As Amended
SEC. 93-11-153. Definitions.
As used in Sections 93-11-151 through 93-11-163, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed herein:
(a) "Licensing entity" or "entity" means any entity specified in Title 73, Professions and Vocations, of the Mississippi Code, and includes the Mississippi Department of Public Safety with respect to driver's licenses, the Mississippi State Tax Commission with respect to licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages and other licenses or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks with respect to hunting and fishing licenses, and any other state agency that issues a license authorizing a person to engage in a business, occupation or profession. For the purposes of this article, the Supreme Court shall be considered to be the licensing entity for attorneys.
(b) "License" means a license, certificate, permit, credential, registration, or any other authorization issued by a licensing entity that allows a person to engage in a business, occupation or profession, to operate a motor vehicle, to sell alcoholic beverages, or to hunt and fish.
(c) "Licensee" means any person holding a license issued by a licensing entity.
(d) "Order for support" means any judgment or order that provides for periodic payments of funds for the support of a child, whether it is temporary or final, and includes, but is not limited to, an order for reimbursement for public assistance or an order for making periodic payments on a support arrearage.
(e) "Out of compliance with an order for support" means that the obligor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in contempt of an order for support and is more than two (2) months in arrears or delinquent in making payments in full for current support, or in making periodic payments on a support arrearage.
(f) "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
(g) "Division" means the division within the department that is charged with the state administration of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
SOURCES: Laws, 1996, ch. 507, Sec. 2, eff July 1, 1996