Electronic Remittance Required

(a)Establishment of Electronic Transfer Mechanisms. The Office of the Attorney General Child Support Enforcement Division (Division) shall establish electronic funds transfer

(EFT)and electronic data TITLE 5 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CH. 34 CHILD SUPPORT interchange mechanisms to allow for the electronic remittance of child support payments or withholdings from employers and from payroll processors.

(b)Development of Agreement; Distribution of Information; Required Transmittals; Prohibited Withdrawal.

(1)The Child Support Enforcement Division shall develop an agreement stipulating the necessary conditions required for an employer to electronically remit child support payments or withholdings of their employee to the Division, including by use of any payroll processing service; such agreement shall be signed by the Child Support Enforcement Division Director, or his designee, and the employer. The Division shall make available all necessary information to each employer with ten

(10)or more full-time employees, of which at least one

(1)employee has child support payment obligations, detailing options for electronic funds transfers and the process by which one must comply in order to establish such payment arrangements.

(2)If an employer makes payment by way of electronic transfer of money pursuant to this Subsection, the employer shall transmit separately the name and appropriate identification number, if any, of each obligor for whom payment is made, and the amount transmitted for that obligor.

(3)Once an employer is registered as a mandatory participant in the EFT program, the employer may not withdraw from the program.

(c)Processing Fees. The Child Support Enforcement Division is hereby authorized to implement a fee of up to Three Dollars ($3.00) per transaction. This fee shall be paid by the employer and shall not be deducted from the employee’s pay or withholdings amount. No other fee shall be assessed for this transaction.

(d)Penalties. Employers found to be in violation of this Section shall be liable for assessment of treble damages by the court, in the same manner as treble damages are assessed pursuant to § 34132 of this Chapter.