Public Act 0700 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4590 Enrolled LRB098 17439 OMW 52540 b

Public Act 098-0700

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by adding Section 26 as follows:

(15 ILCS 405/26 new)

Sec. 26. Illinois Gives Initiative.

(a) The Illinois Gives Initiative is hereby created to provide a mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her salary, wages, or annuity for payment to Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross whose territories include areas affected by a declaration of disaster issued in accordance with Section 7 of the Emergency Management Act.

(b) The initiative shall be administered by the State Comptroller, who is authorized to:

(1) develop an electronic mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may register with the Office of the Comptroller for the withholding to be deducted from the next available scheduled pay period;

(2) develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient transmission of the notification of the withholding under this Section to the employee's Payroll Officer or the annuitant's Retirement Agency; and

(3) develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient distribution of the withholdings under this Section to designated Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross.

Section 10. The State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(5 ILCS 365/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 354)

Sec. 4. Authorization of withholding. An employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his salary, wages, or annuity for any one or more of the following purposes:

(1) for purchase of United States Savings Bonds;

(2) for payment of premiums on life or accident and health insurance as defined in Section 4 of the "Illinois Insurance Code", approved June 29, 1937, as amended, and for payment of premiums on policies of automobile insurance as defined in Section 143.13 of the "Illinois Insurance Code", as amended, and the personal multiperil coverages commonly known as homeowner's insurance. However, no portion of salaries, wages or annuities may be withheld to pay premiums on automobile, homeowner's, life or accident and health insurance policies issued by any one insurance company or insurance service company unless a minimum of 100 employees or annuitants insured by that company authorize the withholding by an Office within 6 months after such withholding begins. If such minimum is not satisfied the Office may discontinue withholding for such company. For any insurance company or insurance service company which has not previously had withholding, the Office may allow withholding for premiums, where less than 100 policies have been written, to cover a probationary period. An insurance company which has discontinued withholding may reinstate it upon presentation of facts indicating new management or re-organization satisfactory to the Office;

(3) for payment to any labor organization designated by the employee;

(4) for payment of dues to any association the membership of which consists of State employees and former State employees;

(5) for deposit in any credit union, in which State employees are within the field of membership as a result of their employment;

(6) for payment to or for the benefit of an institution of higher education by an employee of that institution;

(7) for payment of parking fees at the underground facility located south of the William G. Stratton State Office Building in Springfield, the parking ramp located at 401 South College Street, west of the William G. Stratton State Office Building in Springfield, or at the parking facilities located on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois;

(8) for voluntary payment to the State of Illinois of amounts then due and payable to the State;

(9) for investment purchases made as a participant in College Savings Programs established pursuant to Section 30-15.8a of the School Code;

(10) for voluntary payment to the Illinois Department of Revenue of amounts due or to become due under the Illinois Income Tax Act;

(11) for payment of optional contributions to a retirement system subject to the provisions of the Illinois Pension Code;

(12) for contributions to organizations found qualified by the State Comptroller under the requirements set forth in the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983;

(13) for payment of fringe benefit contributions to employee benefit trust funds (whether such employee benefit trust funds are governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq. or not) for State contractual employees hired through labor organizations and working pursuant to a signed agreement between a labor organization and a State agency, whether subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act or not; this item (13) is not intended to limit employee benefit trust funds and the contributions to be made thereto to be limited to those which are encompassed for purposes of computing the prevailing wage in any particular locale, but rather such employee benefit trusts are intended to include contributions to be made to such funds that are intended to assist in training, building and maintenance, industry advancement, and the like, including but not limited to those benefit trust funds such as pension and welfare that are normally computed in the prevailing wage rates and which otherwise would be subject to contribution obligations by private employers that are signatory to agreements with labor organizations; .

(14) for voluntary payment as part of the Illinois Gives Initiative under Section 26 of the State Comptroller Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-541, eff. 1-1-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.