GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 417

Short Title:  Local IV-D Units Transfer.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Harris, Marvin, and Cochrane.
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Referred to:  Children and Youth.
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March 14, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW FOR THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL IV-D UNITS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 110-141 reads as rewritten:
"§ 110-141. Effectuation of intent of Article.
(a)	The North Carolina Department of Human Resources shall supervise the administration of this program in accordance with federal law and shall cause the provisions of this Article to be effectuated and to secure child support from absent, deserting, abandoning and nonsupporting parents.
(b)	Effective July 1, 1986, the entity, whether the board of county commissioners or the Department of Human Resources, that is administering, or providing for the administration of, this program in each county on June 30, 1986, shall continue to administer, or provide for the administration of, this program in that county, with two exceptions:
(1)	When a county program administered by the board of county commissioners is not operated in accordance with State and federal laws, rules, and regulations, the Department of Human Resources may assume administration by notifying the board of county commissioners of its intent in accordance with a timetable and criteria established by the Social Services Commission; or
(2)	A county program is being administered by the Department of Human Resources on June 30, 1986, and if the board of county commissioners of this county desires on or after that date to assume responsibility for the administration of the program, the board of county commissioners shall notify the Department of Human Resources between July 1 and September 1 of the current fiscal year, except when the program is operated by the Department of Human Resources as provided in subdivision (1) of this subsection. The obligations of the board of county commissioners to assume responsibility for the administration of the program shall not commence prior to July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year. Until that time, it is the responsibility of the Department of Human Resources to administer or provide for the administration of the program in the county.
(c)	A county may negotiate alternative arrangements to the procedure outlined in G.S. 110-130 for designating a local person or agency to administer the provisions of this Article in that county."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.