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90_HB0962
750 ILCS 5/714 new
750 ILCS 5/715 new
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
Act by providing that a person who willfully defaults on an
order for child support may be subject to summary criminal
contempt proceedings. Provides that each State agency shall
suspend any license or certificate issued by that agency to a
person found guilty of criminal contempt. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
2 Marriage Act by adding Sections 714 and 715.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
6 Marriage Act is amended by adding Sections 714 and 715 as
7 follows:
8 (750 ILCS 5/714 new)
9 Sec. 714. Willful default on support; penalties.
10 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 1997, a person who willfully defaults on an order for child
12 support issued by an Illinois court may be subject to summary
13 criminal contempt proceedings.
14 Each State agency, as defined in the Illinois State
15 Auditing Act, shall suspend a license or certificate issued
16 by that agency to a person found guilty of criminal contempt
17 under this Section. The suspension shall remain in effect
18 until all defaults on an order for child support are
19 satisfied.
20 This Section applies to an order for child support issued
21 under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Marriage and
22 Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of
23 1984, and the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
24 Support Act.
25 (750 ILCS 5/715 new)
26 Sec. 715. Information to locate obligors. As used in
27 this Section, "obligor" is an individual who owes a duty to
28 make payments under an order for child support. The State's
29 attorney or any other appropriate State official may request
30 and shall receive information from employers, telephone
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1 companies, and utility companies to locate an obligor who has
2 defaulted on child support payments.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.