SB2925 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 19585 SMS 43980 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2925

Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 5/5-725 new

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes and requires a director of any department that issues an occupational or professional license to deny or withhold renewal of such license to a person or business that has failed to pay a debt owed to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants. Provides that this Section does not allow a department to suspend a license not yet subject to renewal, when the aggrieved party is an indigent person, or where the debt does not exceed $50. Allows a department to adopt any rules necessary for the implementation and administration of this Section. Authorizes a director of a department that issues an occupational or professional license to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the county to establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating to the administration of this Section.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 5-725 as follows:

(20 ILCS 5/5-725 new)

Sec. 5-725. Denial of occupational or professional license or renewal for debts owed to counties having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.

(a) Each director of a department that issues an occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall withhold an occupational or professional license or the renewal of such license to a person or business who has failed to pay any fine, assessment of costs, or other sum of money owed to a county having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants as ordered by the county's Department of Administrative Hearings or a court order by the due date indicated in the order or within 35 days of becoming a debt due and owing to the county.

(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to permit a department to suspend a license not yet subject to renewal nor shall a department be required to withhold the issuance of an occupational or professional license or the renewal of such license where a department is satisfied that the aggrieved party is an indigent person or where amounts owed do not exceed $50.

(c) Subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, a department may adopt any rules necessary for the implementation and administration of this Section.

(d) Each director of a department that issues an occupational or professional license is authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the county to establish responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating to the administration of this Section.