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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3504
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3504 as follows:
3 on page 1, by replacing line 1 with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning fees."; and
5 on page 4, by inserting below line 21 the following:
6 "Section 10. The Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
7 Marriage Act is amended by changing Section 706.3 as follows:
8 (750 ILCS 5/706.3)
9 Sec. 706.3. Information concerning obligors.
10 (a) In this Section:
11 "Arrearage", "delinquency", "obligor", and "order for
12 support" have the meanings attributed to those terms in the
13 Income Withholding for Support Act.
14 "Consumer reporting agency" has the meaning attributed to
15 that term in Section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
16 15 U.S.C. 1681a(f).
17 (b) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds
18 that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
19 or is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3
20 months' support obligation pursuant to an order for support,
21 the court shall direct the clerk of the court to make
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1 information concerning the obligor available to consumer
2 reporting agencies.
3 (c) Whenever a court of competent jurisdiction finds
4 that an obligor either owes an arrearage of more than $10,000
5 or is delinquent in payment of an amount equal to at least 3
6 months' support obligation pursuant to an order for support,
7 the court shall direct the clerk of the court to cause the
8 obligor's name and address to be published in a newspaper of
9 general circulation in the area in which the obligor resides.
10 The clerk shall cause the obligor's name and address to be
11 published only after sending to the obligor at the obligor's
12 last known address, by certified mail, return receipt
13 requested, a notice of intent to publish the information.
14 This subsection (c) applies only if the obligor resides in
15 the county in which the clerk of the court holds office.
16 (d) In counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more,
17 whenever an obligor fails to pay the child support annual fee
18 for a period of 3 years, the clerk of the court may notify
19 credit reporting agencies of the arrearage and may make the
20 amount owed part of the obligor's credit history.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 1-1-98; 90-673, eff. 1-1-99.)".