Ch. 190                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

State's Attorney for Cecil County to the Child Support Enforcement Administration
of the Department of Human Resources; providing that certain employees shall be
transferred in accordance with certain law that provides for classified status,
seniority, compensation, annual leave accrual, transfer of certain pension
contributions, and other personnel matters for employees transferring to the Child
Support Enforcement Administration; requiring Cecil County to pay certain
personnel certain moneys as of a certain date; making a technical change; and
generally relating to the transfer of certain personnel to the Department of Human
Resources.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 10-117
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

10-117.

(a)     A county or circuit court with a local support enforcement office may request
that the responsibility for support enforcement be transferred to the Administration.

(b)     A request for transfer of responsibility under this section must be made to the
Department of Human Resources by September 1 of the year preceding the fiscal year for
which responsibility will be transferred.

(c)     Any personnel of the local support enforcement office involved in a transfer
under this section shall become classified service employees of this State and shall be
placed in the position that is comparable to or most closely compares to their former
position, without further examination or qualification. These employees shall be credited
with the years of service with the jurisdiction for the purpose of determining leave
accumulation and shall become members of the [State] Employees' Pension System OF
THE STATE OF MARYLAND. All previous pension contributions shall be transferred in
accordance with [Article 73B of the Code] TITLE 37 OF THE STATE PERSONNEL AND
PENSIONS ARTICLE. These employees shall receive no diminution in compensation or
accumulated leave solely as a result of the transfer. Annual leave in excess of that which
may be retained annually in the State Personnel Management System may be retained at
the time of transfer if that accumulation was permitted by the former employer.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on October 1, 1994, all
the functions, powers, and duties of the Paternity and Support Division of the Office of
the State's Attorney for Cecil County and the personnel indicated in Section 3 of this Act
shall be transferred to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department
of Human Resources.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

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