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750 ILCS 28/50.5

    (750 ILCS 28/50.5)
    Sec. 50.5. Administrative fines imposed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
    (a) The administrative fines provided for under this Section are in addition to any existing fines or penalties against a payor provided for in other Sections of this Act and do not affect who would be entitled to receive those existing fines and penalties. In addition to any fines or penalties provided for in this Act, when a payor wilfully fails, after receiving 2 reminders from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to withhold or pay over income pursuant to a properly served income withholding notice or otherwise fails to comply with any duties imposed by this Act, the Department may impose a fine upon the payor not to exceed $1,000 per payroll period. The fine shall be payable to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and may be used to defray the costs incurred by the Department in the collection of the past-due support and penalties provided for in this Act. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall place the fines collected into a special fund created to implement the purposes of this Section and the fines shall be utilized for the purposes provided for in this Section. After deducting the costs incurred by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in the collection of the past-due support and penalties provided for in this Act, the remainder of the fines collected under this Section shall be distributed proportionally to the counties based on their population. The counties shall use these funds to assist low income families in defraying the costs associated with seeking parenting time.
    (b) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may collect the fine through administrative liens and levies on the real and personal property of the payor as provided in Sections 10-25 and 10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (c) The payor may contest the fine as provided in Sections 10-25 and 10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (d) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 99-157, eff. 7-1-17.)