AN ACT

RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT; CLARIFYING LICENSE REVOCATION REFERRAL AUTHORITY FOR JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS FOR SUPPORT; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 40-5A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 25, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:

     "40-5A-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Parental Responsibility Act:

          A. "applicant" means an obligor who is applying for issuance of a license;

          B. "board" means:

                (1) the construction industries commission, the construction industries division and the electrical bureau, mechanical bureau and general construction bureau of the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department;

                (2) the manufactured housing committee and manufactured housing division of the regulation and licensing department;

                (3) a board, commission or agency that administers a profession or occupation licensed pursuant to Chapter 61 NMSA 1978;

                (4) any other state agency to which the Uniform Licensing Act is applied by law;

                (5) a licensing board or other authority that issues a license, certificate, registration or permit to engage in a profession or occupation regulated in New Mexico;

                (6) the department of game and fish;

                (7) the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department; or

                (8) the alcohol and gaming division of the regulation and licensing department; 

          C. "certified list" means a verified list that includes the names, social security numbers and last known addresses of obligors not in compliance;

          D. "compliance" means that:

                (1) an obligor is no more than thirty days in arrears in payment of amounts required to be paid pursuant to an outstanding judgment and order for support; and

                (2) an obligor has, after receiving appropriate notice, complied with subpoenas or warrants relating to paternity or child support proceedings;

          E. "department" means the human services department;

          F. "judgment and order for support" means the judgment entered against an obligor by the district court or a tribal court in a case enforced by the department pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act;

          G. "license" means a liquor license or other license, certificate, registration or permit issued by a board that a person is required to have to engage in a profession or occupation in New Mexico; "license" includes a commercial driver's license, driver's license and recreational licenses, including hunting, fishing or trapping licenses;

          H. "licensee" means an obligor to whom a license has been issued; and

          I. "obligor" means the person who has been ordered to pay child or spousal support pursuant to a judgment and order for support."

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