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Illinois House Bill HB2588 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/14/2025

                    <tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><p> </p> </td></tr></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB2588 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center"></td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 09895 SPS 19965 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>AN ACT concerning State government.</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><b><code>Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, </code></b></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><b><code>represented in the General Assembly:</code></b> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>Section 5. </code><code>The State Comptroller Act is amended by </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>changing Section 10.05 as follows:</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>(15 ILCS 405/10.05)</code><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>(from Ch. 15, par. 210.05)</code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>Sec. 10.05. </code><code>Deductions from warrants; statement of reason </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>for deduction. </code><code>Whenever any person shall be entitled to a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>warrant or other payment from the treasury or other funds held </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>by the State Treasurer, on any account, against whom there </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>shall be any then due and payable account or claim in favor of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the State, the United States upon certification by the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, or his or her </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>delegate, pursuant to a reciprocal offset agreement under </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois State </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Collection Act of 1986, or a unit of local government, a school </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>district, a public institution of higher education, as defined </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act, </code><u><code>a public </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>agency or association organized under an intergovernmental </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>agreement in accordance with the provisions of the </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, including an </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>intergovernmental risk management association or </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">23</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>self-insurance pool,</code></u><code> or the clerk of a circuit court, upon </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB2588 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 2 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 09895 SPS 19965 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>certification by that entity, the Comptroller, upon </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>notification thereof, shall ascertain the amount due and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>payable to the State, the United States, the unit of local </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>government, the school district, the public institution of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>higher education, </code><u><code>the public agency or association organized </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>under an intergovernmental agreement in accordance with the </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>provisions of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act,</code></u><code> or the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>clerk of the circuit court, as aforesaid, and draw a warrant on </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the treasury or on other funds held by the State Treasurer, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>stating the amount for which the party was entitled to a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>warrant or other payment, the amount deducted therefrom, and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>on what account, and directing the payment of the balance; </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>which warrant or payment as so drawn shall be entered on the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>books of the Treasurer, and such balance only shall be paid. </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>The Comptroller may deduct any one or more of the following: </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>(i) the entire amount due and payable to the State or a portion </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>of the amount due and payable to the State in accordance with </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the request of the notifying agency; (ii) the entire amount </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>due and payable to the United States or a portion of the amount </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>due and payable to the United States in accordance with a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>reciprocal offset agreement under subsection (i-1) of Section </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>10 of the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986; or (iii) the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">23</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>entire amount due and payable to the unit of local government, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">24</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>the</code></u><code> school district, </code><u><code>the</code></u><code> public institution of higher </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">25</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>education, </code><u><code>the public agency or association organized under an </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">26</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>intergovernmental agreement in accordance with the provisions </code></u></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB2588 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 3 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 09895 SPS 19965 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act,</code></u><code> or </code><u><code>the</code></u><code> clerk of the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>circuit court, or a portion of the amount due and payable to </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>that entity, in accordance with an intergovernmental agreement </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>authorized under this Section and Section 10.05d. No request </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>from a notifying agency, the Secretary of the Treasury of the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>United States, a unit of local government, a school district, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>a public institution of higher education, </code><u><code>a public agency or </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>association organized under an intergovernmental agreement in </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>Cooperation Act,</code></u><code> or the clerk of a circuit court for an amount </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>to be deducted under this Section from a wage or salary </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>payment, from a contractual payment to an individual for </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>personal services, or from pension annuity payments made under </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the Illinois Pension Code shall exceed 25% of the net amount of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>such payment. "Net amount" means that part of the earnings of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>an individual remaining after deduction of any amounts </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>required by law to be withheld. For purposes of this </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>provision, wage, salary or other payments for personal </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>services shall not include final compensation payments for the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>value of accrued vacation, overtime or sick leave. Whenever </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the Comptroller draws a warrant or makes a payment involving a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>deduction ordered under this Section, the Comptroller shall </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">23</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>notify the payee and the State agency that submitted the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">24</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>voucher of the reason for the deduction and he or she shall </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">25</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>retain a record of such statement in his or her records. As </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">26</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>used in this Section, an "account or claim in favor of the </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB2588 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 4 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 09895 SPS 19965 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>State" includes all amounts owing to "State agencies" as </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>defined in Section 7 of this Act. However, the Comptroller </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>shall not be required to accept accounts or claims owing to </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>funds not held by the State Treasurer, where such accounts or </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>claims do not exceed $50, nor shall the Comptroller deduct </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>from funds held by the State Treasurer under the Senior </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>or for payments to institutions from the Illinois Prepaid </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Tuition Trust Fund (unless the Trust Fund moneys are used for </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>child support). The Comptroller shall not deduct from payments </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>to be disbursed from the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>as provided for under Section 12-10.2 of the Illinois Public </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Aid Code, except for payments representing interest on child </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>support obligations under Section 10-16.5 of that Code. The </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Comptroller and the Department of Revenue shall enter into an </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>interagency agreement to establish responsibilities, duties, </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>and procedures relating to deductions from lottery prizes </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>awarded under Section 20.1 of the Illinois Lottery Law. The </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>Comptroller may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the Department of Revenue and the Secretary of the Treasury of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">21</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>the United States, or his or her delegate, to establish </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">22</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>responsibilities, duties, and procedures relating to </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">23</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>reciprocal offset of delinquent State and federal obligations </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">24</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>pursuant to subsection (i-1) of Section 10 of the Illinois </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">25</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>State Collection Act of 1986. The Comptroller may enter into </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">26</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>intergovernmental agreements with </code><u><code>a</code></u><code> </code><strike><code>any</code></strike><code> unit of local </code></td></tr></table><table class="xsl" width="650"><tr><td class="lineNum" colspan="3"><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl" colspan="3"><table class="xsl" width="100%"><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="5%"></colgroup><colgroup width="30%"></colgroup><colgroup width="20%"></colgroup><colgroup width="40%"></colgroup><tr><td class="number"></td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" align="left">HB2588 Engrossed</td><td class="xsl" align="center">- 5 -</td><td class="xsl" align="right">LRB104 09895 SPS 19965 b</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="xsl"> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">1</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>government, </code><u><code>a</code></u><code> school district, </code><u><code>a</code></u><code> public institution of higher </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>education, </code><u><code>a public agency or association organized under an </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>intergovernmental agreement in accordance with the provisions </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act,</code></u><code> or </code><u><code>the</code></u><code> clerk of a </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>circuit court to establish responsibilities, duties, and </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>procedures to provide for the offset, by the Comptroller, of </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>obligations owed to those entities. </code><u><code>A request for a deduction </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>by a public agency or association organized under an </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>intergovernmental agreement in accordance with the provisions </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act shall be accompanied </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>by a written agreement between the 2 parties or a court order </code></u></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><u><code>to that effect.</code></u><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>For the purposes of this Section, "clerk of a circuit </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>court" means the clerk of a circuit court in any county in the </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>State. </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 100-763, eff. 8-10-18.)</code> </td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</code><code>Section 99. </code><code>Effective date. </code><code>This Act takes effect upon </code></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td class="junk"></td><td class="xsl" ><code>becoming law.</code>