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Ch. 61
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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and 9J of Article 64A, are transferred to the [bureau of support
enforcement] CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION effective
January 1, 1979. All employees of the Division of Parole and
Probation who are transferred shall become employees of the
[bureau of support enforcement] CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION without diminution in salary or benefits. The
[bureau] CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION is the public
agency responsible for support enforcement in all criminal
nonsupport cases and in all civil cases wherein payments are
ordered to be made to a public agency or directly to the payee,
except in those subdivisions where an agency of or the circuit
court for the subdivision has responsibility for support
enforcement.
(i) Any subdivision or circuit court having
responsibility for collection and/or support enforcement may
request that responsibility be transferred to the [bureau of
support enforcement] CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.
Such request must be made to the Department of Human Resources no
later than September 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year in
which the responsibility is to be assumed by the [bureau]
ADMINISTRATION. Any personnel of the subdivision or circuit court
involved in such a transfer shall become classified employees of
the State subject to the provisions of the State Merit System Law
and be placed in that position which is comparable or most
closely compares to their former position, without further
examination or qualification. Such employees shall be credited
with the years of service with the jurisdiction for the purposes
of determining leave accumulation, shall become members of the
State employees pension system and all previous pension
contributions shall be transferred in accordance with Article
73B, and shall receive no diminution in compensation or
accumulated leave solely as a result of such transfer. Annual
leave in excess of that which may be retained annually in the
State merit system may be retained at the time of transfer if
such accumulation was permitted by the former employer.
(ii) Any subdivision in which support payments
are collected by the Division of Parole and Probation on July 1,
1978 may elect to transfer the responsibility for collection of
support payments to an agency of the subdivision or, with the
consent of the court, to the circuit court for that subdivision.
Such transfer may be made through notification by the subdivision
to the Department of Human Resources no later than September 1,
1978. Such transfer will be effective January 1, 1979.
Subsequently, any such transfer will require enactment of
specific legislation.
(iii) When the responsibility for collection
and/or support enforcement is exercised by a local agency or
circuit court:
(a) The funds necessary to finance
collection and/or support enforcement shall be derived from local
and, to the extent available, federal resources.
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