100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5019

 

Introduced , by Rep. Natalie A. Manley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act. Provides that an employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his salary, wages, or annuity, among other purposes, for investment purchases made as a participant in College Savings Programs established under the federal Internal Revenue Code. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that no request for an amount to be deducted from pension annuity payments made under the Illinois Pension Code shall exceed 25% of the net amount of such payment. Provides that notice given by the Comptroller to a person upon a deduction for delinquent obligations owed to a specified government entity may inform the person that, in lieu of protest, he or she may provide written authority to the Comptroller to process the deduction immediately. Amends the Comptroller Merit Employment Code. Provides for a veteran's preference of 3 points if the person has served in the armed forces of the United States, the Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, and the person, among other qualifying factors, has served a minimum of 4 years in the Illinois National Guard or reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, regardless of whether or not the person was mobilized to active duty. Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that upon processing a deduction to satisfy a debt owed to a university or a State agency, the Comptroller may provide notice informing a person that, in lieu of protest, he or she may provide written authority to the Comptroller to process the deduction immediately. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act is
5amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 365/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 354)
7    Sec. 4. Authorization of withholding. An employee or
8annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his
9salary, wages, or annuity for any one or more of the following
10purposes:
11        (1) for purchase of United States Savings Bonds;
12        (2) for payment of premiums on life or accident and
13    health insurance as defined in Section 4 of the "Illinois
14    Insurance Code", approved June 29, 1937, as amended, and
15    for payment of premiums on policies of automobile insurance
16    as defined in Section 143.13 of the "Illinois Insurance
17    Code", as amended, and the personal multiperil coverages
18    commonly known as homeowner's insurance. However, no
19    portion of salaries, wages or annuities may be withheld to
20    pay premiums on automobile, homeowner's, life or accident
21    and health insurance policies issued by any one insurance
22    company or insurance service company unless a minimum of
23    100 employees or annuitants insured by that company

 

 

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1    authorize the withholding by an Office within 6 months
2    after such withholding begins. If such minimum is not
3    satisfied the Office may discontinue withholding for such
4    company. For any insurance company or insurance service
5    company which has not previously had withholding, the
6    Office may allow withholding for premiums, where less than
7    100 policies have been written, to cover a probationary
8    period. An insurance company which has discontinued
9    withholding may reinstate it upon presentation of facts
10    indicating new management or re-organization satisfactory
11    to the Office;
12        (3) for payment to any labor organization designated by
13    the employee;
14        (4) for payment of dues to any association the
15    membership of which consists of State employees and former
16    State employees;
17        (5) for deposit in any credit union, in which State
18    employees are within the field of membership as a result of
19    their employment;
20        (6) for payment to or for the benefit of an institution
21    of higher education by an employee of that institution;
22        (7) for payment of parking fees at the parking
23    facilities located on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the
24    University of Illinois;
25        (8) for voluntary payment to the State of Illinois of
26    amounts then due and payable to the State;

 

 

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1        (9) for investment purchases made as a participant in
2    College Savings Programs established pursuant to Section
3    529 or 529A of Title 26 of the federal Internal Revenue
4    Code Section 30-15.8a of the School Code;
5        (10) for voluntary payment to the Illinois Department
6    of Revenue of amounts due or to become due under the
7    Illinois Income Tax Act;
8        (11) for payment of optional contributions to a
9    retirement system subject to the provisions of the Illinois
10    Pension Code;
11        (12) for contributions to organizations found
12    qualified by the State Comptroller under the requirements
13    set forth in the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983;
14        (13) for payment of fringe benefit contributions to
15    employee benefit trust funds (whether such employee
16    benefit trust funds are governed by the Employee Retirement
17    Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et
18    seq. or not) for State contractual employees hired through
19    labor organizations and working pursuant to a signed
20    agreement between a labor organization and a State agency,
21    whether subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act or not;
22    this item (13) is not intended to limit employee benefit
23    trust funds and the contributions to be made thereto to be
24    limited to those which are encompassed for purposes of
25    computing the prevailing wage in any particular locale, but
26    rather such employee benefit trusts are intended to include

 

 

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1    contributions to be made to such funds that are intended to
2    assist in training, building and maintenance, industry
3    advancement, and the like, including but not limited to
4    those benefit trust funds such as pension and welfare that
5    are normally computed in the prevailing wage rates and
6    which otherwise would be subject to contribution
7    obligations by private employers that are signatory to
8    agreements with labor organizations;
9        (14) for voluntary payment as part of the Illinois
10    Gives Initiative under Section 26 of the State Comptroller
11    Act; or
12        (15) for payment of parking fees at the underground
13    facility located south of the William G. Stratton State
14    Office Building in Springfield or the parking ramp located
15    at 401 South College Street, west of the William G.
16    Stratton State Office Building in Springfield.
17(Source: P.A. 98-700, eff. 7-7-14; 99-166, eff. 7-28-15.)
 
