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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 495
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(2) If a party fails to appear or fails to produce the documents required
under this subsection, a representative of the Pilot Pilot Program may apply, upon
affidavit, to the court for a body attachment.
(3) If a party fails or refuses to obey a court order to appear or produce
the documents required under this subsection at a conciliation conference, the court
may issue a body attachment or compel compliance in any other manner available to
the court to enforce its order.
10-119.2.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Conciliation conference" means a conference conducted at a
demonstration site to provide an opportunity for the parties to resolve issues
associated with an action to modify or enforce a duty of support prior to going to a
court proceeding.
(3) "Demonstration site" means any jurisdiction selected by the
Secretary of Human Resources, in consultation with the director, of the local
department of social services in the jurisdiction, to compete THAT COMPETES against
privatized jurisdictions in providing child support enforcement services.
(b) (1) The Secretory shall establish a child support enforcement
demonstration site-in at least one but not more than six jurisdictions SUBJECT TO
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES
SHALL ESTABLISH CHILD SUPPORT DEMONSTRATION SITES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS
THAT ARE NOT PRIVATIZED JURISDICTIONS, for the purpose of competing against a
privatized jurisdiction as established in § 10-119.1 of this subtitle.
(2) THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH AT LEAST:
(I) SEVEN DEMONSTRATION SITES BY NOVEMBER 1, 2002, FOUR OF
WHICH SHALL BE THE DEMONSTRATION SITES IN EXISTENCE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2002:
(II) ELEVEN DEMONSTRATION SITES BY JULY 1, 2003;
(III) SIXTEEN DEMONSTRATION SITES BY JULY 1, 2004; AND
(IV) TWENTY-TWO DEMONSTRATION SITES BY JULY 1, 2005.
(3) THE SECRETARY MAY ESTABLISH DEMONSTRATION SITES AT A RATE
FASTER THAN REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION IF SUFFICIENT
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET.
(4) WHEN ESTABLISHING DEMONSTRATION SITES UNDER PARAGRAPH
(2)(I) THROUGH (III) OF THIS SUBSECTION. THE SECRETARY SHALL CHOOSE
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall appoint a
director of child support services in a demonstration site who shall report directly to
the Executive Director of the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the
Department.
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