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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4611

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4611 as follows:

 3    by replacing the title of the bill with the following:

 4        "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code  by  adding
 5    Section 12-13.3."; and

 6    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 7    following:

 8        "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 9    adding Section 12-13.3 as follows:

10        (305 ILCS 5/12-13.3 new)
11        Sec. 12-13.3. W-2 statements for obligors; pilot program.
12        (a) In this Section:
13        "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
14        "Obligor"  and  "obligee"  have  the meanings ascribed to
15    those terms in the Income Withholding for Support Act.
16        (b) The Department shall establish and administer a pilot
17    program as described in this Section.  The  Department  shall
18    establish the pilot program in 5 counties as follows:
19             (1) Cook County.
20             (2)  Two  counties  with  a  population  of at least
 
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 1        650,000 but less than 2,000,000.
 2             (3)  Two  counties  with  a  population  less   than
 3        650,000.
 4        A county may apply to participate in the pilot program in
 5    the  manner  and  form  designated  by  the  Department.  The
 6    Department shall establish criteria for selecting counties to
 7    participate in the pilot program.
 8        (c)  Under  the  pilot  program,  every   employer   that
 9    withholds income from an obligor in any of years 2000 through
10    2003  for  the payment of amounts owed under an order for the
11    support of a child shall send to the  clerk  of  the  circuit
12    court  in the county in which the order was entered a copy of
13    the Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement furnished by the employer
14    to the obligor for each such year.  The employer  shall  send
15    the Form W-2 to the clerk if the obligor's income is withheld
16    pursuant  to  the  Income  Withholding  for Support Act.  The
17    employer shall send the Form W-2 to the clerk not later  than
18    January  31  of  the  year after the year covered by the Form
19    W-2.
20        (d) Whenever a clerk of the circuit court receives a Form
21    W-2 from an employer as provided in this Section,  the  clerk
22    shall  immediately send a copy of the Form W-2 to the obligor
23    and a copy to the appropriate obligee.
24        (e)  The  Department  shall  adopt  rules  necessary   to
25    implement this Section.
26        (f)  The   Department   shall  report  its  findings  and
27    recommendations concerning the operation of the pilot program
28    to the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2004.

29        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
30    becoming law.".

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