Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 210 — Illinois State Collection Act of 1986.

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois State Collection Act of 1986"

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois State Collection Act of 1986". (Source: P.A. 84-1344.)

This Act applies to all accounts or claims owed to "State agencies", as that term is defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act, except that the debt collection and write-off provisions of this Act shall not apply to the Illinois State Scholarship Commission in the administration of its student loan programs. To the ex…

Policy

Policy. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this State to aggressively pursue the collection of accounts or claims due and payable to the State of Illinois through all reasonable means. To this end, this Act is supplementary to existing State laws prescribing the means of collection of amounts owing to the…

(a) The Comptroller shall provide by rule appropriate procedures for State agencies to follow in establishing and recording within the State accounting system records of amounts owed to the State of Illinois. The rules of the Comptroller shall include, but are not limited to: (1) the manner by which State agencies shal…

Rules; payment plans; offsets

Rules; payment plans; offsets. (a) Until July 1, 2004 for the Department of Public Aid and July 1, 2005 for Universities and all other State agencies, State agencies shall adopt rules establishing formal due dates for amounts owing to the State and for the referral of seriously past due accounts to private collection a…

Upon agreement of the Attorney General, the Bureau may contract for legal assistance in collecting past due accounts

Upon agreement of the Attorney General, the Bureau may contract for legal assistance in collecting past due accounts. Any contract entered into under this Section before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall remain valid but may not be renewed. (Source: P.A. 93-570, eff. 8-20-03.)

(Section 9 as added by 96-1383 was renumbered as Section 10

(Section 9 as added by 96-1383 was renumbered as Section 10.1 in P.A. 97-333. Section 9 as added by 96-1435 was renumbered as Section 10.2 in P.A. 97-333.) Sec. 9. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-1383, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1435, eff. 8-16-10; text omitted.)

Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau to assume collection duties

Department of Revenue Debt Collection Bureau to assume collection duties. (a) The Department of Revenue's Debt Collection Bureau shall serve as the primary debt collecting entity for the State and in that role shall collect debts on behalf of agencies of the State. All debts owed the State of Illinois shall be referred…

Collection agency fees

Collection agency fees. Except where prohibited by federal law or regulation, in the case of any liability referred to a collection agency on or after July 1, 2010, any fee charged to the State by the collection agency (i) may not exceed 25% for a first placement of the underlying liability referred to the collection a…

Deferral and compromise of past due debt

Deferral and compromise of past due debt. (a) In this Section, "past due debt" means any debt owed to the State that has been outstanding for more than 12 months. "Past due debt" does not include any debt if any of the actions required under this Section would violate federal law or regulation. (b) State agencies may e…