(65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-84, 103-91, 103-420, 103-445, and 103-535) Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.61 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section. The requirement that health benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section applies must comply with every provision of this Section. Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-84, eff. 1-1-24; 103-91, eff. 1-1-24; 103-420, eff. 1-1-24; 103-445, eff. 1-1-24; 103-535, eff. 8-11-23.) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-551) Sec. 10-4-2.3. Required health benefits. If a municipality, including a home rule municipality, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the coverage shall include coverage for the post-mastectomy care benefits required to be covered by a policy of accident and health insurance under Section 356t and the coverage required under Sections 356g, 356g.5, 356g.5-1, 356q, 356u, 356w, 356x, 356z.4, 356z.4a, 356z.6, 356z.8, 356z.9, 356z.10, 356z.11, 356z.12, 356z.13, 356z.14, 356z.15, 356z.22, 356z.25, 356z.26, 356z.29, 356z.30a, 356z.32, 356z.33, 356z.36, 356z.40, 356z.41, 356z.45, 356z.46, 356z.47, 356z.48, 356z.51, 356z.53, 356z.54, 356z.56, 356z.57, 356z.59, 356z.60, and 356z.62 of the Illinois Insurance Code. The coverage shall comply with Sections 155.22a, 355b, 356z.19, and 370c of the Illinois Insurance Code. The Department of Insurance shall enforce the requirements of this Section. The requirement that health benefits be covered as provided in this is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation under Article VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution. A home rule municipality to which this Section applies must comply with every provision of this Section. Rulemaking authority to implement Public Act 95-1045, if any, is conditioned on the rules being adopted in accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. (Source: P.A. 102-30, eff. 1-1-22; 102-103, eff. 1-1-22; 102-203, eff. 1-1-22; 102-306, eff. 1-1-22; 102-443, eff. 1-1-22; 102-642, eff. 1-1-22; 102-665, eff. 10-8-21; 102-731, eff. 1-1-23; 102-804, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-816, eff. 1-1-23; 102-860, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1093, eff. 1-1-23; 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23.) |
(65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.5)
Sec. 10-4-2.5.
Woman's health care provider.
The corporate authorities of
all municipalities are subject to the provisions of Section 356r of the
Illinois Insurance Code. The requirement under this Section that health care
benefits provided by municipalities comply with Section 356r of the Illinois
Insurance Code is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial
and limitation of home rule municipality powers under Article VII, Section 6,
subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 89-514, eff. 7-17-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.8)
Sec. 10-4-2.8.
Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act.
The corporate
authorities
of all municipalities are subject to the provisions of the Managed Care Reform
and
Patient Rights Act. The
requirement
under this
Section that health care benefits provided by municipalities comply with the
Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act is an exclusive power and function
of
the State
and is a denial and limitation of home rule municipality powers under Article
VII, Section 6, subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution.
(Source: P.A. 91-617, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-3)
Sec. 10-4-3.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may withhold and
deduct from the compensation of each of its employees who consents thereto,
a specified amount each pay period for the purchase of United States
Savings Bonds for the benefit of such employee and in such denomination as
may be stated. The account of each employee shall be kept separate. As
often as the individual account of any such employee contains a credit
sufficient to purchase a bond of the denomination stated, the withholding
officer shall arrange for or make such purchase as directed by such
employee, and shall deliver such bond to such employee.
Whenever any employee is separated from municipal service, any sum to
his credit in such withheld compensation funds shall be paid to him or to
his estate on request.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-4)
Sec. 10-4-4.
In municipalities of more than 500,000, the corporate
authorities may investigate the enforcement of the municipal ordinances,
rules and regulations, and the action, conduct and efficiency of all
officers, agents and employees of the municipality. In the conduct of
such investigations the corporate authorities may hold public hearings.
Each member of the corporate authorities shall have power to administer
oaths, and the clerk of the municipality, by order of the corporate
authorities, shall issue subpoenas to secure the attendance and
testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant
to such investigations and to any hearing before the corporate
authorities or any member thereof.
Any circuit court of this state upon application of the
corporate authorities, or any member thereof, may in its
discretion compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books
and papers, and the giving of testimony before the corporate authorities
or any member thereof, by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the
same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the
court.
(Source: P.A. 81-282.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-5)
Sec. 10-4-5.
The corporate authorities of a municipality shall not pass
any ordinance requiring a municipal employee who is under the age of 56 to
retire.
No home rule unit, as defined in Article VII of the Illinois Constitution,
shall have the power to change, alter or amend in any way the provisions
of this Section, and it is declared to be the law in this State, pursuant
to paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Constitution,
that the establishment of a mandatory retirement age below the age of 56
for employees of a municipality is an exercise of exclusive State power
which may not be exercised concurrently by a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 82-536.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-6)
Sec. 10-4-6.
In municipalities of more than 500,000 population,
applications for examination for and appointment to positions as
firefighters or police shall be made available at various branches of the
public library of the municipality. It is declared to be the law of this
State, pursuant to paragraph (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution, that this Section is a denial of the power of a home
rule unit to fail to make applications available as required by this Section.
(Source: P.A. 85-1342.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-7)
Sec. 10-4-7.
Persons in fire service.
In any municipality with a
population under 10,000 that is located in a county with a population over
3,000,000 and that maintains a firefighters' pension fund under Article 4
of the Illinois Pension Code, persons who participate in that pension fund
and who have served at any time between July 1, 1976 and July 1, 1978 in
the position of protective inspection officer or administrative assistant
for fire services shall, if the position included firefighting duties, be
entitled to receive service credit in that pension fund for such service,
notwithstanding that such persons may not have held civil service
appointments as firefighters, provided that application is made to the
pension fund by July 1, 1992, and the corresponding employee contributions
are paid, based on the compensation received for such service and the
contribution rates in effect during such service for firefighters in the
pension fund, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
annually, from July 1, 1988 to the date of payment.
(Source: P.A. 87-782; 87-847; 87-895.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-8)
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.
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(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.)
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-10) Sec. 10-4-10. Compliance with ITAP requirements. A municipality must comply with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP). A municipality may not submit employment information for the ITAP in a manner that is inconsistent with the requirements of Section 405-335 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule municipalities of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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(65 ILCS 5/10-4-12) Sec. 10-4-12. Cessation of existing municipal fire departments.
If a city or village with 500 or more residents owns, operates, or maintains any fire department or departments, that city or village may not cease the operation and maintenance of that fire department or those fire departments unless the proposed cessation is first submitted by referendum to the voters of the city or village as provided by Section 15b of the Fire Protection District Act.
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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 10 Div. 5 heading) DIVISION 5.
INSURANCE FOR VOLUNTEER
FIREMEN
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(65 ILCS 5/10-5-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 10-5-1)
Sec. 10-5-1.
Every city, village or incorporated town in this State, which
adopts this Division 5, as hereinafter provided, now having or which may
hereafter have a volunteer fire department or a fire department composed in
part of volunteer firemen, shall procure, in the name and for the benefit
of the volunteer members of such fire department, a policy or policies of
insurance, conditioned as hereinafter provided.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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