GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 363
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/24/97

Short Title:  Child Support Options/Fees.	(Public)

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March 3, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES NOT TO ELECT ANY CHILD SUPPORT DISTRIBUTION OPTION FOR WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS ARE NOT PROVIDED AND TO INCREASE THE APPLICATION FEE FOR NONPUBLIC ASSISTANCE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective 30 days after this act becomes law, the Department of Human Resources shall not elect any child support distribution option for families receiving cash assistance under the State Plan for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant Program for which the federal government does not provide funding to the State to exercise the option.
Section 2.  G.S. 110-130.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	All child support collection and paternity determination services provided under this Article to recipients of public assistance shall be made available to any individual not receiving public assistance in accordance with federal law and as contractually authorized by the nonrecipient, upon proper application and payment of a nonrefundable application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)."
Section 3.  Section 1 of this act is effective when it becomes law.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 1997.