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

 

 

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1    computing the prevailing wage in any particular locale, but
2    rather such employee benefit trusts are intended to include
3    contributions to be made to such funds that are intended to
4    assist in training, building and maintenance, industry
5    advancement, and the like, including but not limited to
6    those benefit trust funds such as pension and welfare that
7    are normally computed in the prevailing wage rates and
8    which otherwise would be subject to contribution
9    obligations by private employers that are signatory to
10    agreements with labor organizations;
11        (14) for voluntary payment as part of the Illinois
12    Gives Initiative under Section 26 of the State Comptroller
13    Act; or
14        (15) for payment of parking fees at the underground
15    facility located south of the William G. Stratton State
16    Office Building in Springfield or the parking ramp located
17    at 401 South College Street, west of the William G.
18    Stratton State Office Building in Springfield.
19(Source: P.A. 98-700, eff. 7-7-14; 99-166, eff. 7-28-15.)
 
20    Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
21changing Sections 10.05, 10.05d, 16.1, and 27 as follows:
 
22    (15 ILCS 405/10.05)  (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05)
23    Sec. 10.05. Deductions from warrants; statement of reason
24for deduction. Whenever any person shall be entitled to a

 

 

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1warrant or other payment from the treasury or other funds held
2by the State Treasurer, on any account, against whom there
3shall be any then due and payable account or claim in favor of
4the State, the United States upon certification by the
5Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or her
6delegate, pursuant to a reciprocal offset agreement under
7subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection
8Act of 1986, or a unit of local government, a school district,
9a public institution of higher education, as defined in Section
101 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or the clerk of a
11circuit court, upon certification by that entity, the
12Comptroller, upon notification thereof, shall ascertain the
13amount due and payable to the State, the United States, the
14unit of local government, the school district, the public
15institution of higher education, or the clerk of the circuit
16court, as aforesaid, and draw a warrant on the treasury or on
17other funds held by the State Treasurer, stating the amount for
18which the party was entitled to a warrant or other payment, the
19amount deducted therefrom, and on what account, and directing
20the payment of the balance; which warrant or payment as so
21drawn shall be entered on the books of the Treasurer, and such
22balance only shall be paid. The Comptroller may deduct any one
23or more of the following: (i) the entire amount due and payable
24to the State or a portion of the amount due and payable to the
25State in accordance with the request of the notifying agency;
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1a portion of the amount due and payable to the United States in
2accordance with a reciprocal offset agreement under subsection
3(i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection Act of
41986; or (iii) the entire amount due and payable to the unit of
5local government, school district, public institution of
6higher education, or clerk of the circuit court, or a portion
7of the amount due and payable to that entity, in accordance
8with an intergovernmental agreement authorized under this
9Section and Section 10.05d. No request from a notifying agency,
10the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, a unit of
11local government, a school district, a public institution of
12higher education, or the clerk of a circuit court for an amount
13to be deducted under this Section from a wage or salary
14payment, or from a contractual payment to an individual for
15personal services, or from pension annuity payments made under
16the Illinois Pension Code shall exceed 25% of the net amount of
17such payment. "Net amount" means that part of the earnings of
18an individual remaining after deduction of any amounts required
19by law to be withheld. For purposes of this provision, wage,
20salary or other payments for personal services shall not
21include final compensation payments for the value of accrued
22vacation, overtime or sick leave. Whenever the Comptroller
23draws a warrant or makes a payment involving a deduction
24ordered under this Section, the Comptroller shall notify the
25payee and the State agency that submitted the voucher of the
26reason for the deduction and he or she shall retain a record of

 

 

