PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 213

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 Employees' Pension System of the State
of Maryland. All previous pension contributions shall be transferred in accordance with
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 July 1, 1996,
all the functions, powers, and duties of the Paternity and Support Division of the Office
of the State's Attorney for Washington 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:

(1)     Except for the Assistant State's Attorney, all employees of the Paternity
and Support Division of the Office of the State's Attorney for Washington County shall
be transferred to the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of
Human Resources in accordance with the provisions of § 10-117(c) of the Family Law
Article.

(2)     Except for the Assistant State's Attorney, a Position Identification
Number (PIN) shall be created for each transferred employee in a State classification
commensurate with the employee's salary grade at the time of the transfer. The salary
grade shall be determined using a salary based on the same hourly rate of salary of the
employee at the time of transfer. Each transferred employee shall be given credit with the
State for years of County employment for purposes of seniority including the
determination of leave accumulation and determination of layoff rights under § 9-504 of
the State Personnel and Pensions Article.

(3)     It shall be the responsibility of Washington County to pay to each
employee transferred under this section any money due to the employee on termination
of County employment as of September June 30, 1996.

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