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 1        AN ACT regarding child support.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  State  Comptroller  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Section 10.05a as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 405/10.05a) (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05a)
 7        Sec. 10.05a.  Deductions from Warrants and  Payments  for
 8    Satisfaction  of Past Due Child Support.  At the direction of
 9    the Department of Public Aid, the  Comptroller  shall  deduct
10    from a warrant or other payment described in Section 10.05 of
11    this Act, in accordance with the procedures provided therein,
12    and pay over to the State Disbursement Unit established under
13    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code Department that
14    amount  certified  as  necessary  to  satisfy, in whole or in
15    part, past due support owed by a person on account of support
16    action being taken by the Department under Article X  of  The
17    Illinois Public Aid Code, whether or not such support is owed
18    to  the  State.   Such deduction shall have priority over any
19    garnishment except that  for  payment  of  state  or  federal
20    taxes.   In  the  case of joint payees, the Comptroller shall
21    deduct and pay over to the State Disbursement Unit Department
22     the entire amount certified.  The Comptroller shall  provide
23    the Department with the address to which the warrant or other
24    payment  was  to  be mailed and the social security number of
25    each person from whom a deduction is made  pursuant  to  this
26    Section.
27    (Source: P.A. 84-825.)

28        Section 10.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
29    amended by changing Section 39b52 as follows:
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 2505/39b52)
 2        Sec.   39b52.  Collection  of  past  due  support.   Upon
 3    certification of past due  child  support  amounts  from  the
 4    Department  of  Public  Aid,  the  Department  of Revenue may
 5    collect the delinquency in  any  manner  authorized  for  the
 6    collection  of  any  tax  administered  by  the Department of
 7    Revenue.   The  Department  of  Revenue  shall   notify   the
 8    Department  of Public Aid when the delinquency or any portion
 9    of the delinquency has been  collected  under  this  Section.
10    Any  child support delinquency collected by the Department of
11    Revenue, including those amounts that result  in  overpayment
12    of  a  child  support delinquency, shall be paid to the State
13    Disbursement Unit established  under  Section  10-26  of  the
14    Illinois Public Aid Code deposited in, or transferred to, the
15    Child  Support  Enforcement  Trust  Fund.   The Department of
16    Revenue  may  implement  this  Section  through  the  use  of
17    emergency rules  in  accordance  with  Section  5-45  of  the
18    Illinois  Administrative  Procedure Act.  For purposes of the
19    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of  rules
20    to  implement  this  Section shall be considered an emergency
21    and necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 12-31-95; 90-491, eff. 1-1-98.)

23        Section 15.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
24    changing Section 901 as follows:

25        (35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)
26        Sec. 901.  Collection Authority.
27        (a)  In general.
28        The  Department  shall  collect the taxes imposed by this
29    Act.  The Department shall collect certified past  due  child
30    support   amounts   under   Section   39b52   of   the  Civil
31    Administrative Code  of  Illinois.   Except  as  provided  in
32    subsections  (c)  and  (e)  of  this Section, money collected
 
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 1    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section  201  of  this
 2    Act  shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State
 3    treasury; money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d)
 4    of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid  into  the  Personal
 5    Property  Tax  Replacement  Fund, a special fund in the State
 6    Treasury; and money collected  under  Section  39b52  of  the
 7    Civil  Administrative  Code  of Illinois shall be paid to the
 8    State Disbursement Unit established under  Section  10-26  of
 9    the   Illinois   Public  Aid  Code  into  the  Child  Support
10    Enforcement Trust Fund, a  special  fund  outside  the  State
11    Treasury.
12        (b)  Local Governmental Distributive Fund.
13        Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30,
14    1994,  the  Treasurer  shall  transfer  each  month  from the
15    General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury,
16    to be known as the "Local Government Distributive  Fund",  an
17    amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax
18    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
19    during  the  preceding  month.  Beginning  July  1, 1994, and
20    continuing  through  June  30,  1995,  the  Treasurer   shall
21    transfer  each  month  from  the  General Revenue Fund to the
22    Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of
23    the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by  subsections
24    (a)  and  (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding
25    month.  Beginning July 1, 1995, the Treasurer shall  transfer
26    each  month  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the Local
27    Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/10  of  the
28    net  revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a)
29    and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act  during
30    the  preceding  month. Net revenue realized for a month shall
31    be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections
32    (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act which is deposited  in
33    the General Revenue Fund, the Educational Assistance Fund and
34    the  Income  Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund
 
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 1    during the month minus the amount paid  out  of  the  General
 2    Revenue  Fund  in  State  warrants  during that same month as
 3    refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability  under  the
 4    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
 5    Act.

 6        (c)  Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
 7             (1)  Beginning  on  January  1, 1989 and thereafter,
 8        the Department shall deposit a percentage of the  amounts
 9        collected  pursuant  to  subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2),
10        and (3), of Section 201 of this Act into a  fund  in  the
11        State  treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund.  The
12        Department shall deposit 6% of such  amounts  during  the
13        period  beginning  January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
14        1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
15        fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
16        Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be  the
17        Annual  Percentage.   For fiscal years 1999 through 2001,
18        the Annual Percentage  shall  be  7.1%.   For  all  other
19        fiscal  years,  the Annual Percentage shall be calculated
20        as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount
21        of refunds approved for payment by the Department  during
22        the  preceding  fiscal year as a result of overpayment of
23        tax liability under subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2),  and
24        (3)  of  Section  201 of this Act plus the amount of such
25        refunds remaining approved but unpaid at the end  of  the
26        preceding  fiscal year, the denominator of which shall be
27        the  amounts  which  will  be   collected   pursuant   to
28        subsections  (a)  and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201
29        of this  Act  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.   The
30        Director  of  Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage
31        to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal
32        year immediately preceding the fiscal year for  which  it
33        is to be effective.
34             (2)  Beginning  on  January  1, 1989 and thereafter,
 
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 1        the Department shall deposit a percentage of the  amounts
 2        collected  pursuant  to  subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7),
 3        and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this  Act  into  a
 4        fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund
 5        Fund.   The  Department shall deposit 18% of such amounts
 6        during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on
 7        June 30, 1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and
 8        for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited
 9        into the Income Tax Refund  Fund  during  a  fiscal  year
10        shall  be  the Annual Percentage.  For fiscal years 1999,
11        2000, and 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 19%.   For
12        all  other  fiscal  years, the Annual Percentage shall be
13        calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
14        the  amount  of  refunds  approved  for  payment  by  the
15        Department during the preceding fiscal year as  a  result
16        of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
17        (b)(6),  (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this
18        Act plus the amount of such  refunds  remaining  approved
19        but  unpaid  at the end of the preceding fiscal year, the
20        denominator of which shall be the amounts which  will  be
21        collected  pursuant  to  subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7),
22        and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of  this  Act  during
23        the preceding fiscal year.  The Director of Revenue shall
24        certify  the  Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the
25        last  business  day  of  the  fiscal   year   immediately
26        preceding   the  fiscal  year  for  which  it  is  to  be
27        effective.

28        (d)  Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
29             (1)  Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the  Income
30        Tax  Refund  Fund  shall  be expended exclusively for the
31        purpose of paying refunds resulting from  overpayment  of
32        tax  liability  under  Section  201  of  this Act and for
33        making transfers pursuant to this subsection (d).
34             (2)  The Director shall  order  payment  of  refunds
 
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 1        resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
 2        201  of  this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to
 3        the extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201
 4        of this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d)
 5        have been deposited and retained in the Fund.
 6             (3)  As soon as  possible  after  the  end  of  each
 7        fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the
 8        State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from
 9        the  Income  Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax
10        Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director  to
11        the  Comptroller,  equal  to  the  excess  of  the amount
12        collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of  Section
13        201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund
14        during  the  fiscal  year  over  the  amount  of  refunds
15        resulting   from   overpayment  of  tax  liability  under
16        subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this  Act  paid
17        from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
18             (4)  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  end of each
19        fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the
20        State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from
21        the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the  Income
22        Tax  Refund  Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
23        the Comptroller, equal to the excess  of  the  amount  of
24        refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
25        subsections  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
26        from the Income Tax Refund Fund during  the  fiscal  year
27        over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and
28        (d)  of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income
29        Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
30             (4.5)  As soon as possible after the end  of  fiscal
31        year  1999  and  of  each  fiscal  year  thereafter,  the
32        Director  shall order transferred and the State Treasurer
33        and State Comptroller shall transfer from the Income  Tax
34        Refund  Fund  to  the  General  Revenue  Fund any surplus
 
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 1        remaining in the Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end  of
 2        such fiscal year.
 3             (5)  This  Act  shall  constitute an irrevocable and
 4        continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund  Fund
 5        for  the  purpose of paying refunds upon the order of the
 6        Director  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this
 7        Section.
 8        (e)  Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and  the
 9    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund.
10        On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
11    pursuant  to  subsections  (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
12    Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund,  the
13    Department  shall  deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance
14    Fund in the State Treasury.   Beginning  July  1,  1991,  and
15    continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected
16    pursuant  to  subsections  (a)  and (b) of Section 201 of the
17    Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax
18    Refund  Fund,  the  Department  shall  deposit  3.0% into the
19    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government  Distributive  Fund  in
20    the   State   Treasury.    Beginning  February  1,  1993  and
21    continuing through June 30, 1993, of  the  amounts  collected
22    pursuant  to  subsections  (a)  and (b) of Section 201 of the
23    Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax
24    Refund  Fund,  the  Department  shall  deposit  4.4% into the
25    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government  Distributive  Fund  in
26    the  State  Treasury.  Beginning July 1, 1993, and continuing
27    through  June  30,  1994,  of  the  amounts  collected  under
28    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201  of  this  Act,  minus
29    deposits  into  the  Income  Tax  Refund Fund, the Department
30    shall deposit 1.475% into  the  Income  Tax  Surcharge  Local
31    Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
32    (Source:  P.A.  89-6,  eff.  12-31-95;  90-613,  eff. 7-9-98;
33    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        Section 20.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is  amended  by
 2    changing  Sections  10-8, 10-10, 10-16, 10-17.9, 10-19, 12-9,
 3    and 12-10.2 and by adding Sections 10-10.4, 10-26, and 12-8.1
 4    as follows:

 5        (305 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-8)
 6        Sec. 10-8.  Support Payments -  Partial  Support  -  Full
 7    Support.)    The   notice  to  responsible  relatives  issued
 8    pursuant to Section 10-7 shall  direct  payment  (a)  to  the
 9    Illinois  Department  in  cases  of applicants and recipients
10    under Articles III, IV, V and VII, (b) except as provided  in
11    Section 10-3.1, to the local governmental unit in the case of
12    applicants  and  recipients  under Article VI, and (c) to the
13    Illinois  Department   in   cases   of   non-applicants   and
14    non-recipients  given  access to the child and spouse support
15    services of  this  Article,  as  provided  by  Section  10-1.
16    However, if the support payments by responsible relatives are
17    sufficient  to  meet  needs of a recipient in full, including
18    current and  anticipated  medical  needs,  and  the  Illinois
19    Department  or  the  local governmental unit, as the case may
20    be, has reasonable grounds to believe that  such  needs  will
21    continue to be provided in full by the responsible relatives,
22    the  relatives  may  be  directed  to make subsequent support
23    payments to the needy person or to some person or  agency  in
24    his behalf and the recipient shall be removed from the rolls.
25    In  such  instance  the  recipient  also shall be notified by
26    registered or certified mail  of  the  action  taken.   If  a
27    recipient  removed  from  the  rolls  requests  the  Illinois
28    Department to continue to collect the support payments in his
29    behalf,  the  Department,  at  its  option, may do so and pay
30    amounts so collected  to  the  person.   The  Department  may
31    provide  for deducting any costs incurred by it in making the
32    collection from the amount of any recovery made and pay  only
33    the net amount to the person.
 
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 1        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
 2    established  under Section 10-26 of this Code, payments under
 3    this Section to the Illinois Department pursuant to the Child
 4    Support Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the
 5    Social  Security  Act  shall  be  paid into the Child Support
 6    Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments under this Section
 7    to the Illinois Department shall be deposited in  the  Public
 8    Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund. Disbursements from these
 9    funds shall be as provided in Sections 12-9  and  12-10.2  of
10    this  Code.  Payments  received  by a local governmental unit
11    shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-1126.)

