Rep. Natalie A. Manley

Filed: 3/29/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5019

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5019 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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

 

 

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1    Code", as amended, and the personal multiperil coverages
2    commonly known as homeowner's insurance. However, no
3    portion of salaries, wages or annuities may be withheld to
4    pay premiums on automobile, homeowner's, life or accident
5    and health insurance policies issued by any one insurance
6    company or insurance service company unless a minimum of
7    100 employees or annuitants insured by that company
8    authorize the withholding by an Office within 6 months
9    after such withholding begins. If such minimum is not
10    satisfied the Office may discontinue withholding for such
11    company. For any insurance company or insurance service
12    company which has not previously had withholding, the
13    Office may allow withholding for premiums, where less than
14    100 policies have been written, to cover a probationary
15    period. An insurance company which has discontinued
16    withholding may reinstate it upon presentation of facts
17    indicating new management or re-organization satisfactory
18    to the Office;
19        (3) for payment to any labor organization designated by
20    the employee;
21        (4) for payment of dues to any association the
22    membership of which consists of State employees and former
23    State employees;
24        (5) for deposit in any credit union, in which State
25    employees are within the field of membership as a result of
26    their employment;

 

 

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1        (6) for payment to or for the benefit of an institution
2    of higher education by an employee of that institution;
3        (7) for payment of parking fees at the parking
4    facilities located on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the
5    University of Illinois;
6        (8) for voluntary payment to the State of Illinois of
7    amounts then due and payable to the State;
8        (9) for investment purchases made as a participant or
9    contributor to qualified tuition programs in College
10    Savings Programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the
11    Internal Revenue Code or qualified ABLE programs
12    established pursuant to Section 529A of the Internal
13    Revenue Code Section 30-15.8a of the School Code;
14        (10) for voluntary payment to the Illinois Department
15    of Revenue of amounts due or to become due under the
16    Illinois Income Tax Act;
17        (11) for payment of optional contributions to a
18    retirement system subject to the provisions of the Illinois
19    Pension Code;
20        (12) for contributions to organizations found
21    qualified by the State Comptroller under the requirements
22    set forth in the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983;
23        (13) for payment of fringe benefit contributions to
24    employee benefit trust funds (whether such employee
25    benefit trust funds are governed by the Employee Retirement
26    Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et

 

 

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1    seq. or not) for State contractual employees hired through
2    labor organizations and working pursuant to a signed
3    agreement between a labor organization and a State agency,
4    whether subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act or not;
5    this item (13) is not intended to limit employee benefit
6    trust funds and the contributions to be made thereto to be
7    limited to those which are encompassed for purposes of
8    computing the prevailing wage in any particular locale, but
9    rather such employee benefit trusts are intended to include
10    contributions to be made to such funds that are intended to
11    assist in training, building and maintenance, industry
12    advancement, and the like, including but not limited to
13    those benefit trust funds such as pension and welfare that
14    are normally computed in the prevailing wage rates and
15    which otherwise would be subject to contribution
16    obligations by private employers that are signatory to
17    agreements with labor organizations;
18        (14) for voluntary payment as part of the Illinois
19    Gives Initiative under Section 26 of the State Comptroller
20    Act; or
21        (15) for payment of parking fees at the underground
22    facility located south of the William G. Stratton State
23    Office Building in Springfield or the parking ramp located
24    at 401 South College Street, west of the William G.
25    Stratton State Office Building in Springfield.
26(Source: P.A. 98-700, eff. 7-7-14; 99-166, eff. 7-28-15.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
2changing Sections 10.05, 10.05d, 16.1, and 27 as follows:
 
3    (15 ILCS 405/10.05)  (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05)
4    Sec. 10.05. Deductions from warrants; statement of reason
5for deduction. Whenever any person shall be entitled to a
6warrant or other payment from the treasury or other funds held
7by the State Treasurer, on any account, against whom there
8shall be any then due and payable account or claim in favor of
9the State, the United States upon certification by the
10Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or her
11delegate, pursuant to a reciprocal offset agreement under
12subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection
13Act of 1986, or a unit of local government, a school district,
14a public institution of higher education, as defined in Section
151 of the Board of Higher Education Act, or the clerk of a
16circuit court, upon certification by that entity, the
17Comptroller, upon notification thereof, shall ascertain the
18amount due and payable to the State, the United States, the
19unit of local government, the school district, the public
20institution of higher education, or the clerk of the circuit
21court, as aforesaid, and draw a warrant on the treasury or on
22other funds held by the State Treasurer, stating the amount for
23which the party was entitled to a warrant or other payment, the
24amount deducted therefrom, and on what account, and directing

 

 