18    Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
19changing Sections 10.05 and 10.05d as follows:
 
20    (15 ILCS 405/10.05)  (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05)
21    Sec. 10.05. Deductions from warrants; statement of reason
22for deduction. Whenever any person shall be entitled to a
23warrant or other payment from the treasury or other funds held
24by the State Treasurer, on any account, against whom there

 

 

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1shall be any then due and payable account or claim in favor of
2the State, the United States upon certification by the
3Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or her
4delegate, pursuant to a reciprocal offset agreement under
5subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection
6Act of 1986, or a unit of local government, a school district,
7a public institution of higher education, as defined in Section
81 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or the clerk of a
9circuit court, upon certification by that entity, the
10Comptroller, upon notification thereof, shall ascertain the
11amount due and payable to the State, the United States, the
12unit of local government, the school district, the public
13institution of higher education, or the clerk of the circuit
14court, as aforesaid, and draw a warrant on the treasury or on
15other funds held by the State Treasurer, stating the amount for
16which the party was entitled to a warrant or other payment, the
17amount deducted therefrom, and on what account, and directing
18the payment of the balance; which warrant or payment as so
19drawn shall be entered on the books of the Treasurer, and such
20balance only shall be paid. The Comptroller may deduct any one
21or more of the following: (i) the entire amount due and payable
22to the State or a portion of the amount due and payable to the
23State in accordance with the request of the notifying agency;
24(ii) the entire amount due and payable to the United States or
25a portion of the amount due and payable to the United States in
26accordance with a reciprocal offset agreement under subsection

 

 

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1(i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection Act of
21986; or (iii) the entire amount due and payable to the unit of
3local government, school district, public institution of
4higher education, or clerk of the circuit court, or a portion
5of the amount due and payable to that entity, in accordance
6with an intergovernmental agreement authorized under this
7Section and Section 10.05d. No request from a notifying agency,
8the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, a unit of
9local government, a school district, a public institution of
10higher education, or the clerk of a circuit court for an amount
11to be deducted under this Section from a wage or salary
12payment, or from a contractual payment to an individual for
13personal services, or from pension annuity payments made under
14the Illinois Pension Code shall exceed 25% of the net amount of
15such payment. "Net amount" means that part of the earnings of
16an individual remaining after deduction of any amounts required
17by law to be withheld. For purposes of this provision, wage,
18salary or other payments for personal services shall not
19include final compensation payments for the value of accrued
20vacation, overtime or sick leave. Whenever the Comptroller
21draws a warrant or makes a payment involving a deduction
22ordered under this Section, the Comptroller shall notify the
23payee and the State agency that submitted the voucher of the
24reason for the deduction and he or she shall retain a record of
25such statement in his or her records. As used in this Section,
26an "account or claim in favor of the State" includes all

 

 

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1amounts owing to "State agencies" as defined in Section 7 of
2this Act. However, the Comptroller shall not be required to
3accept accounts or claims owing to funds not held by the State
4Treasurer, where such accounts or claims do not exceed $50, nor
5shall the Comptroller deduct from funds held by the State
6Treasurer under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
7Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act or for payments to
8institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
9(unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for child support). The
10Comptroller shall not deduct from payments to be disbursed from
11the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund as provided for under
12Section 12-10.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, except for
13payments representing interest on child support obligations
14under Section 10-16.5 of that Code. The Comptroller and the
15Department of Revenue shall enter into an interagency agreement
16to establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating
17to deductions from lottery prizes awarded under Section 20.1 of
18the Illinois Lottery Law. The Comptroller may enter into an
19intergovernmental agreement with the Department of Revenue and
20the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or
21her delegate, to establish responsibilities, duties, and
22procedures relating to reciprocal offset of delinquent State
23and federal obligations pursuant to subsection (i-1) of Section
2410 of the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. The
25Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with
26any unit of local government, school district, public

 

 