13        (305 ILCS 5/10-10) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-10)
14        Sec. 10-10.  Court  enforcement;  applicability  also  to
15    persons  who  are not applicants or recipients.  Except where
16    the Illinois Department, by agreement,  acts  for  the  local
17    governmental  unit,  as  provided  in  Section  10-3.1, local
18    governmental units shall refer to the State's Attorney or  to
19    the proper legal representative of the governmental unit, for
20    judicial   enforcement   as  herein  provided,  instances  of
21    non-support or insufficient support when the  dependents  are
22    applicants  or  recipients  under  Article VI.  The Child and
23    Spouse  Support  Unit  established  by  Section  10-3.1   may
24    institute  in  behalf  of the Illinois Department any actions
25    under this Section for judicial enforcement  of  the  support
26    liability   when   the   dependents  are  (a)  applicants  or
27    recipients under Articles III, IV, V or VII (b) applicants or
28    recipients in a local governmental  unit  when  the  Illinois
29    Department,   by   agreement,  acts  for  the  unit;  or  (c)
30    non-applicants or non-recipients who  are  receiving  support
31    enforcement  services  under  this  Article X, as provided in
32    Section 10-1. Where the Child and  Spouse  Support  Unit  has
33    exercised   its  option  and  discretion  not  to  apply  the
 
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 1    provisions of Sections 10-3 through 10-8, the failure by  the
 2    Unit  to apply such provisions shall not be a bar to bringing
 3    an action under this Section.
 4        Action shall be brought in the circuit  court  to  obtain
 5    support, or for the recovery of aid granted during the period
 6    such  support was not provided, or both for the obtainment of
 7    support and the recovery of the aid  provided.   Actions  for
 8    the  recovery  of  aid may be taken separately or they may be
 9    consolidated with actions to obtain  support.   Such  actions
10    may be brought in the name of the person or persons requiring
11    support,  or  may  be  brought  in  the  name of the Illinois
12    Department or  the  local  governmental  unit,  as  the  case
13    requires, in behalf of such persons.
14        The court may enter such orders for the payment of moneys
15    for  the  support  of the person as may be just and equitable
16    and may direct payment thereof for such period or periods  of
17    time  as  the  circumstances require, including support for a
18    period before the date the order for support is entered.  The
19    order may be entered against any  or  all  of  the  defendant
20    responsible relatives and may be based upon the proportionate
21    ability of each to contribute to the person's support.
22        The  Court  shall  determine  the amount of child support
23    (including child support for a period  before  the  date  the
24    order  for  child support is entered) by using the guidelines
25    and standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505  and
26    in  Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
27    Marriage Act. For purposes of determining the amount of child
28    support to be paid for a period before the date the order for
29    child support is entered, there is a  rebuttable  presumption
30    that  the  responsible  relative's net income for that period
31    was the same as his or her net income at the time  the  order
32    is entered.
33        An  order  entered  under  this  Section  shall include a
34    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
 
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 1    to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
 2    obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
 3    employment  is terminated for any reason. The report shall be
 4    in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
 5    the  name  and address of the new employer. Failure to report
 6    new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
 7    coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
 8    60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
 9    arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
10    set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
11    paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
12    entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
13    requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
14    other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
15    except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
16    emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
17    both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
18    party's address.
19        The Court shall determine the amount of maintenance using
20    the standards set  forth  in  Section  504  of  the  Illinois
21    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
22        Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
23    under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
24    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
25    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
26    payment  or  installment of support and each such judgment to
27    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
28    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
29    Each such judgment shall have  the  full  force,  effect  and
30    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
31    ability  to  be  enforced.   Any  such judgment is subject to
32    modification or termination only in accordance  with  Section
33    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
34    A  lien  arises  by  operation  of  law  against the real and
 
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 1    personal  property  of  the  noncustodial  parent  for   each
 2    installment  of  overdue  support  owed  by  the noncustodial
 3    parent.
 4        When an order is entered for the support of a minor,  the
 5    court  may  provide  therein for reasonable visitation of the
 6    minor by the person or persons who provided support  pursuant
 7    to  the order.  Whoever willfully refuses to comply with such
 8    visitation order or willfully interferes with its enforcement
 9    may be declared in contempt of court and punished therefor.
10        Except where the local governmental unit has entered into
11    an agreement with the Illinois Department for the  Child  and
12    Spouse  Support  Unit  to  act for it, as provided in Section
13    10-3.1,  support  orders  entered  by  the  court  in   cases
14    involving  applicants  or  recipients  under Article VI shall
15    provide that payments thereunder  be  made  directly  to  the
16    local governmental unit.  Orders for the support of all other
17    applicants   or   recipients   shall  provide  that  payments
18    thereunder be made directly to the  Illinois  Department.  In
19    accordance  with  federal  law  and regulations, the Illinois
20    Department  may  continue  to  collect  current   maintenance
21    payments  or  child  support  payments,  or both, after those
22    persons  cease  to  receive  public  assistance   and   until
23    termination  of  services  under  Article  X.   The  Illinois
24    Department  shall  pay  the  net  amount  collected  to those
25    persons after deducting any  costs  incurred  in  making  the
26    collection  or  any  collection  fee  from  the amount of any
27    recovery made.  In both cases  the  order  shall  permit  the
28    local  governmental  unit  or the Illinois Department, as the
29    case may be, to direct the responsible relative or  relatives
30    to  make support payments directly to the needy person, or to
31    some person or agency in his  behalf,  upon  removal  of  the
32    person  from  the  public  aid  rolls  or upon termination of
33    services under Article X.
34        If the notice of support due issued pursuant  to  Section
 
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 1    10-7  directs  that  support payments be made directly to the
 2    needy person, or to some person or agency in his behalf,  and
 3    the  recipient  is  removed  from the public aid rolls, court
 4    action  may  be  taken  against  the   responsible   relative
 5    hereunder  if  he fails to furnish support in accordance with
 6    the terms of such notice.
 7        Actions may also be brought under this Section in  behalf
 8    of  any  person  who  is  in need of support from responsible
 9    relatives, as defined in Section 2-11 of Article  II  who  is
10    not an applicant for or recipient of financial aid under this
11    Code.   In such instances, the State's Attorney of the county
12    in which such person resides shall bring action  against  the
13    responsible relatives hereunder.  If the Illinois Department,
14    as  authorized  by Section 10-1, extends the support services
15    provided by this Article to spouses  and  dependent  children
16    who  are  not  applicants  or recipients under this Code, the
17    Child and Spouse Support Unit established by  Section  10-3.1
18    shall   bring   action   against  the  responsible  relatives
19    hereunder and any support orders entered by the court in such
20    cases shall provide that payments thereunder be made directly
21    to the Illinois Department.
22        Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to establish or
23    enforce a child support or maintenance  obligation  that  the
24    person  owing  a duty of support is unemployed, the court may
25    order the person to seek employment and  report  periodically
26    to the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his
27    or  her efforts in accordance with such order.  Additionally,
28    the court may order the unemployed person to  report  to  the
29    Department  of Employment Security for job search services or
30    to make application with the local Jobs Training  Partnership
31    Act  provider  for  participation  in job search, training or
32    work programs and where the duty of  support  is  owed  to  a
33    child  receiving  support  services under this Article X, the
34    court may order  the  unemployed  person  to  report  to  the
 
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 1    Illinois Department for participation in job search, training
 2    or  work  programs  established under Section 9-6 and Article
 3    IXA of this Code.
 4        Whenever it is determined that  a  person  owes  past-due
 5    support for a child receiving assistance under this Code, the
 6    court shall order at the request of the Illinois Department:
 7             (1)  that  the  person  pay  the past-due support in
 8        accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
 9             (2)  if  the  person  owing  past-due   support   is
10        unemployed,  is  subject  to  such  a  plan,  and  is not
11        incapacitated, that the person participate  in  such  job
12        search,  training,  or  work  programs  established under
13        Section 9-6 and Article IXA of this  Code  as  the  court
14        deems appropriate.
15        A   determination   under   this  Section  shall  not  be
16    administratively reviewable by the  procedures  specified  in
17    Sections  10-12,  and  10-13  to 10-13.10.  Any determination
18    under these Sections, if made the basis of court action under
19    this  Section,  shall  not  affect  the  de   novo   judicial
20    determination required under this Section.
21        A  one-time charge of 20% is imposable upon the amount of
22    past-due child support owed on July 1, 1988 which has accrued
23    under a support order entered by the court.  The charge shall
24    be imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10-21
25    of this  Code  and  shall  be  enforced  by  the  court  upon
26    petition.
27        All  orders  for support, when entered or modified, shall
28    include a provision requiring  the  non-custodial  parent  to
29    notify  the court and, in cases in which a party is receiving
30    child and spouse support services under this Article  X,  the
31    Illinois Department, within 7 days, (i) of the name, address,
32    and telephone number of any new employer of the non-custodial
33    parent,  (ii)  whether the non-custodial parent has access to
34    health insurance coverage through the employer or other group
 
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 1    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
 2    of persons covered under the policy, and  (iii)  of  any  new
 3    residential  or  mailing  address  or telephone number of the
 4    non-custodial parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce  a
 5    support  order,  upon  a  sufficient  showing that a diligent
 6    effort has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of  the
 7    non-custodial  parent,  service  of  process  or provision of
 8    notice necessary in the case may be made at  the  last  known
 9    address  of  the non-custodial parent in any manner expressly
10    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or this  Code,  which
11    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
12    in accordance with the Income Withholding for Support Act
13        An  order  for  support shall include a date on which the
14    current support obligation terminates.  The termination  date
15    shall  be no earlier than the date on which the child covered
16    by the order will attain the age of majority or is  otherwise
17    emancipated.   The  order  for  support  shall state that the
18    termination date does not apply to  any  arrearage  that  may
19    remain  unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph shall
20    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
21        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
22    transmission from the Illinois Department to the clerk of the
23    court that a person who is receiving support  payments  under
24    this  Section  is  receiving services under the Child Support
25    Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the  Social
26    Security  Act,  any support payments subsequently received by
27    the clerk of the court shall  be  transmitted  in  accordance
28    with  the  instructions  of the Illinois Department until the
29    Illinois Department gives notice to the clerk of the court to
30    cease  the  transmittal.  After  providing  the  notification
31    authorized under  this  paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department
32    shall  be  entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of any further
33    proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
34    copy of the Illinois Department's notification in  the  court
 
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 1    file.     The   clerk's   failure  to  file  a  copy  of  the
 2    notification in the court file shall not, however, affect the
 3    Illinois Department's right  to  receive  notice  of  further
 4    proceedings.
 5        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
 6    established  under Section 10-26 of this Code, payments under
 7    this Section to the Illinois Department pursuant to the Child
 8    Support Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the
 9    Social  Security  Act  shall  be  paid into the Child Support
10    Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments under this Section
11    to the Illinois Department shall be deposited in  the  Public
12    Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund. Disbursements from these
13    funds shall be as provided in Sections 12-9  and  12-10.2  of
14    this  Code.  Payments  received  by a local governmental unit
15    shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
16    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-539,  eff.  6-1-98;
17    90-655, eff.  7-30-98;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;  90-790,  eff.
18    8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

19        (305 ILCS 5/10-10.4 new)
20        Sec.  10-10.4.   Payment of Support to State Disbursement
21    Unit.
22        (a)  As used in this Section:
23        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
24    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
25    Support Act.
26        (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code  to
27    the  contrary, each court or administrative order for support
28    entered or modified on or after October 1, 1999 shall require
29    that support payments be made to the State Disbursement  Unit
30    established under Section 10-26 if:
31             (1)  a  party  to  the  order is receiving child and
32        spouse support services under this Article X; or
33             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
 
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 1        spouse  support  services,  but  the support payments are
 2        made through income withholding.
 3        (c)  The Illinois Department shall provide notice to  the
 4    obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor to make
 5    support payments to the State Disbursement Unit if:
 6             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
 7        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
 8        child  and  spouse support services under this Article X;
 9        or
10             (2)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
11        October 1, 1999, no party to the order is receiving child
12        and spouse support services, and the support payments are
13        being made through income withholding.
14        (d)  The notice required under subsection (c) may be sent
15    by  ordinary  mail, certified mail, return receipt requested,
16    facsimile transmission, or other electronic process,  or  may
17    be served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided
18    by  law for service of a summons.  A copy of the notice shall
19    be provided to the obligee and, when the  order  for  support
20    was  entered  by  the  court, to the clerk of the court.  The
21    clerk shall file the clerk's copy of the notice in the  court
22    file.

