Thousands owing child support in Utah to lose licenses to hunt, fish

Thousands owing child support in Utah to lose licenses to hunt, fish

By Ben Winslow

Source: thespectrum

4/26/2021

The letter is hitting mailboxes across Utah.

“This notice is to inform you that according to records maintained by the Office of Recovery Services (ORS), you currently have child support arrears over $2,500.00,” it reads, then warns that under a new Utah law “you may not apply for, obtain, or attempt to obtain a license, permit, or tag for hunting or fishing...”

A law passed by the Utah State Legislature last year is going into effect on July 1 and thousands of people who are delinquent on child support could be denied a hunting or fishing license because they owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support.

“These children need their child support,” said Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, who sponsored the law.

The state is trying to notify people before they show up to purchase a hunting or fishing license and get rejected.

“We want people to know about this before it goes into effect so they can try to rectify it,” said Faith Heaton Jolley, a spokesperson for Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources.

Utah’s Office of Recovery Services is sending out the letters this week to 19,062 people who have been identified as being behind on child support. Of those, 9,454 people have been found to be in both agencies’ databases, meaning they have purchased a hunting or fishing license in the past.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
2951	Major changes to fishing regulations at local river	Global News	2015-03-19	CA
2952	Fish waste to be recycled, exported	timesofmalta	2022-05-23	MT
2953	Underwater rescue: Spanish divers free a whale trapped in an illegal fishing net	Radio-Canada News	2022-05-25	CA
2954	Fishing off Rottnest Island: Man catches 50kg bass groper and has dinner sorted for six months	PerthNow	2022-05-26	UK
2955	Salmon at increased risk of exposure to harmful bacteria near B.C. fish farms, study suggests	CBC News	2022-05-24	CA
2956	Long dead snake pulled from Indiana lake with fish still in mouth	fox19 news	2022-05-24	US
2957	Dead fish prompt pollution probe at Cornwall waterways	bbc	2022-05-25	UK
2958	Courts hand out hefty fine to angler fishing without a licence on Lake Windermere	Environment Agency	2022-05-26	UK
2959	Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, where plastic is replacing fish	laprensalatina	2022-05-26	VE
2960	Япония планирует продолжить обсуждение с РФ соглашения о промысле морских живых ресурсов	interfax	2022-06-08	JP
2961	Cowfish: The Mutant Superheroes of the Ocean	naturespoisons	2022-06-08	US
2962	Irish beach-goers warned after sightings of venomous fish hiding sand 'that make grown men cry’	irishmirror	2022-05-27	IE
2963	Protected fish nursery wiped out by mud	stuff	2022-05-30	NZ
2964	Otters Eat S’pore Family’s Koi Fish, Owners Still Help Them Cross Road To Safety	mustsharenews	2022-05-22	SG
2965	Fishermen battle to reel in GIGANTIC 12ft sea monster weighing a whopping 97st	mirror	2022-05-24	UK
2966	Colorado high school is fighting to save razorback suckers	earth	2022-05-26	US
2967	Natural solution to malaria: Breed fish to feed on larvae	starofmysore	2022-05-23	IN
2968	The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion On A Plan To Save Salmon	ProPublica	2022-05-25	US
2969	Drone Fishers Are in the Hot Seat	hakaimagazine	2022-05-26	US
2970	Missouri scientists eavesdrop on an ancient river giant to prevent its extinction	St. Louis Public Radio	2022-05-15	US
2971	This amphibious drone hitchhikes like a suckerfish	popsci	2022-05-18	US
2972	Разработан проект комплексной программы по сохранению и восстановлению запасов воблы в Волге	Рыболовство	2022-06-04	RU
2973	Ученые разобрались, как у рыб появились электрические органы	https://www.science.org	2022-06-01	RU
2974	Bay Area fish farm is one of world’s largest pet fish distributors	fox13news	2022-05-19	NL
2975	Noisy boats over the Great Barrier Reef are cutting fish lives short	newscientist	2022-05-20	UK

118 of [222 - pages.]