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1institution of higher education, or clerk of a circuit court to
2establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures to provide
3for the offset, by the Comptroller, of obligations owed to
4those entities.
5    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
6court" means the clerk of a circuit court in any county in the
7State.
8(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
9    (15 ILCS 405/10.05d)
10    Sec. 10.05d. Deductions for delinquent obligations owed to
11units of local government, school districts, public
12institutions of higher education, and clerks of the circuit
13courts. Pursuant to Section 10.05 and this Section, the
14Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with a
15unit of local government, a school district, a public
16institution of higher education, or the clerk of a circuit
17court, in order to provide for (i) the use of the Comptroller's
18offset system to collect delinquent obligations owed to that
19entity and (ii) the payment to the Comptroller of a processing
20charge of up to $15 per transaction for offsets processed
21without the assistance of a third-party vendor and a processing
22charge of up to $20 per transaction for offsets processed with
23the assistance of a third-party vendor. A third-party vendor
24may be selected by the Comptroller, pursuant to lawful
25procurement practices, in order to provide enhanced

 

 

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1identification services to the State. The Comptroller shall
2deduct, from a warrant or other payment described in Section
310.05, in accordance with the procedures provided therein, its
4processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to
5satisfy, in whole or in part, the delinquent obligation owed to
6the unit of local government, school district, public
7institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit court,
8as applicable. The Comptroller shall provide the unit of local
9government, school district, public institution of higher
10education, or clerk of the circuit court, as applicable, with
11the address to which the warrant or other payment was to be
12mailed and any other information pertaining to each person from
13whom a deduction is made pursuant to this Section. All
14deductions ordered under this Section and processing charges
15imposed under this Section shall be deposited into the
16Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund, a special fund that the
17Comptroller shall use for the collection of deductions and
18processing charges, as provided by law, and the payment of
19deductions and administrative expenses, as provided by law.
20    Upon processing a deduction, the Comptroller shall give
21written notice to the person subject to the offset. The notice
22shall inform the person that he or she may make a written
23protest to the Comptroller within 60 days after the Comptroller
24has given notice. The protest shall include the reason for
25contesting the deduction and any other information that will
26enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.

 

 

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1The notice may inform the person that, in lieu of protest, he
2or she may provide written authority to the Comptroller to
3process the deduction immediately. Upon receiving the written
4authority provided by the person subject to the offset to
5process the deduction immediately, the Comptroller may process
6the deduction immediately. The intergovernmental agreement
7entered into under Section 10.05 and this Section shall
8establish procedures through which the Comptroller shall
9determine the validity of the protest and shall make a final
10disposition concerning the deduction. If the person subject to
11the offset has not made a written protest within 60 days after
12the Comptroller has given notice or if a final disposition is
13made concerning the deduction, the Comptroller shall pay the
14deduction to the unit of local government, school district,
15public institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit
16court, as applicable, from the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust
17Fund.
18    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
19court" means a clerk of the circuit court in any county in the
20State.
21    For purposes of this Section, "third-party vendor" means
22the vendor selected by the Comptroller to provide enhanced
23identification services to the State.
24(Source: P.A. 97-632, eff. 12-16-11; 97-970, eff. 8-16-12;
2598-272, eff. 8-9-13.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Comptroller Merit Employment Code is
2amended by changing Section 10b.7 as follows:
 
