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§ 10-108.2. 
      (a)   In this section, "financial institution" means:
            (1)      a depository institution, as defined in the Federal Deposit 
		     Insurance Act at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(c);
            (2)      a federal credit union or State credit union, as defined in 
		     the Federal Credit Union Act at 12 U.S.C. § 1752; or
            (3)      a benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit 
		     company, money-market mutual fund, or similar entity doing
 		     business in the State that holds property or maintains accounts 
                     reflecting property belonging to others.
      (b)   To carry out the purposes of this section, the Administration may 
	    request from any financial institution information and assistance 
            to enable the Administration to enforce the liability of a parent
            to support a child of the parent.
      (c)   (1)      The Administration may request not more than four times 
		     a year from a financial institution the information set 
                     forth in subsection (d)(2) of this section concerning any
 		     obligor in arrears in paying child support through a 
		     support enforcement agency.
            (2)      A request for information by the Administration under 
		     paragraph (1) of this subsection shall:
                  (i)      contain:
                        1.      the full name of the obligor and any other names 
				known to be used by the obligor; and
                        2.      the Social Security number or other taxpayer 
			        identification number of the obligor; and
                  (ii)      be transmitted to the financial institution in an 
			    electronic format unless the financial institution 
			    specifically asks the Administration to submit the
 			    request in writing.
      (d)   (1)      Within 30 days after a financial institution receives a 
		     request for information under subsection (c) of this 
		     section, the financial institution shall submit a report to 
		     the Administration.
            (2)      The report, with respect to each obligor whose name was 
		     submitted to the financial institution and who maintains an
 		     account with the financial institution, shall contain:
                  (i)      the full name of the obligor;
                  (ii)     the address of the obligor;
                  (iii)    the Social Security or other taxpayer identification 
			   number of the obligor;
                  (iv)     any other identifying information needed to assure 
			   positive identification of the obligor; and
                  (v)      the obligor's account number and balance.
            (3)      The report required under paragraph (2) of this subsection 
		     shall be provided to the Administration in machine readable
 		     form.
            (4)      The Administration shall pay the financial institution a 
		     reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual costs incurred by
 		     the financial institution to comply with the requirements
 		     of this subsection.
            (5)      The Administration may institute civil proceedings to 
		     enforce this section.
      (e)   A financial institution that complies with a request from the 
	    Administration made under this section is not liable under State law 
	    to any person for any:
            (1)      disclosure of information to the Administration under this 
		     section; or
            (2)      other action taken in good faith to comply with the 
		     requirements of this section.

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