093_HB3503

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning 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  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 5    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.3 as follows:

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