23        (305 ILCS 5/10-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-16)
24        Sec.   10-16.    Judicial   enforcement   of   court  and
25    administrative  support  orders.)  Court  orders  entered  in
26    proceedings  under  Section  10-10  and  court   orders   for
27    enforcement  of  an  administrative order under Section 10-15
28    and for the payment of money may be enforced by attachment as
29    for contempt against the persons of the  defendants,  and  in
30    addition,  as  other  judgments for the payment of money, and
31    costs may be adjudged against the defendants and  apportioned
32    among them; but if the complaint is dismissed, costs shall be
33    borne  by  the  Illinois Department or the local governmental
 
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 1    unit, as the case may  be.   If  a  responsible  relative  is
 2    directed   by   the   Illinois   Department,   or  the  local
 3    governmental unit, under the  conditions  stated  in  Section
 4    10-8,  to make support payments directly to the person, or to
 5    some person or agency in his behalf, the court order  entered
 6    against  him  under  this  Section  or  Section  10-10 may be
 7    enforced as herein provided if he thereafter fails to furnish
 8    support in accordance with its terms.  The State of  Illinois
 9    shall  not be required to make a deposit for or pay any costs
10    or fees of any court or officer  thereof  in  any  proceeding
11    instituted under this Section.
12        The  provisions  of  the  Civil  Practice  Law,  and  all
13    amendments  and  modifications  thereof,  shall  apply to and
14    govern all actions instituted under this Section and  Section
15    10-10.  In  such  actions proof that a person is an applicant
16    for or recipient of public aid under any Article of this Code
17    shall be prima facie proof that he is a person in necessitous
18    circumstances by reason of infirmity, unemployment  or  other
19    cause  depriving  him of the means of a livelihood compatible
20    with health and well-being.
21        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
22    established under Section 10-26 of this Code, payments  under
23    this Section to the Illinois Department pursuant to the Child
24    Support  Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the
25    Social Security Act shall be  paid  into  the  Child  Support
26    Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments under this Section
27    to  the  Illinois Department shall be deposited in the Public
28    Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.  Disbursements  from  these
29    funds  shall  be  as provided in Sections 12-9 and 12-10.2 of
30    this Code. Payments received by  a  local  governmental  unit
31    shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
32        In  addition  to  the penalties or punishment that may be
33    imposed  under  this  Section,  any  person   whose   conduct
34    constitutes  a  violation  of Section 1 of the Non-Support of
 
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 1    Spouse and Children Act may be prosecuted under that Section,
 2    and a person convicted under that Section may be sentenced in
 3    accordance with that Section.  The sentence may  include  but
 4    need  not be limited to a requirement that the person perform
 5    community service under subsection (b)  of  that  Section  or
 6    participate  in  a  work alternative program under subsection
 7    (c) of that  Section.   A  person  may  not  be  required  to
 8    participate  in  a  work alternative program under subsection
 9    (c) of that Section if the person is currently  participating
10    in a work program pursuant to Section 10-11.1 of this Code.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-733, eff. 8-11-98.)

12        (305 ILCS 5/10-17.9)
13        Sec.  10-17.9.  Past  due  support  information  to State
14    Department of Revenue.
15        (a)  The Illinois Department  may  provide  by  rule  for
16    certification  to  the Illinois Department of Revenue of past
17    due support owed by responsible  relatives  under  a  support
18    order  entered  by  a court or administrative body of this or
19    any  other  State  on  behalf  of  resident  or  non-resident
20    persons.  The  rule  shall  provide  for  notice  to  and  an
21    opportunity   to   be  heard  by  each  responsible  relative
22    affected.  Any final administrative decision rendered by  the
23    Department  shall  be  reviewed  only under and in accordance
24    with the Administrative Review Law.  A  responsible  relative
25    may avoid certification to the Illinois Department of Revenue
26    by establishing a satisfactory repayment record as determined
27    by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
28        (b)  A  certified past due support amount shall be final.
29    The  certified  amount  shall  be  payable  to  the  Illinois
30    Department  of  Revenue  upon  written  notification  of  the
31    certification to the responsible  relative  by  the  Illinois
32    Department of Revenue.
33        (c)  In   the   event  a  responsible  relative  overpays
 
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 1    pursuant to collection under this Section and the  applicable
 2    Sections  of  the  Illinois  Income  Tax Act, the overpayment
 3    shall be a credit against future support obligations.  If the
 4    current support obligation of the  responsible  relative  has
 5    terminated under  operation of law or court order, any moneys
 6    overpaid  but still in the possession of the Department shall
 7    be promptly returned to the responsible relative.
 8        (d)  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Article,  any
 9    child   support   delinquency   certified   to  the  Illinois
10    Department of Revenue shall be treated  as  a  child  support
11    delinquency for all other purposes, and any collection action
12    by the State's Attorney or the Illinois Department of Revenue
13    with  respect to any delinquency certified under this Article
14    shall have the same priority against  attachment,  execution,
15    assignment,  or other collection action as is provided by any
16    other provision of State law.
17        (e)  Any  child  support  delinquency  collected  by  the
18    Illinois Department of Revenue, including those amounts  that
19    result  in  overpayment of a child support delinquency, shall
20    be paid to the  State  Disbursement  Unit  established  under
21    Section  10-26  deposited  in,  or  transferred to, the Child
22    Support Enforcement Trust Fund.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 12-31-95.)

24        (305 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-19)
25        Sec. 10-19.  (Support payments ordered under other  laws;
26    where   deposited.)   The   Illinois   Department  and  local
27    governmental  units  are  authorized  to   receive   payments
28    directed  by  court  order  for the support of recipients, as
29    provided in the following Acts:
30        1.  "Non-Support of Spouse and  Children  Act",  approved
31    June 24, 1915, as amended,
32        2.  "Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act",
33    as now or hereafter amended,
 
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 1        3.  The Illinois Parentage Act, as amended,
 2        4.  "Revised Uniform Reciprocal  Enforcement  of  Support
 3    Act", approved August 28, 1969, as amended,
 4        5.  The  Juvenile  Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of
 5    1987, as amended,
 6        6.  The "Unified Code of Corrections", approved July  26,
 7    1972, as amended,
 8        7.  Part 7 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure,
 9    as amended,
10        8.  Part 8 of Article XII of the Code of Civil Procedure,
11    as amended, and
12        9.  Other  laws  which  may provide by judicial order for
13    direct payment of support moneys.
14        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
15    established under Section 10-26 of this Code, payments  under
16    this Section to the Illinois Department pursuant to the Child
17    Support  Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of the
18    Social Security Act shall be  paid  into  the  Child  Support
19    Enforcement Trust Fund. All other payments under this Section
20    to  the  Illinois Department shall be deposited in the Public
21    Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.  Disbursements  from  these
22    funds  shall  be  as provided in Sections 12-9 and 12-10.2 of
23    this Code. Payments received by  a  local  governmental  unit
24    shall be deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
25    (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)

26        (305 ILCS 5/10-26 new)
27        Sec. 10-26. State Disbursement Unit.
28        (a)  Effective  October  1,  1999 the Illinois Department
29    shall establish a State Disbursement Unit in accordance  with
30    the  requirements  of  Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
31    The  State  Disbursement  Unit  may  be  located  within  the
32    Illinois Department's Child and Spouse Support Unit,  or  the
33    Illinois  Department may enter into an agreement with a State
 
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 1    or local governmental unit or private entity to  perform  the
 2    functions of the State Disbursement Unit as set forth in this
 3    Section.  The purpose of the State Disbursement Unit shall be
 4    to collect and disburse support payments made under court and
 5    administrative support orders:
 6             (1)  being  enforced  in  cases  in  which child and
 7        spouse support services are  being  provided  under  this
 8        Article X; and
 9             (2)  in  all cases in which child and spouse support
10        services are not being provided under this Article X, but
11        in which support payments are made under  the  provisions
12        of the Income Withholding for Support Act.
13        (b)  In  the event the State Disbursement Unit is located
14    within the Illinois Department's  Child  and  Spouse  Support
15    Unit,   and   notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law
16    requiring deposit of support payments into the Child  Support
17    Enforcement  Trust  Fund,  all payments received by the State
18    Disbursement  Unit  shall  be  deposited   into   the   State
19    Disbursement  Unit  Revolving  Fund established under Section
20    12-8.1 and distributed and disbursed in accordance  with  the
21    provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and rules
22    promulgated by the Department.
23        (c)  In  the  event a State or local governmental unit or
24    private  entity  performs  the   functions   of   the   State
25    Disbursement  Unit  under  an  agreement  with  the  Illinois
26    Department,  all  payments received by the State Disbursement
27    Unit:
28             (1)  shall be deposited into an account obtained  by
29        the  State or local  governmental unit or private entity,
30        as the case may be, and
31             (2)  distributed  and   disbursed   by   the   State
32        Disbursement  Unit,  in accordance with the directions of
33        the Illinois Department, pursuant to Title  IV-D  of  the
34        Social   Security   Act  and  rules  promulgated  by  the
 
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 1        Department.
 2        (d)  All  support  payments  assigned  to  the   Illinois
 3    Department under Article X of this Code and rules promulgated
 4    by the Illinois Department that are disbursed to the Illinois
 5    Department  by the State Disbursement Unit shall be paid into
 6    in the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund.

 7        (305 ILCS 5/12-8.1 new)
 8        Sec. 12-8.1. State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund.
 9        (a)  There is created a revolving fund to be known as the
10    State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund, to  be  held  by  the
11    Illinois Department for the following purposes:
12             (1)  the deposit of all support payments received by
13        the Illinois   Department's State Disbursement Unit; and
14             (2)  the disbursement of such payments in accordance
15        with  the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security
16        Act and rules promulgated by the Department.
17        (b)  The provisions of this Section shall apply  only  in
18    the  event  the State Disbursement Unit is located within the
19    Illinois Department's Child and Spouse Support Unit under the
20    provisions of Section 10-26.

21        (305 ILCS 5/12-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-9)
22        Sec. 12-9.   Public  Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund;
23    uses.  The  Public  Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund shall
24    consist of recoveries authorized by this Code in  respect  to
25    applicants  or  recipients  under Articles III, IV, V, VI and
26    VII, including  recoveries  from  the  estates  of   deceased
27    recipients,  and payments received by the Illinois Department
28    under Sections 10-3.1, 10-8, 10-10, 10-16, and  10-19  except
29    those  pursuant  to  the  Child  Support  Enforcement Program
30    established by Title IV-D of  the  Social  Security  Act  and
31    required   to   be   paid  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
32    established under Section 10-26 of  this  Code  or  into  the
 
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 1    Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund under Section 12-10.2 of
 2    this Code, that are required by such Sections to be paid into
 3    the  Public  Assistance  Recoveries Trust Fund. Until July 1,
 4    1998, this fund shall be  held  by  the  State  treasurer  as
 5    ex-officio  custodian outside the State treasury.  After June
 6    30, 1998, the fund shall be held as a  special  fund  in  the
 7    State treasury.
 8        Disbursements  from  this  fund shall be only (1) for the
 9    reimbursement of claims  collected by the Illinois Department
10    through error or mistake,  (2)  for  payment  to  persons  or
11    agencies designated as payees or co-payees on any instrument,
12    whether   or   not  negotiable,  delivered  to  the  Illinois
13    Department as a recovery under this Section, such payment  to
14    be in proportion to the respective interests of the payees in
15    the amount so collected, (3) for payments  to non-recipients,
16    or  to  former recipients of financial aid of the collections
17    which are made in their behalf under Article X  except  those
18    pursuant to the Child Support Enforcement Program established
19    by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act required to be paid
20    from the State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund under Section
21    12-8.1  of  this  Code  or from the Child Support Enforcement
22    Trust Fund under  Section  12-10.2  of  this  Code,  (4)  for
23    payment  to  local  governmental  units  of  support payments
24    collected by the Illinois Department pursuant to an agreement
25    under Section  10-3.1,  (5)  for  payment  of  administrative
26    expenses  incurred in performing the activities authorized by
27    Article  X  except  those  pursuant  to  the  Child   Support
28    Enforcement  Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social
29    Security Act required to  be  paid  from  the  Child  Support
30    Enforcement  Trust  Fund  under Section 12-10.2 of this Code,
31    (6) for payment  of  fees  to  persons  or  agencies  in  the
32    performance  of  activities  pursuant  to  the  collection of
33    monies owed the State except those  monies  pursuant  to  the
34    Child  Support  Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D
 
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 1    of the Social Security Act required to be paid from the Child
 2    Support Enforcement Trust Fund under Section 12-10.2 of  this
 3    Code,  (7) for payments of any amounts which are reimbursable
 4    to the Federal government which are required to  be  paid  by
 5    State  warrant  by either the State or Federal government and
 6    (8) for disbursements to attorneys  or  advocates  for  legal
 7    representation   in  an  appeal  of  any  claim  for  federal
 8    Supplemental   Security    Income    benefits    before    an
 9    administrative  law  judge as provided for in Section 3-13 of
10    this Code. Until July 1, 1998, disbursements from  this  fund
11    shall  be  by  warrants  drawn  by  the  State Comptroller as
12    receipt of  vouchers  duly  executed  and  certified  by  the
13    Illinois  Department. After June 30, 1998, disbursements from
14    this fund for purposes of items (5), (6),  and  (8)  of  this
15    paragraph shall be subject to appropriations from the fund to
16    the Illinois Department.
17        The  balance  in  this  fund  on  the  first  day of each
18    calendar quarter, after payment  therefrom  of   any  amounts
19    reimbursable  to the Federal Government, and minus the amount
20    reasonably anticipated to be needed to make the disbursements
21    during that quarter authorized  by  this  Section,  shall  be
22    certified  by  the  Director  of  the Illinois Department and
23    transferred by the State Comptroller to the  General  Revenue
24    Fund in the State Treasury within 30 days of the first day of
25    each calendar quarter.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-255, eff. 1-1-98.)

