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90_HB0965
750 ILCS 15/1 from Ch. 40, par. 1101
Amends the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act.
Provides that a person convicted of non-support shall be
sentenced to work to pay child support and to perform cleanup
work during nonworking hours.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Non-Support of Spouse and Children
2 Act by changing Section 1.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act is
6 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
7 (750 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1101)
8 Sec. 1. Every person who shall, without any lawful
9 excuse, neglect or refuse to provide for the support or
10 maintenance of his spouse, said spouse being in need of such
11 support or maintenance, or any person who shall, without
12 lawful excuse, desert or neglect or refuse to provide for the
13 support or maintenance of his or her child or children under
14 the age of 18 years, in need of such support or maintenance,
15 shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be
16 liable under the provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code
17 "Public Aid Code of Illinois", approved April 11, 1967, to
18 the Supervisor of General Assistance or to the Illinois
19 Department of Public Aid, as the case may be, in a civil
20 action, for the amount of general assistance or assistance
21 provided to his spouse or children, or both his spouse and
22 children. In addition to any other penalties imposed for a
23 violation of this Section, the court shall sentence the
24 offender to service in a work alternative program
25 administered by the sheriff. The conditions of the program
26 are that the offender obtain employment during the day, and
27 perform clean up work during nonworking hours. A portion of
28 the defendant's salary shall be deducted to pay for spouse or
29 child support.
30 (Source: P.A. 77-2528.)