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92_HB2717 LRB9202269DJgc 1 AN ACT in relation to support. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by 5 changing Section 10-10.4 as follows: 6 (305 ILCS 5/10-10.4) 7 Sec. 10-10.4. Payment of supportSupportto State 8 Disbursement Unit. 9 (a) As used in this Section: 10 "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" 11 mean those terms as defined in the Income Withholding for 12 Support Act, except that "order for support" shall not mean 13 orders providing for spousal maintenance under which there is 14 no child support obligation. 15 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to 16 the contrary, each court or administrative order for support 17 entered or modified on or after October 1, 1999 shall require 18 that support payments be made to the State Disbursement Unit 19 established under Section 10-26 if: 20 (1) a party to the order is receiving child and 21 spouse support services under this Article X; 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) Support payments shall be made to the State 26 Disbursement Unit if: 27 (1) the order for support was entered before 28 October 1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving 29 child and spouse support services under this Article X; 30 or 31 (2) no party to the order is receiving child and -2- LRB9202269DJgc 1 spouse support services, and the support payments are 2 being made through income withholding. 3 (c-5) If no party to the order is receiving child and 4 spouse support services under this Article X, and the support 5 payments are not being made through income withholding, then 6 support payments shall be made as directed in the order for 7 support. 8 (c-10) Within 15 days after the effective date of this 9 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the Illinois 10 Department shall provide written notice to the clerk of the 11 circuit court, the obligor, and, where applicable, the 12 obligor's payor to make payments to the State Disbursement 13 Unit if: 14 (1) the order for support was entered before 15 October 1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving 16 child and spouse support services under this Article X; 17 or 18 (2) no party to the order is receiving child and 19 spouse support services, and the support payments are 20 being made through income withholding. 21 (c-15) Within 15 days after the effective date of this 22 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the clerk of the 23 circuit court shall provide written notice to the obligor to 24 make payments directly to the clerk of the circuit court if 25 no party to the order is receiving child and spouse support 26 services under this Article X, the support payments are not 27 made through income withholding, and the order for support 28 requires support payments to be made directly to the clerk of 29 the circuit court. 30 (c-20) If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support 31 payment that was not appropriately made to the Unit under 32 this Section, the Unit shall immediately return the payment 33 to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing 34 where to send the support payments. -3- LRB9202269DJgc 1 (d) The notices required under subsections (c-10) and 2 (c-15) may be sent by ordinary mail, certified mail, return 3 receipt requested, facsimile transmission, or other 4 electronic process, or may be served upon the obligor or 5 payor using any method provided by law for service of a 6 summons. A copy of the notice shall be provided to the 7 obligee and, when the order for support was entered by the 8 court, to the clerk of the court. 9 (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-677, eff. 1-5-00.)