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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act is 
5amended  by adding Section 11.5 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 115/11.5 new)
7    Sec. 11.5. Departmental wage recovery; remittance to 
8aggrieved employee.
9    (a) Upon the recovery of unpaid wages, wage supplements, or 
10final compensation from an employer that has violated this Act, 
11the Department shall conduct a good faith search to find the 
12aggrieved employee. If, after conducting a good faith search 
13for the aggrieved employee, the Department is unable to find 
14the aggrieved employee, the Department shall deposit the amount 
15recovered into the Department of Labor Special State Trust 
16Fund.
17    (b) An aggrieved employee may make a request to the 
18Department in order to recover unpaid wages, wage supplements, 
19or final compensation that has been deposited into the 
20Department of Labor Special State Trust Fund. The Department 
21shall not require the employee to present a Social Security 
22number or proof of United States citizenship. For the purpose 
23of paying claims under this Section from the Department of 
 
 
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1Labor Special State Trust Fund to aggrieved employees, the 
2Comptroller shall assign a vendor payment number to the 
3Department. When an aggrieved employee makes a valid request 
4for payment to the Department, the Department shall use the 
5vendor payment number to process payment on behalf of the 
6aggrieved employee.
7    (c) The Department shall adopt rules for the administration 
8of this Section.