92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0084
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House Sponsors:
LANG-HOWARD-SOTO-FLOWERS-CURRY,JULIE, COLLINS, JONES,LOU, 
   REITZ, MCCARTHY, YARBROUGH AND SLONE.

Short description: 
CHILD SUPPORT-DEFAULT-CONTEMPT                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the      
   Illinois Public Aid Code, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the  Uniform      
   Interstate Family Support Act, and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.      
   Provides  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 based on such a default. Provides that State's Attorneys and       
   appropriate State officials are entitled to obtain information from         
   employers, telephone companies, and utility companies for the purpose       
   of locating obligors who have defaulted on child support payments.          
   Effective immediately.                                                      
          JUDICIAL NOTE (Office of the Illinois Courts)                        
          Although the number of cases of willful default on child             
          support may be large, it is unclear how many of those cases          
          would be dealt with in a summary proceeding, or the intended         
          scope of such proceedings. Therefore, it is not possible to          
          determine whether the bill would increase the number of judges       
          needed in the State.                                                 
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Further amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage       
   Act. In provisions setting forth penalties for willfully defaulting on      
   an order for child support, adds the  refusal  to  renew  or  issue  a      
   license   or   certificate   and  the  restriction  of  a  license  or      
   certificate.                                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
        Further amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage      
   Act.   In provisions concerning suspension of a license or certificate      
   issued to a person  found  guilty  of  criminal  contempt  for  having      
   willfully  defaulted  on  an order for child support, provides that no      
   license or certificate may be suspended while an appeal of  a  finding      
   of criminal contempt is pending.                                            
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Aid)                               
          There would be no fiscal impact to this Department.                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          750 ILCS 22/401                                                      
        Deletes the bill's amendatory changes to the  Uniform  Interstate      
   Family Support Act.                                                         
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   3     SENATE -   0


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