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90_SB0947
30 ILCS 210/5 from Ch. 15, par. 151
Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986.
Provides that all debts owed to a State agency that exceed
$1,000 and are more than 90 days (now 1 year) past due shall
be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System, unless the
State agency has entered into a deferred payment plan or
demonstrates that referral for offset is not cost effective.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986
2 by changing Section 5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois State Collection Act of 1986 is
6 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 210/5) (from Ch. 15, par. 155)
8 Sec. 5. Rules; payment plans; offsets.
9 (a) State agencies shall adopt rules establishing formal
10 due dates for amounts owing to the State and for the referral
11 of seriously past due accounts to private collection
12 agencies, unless otherwise expressly provided by law or rule.
13 Such procedures shall be established in accord with sound
14 business practices.
15 (b) Agencies may enter deferred payment plans for
16 debtors of the agency and documentation of this fact retained
17 by the agency, where the deferred payment plan is likely to
18 increase the net amount collected by the State.
19 (c) State agencies may use the Comptroller's Offset
20 System provided in Section 10.05 of the State Comptroller Act
21 for the collection of debts owed to the agency. All debts
22 that exceed $1,000 and are more than 90 days 1 year past due
23 shall be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System, unless
24 the State agency shall have entered into a deferred payment
25 plan or demonstrates to the Comptroller's satisfaction that
26 referral for offset is not cost effective.
27 (d) State agencies shall develop internal procedures
28 whereby agency initiated payments to its debtors may be
29 offset without referral to the Comptroller's Offset System.
30 (e) State agencies or the Comptroller may remove claims
31 from the Comptroller's Offset System, where such claims have
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1 been inactive for more than one year.
2 (Source: P.A. 85-814.)