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90_HB0174ham002

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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 174
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 174, AS AMENDED, by
 3    replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to money."; and
 5    by inserting, immediately above Section 999, the following:
 6        "Section 870.  The Illinois Marriage and  Dissolution  of
 7    Marriage  Act  is   amended by adding Sections 714 and 715 as
 8    follows:
 9        (750 ILCS 5/714 new)
10        Sec.  714.  Willful  default  on  support;  penalties.  A
11    person who willfully defaults on an order for  child  support
12    issued  by  an  Illinois  court  or authorized administrative
13    proceeding  may  be  subject  to  summary  criminal  contempt
14    proceedings.
15        In addition to other remedies provided by  law  regarding
16    the  suspension  of  professional  and occupational licenses,
17    recreational  licenses,  and  driver's  licenses,  the  State
18    licensing agency shall have  the  authority  to  withhold  or
19    suspend,  or  to  restrict  the  use  of  driver's  licenses,
20    professional  and  occupational licenses or certificates, and
21    recreational licenses of individuals owing overdue support or
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 1    failing, after receiving appropriate notice, to  comply  with
 2    subpoenas  or warrants relating to paternity or child support
 3    proceedings. The suspension shall remain in effect until  all
 4    defaults on an order for child support are satisfied.
 5        This Section applies to an order for child support issued
 6    under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
 7    Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of
 8    1984, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement  of  Support
 9    Act, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
10        (750 ILCS 5/715 new)
11        Sec.  715.  Information  to  locate  support obligors and
12    putative fathers. The Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid's
13    Child  and  Spouse Support Unit, the State's attorney, or any
14    other  appropriate  State  official  may  request  and  shall
15    receive from employers, labor  unions,  telephone  companies,
16    and   utility   companies   location  information  concerning
17    putative fathers and noncustodial parents for the purpose  of
18    establishing  a child's paternity or establishing, enforcing,
19    or modifying a child support obligation.   In  this  Section,
20    "location   information"  means  information  about  (i)  the
21    physical whereabouts of a  putative  father  or  noncustodial
22    parent,  (ii)  the  putative  father or noncustodial parent's
23    employer, or (iii) the salary, wages, and other  compensation
24    paid  and  the  health  insurance  coverage  provided  to the
25    putative father or noncustodial parent by the putative father
26    or noncustodial parent or by  a  labor  union  of  which  the
27    putative father or noncustodial parent is a member.".

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