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90_HB2217
50 ILCS 125/5 from Ch. 85, par. 475
Amends the Government Salary Withholding Act. Permits
local governments to select the charitable organizations that
may participate in the payroll deduction fund-raising
campaign, rather than using the United Fund and those deemed
qualified by the State Comptroller. Specifies criteria for
selection.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Government Salary Withholding Act by
2 changing Section 5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Government Salary Withholding Act is
6 amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 125/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 475)
8 Sec. 5. Any local governmental agency, unless otherwise
9 prohibited provided in any statute specifically creating or
10 governing any such agency, may select provide by ordinance or
11 resolution one or more charitable organizations that are (i)
12 qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
13 Code and (ii) in compliance with the Solicitation for Charity
14 Act to participate in a fund-raising campaign with that local
15 governmental agency's employees. After selecting the
16 charitable organizations that are eligible to participate for
17 the deduction, upon the written request of the employee, the
18 local governmental agency may deduct from each regular
19 payroll period from the compensation of such employee the
20 amount specified in such authorization for payment to the
21 participating charitable organization designated by the
22 employee United Fund and to the other organizations found
23 qualified by the State Comptroller pursuant to the Voluntary
24 Payroll Deductions Act of 1983. The term "United Fund" means
25 the same as that term is defined in Section 3 of the
26 Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983, as now or hereafter
27 amended.
28 Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1997 shall be deemed to
29 invalidate any previously existing voluntary payroll
30 deduction fund-raising campaign conducted by a local
31 governmental agency. "Previously existing" means having
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1 occurred before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
2 1997.
3 (Source: P.A. 85-1370.)