27        (305 ILCS 5/12-10.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.2)
28        Sec.  12-10.2.  The Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund,
29    to be held by the State  Treasurer  as  ex-officio  custodian
30    outside  the  State  Treasury,  pursuant to the Child Support
31    Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the  Social
32    Security  Act,  shall  consist  of  (1)  all support payments
33    assigned to the Illinois Department under Article X  of  this
 
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 1    Code  and  rules  promulgated by the Illinois Department that
 2    are  disbursed  to  the  Illinois  Department  by  the  State
 3    Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26 received by
 4    the Illinois Department under Sections 10-8, 10-10, 10-16 and
 5    10-19 that are required by such Sections to be paid into  the
 6    Child  Support  Enforcement  Trust  Fund, and (2) all federal
 7    grants received by the Illinois Department  funded  by  Title
 8    IV-D  of  the Social Security Act, except those federal funds
 9    received under the Title IV-D program  as  reimbursement  for
10    expenditures from the General Revenue Fund, and (3) incentive
11    payments  received  by  the  Illinois  Department  from other
12    states or political subdivisions  of  other  states  for  the
13    enforcement  and  collection by the Department of an assigned
14    child support obligation in behalf of such  other  states  or
15    their  political  subdivisions  pursuant to the provisions of
16    Title IV-D of the Social  Security  Act,  and  (4)  incentive
17    payments retained by the Illinois Department from the amounts
18    which  otherwise  would  be paid to the Federal government to
19    reimburse the  Federal  government's  share  of  the  support
20    collection for the Department's enforcement and collection of
21    an  assigned  support  obligation  on  behalf of the State of
22    Illinois pursuant to the provisions  of  Title  IV-D  of  the
23    Social  Security  Act,  and  (5)  all  fees  charged  by  the
24    Department   for   child  support  enforcement  services,  as
25    authorized under Title IV-D of the Social  Security  Act  and
26    Section  10-1 of this Code, and any other fees, costs, fines,
27    recoveries, or penalties provided for by State or federal law
28    and received  by  the  Department  under  the  Child  Support
29    Enforcement  Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social
30    Security Act, and (6) all amounts appropriated by the General
31    Assembly for deposit into the Fund.
32        Disbursements from  this  Fund  shall  be  only  for  the
33    following  purposes:  (1)  for  the  reimbursement  of  funds
34    received by the Illinois Department through error or mistake,
 
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 1    and  (2)  (blank)  for  payments  to  non-recipients, current
 2    recipients and former recipients of financial aid of  support
 3    payments  received  on  their  behalf under Article X of this
 4    Code, pursuant to the provisions of Title IV-D of the  Social
 5    Security Act and rules promulgated by the Department, and (3)
 6    for payment of any administrative expenses, including payment
 7    to  the  Health  Insurance  Reserve  Fund for group insurance
 8    costs at the rate certified  by  the  Department  of  Central
 9    Management  Services,  except  those required to be paid from
10    the General Revenue Fund, including personal and  contractual
11    services,  incurred  in  performing the Title IV-D activities
12    authorized by Article  X  of  this  Code,  and  (4)  for  the
13    reimbursement  of  the  Public Assistance Emergency Revolving
14    Fund for expenditures made from that  Fund  for  payments  to
15    former recipients of public aid for child support made to the
16    Illinois  Department  when the former public aid recipient is
17    legally  entitled  to  all  or  part  of  the  child  support
18    payments, pursuant to the provisions of  Title  IV-D  of  the
19    Social  Security  Act,  and  (5) for the payment of incentive
20    amounts owed to other states  or  political  subdivisions  of
21    other  states  that  enforce  and collect an assigned support
22    obligation on behalf of the State of Illinois pursuant to the
23    provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, and  (6)
24    for  the  payment  of  incentive  amounts  owed  to political
25    subdivisions of  the  State  of  Illinois  that  enforce  and
26    collect an assigned support obligation on behalf of the State
27    pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  Title  IV-D  of the Social
28    Security Act, and (7) for payments of any amounts  which  are
29    reimbursable  to the Federal government which are required to
30    be paid by State warrant  by  either  the  State  or  Federal
31    government. Disbursements from this Fund shall be by warrants
32    drawn  by  the  State Comptroller on receipt of vouchers duly
33    executed and certified by  the  Illinois  Department  or  any
34    other  State  agency  that receives an appropriation from the
 
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 1    Fund.
 2    (Source: P.A.  89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-499,  eff.  6-28-96;
 3    90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 6-4-98.)

 4        Section  25.   The  Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of
 5    Marriage Act is amended by changing Sections 705 and 709  and
 6    adding Section 507.1 as follows:

 7        (750 ILCS 5/507.1 new)
 8        Sec.  507.1.  Payment  of  Support  to State Disbursement
 9    Unit.
10        (a)  As used in this Section:
11        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
12    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
13    Support Act.
14        (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Act  to
15    the  contrary,  each order for support entered or modified on
16    or after October 1, 1999 shall require that support  payments
17    be  made  to  the  State  Disbursement Unit established under
18    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
19             (1)  a party to the order  is  receiving  child  and
20        spouse  support  services under Article X of the Illinois
21        Public Aid Code; or
22             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
23        spouse  support  services,  but  the support payments are
24        made through income withholding.
25        (c)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall  provide
26    notice to the obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's
27    payor to make support payments to the State Disbursement Unit
28    if:
29             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
30        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
31        child  and spouse support services under Article X of the
32        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
 
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 1             (2)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
 2        October 1, 1999, no party to the order is receiving child
 3        and spouse support services, and the support payments are
 4        being made through income withholding.
 5        (d)  The notice required under subsection (c) may be sent
 6    by  ordinary  mail, certified mail, return receipt requested,
 7    facsimile transmission, or other electronic process,  or  may
 8    be served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided
 9    by  law for service of a summons.  The Illinois Department of
10    Public Aid shall provide a copy of the notice to the  obligee
11    and  to  the  clerk  of  the court.  The clerk shall file the
12    clerk's copy of the notice in the court file.

13        (750 ILCS 5/705) (from Ch. 40, par. 705)
14        Sec. 705.  Support payments;   receiving  and  disbursing
15    agents.
16        (1)  The  provisions  of this Section shall apply, except
17    as provided in Sections 709 through 712.
18        (2)  In a dissolution  of  marriage  action  filed  in  a
19    county of less than 3 million population in which an order or
20    judgment  for  child support is entered, and in supplementary
21    proceedings in any such county to enforce or vary  the  terms
22    of  such  order  or  judgment  arising  out  of an action for
23    dissolution of marriage filed  in  such  county,  the  court,
24    except  as  it otherwise orders, under subsection (4) of this
25    Section, may direct that child support payments  be  made  to
26    the clerk of the court.
27        (3)  In  a  dissolution  of  marriage action filed in any
28    county of 3 million or more population in which an  order  or
29    judgment  for  child support is entered, and in supplementary
30    proceedings in any such county to enforce or vary  the  terms
31    of  such  order  or  judgment  arising  out  of an action for
32    dissolution of marriage filed  in  such  county,  the  court,
33    except  as  it  otherwise orders under subsection (4) of this
 
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 1    Section, may direct  that  child  support  payments  be  made
 2    either  to  the  clerk  of  the court or to the Court Service
 3    Division of the County Department of Public Aid.   After  the
 4    effective date of this Act, the court, except as it otherwise
 5    orders  under subsection (4) of this Section, may direct that
 6    child support payments be made either to  the  clerk  of  the
 7    court or to the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
 8        (4)  In a dissolution of marriage action or supplementary
 9    proceedings  involving maintenance or child support payments,
10    or both, to persons who  are  recipients  of  aid  under  the
11    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the court shall direct that such
12    payments be made to (a) the Illinois Department of Public Aid
13    if the persons are recipients under Articles III, IV, or V of
14    the Code, or (b) the local governmental unit responsible  for
15    their support if they are recipients under Articles VI or VII
16    of  the Code. In accordance with federal law and regulations,
17    the Illinois Department of Public Aid may continue to collect
18    current maintenance payments or child  support  payments,  or
19    both,  after those persons cease to receive public assistance
20    and until termination of services  under  Article  X  of  the
21    Illinois  Public Aid Code.  The Illinois Department of Public
22    Aid shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
23    deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or  any
24    collection  fee  from  the  amount of any recovery made.  The
25    order shall permit the Illinois Department of Public  Aid  or
26    the  local  governmental  unit, as the case may be, to direct
27    that payments be made directly  to  the  former  spouse,  the
28    children,  or  both,  or  to  some  person or agency in their
29    behalf, upon removal of the former spouse  or  children  from
30    the  public  aid  rolls or upon termination of services under
31    Article X of the Illinois Public  Aid  Code;  and  upon  such
32    direction,  the  Illinois  Department  or  local governmental
33    unit, as the case requires, shall give notice of such  action
34    to the court in writing or by electronic transmission.
 
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 1        (5)  All  clerks  of  the  court  and  the  Court Service
 2    Division of a County Department of Public Aid and, after  the
 3    effective  date  of this Act, all clerks of the court and the
 4    Illinois Department of Public Aid,  receiving  child  support
 5    payments  under subsections (2) and (3) of this Section shall
 6    disburse the payments  to  the  person  or  persons  entitled
 7    thereto under the terms of the order or judgment.  They shall
 8    establish and maintain current records of all moneys received
 9    and  disbursed  and of defaults and delinquencies in required
10    payments. The court, by order or rule, shall  make  provision
11    for the carrying out of these duties.
12    in  effect  in  accordance  with  the  Income Withholding for
13    Support
14        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
15    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  to
16    the clerk of the court that a person who is receiving support
17    payments  under  this Section is receiving services under the
18    Child Support Enforcement Program established by  Title  IV-D
19    of the Social Security Act, any support payments subsequently
20    received  by  the  clerk of the court shall be transmitted in
21    accordance with the instructions of the  Illinois  Department
22    of  Public Aid until the Department gives notice to the clerk
23    of the court to cease the transmittal.  After  providing  the
24    notification  authorized  under  this paragraph, the Illinois
25    Department of Public Aid shall be  entitled  as  a  party  to
26    notice  of any further proceedings in the case.  The clerk of
27    the court shall file a copy of  the  Illinois  Department  of
28    Public  Aid's notification in the court file.  The failure of
29    the clerk to file a copy of the  notification  in  the  court
30    file  shall  not,  however, affect the Illinois Department of
31    Public Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
32        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
33    established under Section 10-26 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
34    Code,  payments under this Section to the Illinois Department
 
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 1    of Public Aid  pursuant  to  the  Child  Support  Enforcement
 2    Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act
 3    shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust  Fund.
 4    All  other  payments  under  this  Section  to  the  Illinois
 5    Department  of  Public  Aid  shall be deposited in the Public
 6    Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.  Disbursements  from  these
 7    funds  shall  be as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code.
 8    Payments received by  a  local  governmental  unit  shall  be
 9    deposited  in  that unit's General Assistance Fund. Any order
10    of court directing payment of child support  to  a  clerk  of
11    court or the Court Service Division of a County Department of
12    Public  Aid,  which order has been entered on or after August
13    14, 1961, and prior to the effective date of this Act, may be
14    amended by the court  in  line  with  this  Act;  and  orders
15    involving   payments  of  maintenance  or  child  support  to
16    recipients of public aid may in like  manner  be  amended  to
17    conform to this Act.
18        (6)  No  filing  fee  or  costs  will  be required in any
19    action brought at the request of the Illinois  Department  of
20    Public  Aid  in  any proceeding under this Act.  However, any
21    such fees or costs may be assessed by the court  against  the
22    respondent   in   the   court's   order  of  support  or  any
23    modification thereof in a proceeding under this Act.
24        (7)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
25    the clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to  the
26    Illinois  Department  of Public Aid by order of court or upon
27    notification by the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid,  the
28    clerk shall transmit all such payments, within 4 working days
29    of  receipt, to insure that funds are available for immediate
30    distribution by  the  Department  to  the  person  or  entity
31    entitled  thereto  in  accordance with standards of the Child
32    Support Enforcement Program established under Title  IV-D  of
33    the   Social  Security  Act.   The  clerk  shall  notify  the
34    Department of the date of receipt and amount thereof  at  the
 
                            -33-              LRB9101195SMdvA
 1    time  of  transmittal.   Where  the clerk has entered into an
 2    agreement of cooperation with the Department  to  record  the
 3    terms  of  child  support orders and payments made thereunder
 4    directly into  the  Department's  automated  data  processing
 5    system,  the  clerk shall account for, transmit and otherwise
 6    distribute child support payments  in  accordance  with  such
 7    agreement in lieu of the requirements contained herein.
 8        In  any  action  filed  in  a county with a population of
 9    1,000,000  or  less,  the  court  shall  assess  against  the
10    respondent in any order of maintenance or child  support  any
11    sum  up to $36 annually authorized by ordinance of the county
12    board to be collected by the clerk of the court as costs  for
13    administering  the collection and disbursement of maintenance
14    and child support payments.  Such sum shall be in addition to
15    and separate from amounts ordered to be paid  as  maintenance
16    or child support.
17    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
18    90-790, eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

