Sen. Kwame Raoul

Filed: 5/28/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 955

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 955 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 10-4 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/10-4)  (from Ch. 23, par. 10-4)
7     Sec. 10-4. Notification of Support Obligation. The
8 administrative enforcement unit within the authorized area of
9 its operation shall notify each responsible relative of an
10 applicant or recipient, or responsible relatives of other
11 persons given access to the child support enforcement services
12 of this Article, of his legal obligation to support and shall
13 request such information concerning his financial status as may
14 be necessary to determine whether he is financially able to
15 provide such support, in whole or in part. In cases involving a
16 child born out of wedlock, the notification shall include a
17 statement that the responsible relative has been named as the
18 biological father of the child identified in the notification.
19     In the case of applicants, the notification shall be sent
20 as soon as practical after the filing of the application. In
21 the case of recipients, the notice shall be sent at such time
22 as may be established by rule of the Illinois Department.
23     The notice shall be accompanied by the forms or
24 questionnaires provided in Section 10-5. It shall inform the

 

 

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1 relative that he may be liable for reimbursement of any support
2 furnished from public aid funds prior to determination of the
3 relative's financial circumstances, as well as for future
4 support. In the alternative, when support is sought on behalf
5 of applicants for or recipients of financial aid under Article
6 IV of this Code and other persons who are given access to the
7 child support enforcement services of this Article as provided
8 in Section 10-1, the notice shall inform the relative that the
9 relative may be required to pay support for a period before the
10 date an administrative support order is entered, as well as
11 future support.
12     Neither the mailing nor receipt of such notice shall be
13 deemed a jurisdictional requirement for the subsequent
14 exercise of the investigative procedures undertaken by an
15 administrative enforcement unit or the entry of any order or
16 determination of paternity or support or reimbursement by the
17 administrative enforcement unit; except that notice shall be
18 served by certified mail addressed to the responsible relative
19 at his or her last known address, return receipt requested, or
20 by a person who is licensed or registered as a private
21 detective under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private
22 Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004 or by a registered employee
23 of a private detective agency certified under that Act, or in
24 counties with a population of less than 2,000,000 by any method
25 provided by law for service of summons, in cases where a
26 determination of paternity or support by default is sought on
27 behalf of applicants for or recipients of financial aid under
28 Article IV of this Act and other persons who are given access
29 to the child support enforcement services of this Article as
30 provided in Section 10-1.
31 (Source: P.A. 92-590, eff. 7-1-02.)
 
32     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.".