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91_HB2617

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning support, amending named Acts.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 10-65 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 100/10-65) (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-65)
 7        Sec. 10-65.  Licenses.
 8        (a)  When any licensing is required by law to be preceded
 9    by notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the provisions of
10    this Act concerning contested cases shall apply.
11        (b)  When  a  licensee  has  made  timely  and sufficient
12    application for the renewal of a license  or  a  new  license
13    with  reference  to  any activity of a continuing nature, the
14    existing license shall continue  in  full  force  and  effect
15    until  the  final agency decision on the application has been
16    made unless a later date is fixed by  order  of  a  reviewing
17    court.
18        (c)  An application for the renewal of a license or a new
19    license shall include the applicant's social security number.
20    Each  agency  shall  require  the  licensee to certify on the
21    application form, under penalty of perjury, that he or she is
22    not more than 30 days delinquent in complying  with  a  child
23    support order.  Every application shall state that failure to
24    so  certify  shall  result  in  disciplinary action, and that
25    making a false statement may subject the licensee to contempt
26    of court.  The agency shall notify each applicant or licensee
27    who acknowledges a delinquency or who, contrary to his or her
28    certification,  is  found  to  be  delinquent  or  who  after
29    receiving notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or  warrant
30    relating  to  a paternity or a child support proceeding, that
31    the agency intends to take disciplinary action.  Accordingly,
 
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 1    the agency shall provide  written  notice  of  the  facts  or
 2    conduct  upon  which  the  agency  will  rely  to support its
 3    proposed action and the applicant or licensee shall be  given
 4    an   opportunity   for  a  hearing  in  accordance  with  the
 5    provisions  of  the  Act  concerning  contested  cases.   Any
 6    delinquency in complying with a child support  order  can  be
 7    remedied  by  arranging  for  payment of past due and current
 8    support.  Any failure to comply with a  subpoena  or  warrant
 9    relating  to  a  paternity or child support proceeding can be
10    remedied by complying with the subpoena or warrant.   Upon  a
11    final  finding  of  delinquency  or  failure to comply with a
12    subpoena or warrant, the agency  shall  suspend,  revoke,  or
13    refuse  to  issue or renew the license. In cases in which the
14    Department of Public Aid has previously  determined  that  an
15    applicant  or  a  licensee is more than 30 days delinquent in
16    the payment of child support and has  subsequently  certified
17    the  delinquency  to  the  licensing  agency, and in cases in
18    which a court has previously determined that an applicant  or
19    licensee   has   been  in  violation  of  Section  1  of  the
20    Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act for more than 60 days,
21     the licensing agency shall refuse to issue or renew or shall
22    revoke or suspend that person's license based solely upon the
23    certification of delinquency made by the Department of Public
24    Aid or the certification of  violation  made  by  the  court.
25    Further   process,   hearings,   or  redetermination  of  the
26    delinquency or violation by the licensing agency shall not be
27    required.   The licensing agency may issue or renew a license
28    if the licensee has arranged for payment of past and  current
29    child  support  obligations  in  a manner satisfactory to the
30    Department of Public Aid or the court.  The licensing  agency
31    may  impose  conditions, restrictions, or disciplinary action
32    upon that license.
33        (d)  Except as provided  in  subsection  (c),  no  agency
34    shall  revoke, suspend, annul, withdraw, amend materially, or
 
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 1    refuse to  renew  any  valid  license  without  first  giving
 2    written  notice  to the licensee of the facts or conduct upon
 3    which the agency will rely to support its proposed action and
 4    an  opportunity  for  a  hearing  in  accordance   with   the
 5    provisions  of  this  Act concerning contested cases.  At the
 6    hearing, the licensee shall have the right to show compliance
 7    with all lawful requirements for the retention, continuation,
 8    or renewal of the license.  If,  however,  the  agency  finds
 9    that  the  public  interest,  safety, or welfare imperatively
10    requires emergency action, and if the agency  incorporates  a
11    finding  to that effect in its order, summary suspension of a
12    license may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation  or
13    other action.  Those proceedings shall be promptly instituted
14    and determined.
15        (e)  Any  application  for  renewal  of  a  license  that
16    contains  required  and relevant information, data, material,
17    or circumstances that were not contained  in  an  application
18    for  the  existing license shall be subject to the provisions
19    of subsection (a).
20    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

21        Section 10.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
22    amended by changing Section 60 as follows:

