Section 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.