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- Signed chap.87
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.146
- Substituted for A6960
- Referred to social services
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.343
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- Referred to transportation
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Extends a section of law relating to the enforcement of support through the suspension of driving privileges
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michele Titus
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4246
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:
To extend the driver's license suspension process, an enforcement tool for child support collection, for two years.
Summary of Provisions:
Section 1 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, 2013 to June 30, 2015.
Section 2 provides 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 expires on June 30, 2013.
Prior Legislative History:
This provision was last extended by Chapter 101 of the Laws of 2011 from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2013 and had been extended for two year periods prior thereto.
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:
The bill would become effective immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after June 30, 2013.
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