§ 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.