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1the payment of the balance; which warrant or payment as so
2drawn shall be entered on the books of the Treasurer, and such
3balance only shall be paid. The Comptroller may deduct any one
4or more of the following: (i) the entire amount due and payable
5to the State or a portion of the amount due and payable to the
6State in accordance with the request of the notifying agency;
7(ii) the entire amount due and payable to the United States or
8a portion of the amount due and payable to the United States in
9accordance with a reciprocal offset agreement under subsection
10(i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State Collection Act of
111986; or (iii) the entire amount due and payable to the unit of
12local government, school district, public institution of
13higher education, or clerk of the circuit court, or a portion
14of the amount due and payable to that entity, in accordance
15with an intergovernmental agreement authorized under this
16Section and Section 10.05d. No request from a notifying agency,
17the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, a unit of
18local government, a school district, a public institution of
19higher education, or the clerk of a circuit court for an amount
20to be deducted under this Section from a wage or salary
21payment, or from a contractual payment to an individual for
22personal services, or from pension annuity payments made under
23the Illinois Pension Code shall exceed 25% of the net amount of
24such payment. "Net amount" means that part of the earnings of
25an individual remaining after deduction of any amounts required
26by law to be withheld. For purposes of this provision, wage,

 

 

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1salary or other payments for personal services shall not
2include final compensation payments for the value of accrued
3vacation, overtime or sick leave. Whenever the Comptroller
4draws a warrant or makes a payment involving a deduction
5ordered under this Section, the Comptroller shall notify the
6payee and the State agency that submitted the voucher of the
7reason for the deduction and he or she shall retain a record of
8such statement in his or her records. As used in this Section,
9an "account or claim in favor of the State" includes all
10amounts owing to "State agencies" as defined in Section 7 of
11this Act. However, the Comptroller shall not be required to
12accept accounts or claims owing to funds not held by the State
13Treasurer, where such accounts or claims do not exceed $50, nor
14shall the Comptroller deduct from funds held by the State
15Treasurer under the Senior Citizens and Persons with
16Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act or for payments to
17institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund
18(unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for child support). The
19Comptroller shall not deduct from payments to be disbursed from
20the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund as provided for under
21Section 12-10.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, except for
22payments representing interest on child support obligations
23under Section 10-16.5 of that Code. The Comptroller and the
24Department of Revenue shall enter into an interagency agreement
25to establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating
26to deductions from lottery prizes awarded under Section 20.1 of

 

 

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1the Illinois Lottery Law. The Comptroller may enter into an
2intergovernmental agreement with the Department of Revenue and
3the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or
4her delegate, to establish responsibilities, duties, and
5procedures relating to reciprocal offset of delinquent State
6and federal obligations pursuant to subsection (i-1) of Section
710 of the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. The
8Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with
9any unit of local government, school district, public
10institution of higher education, or clerk of a circuit court to
11establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures to provide
12for the offset, by the Comptroller, of obligations owed to
13those entities.
14    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
15court" means the clerk of a circuit court in any county in the
16State.
17(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
 
18    (15 ILCS 405/10.05d)
19    Sec. 10.05d. Deductions for delinquent obligations owed to
20units of local government, school districts, public
21institutions of higher education, and clerks of the circuit
22courts. Pursuant to Section 10.05 and this Section, the
23Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with a
24unit of local government, a school district, a public
25institution of higher education, or the clerk of a circuit

 

 

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1court, in order to provide for (i) the use of the Comptroller's
2offset system to collect delinquent obligations owed to that
3entity and (ii) the payment to the Comptroller of a processing
4charge of up to $15 per transaction for offsets processed
5without the assistance of a third-party vendor and a processing
6charge of up to $20 per transaction for offsets processed with
7the assistance of a third-party vendor. A third-party vendor
8may be selected by the Comptroller, pursuant to lawful
9procurement practices, in order to provide enhanced
10identification services to the State. The Comptroller shall
11deduct, from a warrant or other payment described in Section
1210.05, in accordance with the procedures provided therein, its
13processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to
14satisfy, in whole or in part, the delinquent obligation owed to
15the unit of local government, school district, public
16institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit court,
17as applicable. The Comptroller shall provide the unit of local
18government, school district, public institution of higher
19education, or clerk of the circuit court, as applicable, with
20the address to which the warrant or other payment was to be
21mailed and any other information pertaining to each person from
22whom a deduction is made pursuant to this Section. All
23deductions ordered under this Section and processing charges
24imposed under this Section shall be deposited into the
25Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund, a special fund that the
26Comptroller shall use for the collection of deductions and

 

 

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1processing charges, as provided by law, and the payment of
2deductions and administrative expenses, as provided by law.
3    Upon processing a deduction, the Comptroller shall give
4written notice to the person subject to the offset. The notice
5shall inform the person that he or she may make a written
6protest to the Comptroller within 60 days after the Comptroller
7has given notice. The protest shall include the reason for
8contesting the deduction and any other information that will
9enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
10The notice may inform the person that, in lieu of protest, he
11or she may provide written authority to the Comptroller to
12process the deduction immediately. Upon receiving the written
13authority provided by the person subject to the offset to
14process the deduction immediately, the Comptroller may process
15the deduction immediately. The intergovernmental agreement
16entered into under Section 10.05 and this Section shall
17establish procedures through which the Comptroller shall
18determine the validity of the protest and shall make a final
19disposition concerning the deduction. If the person subject to
20the offset has not made a written protest within 60 days after
21the Comptroller has given notice or if a final disposition is
22made concerning the deduction, the Comptroller shall pay the
23deduction to the unit of local government, school district,
24public institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit
25court, as applicable, from the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust
26Fund.