19        (750 ILCS 5/709) (from Ch. 40, par. 709)
20        Sec. 709.  Mandatory child support payments to clerk.
21        (a)  As  of January 1, 1982, child support orders entered
22    in any county  covered  by  this  subsection  shall  be  made
23    pursuant  to  the  provisions  of Sections 709 through 712 of
24    this Act.  For purposes of these Sections,  the  term  "child
25    support  payment"  or  "payment"  shall  include  any payment
26    ordered to be made solely for the purpose of the support of a
27    child or children or any payment ordered for general  support
28    which  includes  any  amount  for  support  of  any  child or
29    children.
30        The provisions of  Sections  709  through  712  shall  be
31    applicable  to  any  county with a population of 2 million or
32    more and to any other county which notifies the Supreme Court
33    of its desire to be included within  the  coverage  of  these
 
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 1    Sections and is certified pursuant to Supreme Court Rules.
 2        The  effective  date  of  inclusion,  however,  shall  be
 3    subject  to  approval of the application for reimbursement of
 4    the costs of the support program by the Department of  Public
 5    Aid as provided in Section 712.
 6        (b)  In  any  proceeding  for  a dissolution of marriage,
 7    legal separation, or declaration of invalidity  of  marriage,
 8    or  in  any  supplementary proceedings in which a judgment or
 9    modification thereof for the  payment  of  child  support  is
10    entered on or after January 1, 1982, in any county covered by
11    Sections  709 through 712, and the person entitled to payment
12    is receiving a grant of financial aid under Article IV of the
13    Illinois Public Aid Code or has  applied  and  qualified  for
14    support  services  under Section 10-1 of that Code, the court
15    shall direct:  (1) that such payments be made to the clerk of
16    the court and  (2)  that  the  parties  affected  shall  each
17    thereafter  notify  the  clerk  of  any  change of address or
18    change in other conditions that may affect the administration
19    of the order,  including  the  fact  that  a  party  who  was
20    previously not on public aid has become a recipient of public
21    aid,  within 10 days of such change.  All notices sent to the
22    obligor's last known address on file with the clerk shall  be
23    deemed sufficient to proceed with enforcement pursuant to the
24    provisions of Sections 709 through 712.
25        In all other cases, the court may direct that payments be
26    made to the clerk of the court.
27        (c)  Except   as  provided  in  subsection  (d)  of  this
28    Section, the clerk shall disburse the payments to the  person
29    or  persons  entitled thereto under the terms of the order or
30    judgment.
31        (d)  The court shall determine, prior to the entry of the
32    support order, if the party who is to receive the support  is
33    presently  receiving  public aid or has a current application
34    for public aid pending and shall enter  the  finding  on  the
 
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 1    record.
 2        If  the  person entitled to payment is a recipient of aid
 3    under the Illinois Public Aid Code,  the  clerk,  upon  being
 4    informed   of   this   fact  by  finding  of  the  court,  by
 5    notification  by  the  party  entitled  to  payment,  by  the
 6    Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid   or   by   the   local
 7    governmental  unit,  shall  make  all  payments  to:  (1) the
 8    Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  if  the  person  is  a
 9    recipient under Article III, IV, or V of the Code or (2)  the
10    local governmental unit responsible for his or her support if
11    the  person  is  a  recipient  under Article VI or VII of the
12    Code. In accordance with federal  law  and  regulations,  the
13    Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid may continue to collect
14    current maintenance payments or child  support  payments,  or
15    both,  after those persons cease to receive public assistance
16    and until termination of services  under  Article  X  of  the
17    Illinois  Public Aid Code.  The Illinois Department of Public
18    Aid shall pay the net amount collected to those persons after
19    deducting any costs incurred in making the collection or  any
20    collection  fee  from  the  amount of any recovery made. Upon
21    termination of public aid payments to  such  a  recipient  or
22    termination  of  services  under  Article  X  of the Illinois
23    Public Aid Code, the Illinois Department of Public Aid or the
24    appropriate local governmental unit shall notify the clerk in
25    writing or by electronic  transmission  that  all  subsequent
26    payments  are  to  be  sent  directly  to the person entitled
27    thereto.
28        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
29    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  to
30    the clerk of the court that a person who is receiving support
31    payments  under  this Section is receiving services under the
32    Child Support Enforcement Program established by  Title  IV-D
33    of the Social Security Act, any support payments subsequently
34    received  by  the  clerk of the court shall be transmitted in
 
                            -36-              LRB9101195SMdvA
 1    accordance with the instructions of the  Illinois  Department
 2    of  Public Aid until the Department gives notice to the clerk
 3    of the court to cease the transmittal.  After  providing  the
 4    notification  authorized  under  this paragraph, the Illinois
 5    Department of Public Aid shall be  entitled  as  a  party  to
 6    notice  of any further proceedings in the case.  The clerk of
 7    the court shall file a copy of  the  Illinois  Department  of
 8    Public  Aid's notification in the court file.  The failure of
 9    the clerk to file a copy of the  notification  in  the  court
10    file  shall  not,  however, affect the Illinois Department of
11    Public Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
12        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
13    established under Section 10-26 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
14    Code,  payments under this Section to the Illinois Department
15    of Public Aid  pursuant  to  the  Child  Support  Enforcement
16    Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act
17    shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust  Fund.
18    All  other  payments  under  this  Section  to  the  Illinois
19    Department  of  Public  Aid  shall be deposited in the Public
20    Assistance Recoveries Trust Fund.  Disbursements  from  these
21    funds  shall  be as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code.
22    Payments received by  a  local  governmental  unit  shall  be
23    deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
24        (e)  Any  order  or judgment may be amended by the court,
25    upon its own motion or upon the motion of  either  party,  to
26    conform  with  the  provisions  of  Sections 709 through 712,
27    either as to the requirement of making payments to the  clerk
28    or, where payments are already being made to the clerk, as to
29    the statutory fees provided for under Section 711.
30        (f)  The clerk may invest in any interest bearing account
31    or  in  any securities, monies collected for the benefit of a
32    payee,  where  such  payee  cannot  be  found;  however,  the
33    investment may be only for the period until the clerk is able
34    to locate and present the payee with such monies.  The  clerk
 
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 1    may  invest  in  any  interest  bearing  account,  or  in any
 2    securities, monies collected for the  benefit  of  any  other
 3    payee; however, this does not alter the clerk's obligation to
 4    make  payments to the payee in a timely manner.  Any interest
 5    or capital gains accrued shall be  for  the  benefit  of  the
 6    county and shall be paid into the special fund established in
 7    subsection (b) of Section 711.
 8        (g)  The  clerk  shall  establish  and maintain a payment
 9    record of all monies received and disbursed and  such  record
10    shall  constitute  prima  facie  evidence of such payment and
11    non-payment, as the case may be.
12        (h)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
13    the clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to  the
14    Illinois  Department  of Public Aid by order of court or upon
15    notification by the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid,  the
16    clerk shall transmit all such payments, within 4 working days
17    of  receipt, to insure that funds are available for immediate
18    distribution by  the  Department  to  the  person  or  entity
19    entitled  thereto  in  accordance with standards of the Child
20    Support Enforcement Program established under Title  IV-D  of
21    the   Social  Security  Act.   The  clerk  shall  notify  the
22    Department of the date of receipt and amount thereof  at  the
23    time  of  transmittal.   Where  the clerk has entered into an
24    agreement of cooperation with the Department  to  record  the
25    terms  of  child  support orders and payments made thereunder
26    directly into  the  Department's  automated  data  processing
27    system,  the  clerk shall account for, transmit and otherwise
28    distribute child support payments  in  accordance  with  such
29    agreement in lieu of the requirements contained herein.
30    (Source: P.A. 87-1252; 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

31        Section  30.   The Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act
32    is amended by changing Section 2.1 and adding Section 2.2  as
33    follows:
 
                            -38-              LRB9101195SMdvA
 1        (750 ILCS 15/2.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1105)
 2        Sec.  2.1.  Support  payments;  receiving  and disbursing
 3    agents.
 4        (1)  In actions instituted under this Act  on  and  after
 5    August  14,  1961,  involving  a minor child or children, the
 6    Court, except in actions instituted on or  after  August  26,
 7    1969,  in  which  the  support  payments  are  in behalf of a
 8    recipient of aid under the Illinois Public  Aid  Code,  shall
 9    direct  that  moneys  ordered  to  be  paid for support under
10    Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall be paid to  the  clerk  of
11    the  court in counties of less than 3 million population, and
12    in counties of 3 million or more population, to the clerk  or
13    probation  officer  of  the  court  or  to  the Court Service
14    Division of the County Department of Public Aid.   After  the
15    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act of 1975, the court
16    shall direct that such support moneys be paid to the clerk or
17    probation officer or the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid.
18    However,  the  court  in  its discretion may direct otherwise
19    where exceptional circumstances so warrant. If payment is  to
20    be made to persons other than the clerk or probation officer,
21    the Court Service Division of the County Department of Public
22    Aid,  or  the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the judgment
23    or order  of  support  shall  set  forth  the  facts  of  the
24    exceptional circumstances.
25        (2)  In  actions  instituted after August 26, 1969, where
26    the support payments are in behalf of spouses,  children,  or
27    both, who are recipients of aid under the Illinois Public Aid
28    Code,  the court shall order the payments to be made directly
29    to (1) the Illinois Department of Public Aid if the person is
30    a recipient under Articles III, IV or V of the Code,  or  (2)
31    to the local governmental unit responsible for the support of
32    the  person  if he or she is a recipient under Articles VI or
33    VII  of  the  Code.  In  accordance  with  federal  law   and
34    regulations,  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  may
 
                            -39-              LRB9101195SMdvA
 1    continue  to  collect  current  maintenance payments or child
 2    support payments, or  both,  after  those  persons  cease  to
 3    receive  public  assistance and until termination of services
 4    under Article  X  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   The
 5    Illinois  Department  of  Public Aid shall pay the net amount
 6    collected to those persons after deducting any costs incurred
 7    in making the collection  or  any  collection  fee  from  the
 8    amount  of  any  recovery  made.  The  order shall permit the
 9    Illinois Department of Public Aid or the  local  governmental
10    unit,  as the case may be, to direct that support payments be
11    made directly to the spouse, children, or both,  or  to  some
12    person  or agency in their behalf, upon removal of the spouse
13    or children from the public aid rolls or upon termination  of
14    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; and
15    upon  such  direction,  the  Illinois Department or the local
16    governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give notice of
17    such  action  to  the  court  in  writing  or  by  electronic
18    transmission.
19        (3)  The  clerks,  probation  officers,  and  the   Court
20    Service  Division  of  the County Department of Public Aid in
21    counties of 3 million or  more  population,  and,  after  the
22    effective  date  of  this amendatory Act of 1975, the clerks,
23    probation officers, and the  Illinois  Department  of  Public
24    Aid,  shall  disburse  moneys  paid  to them to the person or
25    persons entitled thereto under the order of the Court.   They
26    shall  establish  and  maintain current records of all moneys
27    received and disbursed and of delinquencies and  defaults  in
28    required  payments.   The Court, by order or rule, shall make
29    provision for the carrying out of these duties.
30    in accordance with the Income Withholding for Support
31        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
32    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  to
33    the clerk of the court that a person who is receiving support
34    payments  under  this Section is receiving services under the
 
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 1    Child Support Enforcement Program established by  Title  IV-D
 2    of the Social Security Act, any support payments subsequently
 3    received  by  the  clerk of the court shall be transmitted in
 4    accordance with the instructions of the  Illinois  Department
 5    of  Public Aid until the Department gives notice to cease the
 6    transmittal.  After  providing  the  notification  authorized
 7    under this paragraph, the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid
 8    shall  be  entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of any further
 9    proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
10    copy of the Illinois Department of Public Aid's  notification
11    in  the  court file.  The failure of the clerk to file a copy
12    of the notification in the court  file  shall  not,  however,
13    affect  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid's right to
14    receive notice of further proceedings.
15        (4)  Except for payments to the State  Disbursement  Unit
16    established  under  Section  10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid
17    Code, payments under this Section to the Illinois  Department
18    of  Public  Aid  pursuant  to  the  Child Support Enforcement
19    Program established by Title IV-D of the Social Security  Act
20    shall  be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund.
21    All  other  payments  under  this  Section  to  the  Illinois
22    Department of Public Aid shall be  deposited  in  the  Public
23    Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund. Disbursements from these
24    funds shall be as provided in the Illinois Public  Aid  Code.
25    Payments  received  by  a  local  governmental  unit shall be
26    deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
27        (5)  Orders and assignments entered or executed prior  to
28    the  Act  approved  August  14,  1961  shall  not be affected
29    thereby.  Employers served  with  wage  assignments  executed
30    prior  to  that  date  shall  comply  with the terms thereof.
31    However, the Court, on petition of the state's  attorney,  or
32    of   the   Illinois   Department   of  Public  Aid  or  local
33    governmental unit in respect to recipients of public aid, may
34    order the execution of new assignments and enter  new  orders
 
