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                                     LRB093 04201 RLC 14625 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3504

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3504 as follows:

 3    on page 1, by replacing line 1 with the following:

 4        "AN ACT concerning fees."; and

 5    on page 4, by inserting below line 21 the following:

 6        "Section 10.  The Illinois Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
 7    Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.3 as follows:

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