30 ILCS 205/2 — Illinois Code / Chapter 30 / Act 205 / Section 2
Section 2
Status: in_force

(30 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 15, par. 102) Sec. 2. (a) When any State agency is unable to collect any claim or account receivable of $1,000 or more due the agency after having pursued the procedure prescribed by law or applicable rules and regulations for the collection thereof or, if no procedure is so prescribed, then after having undertaken all reasonable and appropriate procedures available to the agency to effectuate collection, the State agency shall request the Attorney General to certify the claim or account receivable to be uncollectible. (b) Each request to the Attorney General asking that a claim or account receivable of $1,000 or more be declared uncollectible shall be in a format prescribed by the Attorney General and shall include at a minimum the following information: debtor's name, debtor's social security number or comparable identifying number, debtor's last known address, nature of the debt, efforts made to collect the debt and the time period covered by those efforts, the age of the debt, the age of the debtor and the specific reason the State agency believes the debt to be uncollectible. Nothing in this provision should be interpreted as a limitation on the authority of the Attorney General to require additional information that he may find to be necessary to evaluate requests sent him pursuant to this provision. (c) Claims or accounts receivable of less than $1,000 may be certified as uncollectible by the agency when the agency determines that further collection efforts are not in the best economic interest of the State. Such determination shall be made in accordance with rules of the Comptroller. (d) If any item of information required by this provision or any item of additional information required by the Attorney General is not available, the State agency shall specifically so state in its request to the Attorney General asking that the debt be declared uncollectible. (e) A State agency participating in a federal student loan program may remove student loans from its records by assigning or referring such student loans to the federal government for collection pursuant to the procedures prescribed by federal laws and regulations. (f) Claims and receivables due from another State agency may be written off if the agency has pursued all reasonable means of collection and if the amount (1) is payable from an appropriation which has lapsed; (2) may not properly be charged against a current appropriation; and (3) was not originally payable from federal funds, a trust fund or locally held funds. Each agency which writes off claims or receivables pursuant to this subparagraph shall submit a listing of all such write-offs to the Comptroller within 60 days of taking such action. (g) Debts certified as uncollectible may be reopened for collection by an agency upon the approval of the Attorney General. (h) Agencies shall submit a list of debts certified as uncollectible to the Comptroller in the form and manner specified by the Comptroller. The Comptroller shall take reasonable steps to accept information on agency computer tapes. (i) After compliance with all provisions of this Section, an agency may delete from its records debts certified as uncollectible as follows: (1) When the debt is less than $1,000, immediately upon certification by the agency; (2) For debts of $1,000 or more that are less than 5 years old, when the agency