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91_HB1557
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
2 Marriage Act by adding Sections 714 and 715.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
6 Marriage Act is amended by adding Sections 714 and 715 as
7 follows:
8 (750 ILCS 5/714 new)
9 Sec. 714. Willful default on support; penalties.
10 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11 91st General Assembly, a person who willfully defaults on an
12 order for child support issued by an Illinois court may be
13 subject to summary criminal contempt proceedings.
14 Each State agency, as defined in the Illinois State
15 Auditing Act, shall suspend a license or certificate issued
16 by that agency to a person found guilty of criminal contempt
17 under this Section. The suspension shall remain in effect
18 until all defaults on an order for child support are
19 satisfied.
20 This Section applies to an order for child support issued
21 under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
22 Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of
23 1984, and the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
24 Support Act.
25 (750 ILCS 5/715 new)
26 Sec. 715. Information to locate obligors. As used in
27 this Section, "obligor" is an individual who owes a duty to
28 make payments under an order for child support. The State's
29 attorney or any other appropriate State official may request
30 and shall receive information from employers, telephone
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1 companies, and utility companies to locate an obligor who has
2 defaulted on child support payments.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.