents, papers and other evidence as required by the order without good cause, the department may certify the obligor's noncompliance to the Secretary of State for suspension of the obligor's driver's license and right to operate a motor vehicle and to any board or other entity in the State that issues a license as defined in section 2101, subsection 7 except for a driver's license under Title 29-A, chapter 11. Upon receipt of a certification of noncompliance from the department, the Secretary of State, board or other entity shall cause any licenses held by the obligor to be suspended or revoked and may not issue or renew a license to the obligor until the department issues a written statement that the obligor has complied with the order. A suspension, revocation or refusal by a board or other licensing entity to reissue, renew or otherwise extend a license or permit of an obligor certified by the department is a final determination within the meaning of Title 5, section 10002.

Sec. 7. 19-A MRSA §2603-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 466, §26 and affected by §28, is repealed.

Sec. 8. 19-A MRSA §2603-A, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 466, §26 and affected by §28, is repealed.

Sec. 9. 29-A MRSA §2459, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. D, §54 and affected by Pt. E, §2 and amended by PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §§6 and 7, is repealed.

summary

This bill removes the suspension of a driver's license as a penalty for failure to pay child support.

HP0459 LD 645	Session - 128th Maine Legislature		LR 1050 Item 1
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