HB2955 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2955

Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

750 ILCS 16/7

Amends the Non-Support Punishment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prosecutions by the Attorney General.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Non-Support Punishment Act is amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

(750 ILCS 16/7)

Sec. 7. Prosecutions by Attorney General. In addition to enforcement proceedings by the the several State's Attorneys, a proceeding for the enforcement of this Act may be instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney General in cases referred by the Illinois Department of Public Aid involving persons receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Before referring a case to the Attorney General for enforcement under this Act, the Department of Public Aid shall notify the person receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code of the Department's intent to refer the case to the Attorney General under this Section for prosecution.

(Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)