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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Income Withholding for Support Act is
5amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (750 ILCS 28/20)
7    Sec. 20. Entry of order for support containing income
8withholding provisions; income withholding notice.
9    (a) In addition to any content required under other laws,
10every order for support entered on or after July 1, 1997,
11shall:
12        (1) Require an income withholding notice to be prepared
13    and served immediately upon any payor of the obligor by the
14    obligee or public office, unless a written agreement is
15    reached between and signed by both parties providing for an
16    alternative arrangement, approved and entered into the
17    record by the court, which ensures payment of support. In
18    that case, the order for support shall provide that an
19    income withholding notice is to be prepared and served only
20    if the obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for
21    support; and
22        (2) Contain a dollar amount to be paid until payment in
23    full of any delinquency that accrues after entry of the

 

 

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1    order for support. The amount for payment of delinquency
2    shall not be less than 20% of the total of the current
3    support amount and the amount to be paid periodically for
4    payment of any arrearage stated in the order for support;
5    and
6        (3) Include the obligor's Social Security Number,
7    which the obligor shall disclose to the court. If the
8    obligor is not a United States citizen, the obligor shall
9    disclose to the court, and the court shall include in the
10    order for support, the obligor's alien registration
11    number, passport number, and home country's social
12    security or national health number, if applicable.
13    (b) At the time the order for support is entered, the Clerk
14of the Circuit Court shall provide a copy of the order to the
15obligor and shall make copies available to the obligee and
16public office.
17    (c) The income withholding notice shall:
18        (1) be in the standard format prescribed by the federal
19    Department of Health and Human Services; and
20        (1.1) state the date of entry of the order for support
21    upon which the income withholding notice is based; and
22        (2) direct any payor to withhold the dollar amount
23    required for current support under the order for support;
24    and
25        (3) direct any payor to withhold the dollar amount
26    required to be paid periodically under the order for

 

 

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1    support for payment of the amount of any arrearage stated
2    in the order for support; and
3        (4) direct any payor or labor union or trade union to
4    enroll a child as a beneficiary of a health insurance plan
5    and withhold or cause to be withheld, if applicable, any
6    required premiums; and
7        (5) state the amount of the payor income withholding
8    fee specified under this Section; and
9        (6) state that the amount actually withheld from the
10    obligor's income for support and other purposes, including
11    the payor withholding fee specified under this Section, may
12    not be in excess of the maximum amount permitted under the
13    federal Consumer Credit Protection Act; and
14        (7) in bold face type, the size of which equals the
15    largest type on the notice, state the duties of the payor
16    and the fines and penalties for failure to withhold and pay
17    over income and for discharging, disciplining, refusing to
18    hire, or otherwise penalizing the obligor because of the
19    duty to withhold and pay over income under this Section;
20    and
21        (8) state the rights, remedies, and duties of the
22    obligor under this Section; and
23        (9) include the Social Security number of the obligor;
24    and
25        (10) (blank) include the date that withholding for
26    current support terminates, which shall be the date of

 

 

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1    termination of the current support obligation set forth in
2    the order for support; and
3        (11) contain the signature of the obligee or the
4    printed name and telephone number of the authorized
5    representative of the public office, except that the
6    failure to contain the signature of the obligee or the
7    printed name and telephone number of the authorized
8    representative of the public office shall not affect the
9    validity of the income withholding notice; and
10        (12) direct any payor to pay over amounts withheld for
11    payment of support to the State Disbursement Unit.
12    (d) The accrual of a delinquency as a condition for service
13of an income withholding notice, under the exception to
14immediate withholding in subsection (a) of this Section, shall
15apply only to the initial service of an income withholding
16notice on a payor of the obligor.
17    (e) Notwithstanding the exception to immediate withholding
18contained in subsection (a) of this Section, if the court finds
19at the time of any hearing that an arrearage has accrued, the
20court shall order immediate service of an income withholding
21notice upon the payor.
22    (f) If the order for support, under the exception to
23immediate withholding contained in subsection (a) of this
24Section, provides that an income withholding notice is to be
25prepared and served only if the obligor becomes delinquent in
26paying the order for support, the obligor may execute a written

 

 

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1waiver of that condition and request immediate service on the
2payor.
3    (g) The obligee or public office may serve the income
4withholding notice on the payor or its superintendent, manager,
5or other agent by ordinary mail or certified mail return
6receipt requested, by facsimile transmission or other
7electronic means, by personal delivery, or by any method
8provided by law for service of a summons. At the time of
9service on the payor and as notice that withholding has
10commenced, the obligee or public office shall serve a copy of
11the income withholding notice on the obligor by ordinary mail
12addressed to his or her last known address. A copy of an income
13withholding notice and proof of service shall be filed with the
14Clerk of the Circuit Court only when necessary in connection
15with a petition to contest, modify, suspend, terminate, or
16correct an income withholding notice, an action to enforce
17income withholding against a payor, or the resolution of other
18disputes involving an income withholding notice. The changes
19made to this subsection by this amendatory Act of the 96th
20General Assembly apply on and after September 1, 2009.
21    (h) At any time after the initial service of an income
22withholding notice, any other payor of the obligor may be
23served with the same income withholding notice without further
24notice to the obligor. A copy of the income withholding notice
25together with a proof of service on the other payor shall be
26filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

 

 

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1    (i) New service of an income withholding notice is not
2required in order to resume withholding of income in the case
3of an obligor with respect to whom an income withholding notice
4was previously served on the payor if withholding of income was
5terminated because of an interruption in the obligor's
6employment of less than 180 days.
7(Source: P.A. 96-858, eff. 1-8-10; 97-994, eff. 8-17-12.)
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9becoming law.