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                                     LRB093 05790 RLC 14118 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 939

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  939  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT concerning child support."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 8    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.3 as follows:

 9        (750 ILCS 5/706.3)
10        Sec. 706.3.  Information concerning obligors.
11        (a)  In this Section:
12        "Arrearage",  "delinquency",  "obligor",  and  "order for
13    support" have the meanings attributed to those terms  in  the
14    Income Withholding for Support Act.
15        "Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning attributed to
16    that term in Section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
17    15 U.S.C. 1681a(f).
18        (b)  Whenever  a  court  of  competent jurisdiction finds
19    that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
20    or is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least  3
21    months'  support obligation pursuant to an order for support,
 
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 1    the court shall  direct  the  clerk  of  the  court  to  make
 2    information  concerning  the  obligor  available  to consumer
 3    reporting agencies.
 4        (c)  Whenever a court  of  competent  jurisdiction  finds
 5    that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
 6    or  is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3
 7    months' support obligation pursuant to an order for  support,
 8    the  court  shall  direct the clerk of the court to cause the
 9    obligor's name and address to be published in a newspaper  of
10    general circulation in the area in which the obligor resides.
11    The  clerk  shall  cause the obligor's name and address to be
12    published only after sending to the obligor at the  obligor's
13    last   known  address,  by  certified  mail,  return  receipt
14    requested, a notice of intent  to  publish  the  information.
15    This  subsection  (c)  applies only if the obligor resides in
16    the county in which the clerk of the court holds office.
17        (d)  Whenever an obligor fails to pay the  child  support
18    annual  fee  for  a period of 3 years, the clerk of the court
19    may notify credit reporting agencies of the arrearage and may
20    make the amount owed part of the obligor's credit history.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 1-1-98; 90-673, eff. 1-1-99.)".