Sen. Antonio Muņoz

Filed: 4/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 205

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 205 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
5changing Section 10.05d as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 405/10.05d)
7    Sec. 10.05d. Deductions for delinquent obligations owed to
8units of local government, school districts, public
9institutions of higher education, and clerks of the circuit
10courts. Pursuant to Section 10.05 and this Section, the
11Comptroller may enter into intergovernmental agreements with a
12unit of local government, a school district, a public
13institution of higher education, or the clerk of a circuit
14court, in order to provide for (i) the use of the Comptroller's
15offset system to collect delinquent obligations owed to that
16entity and (ii) the payment to the Comptroller of a processing

 

 

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1charge of up to $15 per transaction for such offsets processed
2without the assistance of a third-party vendor and a processing
3charge of up to $20 per transaction for offsets processed with
4the assistance of a third-party vendor. A third-party vendor
5may be selected by the Comptroller, pursuant to lawful
6procurement practices, in order to provide enhanced
7identification services to the State. The Comptroller shall
8deduct, from a warrant or other payment described in Section
910.05, in accordance with the procedures provided therein, its
10processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to
11satisfy, in whole or in part, the delinquent obligation owed to
12the unit of local government, school district, public
13institution of higher education, or clerk of the circuit court,
14as applicable. The Comptroller shall provide the unit of local
15government, school district, public institution of higher
16education, or clerk of the circuit court, as applicable, with
17the address to which the warrant or other payment was to be
18mailed and any other information pertaining to each person from
19whom a deduction is made pursuant to this Section. All
20deductions ordered under this Section and processing charges
21imposed under this Section shall be deposited into the
22Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund, a special fund that the
23Comptroller shall use for the collection of deductions and
24processing charges, as provided by law, and the payment of
25deductions and administrative expenses, as provided by law.
26    Upon processing a deduction, the Comptroller shall give

 

 

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1written notice to the person subject to the offset. The notice
2shall inform the person that he or she may make a written
3protest to the Comptroller within 60 days after the Comptroller
4has given notice. The protest shall include the reason for
5contesting the deduction and any other information that will
6enable the Comptroller to determine the amount due and payable.
7The intergovernmental agreement entered into under Section
810.05 and this Section shall establish procedures through which
9the Comptroller shall determine the validity of the protest and
10shall make a final disposition concerning the deduction. If the
11person subject to the offset has not made a written protest
12within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice or if a
13final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the
14Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the unit of local
15government, school district, public institution of higher
16education, or clerk of the circuit court, as applicable, from
17the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.
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.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.".