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91_HR0456

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, On July 20, 1999, the Governor signed  into  law
 3    Senate  Bill  1063  (Public  Act  91-212)  in  order to bring
 4    Illinois into compliance with the Personal Responsibility and
 5    Work Reconciliation Act of 1996 which mandated that the State
 6    of Illinois establish a State Disbursement Unit by October 1,
 7    1999; and

 8        WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1063 created the State  Disbursement
 9    Unit on October 1, 1999, centralizing the collection of child
10    support  payments  through one agency in DuPage County rather
11    than through 102 separate Circuit  Clerk  Offices  throughout
12    the State; and

13        WHEREAS,  The  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  was
14    required to inform those who would be affected by the changes
15    in child support payments caused by Senate Bill 1063; and

16        WHEREAS,   In   the  month  of  October  1999  the  State
17    Disbursement  Unit,  under  the  direction  of  the  Illinois
18    Department of Public Aid, failed to issue thousands of  child
19    support   payments   due   to   bad   planning   and  program
20    mismanagement when creating and  testing  capabilities  of  a
21    centralized system; therefore, be it

22        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
23    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
24    the  members  of  the  House of Representatives call upon the
25    Governor to immediately issue an Executive Order  temporarily
26    transferring  the  duties of the State Disbursement Unit back
27    to the County Circuit Clerks; and be it further

28        RESOLVED,   That   the   members   of   the   House    of
29    Representatives  call  upon  the  Governor  and  the Illinois
30    Department of Public Aid to  formally  request  a  six  month
31    extension  for  creating  a State Disbursement Unit as called
 
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 1    for in federal law; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED, That the Governor and the  Illinois  Department
 3    of   Public  Aid  provide  the  House  of  Representatives  a
 4    comprehensive plan for re-implementing the State Disbursement
 5    Unit three months prior to the expiration of the extension.

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