SECTIONS 18400-18402 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 18400-18402

18400. The department, subject to the approval of the Attorney
General, may enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding
state agencies of other states regarding the interstate
transportation of poor and indigent persons, and to arrange with the
proper officials in this state for the acceptance, transfer, and
support of persons receiving public aid in other states in accordance
with the terms of such reciprocal agreements; provided, that this
state shall not nor shall any county or other political subdivision
of this state be committed to the support of persons who are not in
the opinion of the department entitled to public support by the laws
of this state.

18401. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to
effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those
states which enact it.

18402. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Transfer of
Dependents Act.