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15 ILCS 405/26

    (15 ILCS 405/26)
    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 Illinois Emergency Management Agency 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.

(Source: P.A. 98-700, eff. 7-7-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)