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90_HB2952
50 ILCS 125/3 from Ch. 85, par. 473
Amends the Government Salary Withholding Act by making
technical changes to the Section concerning insurance.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Government Salary Withholding Act by
2 changing Section 3.
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 3 as follows:
7 (50 ILCS 125/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 473)
8 Sec. 3. Insurance. Any local governmental agency,
9 unless otherwise provided in any statute specifically
10 creating or governing any such agency, may provide for the
11 benefit of its employees, elected or appointed officials and
12 retired former employees life or group life, health,
13 accident, hospital and medical insurance, or any combination
14 of those such types of insurance. The Such insurance may
15 include provision for employees, elected or appointed
16 officials and former employees who rely on treatment by
17 prayer or spiritual means alone for healing in accordance
18 with the tenets and practice of a well recognized religious
19 denomination. The corporate authority of the such agency may
20 provide for payment by the such agency of a portion of the
21 premium or charge for such insurance for these persons with
22 these persons paying the balance of the such premium charge.
23 However, the portion to be paid by the agency shall not
24 exceed 30% of an elected official's salary from that
25 governmental unit for that premium period, or if paid on a
26 per diem basis, for the previous premium period. There shall
27 be no limit to the portion paid by the agency for full-time
28 elected officials. For purposes of this Section, a full-time
29 elected official is one who works 20 hours or more per week.
30 Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, there shall be no
31 limit to the portion paid by a township for a trustee of the
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1 township. If the such corporate authority undertakes a plan
2 whereunder the local governmental agency pays a portion of
3 the such premium or charge, the corporate authority of the
4 such agency shall provide for the withholding and deducting
5 from the compensation of any such persons that as consent to
6 joining the such plan, the balance of the premium or charge
7 for the such insurance.
8 If the local governmental agency does not provide for a
9 plan pursuant to which the such agency pays a portion of the
10 premium or charge for any group insurance plan, the corporate
11 authority of such agency may provide for the withholding and
12 deducting from the compensation of such persons as consent
13 thereto, and the governing authority of any retirement system
14 covering employees or elected or appointed officials of a
15 local governmental agency may provide for the withholding and
16 deducting from retirement benefits of such former persons as
17 consent thereto, the premium or charge for any life or group
18 life, health, accident, hospital and medical insurance.
19 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, nothing
20 in this Section shall apply to any municipality or county.
21 (Source: P.A. 86-533.)