Bill Text: IL SB2925 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2925 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2925-Introduced.html

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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.
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A BILL FOR
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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

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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.