093_SB0923

 
                                     LRB093 03151 LCB 03168 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to child support.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended  by
 5    changing Section 7 as follows:

 6        (750 ILCS 16/7)
 7        Sec.  7.  Prosecution  Prosecutions  by Attorney General.
 8    In addition to enforcement proceedings by the several State's
 9    Attorneys, a proceeding for the enforcement of this  Act  may
10    be  instituted  and  prosecuted  by  the Attorney General  in
11    cases referred by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
12    involving   persons   receiving   child  support  enforcement
13    services under Article X of the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.
14    Before   referring   a  case  to  the  Attorney  General  for
15    enforcement under this Act,  the  Department  of  Public  Aid
16    shall  notify  the person receiving child support enforcement
17    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid  Code  of
18    the  Department's  intent  to  refer the case to the Attorney
19    General under this Section for prosecution.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)