Maryland Family Law Section 10-116

      (a)      A local support enforcement office:

            (1)      shall be funded from local and federal resources; and

            (2)      may keep any surcharge that is assessed against the obligor to defray the costs of support collection.

      (b)      The Administration shall pay a county that has a local support enforcement office collection incentives pursuant to a methodology based on the performance of the county in accordance with regulations adopted by the Administration under subsection (d) of this section.

      (c)      The rules, regulations, and standards of a local support enforcement office control if they generally conform to those adopted by the Secretary of Human Resources under § 10-114 of this subtitle.

      (d)      The Administration shall adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.