Ch. 539

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) Any State agency authorized to license child care
homes or institutions may make cooperative arrangements with any
other State agency to this end.

2-126.

(a)   If requested by a court sitting as a juvenile court or
by any other court in a proceeding that involves the interest of
a minor, the [Agency] DEPARTMENT shall provide the services
described in this article.

(b)  The [Agency] DEPARTMENT shall provide the employees
needed to supply such services as may be required by order of a
judge sitting as a juvenile court.

(c)  The [Agency] DEPARTMENT shall cooperate with the judges
of the juvenile court in carrying out the objectives of this
article and Subtitle 8 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Article.

2-127.

(a)  The [Director] SECRETARY shall establish programs for
juvenile intake, investigation, probation, and aftercare
services.

(b)  (1) The [Director] SECRETARY shall provide sufficient
staff to operate the programs under subsection (a) of this
section.

(2) The staff of the [Agency] DEPARTMENT are under
the immediate direction and control of the [Director] SECRETARY.

2-128.

(a)  (1) The [Director] SECRETARY shall:

(i) Study the problem of the units of work that
are involved in the several courts; and

(ii) Establish a system for units of work.

(2) On the basis of the comparative work load of any
court, the [Director] SECRETARY shall provide the court with an
adequate staff and adequate variety of staff. However, except
with the consent of its judges, a court may not be assigned a
smaller staff than authorized as of July 1, 1986.

(b)  Within this formula, the judge of any court may ask for
the additional clerical and professional court service staff that
the work load of the court requires, and the [Director] SECRETARY
shall consider and respond to the request in accordance with §§
2-126 and 2-127 of this article.

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