23        (20 ILCS 2105/60) (from Ch. 127, par. 60)
24        Sec.  60.  Powers  and   duties.    The   Department   of
25    Professional Regulation shall have, subject to the provisions
26    of this Act, the following powers and duties:
27        1.  To authorize examinations in English to ascertain the
28    qualifications  and  fitness  of  applicants  to exercise the
29    profession, trade, or occupation for which the examination is
30    held.
31        2.  To prescribe rules and regulations  for  a  fair  and
32    wholly  impartial  method  of  examination  of  candidates to
 
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 1    exercise the respective professions, trades, or occupations.
 2        3.  To pass upon the  qualifications  of  applicants  for
 3    licenses,   certificates,   and   authorities,   whether   by
 4    examination, by reciprocity, or by endorsement.
 5        4.  To  prescribe rules and regulations defining, for the
 6    respective professions, trades, and occupations,  what  shall
 7    constitute a school, college, or university, or department of
 8    a  university,  or  other institutions, reputable and in good
 9    standing and to determine the reputability and good  standing
10    of  a  school,  college,  or  university,  or department of a
11    university, or  other  institution,  reputable  and  in  good
12    standing  by  reference  to  a compliance with such rules and
13    regulations:  provided,   that   no   school,   college,   or
14    university,   or   department   of   a  university  or  other
15    institution that refuses admittance to applicants  solely  on
16    account  of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin shall
17    be considered reputable and in good standing.
18        5.  To  conduct  hearings  on  proceedings   to   revoke,
19    suspend,  refuse  to  renew, place on probationary status, or
20    take other disciplinary action as may be  authorized  in  any
21    licensing  Act  administered by the Department with regard to
22    licenses, certificates, or authorities of persons  exercising
23    the  respective  professions,  trades, or occupations, and to
24    revoke, suspend,  refuse  to  renew,  place  on  probationary
25    status,   or   take  other  disciplinary  action  as  may  be
26    authorized  in  any  licensing  Act   administered   by   the
27    Department  with  regard  to  such licenses, certificates, or
28    authorities.   The   Department   shall   issue   a   monthly
29    disciplinary  report.   The Department shall deny any license
30    or renewal authorized by this  Act  to  any  person  who  has
31    defaulted  on  an educational loan or scholarship provided by
32    or guaranteed by the Illinois Student  Assistance  Commission
33    or  any  governmental  agency  of  this  State;  however, the
34    Department  may  issue  a   license   or   renewal   if   the
 
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 1    aforementioned   persons   have  established  a  satisfactory
 2    repayment  record  as  determined  by  the  Illinois  Student
 3    Assistance  Commission  or  other  appropriate   governmental
 4    agency  of this State.  Additionally, beginning June 1, 1996,
 5    any license issued by the  Department  may  be  suspended  or
 6    revoked  if  the  Department,  after  the  opportunity  for a
 7    hearing under the appropriate licensing Act, finds  that  the
 8    licensee  has  failed  to  make satisfactory repayment to the
 9    Illinois Student Assistance Commission for  a  delinquent  or
10    defaulted   loan.   For   the   purposes   of  this  Section,
11    "satisfactory repayment record" shall be defined by rule. The
12    Department shall refuse to issue or renew a  license  to,  or
13    shall  suspend  or revoke a license of, any person who, after
14    receiving notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or  warrant
15    relating   to   a  paternity  or  child  support  proceeding.
16    However, the Department may issue a license or  renewal  upon
17    compliance with the subpoena or warrant.
18        The  Department,  without  further  process  or hearings,
19    shall  revoke,  suspend,  or  deny  any  license  or  renewal
20    authorized by this Act to a person who is  certified  by  the
21    Illinois  Department of Public Aid as being more than 30 days
22    delinquent in complying with a child support order or who  is
23    certified  by  a  court as being in violation of Section 1 of
24    the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act for more  than  60
25    days; the Department may, however, issue a license or renewal
26    if the person has established a satisfactory repayment record
27    as  determined by the Illinois Department of Public Aid or if
28    the person is determined by the court  to  be  in  compliance
29    with Section 1 of the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act.
30    The  Department  may  implement  this  paragraph  as added by
31    Public Act  89-6  through  the  use  of  emergency  rules  in
32    accordance  with  Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
33    Procedure Act.  For purposes of the  Illinois  Administrative
34    Procedure  Act,  the  adoption  of  rules  to  implement this
 