 

 

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1    For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit
2court" means a clerk of the circuit court in any county in the
3State.
4    For purposes of this Section, "third-party vendor" means
5the vendor selected by the Comptroller to provide enhanced
6identification services to the State.
7(Source: P.A. 97-632, eff. 12-16-11; 97-970, eff. 8-16-12;
898-272, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
9    (15 ILCS 405/16.1)  (from Ch. 15, par. 216.1)
10    Sec. 16.1. All reports filed by local governmental units
11with the Comptroller together with any accompanying comment or
12explanation immediately becomes part of his or her public
13records and shall be open to public inspection. The Comptroller
14shall establish and maintain an online repository designated as
15"The Warehouse" that makes available to the public any and all
16reports required by law to be filed with the Office of the
17Comptroller by local governmental units. The Comptroller shall
18make the information contained in such reports available to
19State agencies and units of local government upon request.
20(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16.)
 
21    (15 ILCS 405/27)
22    Sec. 27. Comptroller's online ledger. The Comptroller
23shall establish and maintain an online repository of the
24State's financial transactions, to be known as the

 

 

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1Comptroller's "Online Ledger". The Comptroller shall establish
2rules and regulations pertaining to the establishment and
3maintenance of the online ledger "Online Ledger". Any listing
4of an immediately preceding year's amount of State employee
5salaries on the online ledger "Online Ledger" shall list the
6total amount paid to a State employee during that past calendar
7year, or a monthly reporting of a State employee's salary from
8that past calendar year, as rounded to the nearest hundred
9dollar. Any monthly reporting of a State employee's salary for
10the current year shall also be listed as rounded to the nearest
11hundred dollar. The Comptroller, in his or her discretion, may
12list the unadjusted total salary amount paid to a State
13employee for any previous year other than the rounded salary
14amount for the immediately preceding calendar year.
15(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16; 100-253, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
16    Section 15. The Comptroller Merit Employment Code is
17amended by changing Section 10b.7 as follows:
 
18    (15 ILCS 410/10b.7)  (from Ch. 15, par. 432)
19    Sec. 10b.7. For the granting of appropriate preference in
20entrance examinations to qualified veterans or persons who have
21been members of the armed forces of the United States or to
22qualified persons who, while citizens of the United States,
23were members of the armed forces of allies of the United States
24in time of hostilities with a foreign country, and to certain

 

 

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

 

 

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1who suffered a service connected death or a service connected
2disability that prevents the veteran from qualifying for civil
3service employment. The first parent to receive a civil service
4appointment shall be the parent entitled to the preference.
5(Source: P.A. 87-796.)
 
6    Section 20. The Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 is
7amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 210/5)  (from Ch. 15, par. 155)
9    Sec. 5. Rules; payment plans; offsets.
10    (a) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
11July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
12State agencies shall adopt rules establishing formal due dates
13for amounts owing to the State and for the referral of
14seriously past due accounts to private collection agencies,
15unless otherwise expressly provided by law or rule, except that
16on and after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment
17Security may continue to refer to private collection agencies
18past due amounts that are exempt from subsection (g). Such
19procedures shall be established in accord with sound business
20practices.
21    (b) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
22July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
23agencies may enter deferred payment plans for debtors of the
24agency and documentation of this fact retained by the agency,

 

 

