Sec. 6.1. Power to deduct wages for debts.

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(a)Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education that a debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education by an employee of the housing authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, that authority may withhold, from the compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education; provided, however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment.

(b)Before the housing authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an employee under this Section, the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education shall certify that

(i)the employee has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education and

(ii)the employee has received notice of a wage deduction order and has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to object to the order.

(c)For purposes of this Section:

(1)"Net amount" means that part of the salary or wage payment remaining after the

deduction of any amounts required by law to be deducted.

(2)"Debt due and owing" means

(i)a specified sum of money owed to the municipality,

the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education for services, work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has expired, or

(ii)a specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education pursuant to a court order or order of an administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.