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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 113
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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 be in the State Personnel Management System 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 July 1, 2000, all the
functions, powers, and duties of the Paternity and Support Division of the Office of
the State's Attorney for Howard 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 Attorneys, all employees of the
Paternity and Support Division of the Office of the State's Attorney for Howard
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 Attorneys, 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.
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