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1such statement in his or her records. As used in this Section,
2an "account or claim in favor of the State" includes all
3amounts owing to "State agencies" as defined in Section 7 of
4this Act. However, the Comptroller shall not be required to
5accept accounts or claims owing to funds not held by the State
6Treasurer, where such accounts or claims do not exceed $50, nor
7shall the Comptroller deduct from funds held by the State
8Treasurer under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
9Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act or for payments to
10institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
11(unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for child support). The
12Comptroller shall not deduct from payments to be disbursed from
13the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund as provided for under
14Section 12-10.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, except for
15payments representing interest on child support obligations
16under Section 10-16.5 of that Code. The Comptroller and the
17Department of Revenue shall enter into an interagency agreement
18to establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating
19to deductions from lottery prizes awarded under Section 20.1 of
20the Illinois Lottery Law. The Comptroller may enter into an
21intergovernmental agreement with the Department of Revenue and
22the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or
23her delegate, to establish responsibilities, duties, and
24procedures relating to reciprocal offset of delinquent State
25and federal obligations pursuant to subsection (i-1) of Section
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1Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with
2any unit of local government, school district, public
3institution of higher education, or clerk of a circuit court to
4establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures to provide
5for the offset, by the Comptroller, of obligations owed to
6those entities.
7    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
8court" means the clerk of a circuit court in any county in the
9State.
10(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
11    (15 ILCS 405/10.05d)
12    Sec. 10.05d. Deductions for delinquent obligations owed to
13units of local government, school districts, public
14institutions of higher education, and clerks of the circuit
15courts. Pursuant to Section 10.05 and this Section, the
16Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with a
17unit of local government, a school district, a public
18institution of higher education, or the clerk of a circuit
19court, in order to provide for (i) the use of the Comptroller's
20offset system to collect delinquent obligations owed to that
21entity and (ii) the payment to the Comptroller of a processing
22charge of up to $15 per transaction for offsets processed
23without the assistance of a third-party vendor and a processing
24charge of up to $20 per transaction for offsets processed with
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1may be selected by the Comptroller, pursuant to lawful
2procurement practices, in order to provide enhanced
3identification services to the State. The Comptroller shall
4deduct, from a warrant or other payment described in Section
510.05, in accordance with the procedures provided therein, its
6processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to
7satisfy, in whole or in part, the delinquent obligation owed to
8the unit of local government, school district, public
9institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit court,
10as applicable. The Comptroller shall provide the unit of local
11government, school district, public institution of higher
12education, or clerk of the circuit court, as applicable, with
13the address to which the warrant or other payment was to be
14mailed and any other information pertaining to each person from
15whom a deduction is made pursuant to this Section. All
16deductions ordered under this Section and processing charges
17imposed under this Section shall be deposited into the
18Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund, a special fund that the
19Comptroller shall use for the collection of deductions and
20processing charges, as provided by law, and the payment of
21deductions and administrative expenses, as provided by law.
22    Upon processing a deduction, the Comptroller shall give
23written notice to the person subject to the offset. The notice
24shall inform the person that he or she may make a written
25protest to the Comptroller within 60 days after the Comptroller
26has given notice. The protest shall include the reason for

 

 

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1contesting the deduction and any other information that will
2enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
3The notice may inform the person that, in lieu of protest, he
4or she may provide written authority to the Comptroller to
5process the deduction immediately. Upon receiving the written
6authority provided by the person subject to the offset to
7process the deduction immediately, the Comptroller may process
8the deduction immediately. The intergovernmental agreement
9entered into under Section 10.05 and this Section shall
10establish procedures through which the Comptroller shall
11determine the validity of the protest and shall make a final
12disposition concerning the deduction. If the person subject to
13the offset has not made a written protest within 60 days after
14the Comptroller has given notice or if a final disposition is
15made concerning the deduction, the Comptroller shall pay the
16deduction to the unit of local government, school district,
17public institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit
18court, as applicable, from the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust
19Fund.
20    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
21court" means a clerk of the circuit court in any county in the
22State.
23    For purposes of this Section, "third-party vendor" means
24the vendor selected by the Comptroller to provide enhanced
25identification services to the State.
26(Source: P.A. 97-632, eff. 12-16-11; 97-970, eff. 8-16-12;

 

 

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198-272, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
2    (15 ILCS 405/16.1)  (from Ch. 15, par. 216.1)
3    Sec. 16.1. All reports filed by local governmental units
4with the Comptroller together with any accompanying comment or
5explanation immediately becomes part of his or her public
6records and shall be open to public inspection. The Comptroller
7shall establish and maintain an online repository designated as
8"The Warehouse" that makes available to the public any and all
9reports required by law to be filed with the Office of the
10Comptroller by local governmental units. The Comptroller shall
11make the information contained in such reports available to
12State agencies and units of local government upon request.
13(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
14    (15 ILCS 405/27)
15    Sec. 27. Comptroller's online ledger. The Comptroller
16shall establish and maintain an online repository of the
17State's financial transactions, to be known as the
18Comptroller's "Online Ledger". The Comptroller shall establish
19rules and regulations pertaining to the establishment and
20maintenance of the online ledger "Online Ledger". Any listing
21of an immediately preceding year's amount of State employee
22salaries on the online ledger "Online Ledger" shall list the
23total amount paid to a State employee during that past calendar
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1that past calendar year, as rounded to the nearest hundred
2dollar. Any monthly reporting of a State employee's salary for
3the current year shall also be listed as rounded to the nearest
4hundred dollar. The Comptroller, in his or her discretion, may
5list the unadjusted total salary amount paid to a State
6employee for any previous year other than the rounded salary
7amount for the immediately preceding calendar year.
8(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16; 100-253, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
9    Section 15. The Comptroller Merit Employment Code is
10amended by changing Section 10b.7 as follows:
 
