House Sponsors: LANG-HOWARD-KENNER AND BOLAND. Short description: DEBT COLLECTION Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the State Loan Act to provide that the name of the person loaned State money must be made public. Amends the Illinois Department of Revenue Sunshine Act. Authorizes the Department to disclose information about delinquent taxpayers after giving at least 90 days notice of intent to disclose the information. Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Requires that the Auditor General establish a Debt Collection Unit for the collection of overdue debts owed to the State. Beginning July 1, 2002, requires State agencies other than universities to determine the uncollectibility of debts using rules adopted by the Auditor General and to turn over to the Debt Collection Unit debts more than 90 days overdue. Authorizes the Auditor General to contract with private collection entities to pursue debts determined to be uncollectible. Requires the Auditor General to report semi-annually to the General Assembly and State Comptroller upon debts owed to the State and upon collection efforts. Abolishes in 2002 the Debt Collection Board, the Comptroller's use of special account receivable funds, and the use of private collection services by individual State agencies. Further amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 and amends the Uncollected State Claims Act to provide that the provisions of those Acts must be met before any renegotiation or forgiveness of a State loan. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that for the purposes of enforcement of a child support order a transfer made by a child support obligor is fraudulent as to an obligee if the obligor made the transfer with the intent to defraud the obligee or without receiving equivalent value for the transfer. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to provide that a person who willfully defaults on an order for child support may be subject to summary criminal contempt proceedings. Amends the Uniform Inter- state Family Support Act. Provides that, upon request by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of this State shall issue or cause to be issued a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum requiring a person in this State to appear at a deposition or before a tribunal and answer questions or produce documents or other tangible things for the pur- pose of obtaining information regarding the person's assets, income, and ability to pay a support order or judgment entered in the other state. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Auditor General) The Debt Collection Unit would have a projected workload of approximately $2.5 billion and projected start-up costs of $2,918,800. FISCAL NOTE (Attorney General) HB 88 would not have a measurable fiscal impact on the Office of the Attorney General. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status