The provider’s refusal to comply with the obligation to provide support, or failure to comply with the terms of an agreement to do so, shall empower the Department to initiate the corresponding legal proceedings to exact the obligation or payment of the contributions determined, from the person or persons legally obligated to provide support. History —June 30, 1968, No. 171, p. 614, added as § 28 on May 29, 1984, No. 32, p. 70; renumbered as § 36 on July 12, 1985, No. 106, p. 355, § 12; renumbered as § 24 on Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, art. 34 of § XVI, which was renumbered as art. 35, § XVII on Aug. 17, 1994, No. 86, art. 37; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 331, § 8.
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