§ 17504. — (Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 2.)

(a)
The first fifty dollars ($50) of any amount of child support collected in a month in payment of the required support obligation for that month shall be paid to a recipient of aid under Article 2 (commencing with Section 11250) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, except recipients of foster care payments under Article 5 (commencing with Section 11400) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall not be considered income or resources of the recipient family, and shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the family would otherwise be eligible. The local child support agency in each county shall
ensure that payments are made to recipients as required by this section.
(b)
This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2022, or when the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Child Support Services notify the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System and the Child Support Enforcement System can perform the necessary automation to implement this section, as amended by the act that added this subdivision, whichever date is later, and as of that date, or, if this section becomes inoperative on a date other than January 1, 2022, on January 1 of the following year, is repealed.
(c)
The State Department of Social Services shall issue an all-county letter or similar instruction no later than September 1, 2020, to facilitate automation changes necessary to
implement this section and Section 17504, as added by Section 2 of the act that added this subdivision.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 11, Sec. 1. (AB 79) Effective June 29, 2020. Inoperative on or after January 1, 2022, as prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, or a later January 1, pursuant to its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2020, Ch. 11.