97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1905

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
735 ILCS 5/12-1001  from Ch. 110, par. 12-1001

    Creates the Universal Child Care Benefit Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to assist families by supporting their child care choices through direct financial support to a maximum of $1,200 per year in respect to each child who is at least 2 years of age but has not attained the age of 5 years. Requires the Department of Human Services to pay parents a monthly benefit of $100 for each child who qualifies under the Act. Contains provisions concerning overpayments; acknowledgment of liability; interest payments; and interagency agreements. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to make a corresponding change.


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1    AN ACT concerning children.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Universal Child Care Benefit Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Director" means the Director of the Department of Human
8Services.
9    "Department" means the Department of Human Services.
10    "Eligible parent" means the parent or parents or guardian
11or guardians having legal or physical custody of a qualified
12child.
13    "Qualified child" means a child who is at least 2 years of
14age but has not attained the age of 5 years.
 
15    Section 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to assist
16families by supporting their child care choices through direct
17financial support to a maximum of $1,200 per year in respect to
18each of their qualified children.
 
19    Section 15. Benefit.
20    (a) The Department shall pay to the eligible parent, for
21each month at the beginning of which he or she is an eligible

 

 

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1parent, a benefit of $100 for each child who is a qualified
2child at the beginning of that month.
3    (b) A benefit provided under this Act:
4        (1) may not be assigned, charged, attached, or given as
5    security;
6        (2) may not be retained by way of deduction, set-off,
7    or compensation under any law of this State except as
8    otherwise provided under this Act; and
9        (3) is not garnishable.
 
10    Section 20. Overpayments.
11    (a) A person who has received or obtained a benefit to
12which the person is not entitled, or a benefit in excess of the
13amount of the benefit to which the person is entitled, shall,
14as soon as possible, repay the amount of the benefit or the
15excess amount, as the case may be.
16    (b) The amount of the erroneous payment or overpayment
17constitutes a debt due to the Department, as of the day on
18which it was paid, and may be recovered by the Department.
 
19    Section 25. Acknowledgement of liability; limitation
20period.
21    (a) No action or proceedings shall be taken to recover an
22erroneous payment or overpayment owed under this Act after the
23expiration of the 6-year limitation period that begins to run
24on the day on which the erroneous payment or overpayment

 

 

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1becomes due and payable.
2    (b) Any erroneous payment or overpayment owed to the
3Department under this Act may be recovered at any time by way
4of deduction from, set-off against, or compensation against,
5any sum of money, including a benefit under this Act, that may
6be due or payable by the Department to the person.
7    (c) If a person's liability for an erroneous payment or
8overpayment owed under this Act is acknowledged in accordance
9with subsection (e), the time during which the limitation
10period has run before the acknowledgment does not count in the
11calculation of that period.
12    (d) If a person's liability for an erroneous payment or
13overpayment owed under this Act is acknowledged in accordance
14with subsection (e) after the expiration of the limitation
15period, an action or proceedings to recover the erroneous
16payment or overpayment may, subject to subsections (c) and (f),
17be brought within 6 years after the date of the acknowledgment.
18    (e) An acknowledgment of liability means:
19        (1) a written promise to pay the erroneous payment or
20    overpayment owed, signed by the person or his or her agent
21    or other representative;
22        (2) a written acknowledgment of the erroneous payment
23    or overpayment owed, signed by the person or his or her
24    agent or other representative, whether or not a promise to
25    pay can be implied from it and whether or not it contains a
26    refusal to pay;

 

 

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1        (3) a part payment by the person or his or her agent or
2    other representative of any erroneous payment or
3    overpayment owed; or
4        (4) any acknowledgment of the erroneous payment or
5    overpayment owed made by the person, his or her agent or
6    other representative in the course of proceedings under any
7    law dealing with the payment of debts.
8    (f) The running of a limitation period in respect to an
9erroneous payment or overpayment owed under this Act is
10suspended during any period in which it is prohibited to
11commence or continue an action or other proceedings against the
12person to recover the erroneous payment or overpayment owed
13under this Act.
14    (g) This Section does not apply to an action relating to
15the execution, renewal, or enforcement of a judgment.
 
16    Section 30. Interest payments. No interest is payable on
17any amount owed to the Department under this Act as a result of
18an overpayment or an erroneous payment.
 
19    Section 35. Agreements. The Director may enter into
20agreements or arrangements with any other State department,
21board, or agency to assist the Director in carrying out the
22purposes and provisions of this Act.
 
23    Section 40. Rules. The Department may adopt appropriate

 

 

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1rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.
 
