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91_HB3189
LRB9110112DJcd
1 AN ACT in relation to child support.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 10-10.4 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/10-10.4)
7 Sec. 10-10.4. Payment of support Support to State
8 Disbursement Unit.
9 (a) As used in this Section:
10 "Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "payor"
11 mean those terms as defined in the Income Withholding for
12 Support Act.
13 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to
14 the contrary, each court or administrative order for support
15 entered or modified on or after October 1, 1999 shall require
16 that support payments be made to the State Disbursement Unit
17 established under Section 10-26 if:
18 (1) a party to the order is receiving child and
19 spouse support services under this Article X; or
20 (2) no party to the order is receiving child and
21 spouse support services, but the support payments are
22 made through income withholding.
23 (c) The Illinois Department shall provide notice to the
24 obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor to make
25 support payments to the State Disbursement Unit if:
26 (1) the order for support was entered before
27 October 1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving
28 child and spouse support services under this Article X;
29 or
30 (2) the order for support was entered after January
31 1, 1994, no party to the order is receiving child and
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1 spouse support services, and the support payments are
2 being made through income withholding.
3 (d) The notice required under subsection (c) may be sent
4 by ordinary mail, certified mail, return receipt requested,
5 facsimile transmission, or other electronic process, or may
6 be served upon the obligor or payor using any method provided
7 by law for service of a summons. A copy of the notice shall
8 be provided to the obligee and, when the order for support
9 was entered by the court, to the clerk of the court.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99.)