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 1    paragraph shall be considered an emergency and necessary  for
 2    the public interest, safety, and welfare.
 3        6.  To  transfer  jurisdiction  of  any  realty under the
 4    control of the Department to  any  other  Department  of  the
 5    State Government, or to acquire or accept Federal lands, when
 6    such  transfer,  acquisition or acceptance is advantageous to
 7    the State and is approved in writing by the Governor.
 8        7.  To  formulate  rules  and  regulations  as   may   be
 9    necessary  for the enforcement of any act administered by the
10    Department.
11        8.  To exchange with the Illinois  Department  of  Public
12    Aid  information that may be necessary for the enforcement of
13    child support orders entered pursuant to the Illinois  Public
14    Aid  Code,  the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
15    Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the  Revised
16    Uniform  Reciprocal  Enforcement  of Support Act, the Uniform
17    Interstate Family Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage  Act
18    of  1984.  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code to the
19    contrary, the Department of Professional Regulation shall not
20    be liable under any federal or State law to  any  person  for
21    any  disclosure  of information to the Illinois Department of
22    Public Aid under this paragraph 8 or  for  any  other  action
23    taken  in  good faith to comply with the requirements of this
24    paragraph 8.
25        9.   To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
26    law.
27        The  Department  may,  when  a  fee  is  payable  to  the
28    Department for a wall certificate of registration provided by
29    the Department of Central Management Services,  require  that
30    portion of the payment for printing and distribution costs be
31    made directly or through the Department, to the Department of
32    Central  Management  Services  for  deposit  in the Paper and
33    Printing Revolving Fund, the remainder shall be deposited  in
34    the General Revenue Fund.
 
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 1        For  the  purpose of securing and preparing evidence, and
 2    for  the  purchase  of  controlled  substances,  professional
 3    services, and equipment necessary for enforcement activities,
 4    recoupment  of  investigative  costs  and  other   activities
 5    directed  at  suppressing  the misuse and abuse of controlled
 6    substances, including those activities set forth in  Sections
 7    504  and  508  of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
 8    Director and agents appointed and authorized by the  Director
 9    may   expend  such  sums  from  the  Professional  Regulation
10    Evidence Fund  as  the  Director  deems  necessary  from  the
11    amounts  appropriated  for  that purpose and such sums may be
12    advanced to the agent when the Director deems such  procedure
13    to  be  in  the  public  interest.  Sums  for the purchase of
14    controlled substances, professional services,  and  equipment
15    necessary  for enforcement activities and other activities as
16    set forth in this Section shall be advanced to the agent  who
17    is  to  make  such  purchase from the Professional Regulation
18    Evidence Fund  on  vouchers  signed  by  the  Director.   The
19    Director  and  such  agents are authorized to maintain one or
20    more commercial checking  accounts  with  any  State  banking
21    corporation or corporations organized under or subject to the
22    Illinois Banking Act for the deposit and withdrawal of moneys
23    to  be  used  for  the  purposes  set  forth in this Section;
24    provided, that no check may be  written  nor  any  withdrawal
25    made from any such account except upon the written signatures
26    of  2 persons designated by the Director to write such checks
27    and make such withdrawals.  Vouchers  for  such  expenditures
28    must  be  signed  by  the  Director and all such expenditures
29    shall be audited by the  Director  and  the  audit  shall  be
30    submitted  to  the  Department of Central Management Services
31    for approval.
32        Whenever the Department is authorized or required by  law
33    to   consider   some   aspect   of  criminal  history  record
34    information for the purpose of  carrying  out  its  statutory
 
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 1    powers  and  responsibilities, then, upon request and payment
 2    of fees in conformance with the requirements of subsection 22
 3    of Section 55a of the Civil Administrative Code of  Illinois,
 4    the  Department  of  State  Police  is authorized to furnish,
 5    pursuant  to  positive   identification,   such   information
 6    contained  in  State  files  as  is  necessary to fulfill the
 7    request.
 8        The provisions of this Section do not  apply  to  private
 9    business  and  vocational  schools as defined by Section 1 of
10    the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act.
11        Beginning July 1, 1995, this Section does  not  apply  to
12    those professions, trades, and occupations licensed under the
13    Real  Estate  License  Act  of  1983 nor does it apply to any
14    permits, certificates, or other authorizations to do business
15    provided for in the Land Sales Registration Act  of  1989  or
16    the Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.
17    (Source:  P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 89-23, eff. 7-1-95; 89-237,
18    eff. 8-4-95; 89-411, eff. 6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-18,
19    eff. 7-1-97.)

