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§47-6-201.1.


§47-6-201.1.
   
   A. In addition to other qualifications and conditions established by
   law, the driving privilege of an individual is subject to the
   requirements of this section.
   
   B. Upon receipt of an order from a court or from the Office of
   Administrative Hearings: Child Support of the Department of Human
   Services, hereinafter referred to as "OAH", that a person obligated to
   pay child support who owns or operates a motor vehicle is not in
   compliance with an order for support, the Commissioner of Public
   Safety shall revoke the person's driving privilege.
   
   C. 1. Whenever a court or the OAH finds that a person is not in
   compliance with an order of child support, the court or the OAH, as
   applicable, shall require the person to surrender to it the driver
   license held by the person and shall forward to the Department of
   Public Safety an order to revoke the driving privilege of the person,
   together with any driver license surrendered to the court or OAH. An
   order of the court or the OAH, as applicable, to revoke a person's
   driving privilege for noncompliance with an order of support shall be
   upon a Notification of Revocation form prescribed by the Department of
   Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety shall prepare and
   distribute the Notification form to be used by the courts and the OAH.
   
   2. In addition to the Department of Public Safety, the court or the
   OAH, as applicable, shall send a copy of the Notification of
   Revocation to the person obligated to pay child support by first
   class, postage prepaid mail. The Notification shall:
   
   a. include the name, address, date of birth, physical description and,
   if known, the driver license number of the person,
   
   b. require the Department to revoke the driving privilege of the
   person required to pay child support,
   
   c. require the Department to not reinstate the person's driving
   privilege until:
   
   (1) the court or the OAH issues a release that states such person is
   in compliance with the order of support or until a court or the OAH
   otherwise authorizes reinstatement of the person's driving privilege,
   and
   
    2. the person has paid to the Department the fees required by Section
       6-212 of this title and has met all other statutory requirements
       for reinstatement of the person's driving privilege;
       
   d. specify the reason and statutory ground for the revocation and the
   effective date of the revocation;
   
   e. inform the person that in order to apply for reinstatement of the
   person's driving privilege, the person must obtain a release from the
   OAH or the court, as applicable; and
   
   f. inform the person that the person may file a petition for judicial
   review of the Notification of Revocation in district court within
   thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notification.
   
   D. Upon receipt of the Notification of Revocation from a court or the
   OAH, as applicable, that a person obligated to pay child support is
   not in compliance with an order of support, the Department shall, in
   addition to any other authority to withdraw driving privileges, revoke
   the driving privilege of the person named in the Notification without
   hearing.
   
   E. 1. The court or the OAH may modify the revocation order in cases of
   extreme and unusual hardship when it is determined by the court or the
   OAH, as applicable, that no other adequate means of transportation
   exists for the person whose driving privilege has been revoked to
   allow driving in any or all of the following situations:
   
   a. to and from a place of employment or in search of employment,
   
   b. to and from a child care facility, providing the person is a parent
   or legal guardian with no other means of transporting the child so the
   parent or legal guardian can maintain employment,
   
   c. to and from a medical facility in the event of an emergency,
   
   d. in the course of employment,
   
   e. to and from an educational institution for the purpose of attending
   classes if the person is enrolled and regularly attending classes at
   such institution, or
   
   f. to permit the person to comply with any existing court order.
   
   2. The modification order shall state the circumstances under which
   driving is permitted.
   
   3. Upon receipt of a written modification order from the court or the
   OAH, as applicable, and the payment to the Department of a
   modification fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), the Department
   shall modify the revocation order as provided in the modification
   order. In the modification order, the Department of Public Safety
   shall specify the specific times of the day or night based on the
   circumstances set out in the order, that the person owing child
   support may drive. Upon the application of such person and upon a
   showing of good cause, such times may be modified due to employment,
   course of employment or other reason authorized by the Department of
   Public Safety.
   
   F. If the court or the OAH, as applicable, is unable to secure the
   surrender to it of the driver license held by the person found to be
   in noncompliance with an order of support, the Department, upon
   revoking the driving privilege of the person, shall require that the
   driver license held by the person be surrendered to the Department.
   Upon reinstatement of the person's driving privileges, as provided for
   by law, the person's valid and lawful driver license shall be returned
   to the person by the Department if the person is otherwise eligible.
   

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