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PROPOSED INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department: Clerk of the Circuit Court
Other Part(ies): Illinois Office of the Comptroller, State of Illinois
Request: Amendment
Goods or Services: The Clerk's Office working with the Illinois Comptroller's Office under Local Debt Recovery Program (effective 1/1/2012 under Public Act 97-0632) to work to recoup uncollected delinquent traffic fines. The program allows Illinois State Comptroller's Office to intercept payroll checks, income tax returns, vendor payments, pensions and lottery winnings.
Agreement Number: N/A
Agreement Period: Amendment
Fiscal Impact: None
Accounts: N/A
Summary: The parties hereby agree to amend the Intergovernmental Agreement (hereinafter, "the Agreement") between the Illinois Office of the Comptroller and the Office of the Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, (hereinafter referred to as the "local unit"), effective upon execution, as follows:
Article III, Section A, Subsection 1 is amended by inserting the following new Part (d):
(d) No debt which has resulted in the attachment of a lien on any personal property or other personal interest of the debtor shall be placed or remain on the System so long as that lien is attached to that property or interest.
Article III, Section A, Subsection 2 is amended by inserting the following new Part (d):
(d) When a default in the payment of a fine, fee, cost, order of restitution, judgment of bond forfeiture, judgment order of forfeiture, or any installment thereof has been included in the Comptroller's offset system, pursuant to this Agreement, and the State's Attorney representing the local unit has retained attorneys or private collection agents pursuant to Section 5-9-3(e) of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5/5-9-3(e)], the State's Attorney hereby agrees to assign no more than 33% of the additional fee described in 730 ILCS 5/5-9-3(e) to the retained attorneys or coll...
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