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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 554
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 554 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning child support."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
8 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.3 as follows:
9 (750 ILCS 5/706.3)
10 Sec. 706.3. Information concerning obligors.
11 (a) In this Section:
12 "Arrearage", "delinquency", "obligor", and "order for
13 support" have the meanings attributed to those terms in the
14 Income Withholding for Support Act.
15 "Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning attributed to
16 that term in Section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
17 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f).
18 (b) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds
19 that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
20 or is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3
21 months' support obligation pursuant to an order for support,
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1 the court shall direct the clerk of the court to make
2 information concerning the obligor available to consumer
3 reporting agencies.
4 (c) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds
5 that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
6 or is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3
7 months' support obligation pursuant to an order for support,
8 the court shall direct the clerk of the court to cause the
9 obligor's name and address to be published in a newspaper of
10 general circulation in the area in which the obligor resides.
11 The clerk shall cause the obligor's name and address to be
12 published only after sending to the obligor at the obligor's
13 last known address, by certified mail, return receipt
14 requested, a notice of intent to publish the information.
15 This subsection (c) applies only if the obligor resides in
16 the county in which the clerk of the court holds office.
17 (d) Whenever an obligor fails to pay the child support
18 annual fee for a period of 3 years, the clerk of the court
19 may notify credit reporting agencies of the arrearage and may
20 make the amount owed part of the obligor's credit history.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 1-1-98; 90-673, eff. 1-1-99.)".