65 ILCS 5/10-4-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 10 - Employees And Employment

Sec. 10-4-8.     Power to deduct wages for debts.(a) Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of 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 Board of Education, or a  housing authority of a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more  that a debt is due and owing the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve  District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the  Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority  by an employee of  a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, the municipality 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 county, the Cook County  Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the  Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority; 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 municipality deducts any amount from any salary or wage of an  employee under this Section, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve  District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the  Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority   shall certify that (i) the employee has  been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due and  owing the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park  District, the  Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the  Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority  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 the 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 county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority for services, work, or goods, after the period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority pursuant to a court order or order of an administrative hearing officer after the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.(d) Nothing in this Section is intended to affect the power of a  municipality to withhold the amount of any debt that is due and owing the  municipality by any of its employees.    (Source: P.A. 92-109, eff. 7-20-01.)