50-09-02.1. State agency to submit plans - Administer programs under title IV-A and title IV-D - Establish data system - Provide capacity for electronic funds transfer

50-09-02.1. State agency to submit plans - Administer programs under title IV-A and

title IV-D - Establish data system - Provide capacity for electronic funds transfer.

1. The state agency may submit state plans in forms that meet the requirements for such

plans which are, or may be, imposed under title IV-A or title IV-D. The state agency

may take actions reasonably necessary to conform the administration of programs

under its supervision and direction to the requirements of title IV-A or title IV-D and the

state plans submitted thereunder, including the issuance of policy manuals, forms, and

program directives. The state agency may seek appropriate waivers of the

requirements of federal statutes or regulations as authorized by federal law.

2. The state agency shall establish a statewide automated data processing system

designed to conform to requirements imposed by or under title IV-D. The official

records of the state regarding all child support amounts owed, collected, and

distributed must be maintained in that system. Notwithstanding section 14-08.1-05,

any record of a child support obligation that is currently being enforced in another

jurisdiction and not by a child support agency, that is owed by an obligor who is

deceased, or that is owed to a deceased obligee for whom disbursement of any

collections could not occur under section 14-09-25, may be removed indefinitely from

the statewide automated data processing system until a request is received from a

party to the child support case to restore those records.

3. The statewide automated data processing system must provide capability for

electronic funds transfer for the purpose of income withholding and interstate

collections.