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 1    designating  the  clerk,  probation  officer, or the Illinois
 2    Department of Public Aid or  appropriate  local  governmental
 3    unit in respect to payments in behalf of recipients of public
 4    aid,  as  the  person  or  agency  authorized  to receive and
 5    disburse the salary or wages assigned.  On like petition  the
 6    Court   may  enter  new  orders  designating  such  officers,
 7    agencies or governmental units to receive  and  disburse  the
 8    payments ordered under Section 4.
 9        (6)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
10    the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to the
11    Illinois Department of Public Aid by order of court  or  upon
12    notification  by  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, the
13    clerk shall transmit all such payments, within 4 working days
14    of receipt, to insure that funds are available for  immediate
15    distribution  by  the  Department  to  the  person  or entity
16    entitled thereto in accordance with standards  of  the  Child
17    Support  Enforcement  Program established under Title IV-D of
18    the  Social  Security  Act.   The  clerk  shall  notify   the
19    Department  of  the date of receipt and amount thereof at the
20    time of transmittal.  Where the clerk  has  entered  into  an
21    agreement  of  cooperation  with the Department to record the
22    terms of child support orders and  payments  made  thereunder
23    directly  into  the  Department's  automated  data processing
24    system, the clerk shall account for, transmit  and  otherwise
25    distribute  child  support  payments  in accordance with such
26    agreement in lieu of the requirements contained herein.
27    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
28    90-790, eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

29        (750 ILCS 15/2.2 new)
30        Sec. 2.2. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit.
31        (a)  As used in this Section:
32        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
33    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
 
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 1    Support Act.
 2        (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Act  to
 3    the  contrary,  each order for support entered or modified on
 4    or after October 1, 1999 shall require that support  payments
 5    be  made  to  the  State  Disbursement Unit established under
 6    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
 7             (1)  a party to the order  is  receiving  child  and
 8        spouse  support  services under Article X of the Illinois
 9        Public Aid code; or
10             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
11        spouse  support  services,  but  the support payments are
12        made through income withholding.
13        (c)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall  provide
14    notice to the obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's
15    payor to make support payments to the State Disbursement Unit
16    if:
17             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
18        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
19        child  and spouse support services under Article X of the
20        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
21             (2)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
22        October 1, 1999, no party to the order is receiving child
23        and spouse support services, and the support payments are
24        being made through income withholding.
25        (d)  The notice required under subsection (c) may be sent
26    by  ordinary  mail, certified mail, return receipt requested,
27    facsimile transmission, or other electronic process,  or  may
28    be served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided
29    by  law for service of a summons.  The Illinois Department of
30    Public Aid shall provide a copy of the notice to the  obligee
31    and  to  the  clerk  of  the court.  The clerk shall file the
32    clerk's copy of the notice in the court file.

33        Section 35.  The Income Withholding for  Support  Act  is
 
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 1    amended by changing Sections 15, 20, 35, and 45 as follows:

 2        (750 ILCS 28/15)
 3        Sec. 15.  Definitions.
 4        (a)  "Order  for  support"  means  any order of the court
 5    which provides for periodic payment of funds for the  support
 6    of  a  child or maintenance of a spouse, whether temporary or
 7    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
 8             (1)  modification or resumption of,  or  payment  of
 9        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
10             (2)  reimbursement of support;
11             (3)  payment  or  reimbursement  of  the expenses of
12        pregnancy and delivery (for orders  for  support  entered
13        under   the   Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  or  its
14        predecessor the Paternity Act); or
15             (4)  enrollment in a health insurance plan  that  is
16        available  to  the  obligor  through an employer or labor
17        union or trade union.
18        (b)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
19    obligations as determined by the court and incorporated  into
20    an order for support.
21        (b-5)  "Business  day" means a day on which State offices
22    are open for regular business.
23        (c)  "Delinquency" means any payment under an  order  for
24    support  which  becomes due and remains unpaid after entry of
25    the order for support.
26        (d)  "Income" means any form of periodic  payment  to  an
27    individual,  regardless of source, including, but not limited
28    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
29    contractor,  workers'  compensation,   disability,   annuity,
30    pension,  and  retirement  benefits,  lottery  prize  awards,
31    insurance  proceeds,  vacation  pay,  bonuses, profit-sharing
32    payments, interest, and  any  other  payments,  made  by  any
33    person, private entity, federal or state government, any unit
 
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 1    of local government, school district or any entity created by
 2    Public Act; however, "income" excludes:
 3             (1)  any  amounts  required  by  law to be withheld,
 4        other than creditor claims, including,  but  not  limited
 5        to,  federal,  State and local taxes, Social Security and
 6        other retirement and disability contributions;
 7             (2)  union dues;
 8             (3)  any amounts exempted by  the  federal  Consumer
 9        Credit Protection Act;
10             (4)  public assistance payments; and
11             (5)  unemployment   insurance   benefits  except  as
12        provided by law.
13        Any other State or  local  laws  which  limit  or  exempt
14    income  or  the  amount  or  percentage of income that can be
15    withheld shall not apply.
16        (e)  "Obligor" means the individual who owes  a  duty  to
17    make payments under an order for support.
18        (f)  "Obligee"  means  the  individual  to whom a duty of
19    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
20        (g)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
21        (h)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or  any
22    State  or  local agency which is or may become responsible by
23    law for enforcement of, or which is or may become  authorized
24    to  enforce, an order for support, including, but not limited
25    to: the Attorney General, the Illinois Department  of  Public
26    Aid,  the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois
27    Department of Children and Family Services, and  the  various
28    State's   Attorneys,   Clerks   of   the  Circuit  Court  and
29    supervisors of general assistance.
30        (i)  "Premium" means the  dollar  amount  for  which  the
31    obligor  is  liable  to  his employer or labor union or trade
32    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
33    a health insurance plan that  is  available  to  the  obligor
34    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
 
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 1        (j)  "State Disbursement Unit" means the unit established
 2    to  collect  and disburse support payments in accordance with
 3    the provisions of Section 10-26 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
 4    Code.
 5    (Source:  P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; incorporates P.A. 90-790,
 6    eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

 7        (750 ILCS 28/20)
 8        Sec. 20.  Entry of order for  support  containing  income
 9    withholding provisions; income withholding notice.
10        (a)  In  addition  to  any  content  required under other
11    laws, every order for support entered on  or  after  July  1,
12    1997, shall:
13             (1)  Require  an  income  withholding  notice  to be
14        prepared and served immediately upon  any  payor  of  the
15        obligor by the obligee or public office, unless a written
16        agreement  is  reached between and signed by both parties
17        providing for an alternative  arrangement,  approved  and
18        entered  into  the  record  by  the  court, which ensures
19        payment of support.  In that case, the order for  support
20        shall  provide that an income withholding notice is to be
21        prepared  and  served  only  if   the   obligor   becomes
22        delinquent in paying the order for support; and
23             (2)  Contain  a  dollar  amount  to  be  paid  until
24        payment  in  full  of  any delinquency that accrues after
25        entry of the order for support.  The amount  for  payment
26        of delinquency shall not be less than 20% of the total of
27        the  current  support  amount  and  the amount to be paid
28        periodically for payment of any arrearage stated  in  the
29        order for support; and
30             (3)  Include  the  obligor's Social Security Number,
31        which the obligor shall disclose to  the  court.  If  the
32        obligor is not a United States citizen, the obligor shall
33        disclose to the court, and the court shall include in the
 
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 1        order  for  support,  the  obligor's  alien  registration
 2        number,   passport  number,  and  home  country's  social
 3        security or national health number, if applicable.
 4        (b)  At the time the order for support  is  entered,  the
 5    Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the order
 6    to the obligor and shall make copies available to the obligee
 7    and public office.
 8        (c)  The income withholding notice shall:
 9             (1)  be in the standard  format  prescribed  by  the
10        federal Department of Health and Human Services; and
11             (1.1)  state  the  date  of  entry  of the order for
12        support upon  which  the  income  withholding  notice  is
13        based; and
14             (2)  direct  any payor to withhold the dollar amount
15        required for current support under the order for support;
16        and
17             (3)  direct any payor to withhold the dollar  amount
18        required  to  be  paid  periodically  under the order for
19        support for payment of the amount of any arrearage stated
20        in the order for support; and
21             (4)  direct any payor or labor union or trade  union
22        to  enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health insurance
23        plan and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable,
24        any required premiums; and
25             (5)  state  the   amount   of   the   payor   income
26        withholding fee specified under this Section; and
27             (6)  state  that  the  amount actually withheld from
28        the obligor's income  for  support  and  other  purposes,
29        including  the payor withholding fee specified under this
30        Section, may not be  in  excess  of  the  maximum  amount
31        permitted  under  the federal  Consumer Credit Protection
32        Act; and
33             (7)  state the duties of the payor and the fines and
34        penalties for failure to withhold and pay over income and
 
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 1        for  discharging,  disciplining,  refusing  to  hire,  or
 2        otherwise penalizing the obligor because of the  duty  to
 3        withhold and pay over income under this Section; and
 4             (8)  state  the  rights, remedies, and duties of the
 5        obligor under this Section; and
 6             (9)  include the obligor's Social  Security  Number;
 7        and
 8             (10)  include  the date that withholding for current
 9        support  terminates,  which  shall   be   the   date   of
10        termination  of  the current support obligation set forth
11        in the order for support; and.
12             (11)  contain the signature of the  obligee  or  the
13        printed  name  and  telephone  number  of  the authorized
14        representative of the  public  office,  except  that  the
15        failure  to  contain  the signature of the obligee or the
16        printed name  and  telephone  number  of  the  authorized
17        representative  of the public office shall not affect the
18        validity of the income withholding  notice; and
19             (12) direct any payor to pay over  amounts  withheld
20        for payment of support to the State Disbursement Unit.
21        (d)  The  accrual  of  a  delinquency  as a condition for
22    service of an income withholding notice, under the  exception
23    to  immediate  withholding in subsection (a) of this Section,
24    shall  apply  only  to  the  initial  service  of  an  income
25    withholding notice on a payor of the obligor.
26        (e)  Notwithstanding   the   exception    to    immediate
27    withholding  contained  in subsection (a) of this Section, if
28    the court finds at the time of any hearing that an  arrearage
29    has  accrued,  the  court shall order immediate service of an
30    income withholding notice upon the payor.
31        (f)  If the order for support,  under  the  exception  to
32    immediate  withholding  contained  in  subsection (a) of this
33    Section, provides that an income withholding notice is to  be
34    prepared and served only if the obligor becomes delinquent in
 
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 1    paying  the  order  for  support,  the  obligor may execute a
 2    written  waiver  of  that  condition  and  request  immediate
 3    service on the payor.
 4        (g)  The obligee or public office may  serve  the  income
 5    withholding  notice  on  the  payor  or  its  superintendent,
 6    manager,  or  other  agent by ordinary mail or certified mail
 7    return receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or  other
 8    electronic  means,  by  personal  delivery,  or by any method
 9    provided by law for service of a summons.   At  the  time  of
10    service  on  the  payor  and  as  notice that withholding has
11    commenced, the obligee or public office shall serve a copy of
12    the income withholding notice on the obligor by ordinary mail
13    addressed to his or her last known address.  A  copy  of  the
14    income  withholding notice together with proofs of service on
15    the payor and the obligor shall be filed with  the  Clerk  of
16    the Circuit Court.
17        (h)  At  any  time after the initial service of an income
18    withholding notice, any other payor of  the  obligor  may  be
19    served  with  the  same  income  withholding  notice  without
20    further   notice  to  the  obligor.  A  copy  of  the  income
21    withholding notice together with a proof of  service  on  the
22    other  payor  shall  be  filed  with the Clerk of the Circuit
23    Court.
24        (i)  New service of an income withholding notice  is  not
25    required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
26    of  an  obligor  with  respect  to whom an income withholding
27    notice was previously served on the payor if  withholding  of
28    income  was  terminated  because  of  an  interruption in the
29    obligor's employment of less than 180 days.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; incorporates P.A.  90-790,
31    eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

32        (750 ILCS 28/35)
33        Sec. 35.  Duties of payor.
 
