CHAPTER 34
HB 240 – FINAL VERSION
2007 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 240
COMMITTEE: Children and Family Law
This bill changes a reference to the amount of a child support arrearage that may be used to deny a passport. The federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 reduced the amount from $5,000 to $2,500.
This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1019
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the amount of child support arrearage triggering the denial of a passport.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
34:1 Denial of Passports. Amend RSA 161-C:26-b, I to read as follows:
I. The department is authorized to certify to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, pursuant to section 652(k) of the Social Security Act, that an obligor owes child support arrearages in [an amount exceeding $5,000] the amount specified by the federal law and is out of compliance with a legal order of support.
34:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 14, 2007
Effective: July 13, 2007