Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 4/26/2023
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 476




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 476 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 
5is amended  by changing Section 3-4 as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 2905/3-4)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-4)



7    Sec. 3-4. 
(a) Commissioners shall be paid the same 
8salaries as the county board members
from either St. Clair or 
9Madison County whichever is lower.

10    (b) The board of commissioners may, by ordinance, arrange 
11to provide employees and commissioners of the sanitary 
12district group, life, health, accident, hospital, and medical 
13insurance, or any one or any combination of such types of 
14insurance. The insurance may include provision for employees 
15and commissioners who rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual 
16means alone for healing in accordance with the tenets and 
 
 
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1practice of a well-recognized religious denomination. The 
2board of commissioners may provide for payment by the sanitary 
3district of the premium or charge for the insurance. 
4    If the sanitary district does not pay for the premium or 
5charge for  group life, health, accident, hospital, or medical 
6insurance, the board of commissioners may allow withholding 
7and deducting from the compensation of the employees and 
8commissioners of the premium or charge for the group life, 
9health, accident, hospital, or medical insurance. 
10    Insurance obtained under this subsection must be obtained 
11from an insurance company authorized to do business in the 
12State of Illinois or any other organization or service 
13offering similar coverage authorized to do business in the 
14State of Illinois. 
15(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)".