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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-119" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“License” has the meaning stated in § 11–128 of the Transportation Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Motor Vehicle Administration” means the Motor Vehicle Administration of the Department of Transportation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the Administration may notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an obligor with a noncommercial or commercial license who is 120 days or more out of compliance, with the most recent order of the court in making child support payments if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Administration has accepted an assignment of support under § 5–312(b)(2) of the Human Services Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the recipient of support payments has filed an application for support enforcement services with the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Upon notification by the Administration under this subsection, the Motor Vehicle Administration:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall suspend the obligor’s license or privilege to drive in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may issue a work–restricted license or work–restricted privilege to drive in the State in accordance with § 16–203 of the Transportation Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before supplying any information to the Motor Vehicle Administration under this section, the Administration shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>send written notice of the proposed action to the obligor, including notice of the obligor’s right to request an investigation on any of the following grounds:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the information regarding the reported arrearage is inaccurate;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>suspension of the obligor’s license or privilege to drive would be an impediment to the obligor’s current or potential employment; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>suspension of the obligor’s license or privilege to drive would place an undue hardship on the obligor because of the obligor’s:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>documented disability resulting in a verified inability to work; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>inability to comply with the court order; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>give the obligor a reasonable opportunity to request an investigation of the proposed action of the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Upon receipt of a request for investigation from the obligor, the Administration shall conduct an investigation to determine if any of the grounds under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection exist.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Administration shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>send a copy of the obligor’s request for an investigation to the obligee by first–class mail;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>give the obligee a reasonable opportunity to respond; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>consider the obligee’s response.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Upon completion of the investigation, the Administration shall notify the obligor of the results of the investigation and the obligor’s right to appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>An appeal under this section shall be conducted in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An appeal shall be made in writing and shall be received by the Office of Administrative Hearings within 20 days after the notice to the obligor of the results of the investigation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If, after the investigation or appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings, the Administration finds that one of the grounds under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection exists, the Administration may not send any information about the obligor to the Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The Administration may not send any information about an obligor to the Motor Vehicle Administration if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Administration reaches an agreement with the obligor regarding a scheduled payment of the obligor’s child support arrearage or a court issues an order for a scheduled payment of the child support arrearage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the obligor is complying with the agreement or court order.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, after information about an obligor is supplied to the Motor Vehicle Administration, the obligor’s arrearage is paid in full, the obligor has demonstrated good faith by paying the ordered amount of support for 6 consecutive months, the obligor is a participant in full compliance in an employment program approved by the Administration, or the Administration finds that one of the grounds under subsection (c)(1)(i) of this section exists, the Administration shall notify the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate the obligor’s license or privilege to drive.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may request that the Motor Vehicle Administration expunge a record of a suspension of a license or privilege to drive for failure to pay child support:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for an obligor who is enrolled in and compliant with an employment program approved by the Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the information reported by the Administration that led to the suspension was inaccurate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary of Human Services, in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Office of Administrative Hearings, shall adopt regulations to implement this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section does not apply to an obligor whose individual income for the current year is not greater than 250% of the federal poverty guidelines unless the obligor was judicially determined at the time the most recent child support order was entered to be voluntarily impoverished under § 12–204 of this article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To determine the income of an obligor under this subsection, the Administration may consider:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the income of the obligor at the time the most recent child support order was entered; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>information on the obligor’s income provided by the obligor or an employer of the obligor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
