N.Y. General Obligations Law § 3-503: Required information and statement in applications for licenses to conduct occupations; fulfillment of child support obligations

§ 3-503. Required information and statement in applications for

licenses to conduct occupations; fulfillment of child support

obligations. 1. As used in this section:

a. "Agency" means the legal authority or entity responsible for

determining whether or not a license shall be issued or renewed.

b. "Application" means the form or statements required to be completed

or supplied in order to obtain a license.

c. "License" means any certificate, license, permit or grant of

permission required by the laws of this state, its political

subdivisions or instrumentalities as a condition for the lawful practice

of any occupation, employment, trade, vocation, business, or profession,

and shall also include any registration required by law or agency

regulation as a condition for such lawful practice.

2. Every applicant for a license or renewal thereof shall provide his

or her social security number on the application. Additionally, every

applicant for a license or renewal thereof shall certify in the

application in a written statement under oath, duly sworn and

subscribed, that as of the date the application is filed he or she is

(or is not) under obligation to pay child support and that if he or she

is under such an obligation, that he or she does (or does not) meet one

of the following requirements:

a. he or she is not four months or more in arrears in the payment of

child support; or

b. he or she is making payments by income execution or by court agreed

payment or repayment plan or by plan agreed to by the parties; or

c. the child support obligation is the subject of a pending court

proceeding; or

d. he or she is receiving public assistance or supplemental security

income.

3. If the applicant is not under an obligation to pay child support,

the agency may issue or renew such license. If the applicant is under an

obligation to pay child support and is not four months or more in

arrears in the payment of child support, or meets the conditions of

paragraphs b, c and d of this subdivision, the agency may issue or renew

such license. If the applicant does not meet one of the above

requirements, the agency may issue or renew such license but such

license shall expire in six months unless before that time the applicant

submits a written certification under oath, duly sworn and subscribed

that he or she:

a. is no longer in arrears in the payment of child support; or

b. is making payments by income execution or by court agreed payment

or repayment plan or by plan agreed to by the parties or repayment plan

with the appropriate support collection unit; or

c. the child support obligation is the subject of a pending court

proceeding; or

d. he or she is receiving public assistance or supplemental security

income.

Upon the submission of such certification, the expiration date of such

license shall be governed by the agency's customary practice and no fee,

in addition to the initial license application fee, shall be charged

unless the six month period has expired.

4. Every application shall state in bold face that persons who are

four months or more in arrears in child support or who have failed to

comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or

child support proceeding may be subject to suspension of their business,

professional, drivers and/or recreational licenses and permits

including, but not limited to, licences issued pursuant to section

11-0713 of the environmental conservation law.

5. Every application shall state that the intentional submission of

false written statements for the purpose of frustrating or defeating the

lawful enforcement of support obligations is punishable pursuant to

section 175.35 of the penal law.