Section 10-116 - Enforcement by local support enforcement office.
§ 10-116. Enforcement by local support enforcement office.
(a) Funding; assessment of surcharge.- A local support enforcement office:
(1) shall be funded from local and federal resources; and
(2) may keep any surcharge that is assessed against the obligor to defray the costs of support collection.
(b) Collection incentives.- The Administration shall pay a county that has a local support enforcement office collection incentives pursuant to a methodology based on the performance of the county in accordance with regulations adopted by the Administration under subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Applicability of rules and regulations.- The rules, regulations, and standards of a local support enforcement office control if they generally conform to those adopted by the Secretary of Human Resources under § 10-114 of this subtitle.
(d) Regulations.- The Administration shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 59; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2000, ch. 53.]