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 1        (a)  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any payor who has been
 2    served with an income withholding notice to  deduct  and  pay
 3    over  income  as  provided  in this Section.  The payor shall
 4    deduct  the  amount  designated  in  the  income  withholding
 5    notice, as supplemented by any notice  provided  pursuant  to
 6    subsection  (f)  of  Section  45, beginning no later than the
 7    next payment of income which is payable or creditable to  the
 8    obligor  that  occurs  14  days following the date the income
 9    withholding notice was mailed, sent  by  facsimile  or  other
10    electronic  means,  or  placed  for  personal  delivery to or
11    service on the payor.  The  payor  may  combine  all  amounts
12    withheld  for the benefit of an obligee or public office into
13    a single payment and transmit the payment with a  listing  of
14    obligors  from  whom withholding has been effected. The payor
15    shall pay the amount withheld to the State Disbursement Unit
16    obligee or public office within 7  business  days  after  the
17    date  the  amount would (but for the duty to withhold income)
18    have been paid or credited  to  the  obligor.  If  the  payor
19    knowingly  fails  to  pay  any  amount  withheld to the State
20    Disbursement Unit obligee or public office within 7  business
21    days  after  the  date  the  amount  would  have been paid or
22    credited to the obligor, the payor shall  pay  a  penalty  of
23    $100 for each day that the withheld amount is not paid to the
24    State  Disbursement  Unit  obligee or public office after the
25    period of 7 business days has  expired.   The  failure  of  a
26    payor,  on more than one occasion, to pay amounts withheld to
27    the State Disbursement Unit obligee or public office within 7
28    business days after the date the amount would have been  paid
29    or  credited  to  the  obligor creates a presumption that the
30    payor knowingly failed to pay over the amounts.  This penalty
31    may be collected in a  civil  action  which  may  be  brought
32    against the payor in favor of the obligee or public office. A
33    finding  of a payor's nonperformance within the time required
34    under this Act must be documented by a certified mail  return
 
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 1    receipt  showing  the  date the income withholding notice was
 2    served on the payor. For purposes of  this  Act,  a  withheld
 3    amount  shall be considered paid by a payor on the date it is
 4    mailed by the payor, or  on  the  date  an  electronic  funds
 5    transfer of the amount has been initiated by the payor, or on
 6    the  date  delivery  of  the amount has been initiated by the
 7    payor. For each deduction, the payor shall provide the  State
 8    Disbursement  Unit  obligee  or public office, at the time of
 9    transmittal, with the date the amount would (but for the duty
10    to withhold  income)  have  been  paid  or  credited  to  the
11    obligor.
12        Upon  receipt  of  an income withholding notice requiring
13    that a minor child be named as  a  beneficiary  of  a  health
14    insurance  plan  available through an employer or labor union
15    or trade union, the employer or labor union  or  trade  union
16    shall  immediately enroll the minor child as a beneficiary in
17    the  health  insurance  plan   designated   by   the   income
18    withholding  notice. The employer shall withhold any required
19    premiums and  pay  over  any  amounts  so  withheld  and  any
20    additional amounts the employer pays to the insurance carrier
21    in  a  timely  manner.   The employer or labor union or trade
22    union shall mail to the obligee, within 15 days of enrollment
23    or upon request, notice of the date of coverage,  information
24    on  the  dependent  coverage plan, and all forms necessary to
25    obtain reimbursement for covered  health  expenses,  such  as
26    would  be made available to a new employee. When an order for
27    dependent coverage is in effect and the insurance coverage is
28    terminated or changed for any reason, the employer  or  labor
29    union  or trade union shall notify the obligee within 10 days
30    of the termination  or  change  date  along  with  notice  of
31    conversion privileges.
32        For withholding of income, the payor shall be entitled to
33    receive a fee not to exceed $5 per month to be taken from the
34    income to be paid to the obligor.
 
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 1        (b)  Whenever  the  obligor is no longer receiving income
 2    from the payor, the payor shall return a copy of  the  income
 3    withholding  notice to the obligee or public office and shall
 4    provide information for the purpose of enforcing this Act.
 5        (c)  Withholding of income under this Act shall  be  made
 6    without  regard  to  any  prior  or  subsequent garnishments,
 7    attachments,  wage  assignments,  or  any  other  claims   of
 8    creditors.  Withholding of income under this Act shall not be
 9    in  excess of the maximum amounts permitted under the federal
10    Consumer Credit Protection Act. If the payor has been  served
11    with  more  than  one income withholding notice pertaining to
12    the same obligor, the payor shall allocate  income  available
13    for  withholding  on  a  proportionate  share  basis,  giving
14    priority to current support payments.  If there is any income
15    available  for  withholding after withholding for all current
16    support obligations, the payor shall allocate the  income  to
17    past  due  support  payments  ordered  in cases in which cash
18    assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code  is  not  being
19    provided to the obligee and then to past due support payments
20    ordered  in cases in which cash assistance under the Illinois
21    Public Aid Code is being provided to the obligee, both  on  a
22    proportionate  share  basis.  A  payor  who  complies with an
23    income withholding notice that is regular on its  face  shall
24    not  be  subject  to  civil  liability  with  respect  to any
25    individual, any agency, or any creditor of  the  obligor  for
26    conduct in compliance with the notice.
27        (d)  No payor shall discharge, discipline, refuse to hire
28    or  otherwise  penalize  any  obligor  because of the duty to
29    withhold income.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99.)

31        (750 ILCS 28/45)
32        Sec. 45.  Additional duties.
33        (a)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
 
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 1    payments under this Act shall notify the  State  Disbursement
 2    Unit and payor, if the obligee receives the payments directly
 3    from  the  payor,  or  the  public office or the Clerk of the
 4    Circuit Court, as  appropriate,  of  any  change  of  address
 5    within 7 days of such change.
 6        (b)  An  obligee  who  is a recipient of public aid shall
 7    send a copy of any income withholding notice  served  by  the
 8    obligee  to  the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the
 9    Illinois Department of Public Aid.
10        (c)  Each obligor shall notify the  obligee,  the  public
11    office,  and  the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any change of
12    address within 7 days.
13        (d)  An obligor whose income is being withheld or who has
14    been served with a notice of delinquency pursuant to this Act
15    shall notify the obligee, the public office, and the Clerk of
16    the Circuit Court of any new payor, within 7 days.
17        (e)  (Blank.) When the Illinois Department of Public  Aid
18    is  no longer authorized to receive payments for the obligee,
19    it  shall,  within  7  days,  notify  the  payor  or,   where
20    appropriate,  the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit Court, to redirect
21    income withholding payments to the obligee.
22        (f)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
23    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
24    payment made, including but not limited to, a  set-off  under
25    federal  and  State law or partial payment of the delinquency
26    or arrearage, or both.
27        (g)  The State Disbursement Unit Any  public  office  and
28    Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  which  collects, disburses or
29    receives payments  pursuant  to  income  withholding  notices
30    shall  maintain  complete, accurate, and clear records of all
31    income  withholding   payments   and   their   disbursements.
32    Certified  copies  of payment records maintained by the State
33    Disbursement Unit, a public  office,  or  the  Clerk  of  the
34    Circuit  Court shall, without further proof, be admitted into
 
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 1    evidence in any legal proceedings under this Act.
 2        (h)  The Illinois Department of Public Aid  shall  design
 3    suggested legal forms for proceeding under this Act and shall
 4    make  available  to  the  courts such forms and informational
 5    materials which describe  the  procedures  and  remedies  set
 6    forth  herein  for  distribution  to  all  parties in support
 7    actions.
 8        (i)  At the time of transmitting  each  support  payment,
 9    the  State Disbursement Unit Clerk of the Circuit Court shall
10    provide the obligee or public office,  as  appropriate,  with
11    any  information  furnished  by  the payor as to the date the
12    amount would (but for the duty to withhold income) have  been
13    paid or credited to the obligor.
14    (Source:  P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; incorporates P.A. 90-790,
15    eff. 8-14-98; revised 9-14-98.)

16        Section 40.   The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
17    amended  by  changing  Section  21 and adding Section 21.1 as
18    follows:

19        (750 ILCS 45/21) (from Ch. 40, par. 2521)
20        Sec.  21.  Support  payments;  receiving  and  disbursing
21    agents.
22        (1)  In an action filed in a county counties of less than
23    3 million population in which an order for child  support  is
24    entered,  and  in  supplementary proceedings in such a county
25    counties to enforce or vary the terms of such  order  arising
26    out  of an action filed in such a county counties, the court,
27    except in actions or supplementary proceedings in  which  the
28    pregnancy  and  delivery  expenses of the mother or the child
29    support payments  are  for  a  recipient  of  aid  under  the
30    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  shall direct that child support
31    payments be made to the clerk of  the  court  unless  in  the
32    discretion  of  the  court  exceptional circumstances warrant
 
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 1    otherwise.  In cases where payment is to be made  to  persons
 2    other  than  the  clerk of the court the judgment or order of
 3    support  shall  set  forth  the  facts  of  the   exceptional
 4    circumstances.
 5        (2)  In an action filed in a county counties of 3 million
 6    or  more  population  in  which an order for child support is
 7    entered, and in supplementary proceedings in  such  a  county
 8    counties  to  enforce or vary the terms of such order arising
 9    out of an action filed date in such a  county  counties,  the
10    court,  except  in  actions  or  supplementary proceedings in
11    which the pregnancy and delivery expenses of  the  mother  or
12    the  child  support payments are for a recipient of aid under
13    the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall direct that child support
14    payments be made either to the clerk of the court or  to  the
15    Court  Service  Division  of  the County Department of Public
16    Aid, or to  the  clerk  of  the  court  or  to  the  Illinois
17    Department  of  Public  Aid,  unless in the discretion of the
18    court exceptional circumstances warrant otherwise.  In  cases
19    where  payment  is to be made to persons other than the clerk
20    of the court,  the  Court  Service  Division  of  the  County
21    Department  of  Public  Aid,  or  the  Illinois Department of
22    Public Aid, the judgment or order of support shall set  forth
23    the facts of the exceptional circumstances.
24        (3)  Where  the  action or supplementary proceeding is in
25    behalf of a mother for pregnancy and delivery expenses or for
26    child support, or both, and the mother, child, or  both,  are
27    recipients  of  aid  under  the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
28    court shall order that the payments be made directly  to  (a)
29    the Illinois Department of Public Aid if the mother or child,
30    or  both,  are recipients under Articles IV or V of the Code,
31    or (b)  the  local  governmental  unit  responsible  for  the
32    support  of  the  mother  or  child,  or  both,  if  they are
33    recipients  under  Articles  VI  or  VII  of  the  Code.   In
34    accordance  with  federal  law  and regulations, the Illinois
 
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 1    Department of Public Aid  may  continue  to  collect  current
 2    maintenance  payments  or  child  support  payments, or both,
 3    after those persons cease to receive  public  assistance  and
 4    until termination of services under Article X of the Illinois
 5    Public Aid Code.  The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall
 6    pay the net amount collected to those persons after deducting
 7    any costs incurred in making the collection or any collection
 8    fee  from  the  amount  of  any  recovery  made. The Illinois
 9    Department of Public Aid or the local governmental  unit,  as
10    the case may be, may direct that payments be made directly to
11    the mother of the child, or to some other person or agency in
12    the  child's behalf, upon the removal of the mother and child
13    from the public aid rolls or  upon  termination  of  services
14    under  Article  X  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code; and upon
15    such  direction,  the  Illinois  Department  or   the   local
16    governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give notice of
17    such  action  to  the  court  in  writing  or  by  electronic
18    transmission.
19        (4)  All  clerks  of  the  court  and  the  Court Service
20    Division of  a  County  Department  of  Public  Aid  and  the
21    Illinois  Department  of  Public Aid, receiving child support
22    payments under paragraphs (1) or (2) shall disburse the  same
23    to  the person or persons entitled thereto under the terms of
24    the order.  They  shall  establish  and  maintain  clear  and
25    current  records  of all moneys received and disbursed and of
26    defaults and delinquencies in required payments.  The  court,
27    by  order  or rule, shall make provision for the carrying out
28    of these duties.
29    in accordance with the Income Withholding for Support
30        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
31    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  to
32    the clerk of the court that a person who is receiving support
33    payments  under  this Section is receiving services under the
34    Child Support Enforcement Program established by  Title  IV-D
 
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 1    of the Social Security Act, any support payments subsequently
 2    received  by  the  clerk of the court shall be transmitted in
 3    accordance with the instructions of the  Illinois  Department
 4    of  Public Aid until the Department gives notice to cease the
 5    transmittal.  After  providing  the  notification  authorized
 6    under  this  paragraph, the Illinois Department of Public Aid
 7    shall be entitled  as  a  party  to  notice  of  any  further
 8    proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court shall file a
 9    copy  of the Illinois Department of Public Aid's notification
10    in the court file.  The failure of the clerk to file  a  copy
11    of  the  notification  in  the court file shall not, however,
12    affect the Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid's  right  to
13    receive notice of further proceedings.
14        Except  for  payments  to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
15    established  under  Section  10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid
16    Code, payments under this Section to the Illinois  Department
17    of  Public  Aid  pursuant  to  the  Child Support Enforcement
18    Program established by Title IV-D of the Social Security  Act
19    shall  be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund.
20    All  other  payments  under  this  Section  to  the  Illinois
21    Department of Public Aid shall be  deposited  in  the  Public
22    Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund.  Disbursement from these
23    funds shall be as provided in the Illinois Public  Aid  Code.
24    Payments  received  by  a  local  governmental  unit shall be
25    deposited in that unit's General Assistance Fund.
26        (5)  The  moneys  received   by   persons   or   agencies
27    designated  by  the  court  shall  be  disbursed  by  them in
28    accordance with the order.  However, the court,  on  petition
29    of the state's attorney, may enter new orders designating the
30    clerk  of the court or the Illinois Department of Public Aid,
31    as the person or agency authorized to  receive  and  disburse
32    child  support  payments  and,  in  the case of recipients of
33    public aid, the court, on petition of the Attorney General or
34    State's Attorney, shall direct subsequent payments to be paid
 
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 1    to  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  or   to   the
 2    appropriate local governmental unit, as provided in paragraph
 3    (3).  Payments  of child support by principals or sureties on
 4    bonds, or proceeds of any  sale  for  the  enforcement  of  a
 5    judgment  shall  be  made  to  the  clerk  of  the court, the
 6    Illinois Department of Public Aid or  the  appropriate  local
 7    governmental  unit,  as  the  respective  provisions  of this
 8    Section require.
 9        (6)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
10    the clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to  the
11    Illinois  Department  of Public Aid by order of court or upon
12    notification by the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid,  the
13    clerk shall transmit all such payments, within 4 working days
14    of  receipt, to insure that funds are available for immediate
15    distribution by  the  Department  to  the  person  or  entity
16    entitled  thereto  in  accordance with standards of the Child
17    Support Enforcement Program established under Title  IV-D  of
18    the   Social  Security  Act.   The  clerk  shall  notify  the
19    Department of the date of receipt and amount thereof  at  the
20    time  of  transmittal.   Where  the clerk has entered into an
21    agreement of cooperation with the Department  to  record  the
22    terms  of  child  support orders and payments made thereunder
23    directly into  the  Department's  automated  data  processing
24    system,  the  clerk shall account for, transmit and otherwise
25    distribute child support payments  in  accordance  with  such
26    agreement in lieu of the requirements contained herein.
27    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
28    90-790, eff. 8-14-98; revised 11-5-98.)

