(310 ILCS 10/6.1)
Sec. 6.1.
Power to deduct wages for debts.
(a) Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality
with a population of 500,000 or more,
a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
Chicago Board of Education
that a debt is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
Chicago Board of Education
by an employee of the
housing authority of a municipality with a population
of 500,000 or more, that
authority
may
withhold, from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the
debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
Chicago Board of Education; provided, however, that the amount deducted from
any
one
salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the
payment.
(b) Before the
housing authority of a municipality with a population
of 500,000 or more
deducts any amount from any salary
or wage
of an employee under this Section, the municipality, the county, the Cook
County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
Chicago Board of Education
shall certify
that (i) the employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute
the debt that is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
Chicago Board of Education and (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage
deduction order and has
been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to object to the order.
(c) For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Net amount" means that part of the salary or wage payment remaining after the |
| the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education for services, work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education pursuant to a court order or order of an administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.
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