Subject to the limitations contained in the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act, the department, upon request, shall render assistance in the collection of any debt owed to a claimant agency or any debt that a claimant agency is obligated by law to collect. This assistance shall be provided by withholding from any refund due to the debtor pursuant to the Income Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 2 NMSA 1978] the amount of debt meeting the requirements of the Tax Refund Intercept Program Act and paying over to the claimant agency the amount withheld.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 106, § 5; 1994, ch. 56, § 2.
The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994, substituted "Department" for "Division" in the section heading, and "department" for "division" and "that" for "which" in the first sentence.