46-406. Funding for administration of public assistance services of child support enforcement program; expenditure limitation
A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department of economic security shall administer the child support enforcement program from the state's share of the child support collections received on public assistance cases.
B. Monies appropriated to the department of economic security for child support purposes shall be used to administer services of the child support enforcement program pursuant to the requirements of title IV-D of the social security act (42 United States Code section 651).
C. The total amount of state monies that may be spent in any fiscal year by the department of economic security for temporary assistance for needy families from child support enforcement monies shall not exceed the amount appropriated or authorized by section 35-173 for that purpose. This section shall not be construed to impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of this state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the expenditure authorized by legislative appropriation for that specific purpose.