Child Support Enforcement Committee
Filed: 2/15/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2150




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2150 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of 
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Marriage Act is amended  by changing Section 505.1 as follows:
 



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    (750 ILCS 5/505.1)  (from Ch. 40, par. 505.1)



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    Sec. 505.1. (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding 
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to establish
or
enforce a child support or maintenance 
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obligation that the person owing a
duty of support is 
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unemployed, the court shall, unless the court makes specific 
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findings about the person based upon clear and convincing 
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evidence and determines that the person is incapable of gainful 
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employment because of a physical or a mental condition, or a 
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combination of conditions,
may order the person to seek

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employment and report periodically to the court with a diary, 
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listing or
other memorandum of his or her efforts in accordance 
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with such order.
 Additionally, the court may order the 
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unemployed person to report to the
Department of Employment 
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Security for job search services or to make
application with 
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the local Job Training Partnership Act provider or an  Illinois 
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Employment and Training Center
for
participation in job search, 
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training, or work programs and where the duty
of support is 
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owed to a child receiving child support enforcement
services 
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under Article X of
the Illinois Public Aid Code, as amended, 
 


 






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the court may order the
unemployed person to report to the 
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Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Public 
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Aid for
participation in job search, training or work programs 
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established under
Section 9-6 and Article IXA of that Code. 

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    (b) Whenever it is determined that a person owes past-due 
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support for
a child or for a child and the parent with whom the 
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child is living, and the
child is receiving assistance under 
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the Illinois Public Aid Code,
the court shall order at the 
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request of the Illinois
Department of Healthcare and Family 
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Services
Public Aid:


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        (1) that the person pay the past-due support in 
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    accordance with a plan
approved by the court; or


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        (2) if the person owing past-due support is unemployed, 
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    is subject to such
a plan, and is
not incapacitated, that 
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    the person participate in such job search, training, or

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    work programs established under Section 9-6 and Article IXA 
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    of the Illinois
Public Aid Code as the court deems 
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    appropriate.

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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02; 
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revised 12-15-05.)".