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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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(iii) a delegation of that responsibility is consistent with guidelines
of the Department of Human Resources;
(4) delegate any responsibility for support enforcement to the clerk of a
circuit court, for as long as:
(i) the local government and the clerk, with the approval of the
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, ask that responsibility be delegated to the clerk;
(ii) the Secretary finds that the clerk is capable of carrying out the
responsibility;
(iii) a delegation of that responsibility is consistent with guidelines
of the Department of Human Resources; and
(iv) the Administration makes a cooperative agreement with the
clerk that:
1. includes arrangements for reimbursement for
expenditures incurred by the clerk that are reimbursable under federal regulations
that relate to federal financial participation in the operation of a support enforcement
program; and
2. provides that federal collection incentives that would be
payable to the county if the county had a local support enforcement office shall be
payable to the [General Fund of the State] FUND ESTABLISHED IN § 10-106.1 OF THIS
SUBTITLE; and
(5) adopt regulations establishing procedures for the periodic review and
adjustment of child support orders being enforced by a support enforcement agency.
(b) The clerk of a circuit court, with the approval of the Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals, may:
(1) make a written agreement with the Secretary of Human Resources
and the Administration to provide support enforcement services pursuant to a
delegation of responsibility under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) employ the personnel necessary to perform the support enforcement
services, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including any law on the
practice of law by employees of a clerk; and
(3) include in the clerk's annual budget request submitted to the Chief
Judge of the Court of Appeals the projected costs of administering the support
enforcement program that are not reimbursable under the agreement with the
Secretary of Human Resources and the Administration.
10-116.
(a) A local support enforcement office:
(1) shall be funded from local and federal resources; and
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