3    (15 ILCS 410/10b.7)  (from Ch. 15, par. 432)
4    Sec. 10b.7. For the granting of appropriate preference in
5entrance examinations to qualified veterans or persons who have
6been members of the armed forces of the United States or to
7qualified persons who, while citizens of the United States,
8were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States
9in time of hostilities with a foreign country, and to certain
10other persons as set forth in this Section.
11    (a) As used in this Section:
12        (1) "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means
13    any period of time in the past, present, or future during
14    which a declaration of war by the United States Congress
15    has been or is in effect or during which an emergency
16    condition has been or is in effect that is recognized by
17    the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a
18    Presidential executive order and in which the armed forces
19    expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are
20    awarded according to Presidential executive order.
21        (2) "Armed forces of the United States" means the
22    United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
23    Guard. Service in the Merchant Marine that constitutes
24    active duty under Section 401 of federal Public Law 95-202
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1    United States for purposes of this Section.
2    (3) "Veteran" means a person who has served as a member of
3the armed forces of the United States, the Illinois National
4Guard, or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
5States.
6    (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in
7the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if
8they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list
9of those eligible for appointments.
10    (c) A veteran is qualified for a preference of 10 points if
11the veteran currently holds proof of a service connected
12disability from the United States Department of Veterans
13Affairs or an allied country or if the veteran is a recipient
14of the Purple Heart.
15    (d) A veteran who has served during a time of hostilities
16with a foreign country is qualified for a preference of 5
17points if the veteran served under one or more of the following
18conditions:
19        (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
20        (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities
21    regardless of the length of engagement, or
22        (3) The veteran was discharged on the basis of
23    hardship, or
24        (4) The veteran was released from active duty because
25    of a service connected disability and was discharged under
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1    (e) A person not eligible for a preference under subsection
2(c) or (d) is qualified for a preference of 3 points if the
3person has served in the armed forces of the United States, the
4Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the armed
5forces of the United States and the person: (1) served for at
6least 6 months and has been discharged under honorable
7conditions; or (2) has been discharged on the ground of
8hardship; or (3) was released from active duty because of a
9service connected disability; or (4) served a minimum of 4
10years in the Illinois National Guard or reserve component of
11the armed forces of the United States regardless of whether or
12not the person was mobilized to active duty. An active member
13of the National Guard or a reserve component of the armed
14forces of the United States is eligible for the preference if
15the member meets the service requirements of this subsection
16(e).
17    (f) The rank order of persons entitled to a preference on
18eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their
19augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible
20lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior",
21"excellent", "well-qualified", and "qualified", the veteran
22eligibles in each such category shall be preferred for
23appointment before the non-veteran eligibles in the same
24category.
25    (g) Employees in positions covered by jurisdiction B who,
26while in good standing, leave to engage in military service

 

 

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1during a period of hostility, shall be given credit for
2seniority purposes for time served in the armed forces.
3    (h) A surviving unremarried spouse of a veteran who
4suffered a service connected death or the spouse of a veteran
5who suffered a service connected disability that prevents the
6veteran from qualifying for civil service employment shall be
7entitled to the same preference to which the veteran would have
8been entitled under this Section.
9    (i) A preference shall also be given to the following
10individuals: 10 points for one parent of an unmarried veteran
11who suffered a service connected death or a service connected
12disability that prevents the veteran from qualifying for civil
13service employment. The first parent to receive a civil service
14appointment shall be the parent entitled to the preference.
15(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
16    Section 20. The Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 is
17amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
18    (30 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 15, par. 155)
19    Sec. 5. Rules; payment plans; offsets.
20    (a) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
21July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
22State agencies shall adopt rules establishing formal due dates
23for amounts owing to the State and for the referral of
24seriously past due accounts to private collection agencies,

 

 

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1unless otherwise expressly provided by law or rule, except that
2on and after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment
3Security may continue to refer to private collection agencies
4past due amounts that are exempt from subsection (g). Such
5procedures shall be established in accord with sound business
6practices.
7    (b) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
8July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
9agencies may enter deferred payment plans for debtors of the
10agency and documentation of this fact retained by the agency,
11where the deferred payment plan is likely to increase the net
12amount collected by the State, except that, on and after July
131, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may continue to
14enter deferred payment plans for debts that are exempt from
15subsection (g).
16    (c) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
17July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
18State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset System provided
19in Section 10.05 of the State Comptroller Act for the
20collection of debts owed to the agency, except that, on and
21after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may
22continue to use the Comptroller's offset system to collect
23amounts that are exempt from subsection (g).
24    (c-1) All debts that exceed $250 and are more than 90 days
25past due shall be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System,
26unless (i) the State agency shall have entered into a deferred

 

 

