ORDINANCE NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES

The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, ORDAINS as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 2.04.020 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 2.04.020 County Departments.

The departments of the County are hereby declared to be as follows:

(a) Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder

(b) Child Support Services

(c) Controller

(d) Coroner

(e) County Counsel

(f) County Manager/Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

(g) District Attorney-Public Administrator

(h) Employee and Public Services

(i) Environmental Services Agency

(j) Health Services Agency

(k) Hospitals and Clinics

(l) Human Services Agency

(m) Information Services Agency

(n) Probation

(o) Public Works

(p) Sheriff

(q) Tax Collector-Treasurer

(r) Five departments, one for each Office of Supervisor

SECTION 2. Chapter 2.71 shall be added to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, to read as follows:

Chapter 2.71 Department of Child Support Services.

2.71.010 Director of Department of Child Support Services. There is hereby established a Department of Child Support Services. The Department shall be under the direction and management of the Director of the Department of Child Support Services who shall appoint all employees of the department.

2.71.020 Duties of the Department. The department shall be responsible for the performance of child support enforcement activities required by law and regulation in a manner prescribed by the State Department of Child Support Services. As a state program with state funding and budget oversight, the Department will not be funded from the County General Fund. To the extent such services are funded by state funds, the department shall be responsible for securing, modifying, and enforcing child and spousal support obligations, including medical support, and for determining paternity in a case of a child born out of wedlock, and for all further responsibilities delegated to the local child support agency pursuant to Division 17 (commencing with Section 17000) of the California Family Code.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective July 1, 2002.

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