11    (15 ILCS 410/10b.7)  (from Ch. 15, par. 432)
12    Sec. 10b.7. For the granting of appropriate preference in
13entrance examinations to qualified veterans or persons who have
14been members of the armed forces of the United States or to
15qualified persons who, while citizens of the United States,
16were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States
17in time of hostilities with a foreign country, and to certain
18other persons as set forth in this Section.
19    (a) As used in this Section:
20        (1) "Time of hostilities with a foreign country" means
21    any period of time in the past, present, or future during
22    which a declaration of war by the United States Congress
23    has been or is in effect or during which an emergency
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1    the issuance of a Presidential proclamation or a
2    Presidential executive order and in which the armed forces
3    expeditionary medal or other campaign service medals are
4    awarded according to Presidential executive order.
5        (2) "Armed forces of the United States" means the
6    United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast
7    Guard. Service in the Merchant Marine that constitutes
8    active duty under Section 401 of federal Public Law 95-202
9    shall also be considered service in the Armed Forces of the
10    United States for purposes of this Section.
11    (3) "Veteran" means a person who has served as a member of
12the armed forces of the United States, the Illinois National
13Guard, or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
14States.
15    (b) The preference granted under this Section shall be in
16the form of points added to the final grades of the persons if
17they otherwise qualify and are entitled to appear on the list
18of those eligible for appointments.
19    (c) A veteran is qualified for a preference of 10 points if
20the veteran currently holds proof of a service connected
21disability from the United States Department of Veterans
22Affairs or an allied country or if the veteran is a recipient
23of the Purple Heart.
24    (d) A veteran who has served during a time of hostilities
25with a foreign country is qualified for a preference of 5
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1conditions:
2        (1) The veteran served a total of at least 6 months, or
3        (2) The veteran served for the duration of hostilities
4    regardless of the length of engagement, or
5        (3) The veteran was discharged on the basis of
6    hardship, or
7        (4) The veteran was released from active duty because
8    of a service connected disability and was discharged under
9    honorable conditions.
10    (e) A person not eligible for a preference under subsection
11(c) or (d) is qualified for a preference of 3 points if the
12person has served in the armed forces of the United States, the
13Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the armed
14forces of the United States and the person: (1) served for at
15least 6 months and has been discharged under honorable
16conditions; or (2) has been discharged on the ground of
17hardship; or (3) was released from active duty because of a
18service connected disability; or (4) served a minimum of 4
19years in the Illinois National Guard or reserve component of
20the armed forces of the United States regardless of whether or
21not the person was mobilized to active duty. An active member
22of the National Guard or a reserve component of the armed
23forces of the United States is eligible for the preference if
24the member meets the service requirements of this subsection
25(e).
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1eligible lists shall be determined on the basis of their
2augmented ratings. When the Director establishes eligible
3lists on the basis of category ratings such as "superior",
4"excellent", "well-qualified", and "qualified", the veteran
5eligibles in each such category shall be preferred for
6appointment before the non-veteran eligibles in the same
7category.
8    (g) Employees in positions covered by jurisdiction B who,
9while in good standing, leave to engage in military service
10during a period of hostility, shall be given credit for
11seniority purposes for time served in the armed forces.
12    (h) A surviving unremarried spouse of a veteran who
13suffered a service connected death or the spouse of a veteran
14who suffered a service connected disability that prevents the
15veteran from qualifying for civil service employment shall be
16entitled to the same preference to which the veteran would have
17been entitled under this Section.
18    (i) A preference shall also be given to the following
19individuals: 10 points for one parent of an unmarried veteran
20who suffered a service connected death or a service connected
21disability that prevents the veteran from qualifying for civil
22service employment. The first parent to receive a civil service
23appointment shall be the parent entitled to the preference.
24(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
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1amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 15, par. 155)
3    Sec. 5. Rules; payment plans; offsets.
4    (a) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
5July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
6State agencies shall adopt rules establishing formal due dates
7for amounts owing to the State and for the referral of
8seriously past due accounts to private collection agencies,
9unless otherwise expressly provided by law or rule, except that
10on and after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment
11Security may continue to refer to private collection agencies
12past due amounts that are exempt from subsection (g). Such
13procedures shall be established in accord with sound business
14practices.
15    (b) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
16July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
17agencies may enter deferred payment plans for debtors of the
18agency and documentation of this fact retained by the agency,
19where the deferred payment plan is likely to increase the net
20amount collected by the State, except that, on and after July
211, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may continue to
22enter deferred payment plans for debts that are exempt from
23subsection (g).
24    (c) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
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1State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset System provided
2in Section 10.05 of the State Comptroller Act for the
3collection of debts owed to the agency, except that, on and
4after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may
5continue to use the Comptroller's offset system to collect
6amounts that are exempt from subsection (g).
7    (c-1) All debts that exceed $250 and are more than 90 days
