Section 17710.

(a) Each county shall be responsible for any administrative expenditures for administering the child support program not covered by federal and state funds.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), effective July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, inclusive, counties shall pay the nonfederal share of the administrative costs of conducting the reviews required under Section 15200.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code from the savings counties will obtain as a result of the reduction in the maximum aid payments specified in Section 11450. Effective July 1, 1992, to June 30, 1993, inclusive, the state shall pay the nonfederal share of administrative costs of conducting the reviews required under Section 15200.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Funding for county costs after June 30, 1993, shall be subject to the availability of funds in the annual Budget Act.

(c) If the federal government imposes a penalty on California's child support program for the failure to meet the October 1, 1997, deadline for the implementation of an automated child support enforcement system required by the federal Family Support Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-485), no portion of any penalty imposed by the federal government from October 1, 1997, to the date of enactment of the act adding this subdivision shall be assessed against Los Angeles County.

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 480, Sec. 24.5. Effective January 1, 2000.)