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1where the deferred payment plan is likely to increase the net
2amount collected by the State, except that, on and after July
31, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may continue to
4enter deferred payment plans for debts that are exempt from
5subsection (g).
6    (c) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and
7July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies,
8State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset System provided
9in Section 10.05 of the State Comptroller Act for the
10collection of debts owed to the agency, except that, on and
11after July 1, 2005, the Department of Employment Security may
12continue to use the Comptroller's offset system to collect
13amounts that are exempt from subsection (g).
14    (c-1) All debts that exceed $250 and are more than 90 days
15past due shall be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System,
16unless (i) the State agency shall have entered into a deferred
17payment plan or demonstrates to the Comptroller's satisfaction
18that referral for offset is not cost effective; or (ii) the
19State agency is a university that elects to place in the
20Comptroller's Offset System only debts that exceed $1,000 and
21are more than 90 days past due. All debt, and maintenance of
22that debt, that is placed in the Comptroller's Offset System
23must be submitted electronically to the office of the
24Comptroller. Any exception to this requirement must be approved
25in writing by the Comptroller.
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1a university or a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's
2Offset System in accordance with subsection (c-1), the
3Comptroller shall give written notice to the person subject to
4the offset. The notice shall inform the person that he or she
5may make a written protest to the Comptroller within 60 days
6after the Comptroller has given notice. The notice may inform
7the person that, in lieu of protest, he or she may provide
8written authority to the Comptroller to process the deduction
9immediately. Upon receiving the written authority provided by
10the person subject to the offset to process the deduction
11immediately, the Comptroller may process the deduction
12immediately. The protest shall include the reason for
13contesting the deduction and any other information that will
14enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
15If the person subject to the offset has not made a written
16protest within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice,
17or if a final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the
18Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the university or the
19State agency.
20    (c-3) For a debt owed to a university or a State agency and
21placed in the Comptroller's Offset System in accordance with
22subsection (c-1), the Comptroller shall deduct, from a warrant
23or other payment, its processing charge and the amount
24certified as necessary to satisfy, in whole or in part, the
25debt owed to the university or the State agency. The
26Comptroller shall deduct a processing charge of up to $15 per

 

 

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1transaction for each offset and such charges shall be deposited
2into the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.
3    (c-4) If a State university withholds moneys from a
4university-funded payroll for a debt in accordance with this
5Act, the university may also withhold the processing charge
6identified in Section 10.05d of the State Comptroller Act and
7subsection (c-3) of Section 5 of the Illinois State Collection
8Act of 1986. Both amounts must be remitted to the Office of the
9Comptroller in a timely manner.
10    (d) State agencies shall develop internal procedures
11whereby agency initiated payments to its debtors may be offset
12without referral to the Comptroller's Offset System.
13    (e) State agencies or the Comptroller may remove claims
14from the Comptroller's Offset System, where such claims have
15been inactive for more than one year.
16    (f) State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset System
17to determine if any State agency is attempting to collect debt
18from a contractor, bidder, or other proposed contracting party.
19    (g) Beginning July 1, 2004 for the Departments of Public
20Aid (now Healthcare and Family Services) and Employment
21Security and July 1, 2005 for Universities and other State
22agencies, State agencies shall refer to the Department of
23Revenue Debt Collection Bureau (the Bureau) all debt to the
24State, provided that the debt satisfies the requirements for
25referral of delinquent debt as established by rule by the
26Department of Revenue.

 

 

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1    (h) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall
2be exempt from the requirements of this Section with regard to
3child support debts, the collection of which is governed by the
4requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security
5Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may refer
6child support debts to the Bureau, provided that the debt
7satisfies the requirements for referral of delinquent debt as
8established by rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau
9shall use all legal means available to collect child support
10debt, including those authorizing the Department of Revenue to
11collect debt and those authorizing the Department of Healthcare
12and Family Services to collect debt. All such referred debt
13shall remain an obligation under the Department of Healthcare
14and Family Services' Child Support Enforcement Program subject
15to the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the federal Social
16Security Act, including the continued use of federally mandated
17enforcement remedies and techniques by the Department of
18Healthcare and Family Services.
19    (h-1) The Department of Employment Security is exempt from
20subsection (g) with regard to debts to any federal account,
21including but not limited to the Unemployment Trust Fund, and
22penalties and interest assessed under the Unemployment
23Insurance Act. The Department of Employment Security may refer
24those debts to the Bureau, provided the debt satisfies the
25requirements for referral of delinquent debt as established by
26rule by the Department of Revenue. The Bureau shall use all

 

 

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1legal means available to collect the debts, including those
2authorizing the Department of Revenue to collect debt and those
3authorizing the Department of Employment Security to collect
4debt. All referred debt shall remain an obligation to the
5account to which it is owed.
6    (i) All debt referred to the Bureau for collection shall
7remain the property of the referring agency. The Bureau shall
8collect debt on behalf of the referring agency using all legal
9means available, including those authorizing the Department of
10Revenue to collect debt and those authorizing the referring
11agency to collect debt.
12    (j) No debt secured by an interest in real property granted
13by the debtor in exchange for the creation of the debt shall be
14referred to the Bureau. The Bureau shall have no obligation to
15collect debts secured by an interest in real property.
16    (k) Beginning July 1, 2003, each agency shall collect and
17provide the Bureau information regarding the nature and details
18of its debt in such form and manner as the Department of
19Revenue shall require.
20    (l) For all debt accruing after July 1, 2003, each agency
21shall collect and transmit such debtor identification
22information as the Department of Revenue shall require.
23(Source: P.A. 97-759, eff. 7-6-12; 98-1043, eff. 8-25-14.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.".