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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5341
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5341 on page 21, | ||||||
| 3 | line 14, after "outstanding", by inserting "legal"; and | ||||||
| 4 | on page 21, by replacing lines 18 through 21 with "assessment, | ||||||
| 5 | fine, or fee. Nothing in this subparagraph (C) waives, | ||||||
| 6 | rescinds, or abrogates a legal financial obligation or | ||||||
| 7 | otherwise affects the right of the holder of any financial | ||||||
| 8 | obligation to pursue collection under applicable federal, | ||||||
| 9 | State, or local law."; and
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| 10 | on page 27, immediately below line 19, by inserting the | ||||||
| 11 | following: | ||||||
| 12 | "(E) Upon motion, the court may order that a sealed | ||||||
| 13 | or expunged judgment or other court record necessary to | ||||||
| 14 | demonstrate the amount of any legal financial | ||||||
| 15 | obligation due and owing be made available for the | ||||||
| 16 | limited purpose of collecting any legal financial | ||||||
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| 1 | obligations owed by the petitioner that were | ||||||
| 2 | established, imposed, or originated in the criminal | ||||||
| 3 | proceeding for which those records have been sealed or | ||||||
| 4 | expunged. The records made available under this | ||||||
| 5 | subparagraph (E) shall not be entered into the official | ||||||
| 6 | index required to be kept by the circuit court clerk | ||||||
| 7 | under Section 16 of the Clerks of Courts Act and shall | ||||||
| 8 | be immediately re-impounded upon the collection of the | ||||||
| 9 | outstanding financial obligations. | ||||||
| 10 | (F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
| 11 | Section, a circuit court clerk may access a sealed or | ||||||
| 12 | expunged record for the limited purpose of collecting | ||||||
| 13 | payment for any legal financial obligations that were | ||||||
| 14 | established, imposed, or originated in the criminal | ||||||
| 15 | proceedings for which those records have been sealed or | ||||||
| 16 | expunged.".
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