MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            2149

section, the State [Department] ADMINISTRATION may
request and shall receive from departments, boards,
bureaus, commissions, and other agencies of the State or
any of its political subdivisions, and the same are
authorized to provide, [such] THE information, assistance
and data [as] THAT will enable the State [Department]
ADMINISTRATION or the State's attorney of the
jurisdiction involved to locate [these] deserting or
absent parents and to enforce their liability for the
support of their children. Any records established
pursuant to [the provisions of] this section shall be
available only to authorized representatives of the State
and local departments[ , ] and other persons having a right
[thereto] TO THE RECORDS in their official [capacity]
CAPACITIES.

13.

(c) The local director in each county [and in],
INCLUDING Baltimore City shall administer WITHIN HIS
RESPECTIVE COUNTY social service and public assistance
activities [within the counties and Baltimore City,
respectively], EXCEPT CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, in
accordance with [the provisions of] § 3 of this article.
Each local director has a general administrative
responsibility to the State [Department] ADMINISTRATION.
Specifically, by way of example and not in limitation,
each local director has the following basic
responsibilities:

(1)   Long-range and short—range planning for the
functions and objectives of the respective local
department;

(2)   Exercise of full administrative responsibility
for the operations of the respective local department;

(3)  Appointment of all personnel of the respective
local department in the county involved, from State merit
system lists under the provisions of Article 64A of this
Code;

(4)  Improvement of administrative and social—work
practices and procedures;

(5)   Submission of periodic reports and evaluations
as required by the State [Department; and]
ADMINISTRATION;

(6)   Submission of an annual report to the local
board of the respective local department in the counties
and to the local commission of the local department in
Baltimore City[.]; AND

[All local directors shall have such other] (7)
OTHER responsibilities as may from time to time be
required [of them] by the State [Department]
ADMINISTRATION or by other applicable laws, rules and