46-406. Funding for administration of public
assistance services of child support enforcement program;
expenditure limitation
A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department of economic security shall
administer the child support enforcement program from the state's share of the child
support collections received on public assistance cases.
B. Monies appropriated to the department of economic security for child support
purposes shall be used to administer services of the child support enforcement program
pursuant to the requirements of title IV-D of the social security act (42 United States
Code section 651).
C. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the
department of economic security for temporary assistance for needy families from child
support enforcement monies shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by
section 35-173 for that purpose. This section shall not be construed to impose a duty on
an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create
any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of
state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for
that specific purpose.
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