29        (750 ILCS 45/21.1 new)
30        Sec. 21.1. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit.
31        (a) As used in this Section:
32        "Order  for  support",  "obligor", "obligee", and "payor"
33    mean those terms as defined in  the  Income  Withholding  for
 
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 1    Support Act.
 2        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act to
 3    the contrary, each order for support entered or  modified  on
 4    or  after October 1, 1999 shall require that support payments
 5    be made to the  State  Disbursement  Unit  established  under
 6    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
 7             (1)  a  party  to  the  order is receiving child and
 8        spouse support services under Article X of  the  Illinois
 9        Public Aid Code; or
10             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
11        spouse support services, but  the  support  payments  are
12        made through income withholding.
13        (c)  The  Illinois Department of Public Aid shall provide
14    notice to the obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's
15    payor to make support payments to the State Disbursement Unit
16    if:
17             (1) the order for support was entered before October
18        1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving child  and
19        spouse  support  services under Article X of the Illinois
20        Public Aid Code; or
21             (2) the order for support was entered before October
22        1, 1999, no party to the order  is  receiving  child  and
23        spouse  support  services,  and  the support payments are
24        being made through income withholding.
25        (d) The notice required under subsection (c) may be  sent
26    by  ordinary  mail, certified mail, return receipt requested,
27    facsimile transmission, or other electronic process,  or  may
28    be served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided
29    by  law for service of a summons.  The Illinois Department of
30    Public Aid shall provide a copy of the notice to the  obligee
31    and  to  the  clerk  of  the court.  The clerk shall file the
32    clerk's copy of the notice in the court file.

33        Section 45.  The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
 
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 1    changing Section 1300 as follows:

 2        (820 ILCS 405/1300) (from Ch. 48, par. 540)
 3        Sec. 1300.   Waiver  or  transfer  of  benefit  rights  -
 4    Partial exemption.
 5        (A)  Except as otherwise provided herein any agreement by
 6    an  individual  to waive, release or commute his rights under
 7    this Act shall be void.
 8        (B)  Benefits due under this Act shall not  be  assigned,
 9    pledged, encumbered, released or commuted and shall be exempt
10    from  all  claims  of  creditors and from levy, execution and
11    attachment or other remedy for recovery or  collection  of  a
12    debt.   However,  nothing  in  this  Section shall prohibit a
13    specified or  agreed  upon  deduction  from  benefits  by  an
14    individual,   or   a   court   or  administrative  order  for
15    withholding of income, for payment of past due child  support
16    from being enforced and collected by the Department of Public
17    Aid  on  behalf of persons receiving a grant of financial aid
18    under Article IV of The Illinois Public Aid Code, persons for
19    whom an application has been made and  approved  for  support
20    services   under  Section  10-1  of  such  Code,  or  persons
21    similarly situated and receiving  like  support  services  in
22    other states.   It is provided that:
23             (1)  The  aforementioned  deduction  of benefits and
24        order for withholding of income apply only if appropriate
25        arrangements have been  made  for  reimbursement  to  the
26        Director   by  the  Department  of  Public  Aid  for  any
27        administrative costs incurred by the Director under  this
28        Section.
29             (2)  The  Director  shall  deduct  and withhold from
30        benefits payable under this Act, or under any arrangement
31        for the payment of benefits entered into by the  Director
32        pursuant to the powers granted under Section 2700 of this
33        Act, the amount specified or agreed upon.  In the case of
 
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 1        a  court    or  administrative  order  for withholding of
 2        income, the Director shall withhold  the  amount  of  the
 3        order.
 4             (3)  Any   amount   deducted  and  withheld  by  the
 5        Director shall be paid to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
 6        established  under  Section  10-26 of the Illinois Public
 7        Aid Code Department  of  Public  Aid  on  behalf  of  the
 8        individual.
 9             (4)  Any   amount   deducted   and   withheld  under
10        subsection (3) shall for all purposes be treated as if it
11        were paid to the individual as benefits and paid by  such
12        individual  to  the State Disbursement Unit Department of
13        Public Aid in  satisfaction  of  the  individual's  child
14        support obligations.
15             (5)  For  the purpose of this Section, child support
16        is defined as those obligations which are being  enforced
17        pursuant to a plan described in Title IV, Part D, Section
18        454  of  the  Social  Security  Act  and  approved by the
19        Secretary of Health and Human Services.
20             (6)  The  deduction  of  benefits  and   order   for
21        withholding of income for child support shall be governed
22        by  Titles  III and IV of the Social Security Act and all
23        regulations duly promulgated thereunder.
24        (C)  Nothing in this Section prohibits an individual from
25    voluntarily electing to have federal income tax deducted  and
26    withheld  from  his  or  her  unemployment  insurance benefit
27    payments.
28             (1)  The  Director  shall,  at  the  time  that   an
29        individual  files  his  or  her  claim  for benefits that
30        establishes  his  or  her  benefit   year,   inform   the
31        individual that:
32                  (a)  unemployment   insurance   is  subject  to
33             federal, State, and local income taxes;
34                  (b)  requirements exist pertaining to estimated
 
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 1             tax payments;
 2                  (c)  the individual may elect to  have  federal
 3             income  tax  deducted  and  withheld from his or her
 4             payments of unemployment  insurance  in  the  amount
 5             specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code; and
 6                  (d)  the  individual  is  permitted to change a
 7             previously elected withholding status.
 8             (2)  Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment
 9        insurance shall remain in  the  unemployment  fund  until
10        transferred  to the federal taxing authority as a payment
11        of income tax.
12             (3)  The  Director  shall  follow   all   procedures
13        specified  by  the  United States Department of Labor and
14        the federal Internal Revenue Service  pertaining  to  the
15        deducting and withholding of income tax.
16             (4)  Amounts  shall  be  deducted  and  withheld  in
17        accordance  with  the  priorities  established  in  rules
18        promulgated by the Director.
19        (D)  Nothing in this Section prohibits an individual from
20    voluntarily  electing  to  have  State of Illinois income tax
21    deducted and withheld from his or her unemployment  insurance
22    benefit   payments  if  such  deduction  and  withholding  is
23    provided for pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director.
24             (1)  If  pursuant  to  rules  promulgated   by   the
25        Director,  an  individual  may  voluntarily elect to have
26        State of Illinois income tax deducted and  withheld  from
27        his  or  her unemployment insurance benefit payments, the
28        Director shall, at the time that an individual files  his
29        or  her  claim  for  benefits that establishes his or her
30        benefit  year,  in  addition  to  providing  the   notice
31        required under subsection C, inform the individual that:
32                  (a)  the  individual may elect to have State of
33             Illinois income tax deducted and withheld  from  his
34             or  her  payments  of  unemployment insurance in the
 
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 1             amount specified pursuant to  rules  promulgated  by
 2             the Director; and
 3                  (b)  the  individual  is  permitted to change a
 4             previously elected withholding status.
 5             (2)  Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment
 6        insurance shall remain in  the  unemployment  fund  until
 7        transferred  to the Department of Revenue as a payment of
 8        State of Illinois income tax.
 9             (3)  Amounts  shall  be  deducted  and  withheld  in
10        accordance  with  the  priorities  established  in  rules
11        promulgated by the Director.
12        (E)  Nothing in this Section prohibits the deduction  and
13    withholding  of  an  uncollected  overissuance  of food stamp
14    coupons from unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to this
15    subsection (E).
16             (1)  At the time that an individual  files  a  claim
17        for  benefits  that  establishes his or her benefit year,
18        that individual must disclose whether or not  he  or  she
19        owes  an  uncollected overissuance (as defined in Section
20        13(c)(1) of the federal Food Stamp Act of 1977)  of  food
21        stamp  coupons.  The Director shall notify the State food
22        stamp agency enforcing such obligation of any  individual
23        who   discloses  that  he  or  she  owes  an  uncollected
24        overissuance of food stamp  coupons  and  who  meets  the
25        monetary  eligibility  requirements  of  subsection  E of
26        Section 500.
27             (2)  The Director shall deduct and withhold from any
28        unemployment insurance benefits payable to an  individual
29        who  owes  an  uncollected  overissuance  of  food  stamp
30        coupons:
31                  (a)  the  amount specified by the individual to
32             the Director to be deducted and withheld under  this
33             subsection (E);
34                  (b)  the amount (if any) determined pursuant to
 
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 1             an  agreement  submitted  to  the  State  food stamp
 2             agency under Section 13(c)(3)(A) of the federal Food
 3             Stamp Act of 1977; or
 4                  (c)  any  amount  otherwise  required   to   be
 5             deducted  and  withheld  from unemployment insurance
 6             benefits pursuant  to  Section  13(c)(3)(B)  of  the
 7             federal Food Stamp Act of 1977.
 8             (3)  Any  amount  deducted  and withheld pursuant to
 9        this subsection (E) shall be paid by the Director to  the
10        State food stamp agency.
11             (4)  Any  amount  deducted  and withheld pursuant to
12        this subsection (E) shall for all purposes be treated  as
13        if  it  were  paid  to  the  individual  as  unemployment
14        insurance  benefits  and  paid  by  the individual to the
15        State food stamp agency as repayment of the  individual's
16        uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons.
17             (5)  For    purposes   of   this   subsection   (E),
18        "unemployment insurance benefits" means any  compensation
19        payable  under  this Act including amounts payable by the
20        Director pursuant to an agreement under any  federal  law
21        providing  for  compensation,  assistance,  or allowances
22        with respect to unemployment.
23             (6)  This   subsection   (E)   applies    only    if
24        arrangements  have  been  made  for  reimbursement by the
25        State food stamp  agency  for  the  administrative  costs
26        incurred  by the Director under this subsection (E) which
27        are  attributable  to  the   repayment   of   uncollected
28        overissuances  of  food  stamp  coupons to the State food
29        stamp agency.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-446,  eff.  1-1-97;  90-425,  eff.  8-15-97;
31    90-554, eff. 12-12-97.)

32        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
33    becoming law.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    15 ILCS 405/10.05a        from Ch. 15, par. 210.05a
 4    20 ILCS 2505/39b52
 5    35 ILCS 5/901             from Ch. 120, par. 9-901
 6    305 ILCS 5/10-8           from Ch. 23, par. 10-8
 7    305 ILCS 5/10-10          from Ch. 23, par. 10-10
 8    305 ILCS 5/10-10.4 new
 9    305 ILCS 5/10-16          from Ch. 23, par. 10-16
10    305 ILCS 5/10-17.9
11    305 ILCS 5/10-19          from Ch. 23, par. 10-19
12    305 ILCS 5/10-26 new
13    305 ILCS 5/12-8.1 new
14    305 ILCS 5/12-9           from Ch. 23, par. 12-9
15    305 ILCS 5/12-10.2        from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.2
16    750 ILCS 5/507.1 new
17    750 ILCS 5/705            from Ch. 40, par. 705
18    750 ILCS 5/709            from Ch. 40, par. 709
19    750 ILCS 15/2.1           from Ch. 40, par. 1105
20    750 ILCS 15/2.2 new
21    750 ILCS 28/15
22    750 ILCS 28/20
23    750 ILCS 28/35
24    750 ILCS 28/45
25    750 ILCS 45/21            from Ch. 40, par. 2521
26    750 ILCS 45/21.1 new
27    820 ILCS 405/1300         from Ch. 48, par. 540

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