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305 ILCS 5/12-16

(305 ILCS 5/12-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-16)

Sec. 12-16.

Public Aid Claims Enforcement Division of Office of Attorney
General.  The Public Aid Claims Enforcement Division in the Office of the
Attorney General, established pursuant to the 1949 Code, shall institute in
behalf of the State all court actions referred to it by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Illinois Department
of Public Aid) or the Department of Human Services (as successor to the
Illinois Department of Public Aid) under this Code and other laws for the
recovery of financial aid provided under the public aid programs, the
enforcement of obligations of support, and the enforcement of other claims,
penalties and obligations.

The Division shall be staffed with attorneys appointed by the Attorney
General as Special Assistant Attorneys' General whose special duty it shall be
to execute the aforesaid duties.  The Assistant Attorneys' General shall be
assigned exclusively to such duties.  They may engage only in such political
activities as are not prohibited by the Hatch Political Activity Act, Title 5,
U.S.C.A., Sections 118i et seq.

The Attorney General may request the appropriate State's Attorney of a county
or staff of the Child and Spouse Support Unit established under Section 10-3.1
of this Code to institute any such action in behalf of the State or to assist
the Attorney General in the prosecution of actions instituted by his Office.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)