2    Section 90. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
3changing Section 12-1001 as follows:
 
4    (735 ILCS 5/12-1001)   (from Ch. 110, par. 12-1001)
5    Sec. 12-1001. Personal property exempt. The following
6personal property, owned by the debtor, is exempt from
7judgment, attachment, or distress for rent:
8        (a) The necessary wearing apparel, bible, school
9    books, and family pictures of the debtor and the debtor's
10    dependents;
11        (b) The debtor's equity interest, not to exceed $4,000
12    in value, in any other property;
13        (c) The debtor's interest, not to exceed $2,400 in
14    value, in any one motor vehicle;
15        (d) The debtor's equity interest, not to exceed $1,500
16    in value, in any implements, professional books, or tools
17    of the trade of the debtor;
18        (e) Professionally prescribed health aids for the
19    debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
20        (f) All proceeds payable because of the death of the
21    insured and the aggregate net cash value of any or all life
22    insurance and endowment policies and annuity contracts
23    payable to a wife or husband of the insured, or to a child,
24    parent, or other person dependent upon the insured, whether

 

 

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1    the power to change the beneficiary is reserved to the
2    insured or not and whether the insured or the insured's
3    estate is a contingent beneficiary or not;
4        (g) The debtor's right to receive:
5            (1) a social security benefit, unemployment
6        compensation, or public assistance benefit;
7            (2) a veteran's benefit;
8            (3) a disability, illness, or unemployment
9        benefit; and
10            (4) alimony, support, or separate maintenance, to
11        the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the
12        debtor and any dependent of the debtor; and .
13            (5) a benefit under the Universal Child Care
14        Benefit Act.
15        (h) The debtor's right to receive, or property that is
16    traceable to:
17            (1) an award under a crime victim's reparation law;
18            (2) a payment on account of the wrongful death of
19        an individual of whom the debtor was a dependent, to
20        the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the
21        debtor;
22            (3) a payment under a life insurance contract that
23        insured the life of an individual of whom the debtor
24        was a dependent, to the extent reasonably necessary for
25        the support of the debtor or a dependent of the debtor;
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1        account of personal bodily injury of the debtor or an
2        individual of whom the debtor was a dependent; and
3            (5) any restitution payments made to persons
4        pursuant to the federal Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and
5        the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act, P.L.
6        100-383.
7        For purposes of this subsection (h), a debtor's right
8    to receive an award or payment shall be exempt for a
9    maximum of 2 years after the debtor's right to receive the
10    award or payment accrues; property traceable to an award or
11    payment shall be exempt for a maximum of 5 years after the
12    award or payment accrues; and an award or payment and
13    property traceable to an award or payment shall be exempt
14    only to the extent of the amount of the award or payment,
15    without interest or appreciation from the date of the award
16    or payment.
17        (i) The debtor's right to receive an award under Part
18    20 of Article II of this Code relating to crime victims'
19    awards.
20        (j) Moneys held in an account invested in the Illinois
21    College Savings Pool of which the debtor is a participant
22    or donor, except the following non-exempt contributions:
23            (1) any contribution to such account by the debtor
24        as participant or donor that is made with the actual
25        intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the
26        debtor;

 

 

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1            (2) any contributions to such account by the debtor
2        as participant during the 365 day period prior to the
3        date of filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy
4        that, in the aggregate during such period, exceed the
5        amount of the annual gift tax exclusion under Section
6        2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
7        amended, in effect at the time of contribution; or
8            (3) any contributions to such account by the debtor
9        as participant during the period commencing 730 days
10        prior to and ending 366 days prior to the date of
11        filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy that, in
12        the aggregate during such period, exceed the amount of
13        the annual gift tax exclusion under Section 2503(b) of
14        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in
15        effect at the time of contribution.
16        For purposes of this subsection (j), "account"
17    includes all accounts for a particular designated
18    beneficiary, of which the debtor is a participant or donor.
19    Money due the debtor from the sale of any personal property
20that was exempt from judgment, attachment, or distress for rent
21at the time of the sale is exempt from attachment and
22garnishment to the same extent that the property would be
23exempt had the same not been sold by the debtor.
24    If a debtor owns property exempt under this Section and he
25or she purchased that property with the intent of converting
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1her creditors, that property shall not be exempt from judgment,
2attachment, or distress for rent. Property acquired within 6
3months of the filing of the petition for bankruptcy shall be
4presumed to have been acquired in contemplation of bankruptcy.
5    The personal property exemptions set forth in this Section
6shall apply only to individuals and only to personal property
7that is used for personal rather than business purposes. The
8personal property exemptions set forth in this Section shall
9not apply to or be allowed against any money, salary, or wages
10due or to become due to the debtor that are required to be
11withheld in a wage deduction proceeding under Part 8 of this
12Article XII.
13(Source: P.A. 94-293, eff. 1-1-06; 95-306, eff. 1-1-08.)