§ 111-h. Support collection unit. 1. Each social services district\nshall establish a support collection unit in accordance with regulations\nof the department to collect, account for and disburse funds paid\npursuant to any order of child support or child and spousal support\nissued under the provisions of section two hundred thirty-six or two\nhundred forty of the domestic relations law, or article four, five,\nfive-A or five-B of the family court act; provided however, that the\ndepartment, subject to availability of funds, shall furnish centralized\ncollection and disbursement services for and on behalf of each social\nservices district. Until such time as the department performs collection\nand disbursement functions for a particular social services district,\nthat social services district shall continue to perform those functions.\n * 2. The support collection unit shall inform the petitioner and\nrespondent of any case in which a required payment has not been made\nwithin two weeks after it was due and shall assist in securing voluntary\ncompliance with such orders or in preparation and submission of a\npetition for a violation of a support order. Upon the written request of\nthe debtor, the support collection unit shall issue an income execution\nas provided in section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil practice\nlaw and rules, except that the provisions of subdivisions (d) and (e)\nthereof shall not apply. Upon receipt of written revocation of such\nrequest, the support collection unit shall notify the employer or income\npayor that the levy is no longer effective, and the execution shall be\nreturned.\n * NB There are 2 sb 2's\n * 2. The support collection unit shall establish a system that will\nallow it to inform the petitioner and respondent of any case in which a\nrequired payment has not been made within two weeks after it was due and\nto assist in securing voluntary compliance with such orders or in\npreparation and submission of a petition for a violation of a support\norder, and shall implement such system no later than July first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-eight based on a plan submitted to and approved\nby the department on or before December first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-seven.\n * NB Expired January 1, 1978 (There are 2 sb 2's)\n 3. The support collection unit shall require that a person applying\nfor child support enforcement services provide his or her name, address\nand social security number and disclose whether he or she is in receipt\nof safety net assistance or family assistance; provided, however, that a\nsocial security number may be required only where permitted under\nfederal law.\n 4. Any and all moneys paid into the support collection unit pursuant\nto an order of support made under the family court act or the domestic\nrelations law, where the petitioner is not a recipient of public\nassistance, shall upon payment into such support collection unit be\ndeemed for all purposes to be the property of the person for whom such\nmoney is to be paid.\n 5. Except as provided in subdivision six of this section, any funds\npaid to a support collection unit established by a social services\ndistrict which have not been disbursed after two years of diligent\nefforts to locate the person entitled to such funds shall be paid to the\nstate comptroller in accordance with subdivision seven of this section\nunless information has been received that is likely to lead to the\nlocation of the person who is entitled to such funds; provided, however,\nwhere the support collection unit determines that the person entitled to\nthe funds is deceased and cannot locate an estate for the person\nentitled to the funds, or the estate does not claim the funds, such\nfunds may be paid to the state comptroller in accordance with\nsubdivision seven of this section without two years of diligent efforts.\n 6. Any funds paid to a support collection unit established by a social\nservices district for which the remi
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