An Act To Enhance Child Support Collections in Maine
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1011
Committee Amendment CA_A_S112 (Senate)
Amends: 19-A MRSA §2101, 19-A MRSA §2201

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 328, L.D. 1011, Bill, "An Act To 
Enhance Child Support Collections in Maine" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2101, sub-§l, as amended by PL 1997, c. 537, §26 and 
affected by §62, is further amended to read: 
1. Board. "Board" means a bureau, board or commission listed in Title 10, section 
8001 or 8001-A, other licensor that is affiliated with or is a part of the Department of 
Professional and Financial Regulation, the Board of Overseers of the Bar or any other 
state agency or municipality. that issues a license authorizing a person to engage in a 
business, occupation, profession or industry and any state agency, bureau, board, 
commission or municipality that issues a license or permit to hunt, fish, operate a boat, 
operate a snowmobile, operate an A TV or engage in any other sporting or recreational 
activity. 
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2101, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1997, c. 537, §26 and 
affected by §62, is further amended to read: 
7. License. "License" means a license, certification, registration, permit, approval or 
other similar document evidencing admission to or granting authority to engage in a 
profession, occupation, business or industry, and a license or permit to hunt, fish, operate 
a boat, operate a snowmobile, operate an A TV or engage in any other sporting or 
recreational activity, but does not mean a registration, permit, approval or similar 
document evidencing the granting of authority to engage in the business of banking 
pursuant to Title 9-B. 
Sec. 3. 19-A MRSA §2201, sub-§12-A is enacted to read: 
12-A. Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife report. The Commissioner 
of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall provide annually to the department on magnetic 
tape or other machine-readable form, according to standards established by the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ':A "to S.P. 328, L.D. 1011 
department, watercraft, snowmobile and A TV registration information concerning 
obligors who are residents of this State. The information to be provided must include all 
of the following information about the registrant: 
A. Name; 
B. Address of record; 
C. Make, model and identification number for each watercraft registered under Title 
12, section 13052; each snowmobile registered under Title 12, section 13104; and 
each ATV registered under Title 12, section 13155; 
D. Type of registration; 
E. Effective date of registration or registration renewal; and 
F. Expiration of registration. 
Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §2201, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 
and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: 
13. 
Effect of noncompliance. 
The department, upon receipt of the licensee 
information referred to in subsection 12 and registration information referred to in 
subsection 12-A, shall identify and notify each board and the Department of Professional 
and Financial Regulation, Division of Administrative Services, of the names of its their 
licensees and registrants who are support obligors subject to this section. The notice must 
include the social security number and address of the support obligor, the name, address 
and telephone number of the department's designee for implementing this section and a 
certification by the department that it has verified that the licensee or registrant is a 
support obligor subject to this section. When the department notifies a board under this 
subsection, the department shall provide adequate notice of its action to the obligor. The 
notice must inform the obligor of the right to request a hearing on the issue of whether the 
obligor is in compliance with an order of support. The board may not issue or renew a 
license or registration to a person whose name is on the most recent list from the 
department until the board receives a copy of the written confirmation of compliance 
specified in subsection 8.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It retains the original purpose of revoking or 
prohibiting the issuance or renewal of a snowmobile registration or A TV registration for 
a person who has been certified as failing to comply with a child support order. It 
requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to provide information about 
watercraft, snowmobile and A TV registrants to allow the Department of Health and 
Human Services to identify those registrants who are not in compliance with child 
support orders. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/26/07 :tvae 
LD 1011 
LR243(02) 
An Act To Enhance Child Support Collections in Maine 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ";4 " 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue decrease - General Fund 
The bill should result in a minor increase in Other Special Revenue Funds revenue in child support collections that 
may help offset Department of Health and Human Services General Fund program costs. The Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife will incur minor costs to expand the program and will lose a small amount of General Fund 
revenue from lost license revenue. 
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