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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
COOK COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 34, Finance, Section 34-368, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 34-368. Child Support Enforcement Coordinator.
This article, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereto, shall be administered, supervised and monitored by a Child Support Enforcement Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the President of the County Board. The Child Support Enforcement Coordinator's duties shall include (but not be limited to) the following areas:
1. To determine whether an applicant has any delinquent child support obligations by checking the records of the Clerk of the Circuit Court or the records of the appropriate child support enforcement agent of the State of Illinois IV-D Child Support Enforcement Program;
2. To promulgate reasonable rules and regulations that provide for the enforcement and administration of this article;
3. To refer matters to the appropriate Cook County Department of Administrative Hearings Offices Under the President; and, then the appropriate Offices Under the President shall refer the matter to the Department of Administrative Hearings to conduct the administrative hearings provided for by the rules and regulations and by Chapter 2, Article IX of the Cook County Code;
4. To provide information on the applicant to other appropriate County and State governmental entities, to the extent allowed by law, to assist those offices in the enforcement of child support obligations;
5. To provide names and business addresses of applicants to persons seeking to enforce child support orders and their legal representatives, to the extent allowed by law, on the condition that such information be used solely for the purpose of assisting in child support enforcement; and further provided that all information regarding persons seeking to enforce child support orders be kept c...
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