20        Section 15.  The Non-Support of Spouse and  Children  Act
21    is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

22        (750 ILCS 15/1) (from Ch. 40, par. 1101)
23        Sec. 1. Neglect or refusal to support; penalties.
24        (a)  Every  person  who shall, without any lawful excuse,
25    neglect or refuse to provide for the support  or  maintenance
26    of  his  or  her  spouse,  said  spouse being in need of such
27    support or maintenance, or  any  person  who  shall,  without
28    lawful excuse, desert or neglect or refuse to provide for the
29    support  or maintenance of his or her child or children under
30    the age of 18 years, in need of such support or  maintenance,
31    shall  be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be
32    liable under the provisions of the Illinois Public  Aid  Code
 
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 1    to  the  Supervisor  of General Assistance, the Department of
 2    Human Services, or the Illinois Department of Public Aid,  as
 3    the case may be, in a civil action, for the amount of general
 4    assistance  or  assistance  provided  to his or her spouse or
 5    children, or both spouse and children.
 6        (b)  In addition to any other  penalties  imposed  for  a
 7    violation  of  this Section, the court may order the offender
 8    to perform community service for not less  than  30  and  not
 9    more than 120 hours, if community service is available in the
10    jurisdiction  and  is funded and approved by the county board
11    of the county where the offense was committed.  In  addition,
12    whenever  any  person is placed on supervision for an alleged
13    violation  of  this  Section,  the   supervision   shall   be
14    conditioned upon the performance of the community service.
15        (c)  In  addition  to  any  other penalties imposed for a
16    violation  of  this  Section,  the  court  may  sentence  the
17    offender  to  service   in   a   work   alternative   program
18    administered  by  the sheriff.  The conditions of the program
19    are  that  the  offender  obtain  or  retain  employment  and
20    participate in a work alternative program administered by the
21    sheriff  during  nonworking  hours.    A   portion   of   the
22    defendant's  salary,  as  determined using the guidelines and
23    standards set forth in subsection (a) of Section 505  and  in
24    Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
25    Marriage Act shall be deducted to pay  for  spouse  or  child
26    support.  A  person  may  not be required to participate in a
27    work alternative program under this  subsection  (c)  if  the
28    person  is currently participating in a work program pursuant
29    to Section 12 of this Act.
30        (d)  In addition to any other  penalties  imposed  for  a
31    violation  of  this  Section,  the  court may order, in cases
32    where the offender has been in violation of this Section  for
33    90  days  or  more,  that  the  offender's  Illinois  driving
34    privileges  be  suspended until the court determines that the
 
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 1    offender is in compliance with this Section.
 2        The  court  may  determine  that  the  offender   is   in
 3    compliance  with  this Section if the offender has agreed (i)
 4    to pay all required amounts of  support  and  maintenance  as
 5    determined  by the court or (ii) to the garnishment of his or
 6    her income for the purpose of paying those amounts.
 7        The court may also order that the offender  be  issued  a
 8    family  financial  responsibility  driving  permit that would
 9    allow limited driving privileges for employment  and  medical
10    purposes  in  accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois
11    Vehicle Code. The clerk of the circuit  court  shall  certify
12    the  order  suspending the driving privileges of the offender
13    or granting the issuance of a family financial responsibility
14    driving permit to the Secretary of State on forms  prescribed
15    by   the   Secretary.   Upon  receipt  of  the  authenticated
16    documents,  the  Secretary  of  State   shall   suspend   the
17    offender's  driving  privileges  until  further  order of the
18    court and shall, if ordered by  the  court,  subject  to  the
19    provisions  of  Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
20    issue a family financial responsibility driving permit to the
21    offender.
22        (e)  If the court determines that the offender  has  been
23    in violation of this Section for more than 60 days, the court
24    may  determine  whether  the offender has applied for or been
25    issued  a  professional  license   by   the   Department   of
26    Professional  Regulation or another licensing agency.  If the
27    court determines that the offender has applied  for  or  been
28    issued   such  a  license,  the  court  may  certify  to  the
29    Department of  Professional  Regulation  or  other  licensing
30    agency  that  the  offender  has  been  in  violation of this
31    Section for more than 60 days so that the Department or other
32    agency may take appropriate steps with respect to the license
33    or application as provided in Section 10-65 of  the  Illinois
34    Administrative  Procedure  Act  and  Section  60 of the Civil
 
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 1    Administrative Code of Illinois.   The  court  may  take  the
 2    actions   required  under  this  subsection  in  addition  to
 3    imposing any other penalty authorized under this Section.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-733, eff. 8-11-98.)

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