(70 ILCS 1505/16b)
Sec. 16b.
Power to deduct wages for debts.
Upon
receipt of
notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest
Preserve District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or a housing authority of a municipality with a population of
500,000 or more
that a debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County
Forest Preserve District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority
by an employee of
the Chicago
Park District, the District may withhold, from the compensation of that
employee, the amount of the debt that is due and owing and pay the amount
withheld to the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority; provided, however, that the amount
deducted from
any one salary
or
wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment. Before the
District deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an employee under this
Section, the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
District, the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority
shall certify that (i) the employee has
been afforded an
opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority and (ii) the employee has received notice
of a wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to
object to the order. For purposes of this Section, "net amount" means that
part of the salary or wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
required by law to be
deducted and "debt due and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money
owed to
the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority
for services, work, or goods, after the
period
granted
for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the
municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the
Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
Education, or the housing authority
pursuant to a court order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
the
exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.
(Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01.)
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