ARTICLE 3. Director of Child Support Services [17300. - 17325.]
Article 3 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 1.
§§ 17300–17325 · 21 sections
- § 17300 (a) With the consent of the Senate, the Governor shall appoint, to serve at the Governor’s pleasure, an executive officer who shall be director of the…
- § 17302 The director shall do all of the following: (a) Be responsible for the management of the department. (b) Administer all federal and state laws and regulations…
- § 17303 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Title IV-D of the federal Social Security Act, contained in Part D (commencing with Section 651)…
- § 17304 To address the concerns stated by the Legislature in Section 17303, each county shall establish a new county department of child support services. Each…
- § 17305 (a) In order to achieve an orderly and timely transition to the new system with minimal disruption of services, the director shall begin the transition from…
- § 17306 (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall develop uniform forms, policies, and procedures to be employed statewide by all local child support…
- § 17306.1 (a) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the department shall implement a revised local child support agency funding methodology that was developed in…
- § 17307 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Department of Child Support Services has the authority and discretion to prevent, correct, or remedy the…
- § 17308 The director shall assume responsibility for implementing and managing all aspects of a single statewide automated child support system that will comply with…
- § 17309 Effective October 1, 1998, the state shall operate a State Disbursement Unit as required by federal law (42 U.S.C. Secs. 654 (27), 654a(g), and 654b).
- § 17309.5 (a) An employer who is required to withhold and, by electronic fund transfer, pay tax pursuant to Section 19011 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Section…
- § 17310 (a) The director shall formulate, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations and general policies affecting the purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the…
- § 17311 (a) The Child Support Payment Trust Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The department shall administer the fund. (b) (1) The state may deposit child…
- § 17311.5 (a) The department may enter into a trust agreement with a trustee or fiscal intermediary to receive or disburse child support collections. The trust agreement…
- § 17311.7 (a) Any payment required to be made to a family through the State Disbursement Unit shall be made directly to the obligee parent in the child support order…
- § 17312 (a) The department shall adopt regulations, orders, or standards of general application to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced by the…
- § 17314 (a) Subject to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the director shall appoint…
- § 17316 No person, while holding the office of director, shall be a trustee, manager, director, or other officer or employee of any agency performing any function…
- § 17318 Except as otherwise expressly provided, Part 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as it may be added to or…
- § 17320 The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Social Services to avoid the imposition of any federal penalties that cause a reduction in the…
- § 17325 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if child support payments are directly deposited to an account of the recipient’s choice, as authorized under the…