Section 10-116 - Enforcement by local support enforcement office. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]