8past due shall be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System,
9unless (i) the State agency shall have entered into a deferred
10payment plan or demonstrates to the Comptroller's satisfaction
11that referral for offset is not cost effective; or (ii) the
12State agency is a university that elects to place in the
13Comptroller's Offset System only debts that exceed $1,000 and
14are more than 90 days past due. All debt, and maintenance of
15that debt, that is placed in the Comptroller's Offset System
16must be submitted electronically to the office of the
17Comptroller. Any exception to this requirement must be approved
18in writing by the Comptroller.
19    (c-2) Upon processing a deduction to satisfy a debt owed to
20a university or a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's
21Offset System in accordance with subsection (c-1), the
22Comptroller shall give written notice to the person subject to
23the offset. The notice shall inform the person that he or she
24may make a written protest to the Comptroller within 60 days
25after the Comptroller has given notice. The notice may inform
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1written authority to the Comptroller to process the deduction
2immediately. Upon receiving the written authority provided by
3the person subject to the offset to process the deduction
4immediately, the Comptroller may process the deduction
5immediately. The protest shall include the reason for
6contesting the deduction and any other information that will
7enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
8If the person subject to the offset has not made a written
9protest within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice,
10or if a final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the
11Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the university or the
12State agency.
13    (c-3) For a debt owed to a university or a State agency and
14placed in the Comptroller's Offset System in accordance with
15subsection (c-1), the Comptroller shall deduct, from a warrant
16or other payment, its processing charge and the amount
17certified as necessary to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
18debt owed to the university or the State agency. The
19Comptroller shall deduct a processing charge of up to $15 per
20transaction for each offset and such charges shall be deposited
21into the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.
22    (c-4) If a State university withholds moneys from a
23university-funded payroll for a debt in accordance with this
24Act, the university may also withhold the processing charge
25identified in Section 10.05d of the State Comptroller Act and
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1Act of 1986. Both amounts must be remitted to the Office of the
2Comptroller in a timely manner.
3    (d) State agencies shall develop internal procedures
4whereby agency initiated payments to its debtors may be offset
5without referral to the Comptroller's Offset System.
6    (e) State agencies or the Comptroller may remove claims
7from the Comptroller's Offset System, where such claims have
8been inactive for more than one year.
9    (f) State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset System
10to determine if any State agency is attempting to collect debt
11from a contractor, bidder, or other proposed contracting party.
12    (g) Beginning July 1, 2004 for the Departments of Public
13Aid (now Healthcare and Family Services) and Employment
14Security and July 1, 2005 for Universities and other State
15agencies, State agencies shall refer to the Department of
16Revenue Debt Collection Bureau (the Bureau) all debt to the
17State, provided that the debt satisfies the requirements for
18referral of delinquent debt as established by rule by the
19Department of Revenue.
20    (h) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
21be exempt from the requirements of this Section with regard to
22child support debts, the collection of which is governed by the
23requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security
24Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may refer
25child support debts to the Bureau, provided that the debt
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1established by rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau
2shall use all legal means available to collect child support
3debt, including those authorizing the Department of Revenue to
4collect debt and those authorizing the Department of Healthcare
5and Family Services to collect debt. All such referred debt
6shall remain an obligation under the Department of Healthcare
7and Family Services' Child Support Enforcement Program subject
8to the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social
9Security Act, including the continued use of federally mandated
10enforcement remedies and techniques by the Department of
11Healthcare and Family Services.
12    (h-1) The Department of Employment Security is exempt from
13subsection (g) with regard to debts to any federal account,
14including but not limited to the Unemployment Trust Fund, and
15penalties and interest assessed under the Unemployment
16Insurance Act. The Department of Employment Security may refer
17those debts to the Bureau, provided the debt satisfies the
18requirements for referral of delinquent debt as established by
19rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau shall use all
20legal means available to collect the debts, including those
21authorizing the Department of Revenue to collect debt and those
22authorizing the Department of Employment Security to collect
23debt. All referred debt shall remain an obligation to the
24account to which it is owed.
25    (i) All debt referred to the Bureau for collection shall
26remain the property of the referring agency. The Bureau shall

 

 

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1collect debt on behalf of the referring agency using all legal
2means available, including those authorizing the Department of
3Revenue to collect debt and those authorizing the referring
4agency to collect debt.
5    (j) No debt secured by an interest in real property granted
6by the debtor in exchange for the creation of the debt shall be
7referred to the Bureau. The Bureau shall have no obligation to
8collect debts secured by an interest in real property.
9    (k) Beginning July 1, 2003, each agency shall collect and
10provide the Bureau information regarding the nature and details
11of its debt in such form and manner as the Department of
12Revenue shall require.
13    (l) For all debt accruing after July 1, 2003, each agency
14shall collect and transmit such debtor identification
15information as the Department of Revenue shall require.
16(Source: P.A. 97-759, eff. 7-6-12; 98-1043, eff. 8-25-14.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.