Arizona Laws 46-291. Administration and notice; expenditure limitation; locating deserting parents and assets; violation; classification
A. Cash assistance shall be administered by the department of economic security subject to chapter 1 of this title and article 1 of this chapter. 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 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.
Attorney's Note
Under the Arizona Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:| Class | Prison | Fine |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 misdemeanor | up to 6 months | up to $2,500 |
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 46-291
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Assistance: means payments in cash or kind to or on behalf of a person or persons in need as provided for in this title. See Arizona Laws 46-101
- department: means the department of economic security. See Arizona Laws 46-101
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Services: includes social casework, rehabilitation counseling and similar services rendered to a person or persons in need as provided for in this title. See Arizona Laws 46-101
- Temporary assistance for needy families: means assistance granted under section 403 of title IV of the social security act as it exists after August 21, 1996. See Arizona Laws 46-101
B. The department shall give prompt notice to appropriate law enforcement officials of the furnishing of aid to a dependent child.
C. Notwithstanding the fulfillment of the eligibility requirements for any component of temporary assistance for needy families, an individual is not entitled to services or benefits under temporary assistance for needy families.
D. The department, its agent or any other state or its political subdivisions or agents that administer a child support enforcement program required by title IV-D of the social security act may request and shall receive information from the records of all entities in this state, including departments of this state and its political subdivisions and for profit and nonprofit entities. The department or receiving state or political subdivision shall use this information to assist it in locating a person or a person’s assets if the person is under an obligation to pay child support, is sought regarding an obligation or is owed a child support obligation.
E. Notwithstanding any other confidentiality requirement prescribed by law, for profit entities, nonprofit entities, any department of this state and its political subdivisions shall provide information as is necessary for the purposes of subsection D of this section. The department of economic security may request and shall receive from the department of revenue information pursuant to this subsection in accordance with sections 41-1954 and 42-2003. This information may include a magnetic tape exchange. Only information directly bearing on the identity and whereabouts of a person or a person’s assets who is under an obligation to pay child support or is sought regarding an obligation or regarding a child support obligation that is owed shall be requested and used or transmitted by the department pursuant to the authority conferred by this section. The department of economic security may make this information available only to public officials, agencies and agents of this state and its political subdivisions, and other states, their agents and their political subdivisions administering a child support enforcement program required by title IV-D of the social security act.
F. Any person who knowingly requests or obtains information pursuant to subsection D or E of this section for purposes other than locating the persons prescribed by subsections D and E of this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.