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- Signed chap.101
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.194
- Substituted for A7829
- Referred to transportation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.321
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- Referred to transportation
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Extends certain provisions relating to the enforcement of support through the suspension of driving privileges through June 30, 2013
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michele Titus
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4071
Title of bill
An act to amend subdivision 19 of section 246 of chapter 81 of the laws of 1995 amending the vehicle and traffic law and other laws relating to the enforcement of support through the suspension of driving privileges, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
Purpose of bill
This bill would extend the driver's license suspension process, one of the most effective enforcement tools for child support collections in New York State.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill would amend subdivision 19 of section 246 of Chapter 81 of the Laws of 1995 to extend the driver's license suspension process from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2013.
Section two of the bill would provide for an immediate effective date.
Existing law
Subdivision 19 of section 246 of Chapter 81 of the Laws of 1995 contains the sunset provision for the child support driver's license suspension laws. The provision currently expires on June 30, 2011.
Prior legislative history
This provision was last extended by Part R of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2009 from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2011.
Statement in support
This bill extends a highly successful enforcement tool, the driver's license suspension process. Under the driver's license suspension process, an administrative mechanism is used to: (1) identify parents who fail to pay child support and who have driver's licenses; and (2) notify such persons that their driver's licenses will be suspended unless they make their child support payments. The loss of this successful enforcement tool would have a considerable impact on child support collections and on families in New York State.
Budget implications
Extending the sunset provision authorizing the Support Collection Unit to administer the driver's license suspension process will prevent the annual loss of child support collections. The driver's license suspension process accounts for child support collections of up to as much as $10 million annually. The failure to continue the driver's license suspension process additionally would result in the loss of a powerful deterrent for the non-payment of child support obligations.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after June 30, 2011.
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