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1payment plan or demonstrates to the Comptroller's satisfaction
2that referral for offset is not cost effective; or (ii) the
3State agency is a university that elects to place in the
4Comptroller's Offset System only debts that exceed $1,000 and
5are more than 90 days past due. All debt, and maintenance of
6that debt, that is placed in the Comptroller's Offset System
7must be submitted electronically to the office of the
8Comptroller. Any exception to this requirement must be approved
9in writing by the Comptroller.
10    (c-2) Upon processing a deduction to satisfy a debt owed to
11a university or a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's
12Offset System in accordance with subsection (c-1), the
13Comptroller shall give written notice to the person subject to
14the offset. The notice shall inform the person that he or she
15may make a written protest to the Comptroller within 60 days
16after the Comptroller has given notice. The notice may inform
17the person that, in lieu of protest, he or she may provide
18written authority to the Comptroller to process the deduction
19immediately. Upon receiving the written authority provided by
20the person subject to the offset to process the deduction
21immediately, the Comptroller may process the deduction
22immediately. The protest shall include the reason for
23contesting the deduction and any other information that will
24enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
25If the person subject to the offset has not made a written
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1or if a final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the
2Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the university or the
3State agency.
4    (c-3) For a debt owed to a university or a State agency and
5placed in the Comptroller's Offset System in accordance with
6subsection (c-1), the Comptroller shall deduct, from a warrant
7or other payment, its processing charge and the amount
8certified as necessary to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
9debt owed to the university or the State agency. The
10Comptroller shall deduct a processing charge of up to $15 per
11transaction for each offset and such charges shall be deposited
12into the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.
13    (c-4) If a State university withholds moneys from a
14university-funded payroll for a debt in accordance with this
15Act, the university may also withhold the processing charge
16identified in Section 10.05d of the State Comptroller Act and
17subsection (c-3) of Section 5 of the Illinois State Collection
18Act of 1986. Both amounts must be remitted to the Office of the
19Comptroller in a timely manner.
20    (d) State agencies shall develop internal procedures
21whereby agency initiated payments to its debtors may be offset
22without referral to the Comptroller's Offset System.
23    (e) State agencies or the Comptroller may remove claims
24from the Comptroller's Offset System, where such claims have
25been inactive for more than one year.
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1to determine if any State agency is attempting to collect debt
2from a contractor, bidder, or other proposed contracting party.
3    (g) Beginning July 1, 2004 for the Departments of Public
4Aid (now Healthcare and Family Services) and Employment
5Security and July 1, 2005 for Universities and other State
6agencies, State agencies shall refer to the Department of
7Revenue Debt Collection Bureau (the Bureau) all debt to the
8State, provided that the debt satisfies the requirements for
9referral of delinquent debt as established by rule by the
10Department of Revenue.
11    (h) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
12be exempt from the requirements of this Section with regard to
13child support debts, the collection of which is governed by the
14requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security
15Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may refer
16child support debts to the Bureau, provided that the debt
17satisfies the requirements for referral of delinquent debt as
18established by rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau
19shall use all legal means available to collect child support
20debt, including those authorizing the Department of Revenue to
21collect debt and those authorizing the Department of Healthcare
22and Family Services to collect debt. All such referred debt
23shall remain an obligation under the Department of Healthcare
24and Family Services' Child Support Enforcement Program subject
25to the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social
26Security Act, including the continued use of federally mandated

 

 

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1enforcement remedies and techniques by the Department of
2Healthcare and Family Services.
3    (h-1) The Department of Employment Security is exempt from
4subsection (g) with regard to debts to any federal account,
5including but not limited to the Unemployment Trust Fund, and
6penalties and interest assessed under the Unemployment
7Insurance Act. The Department of Employment Security may refer
8those debts to the Bureau, provided the debt satisfies the
9requirements for referral of delinquent debt as established by
10rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau shall use all
11legal means available to collect the debts, including those
12authorizing the Department of Revenue to collect debt and those
13authorizing the Department of Employment Security to collect
14debt. All referred debt shall remain an obligation to the
15account to which it is owed.
16    (i) All debt referred to the Bureau for collection shall
17remain the property of the referring agency. The Bureau shall
18collect debt on behalf of the referring agency using all legal
19means available, including those authorizing the Department of
20Revenue to collect debt and those authorizing the referring
21agency to collect debt.
22    (j) No debt secured by an interest in real property granted
23by the debtor in exchange for the creation of the debt shall be
24referred to the Bureau. The Bureau shall have no obligation to
25collect debts secured by an interest in real property.
26    (k) Beginning July 1, 2003, each agency shall collect and

 

 

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1provide the Bureau information regarding the nature and details
2of its debt in such form and manner as the Department of
3Revenue shall require.
4    (l) For all debt accruing after July 1, 2003, each agency
5shall collect and transmit such debtor identification
6information as the Department of Revenue shall require.
7(Source: P.A. 97-759, eff. 7-6-12; 98-1043, eff. 8-25-14.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 365/4from Ch. 127, par. 354
4    15 ILCS 405/10.05from Ch. 15, par. 210.05
5    15 ILCS 405/10.05d
6    15 ILCS 410/10b.7from Ch. 15, par. 432
7    30 ILCS 210/5from Ch. 15, par. 155