Authority.

(a)

Each local child support agency shall have the authority to enter into a Local Plan of Cooperation with other county agencies, with approval by the Department, to assist in carrying out the local child support agency's responsibilities under the State/County Plan of Cooperation.

(b)

When a local child support agency, through a Local Plan of Cooperation, delegates responsibility to provide child support services to another county agency that is not a local child support agency, the local child support agency shall retain responsibility and accountability to the Department for operating, supervising, managing or overseeing Title IV-D functions of the local child support agency under the provisions of the Local Plan of Cooperation.

(c)

Nothing in this Article is intended to affect cooperative agreements entered into between local child support agencies and the superior court.