CHAPTER 3. LICENSES AND HEARINGS

IC 14-11-3
     Chapter 3. Licenses and Hearings

IC 14-11-3-0.3
"Bureau" defined
    
Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "bureau" refers to the child support bureau (Title IV-D agency) established under IC 31-25-3.
As added by P.L.257-1997(ss), SEC.26. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.130.

IC 14-11-3-0.5
"Delinquent" defined
    
Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "delinquent" means at least:
        (1) two thousand dollars ($2,000); or
        (2) three (3) months;
past due on payment of court ordered child support.
As added by P.L.257-1997(ss), SEC.27.

IC 14-11-3-1
Licenses
    
Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "license" means a license, a franchise, a permit, a certification, an approval, a registration, a charter, or a similar form of authorization that may be issued to a person by:
        (1) the department;
        (2) the commission; or
        (3) the director;
under Indiana law. The term does not include a license issued by the historic preservation review board established by IC 14-21-1-20.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the director shall issue all licenses.
    (c) A designee of the director may issue licenses. A designee of the director must be a full-time employee of the department.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.4.

IC 14-11-3-2
Hearings
    
Sec. 2. Except as provided in IC 14-34-2-2, the commission shall hold all hearings under IC 4-21.5 and IC 4-22-2.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.4.

IC 14-11-3-4
License probation for failure to pay child support; notice; reinstatement
    
Sec. 4. (a) Upon receiving an order from the bureau under IC 31-25-4-32(j), the director shall send to the person who is the subject of the order a notice that does the following:
        (1) States that the person is delinquent and is subject to an order placing the person on probationary status.
        (2) Explains that unless the person contacts the bureau and:             (A) pays the person's child support arrearage in full;
            (B) establishes a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which must include an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5; or
            (C) requests a hearing under IC 31-25-4-33;
        within twenty (20) days after the date the notice is mailed, the director shall place the person on probationary status with respect to any license issued to the person under IC 14-22-12, IC 14-22-14, IC 14-22-16, IC 14-22-17, IC 14-22-19, IC 14-24-7, or IC 14-31-3.
        (3) Explains that the person may contest the bureau's determination that the person is delinquent and subject to an order placing the person on probationary status by making written application to the bureau within twenty (20) days after the date the notice is mailed.
        (4) Explains that the only basis for contesting the bureau's determination that the person is delinquent and subject to an order placing the person on probationary status is a mistake of fact.
        (5) Explains the procedures to:
            (A) pay the person's child support arrearage in full;
            (B) establish a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which must include an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5; and
            (C) request a hearing under IC 31-25-4-33.
        (6) Explains that the probation will terminate ten (10) business days after the director receives a notice from the bureau that the person has:
            (A) paid the person's child support arrearage in full; or
            (B) established a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which includes an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5.
    (b) Upon receiving an order from the bureau under IC 31-25-4-34(e), the director shall send to the person who is the subject of the order a notice that states the following:
        (1) That a license issued to the person under IC 14-22-12, IC 14-22-14, IC 14-22-16, IC 14-22-17, IC 14-22-19, IC 14-24-7, or IC 14-31-3 has been placed on probationary status, beginning five (5) business days after the date the notice is mailed, and that the probation will terminate ten (10) business days after the director receives a notice from the bureau that the person has:
            (A) paid the person's child support arrearage in full; or
            (B) established a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which includes an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5.
        (2) That if the director is advised by the bureau that the person whose license has been placed on probationary status has failed to:
            (A) pay the person's child support arrearage in full; or             (B) establish a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which includes an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5;
        within twenty (20) days after the date the notice is mailed, the director shall suspend the person's license.
    (c) If a person whose license has been placed on probationary status fails to:
        (1) pay the person's child support arrearage in full; or
        (2) establish a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which includes an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5;
within twenty (20) days after the notice required under subsection (b) is mailed, the director shall suspend the person's license.
    (d) The director may not reinstate a license placed on probation or suspended under this section until the director receives a notice from the bureau that the person has:
        (1) paid the person's child support arrearage in full; or
        (2) established a payment plan with the bureau to pay the arrearage, which includes an income withholding order under IC 31-16-15-2 or IC 31-16-15-2.5.
As added by P.L.257-1997(ss), SEC.28. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.131; P.L.103-2007, SEC.6.