(55 ILCS 5/3-14002.5)

Sec. 3-14002.5. Power to deduct wages for debts.

(a) Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or a housing authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more that a debt is due and owing the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority by an employee of a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the county may withhold, from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority; provided, however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment.

(b) Before the county deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an employee under this Section, the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority shall certify that (i) the employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority and (ii) the employee has received notice of a wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to object to the order.

(c) For purposes of this Section:

(1) "Net amount" means that part of the salary or wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts required by law to be deducted.

(2) "Debt due and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority for services, work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority pursuant to a court order or order of an administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.

(d) Nothing in this Section is intended to affect the power of a county to withhold the amount of any debt that is due and owing the county by any of its employees.

(Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01.)