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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3069

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3069  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended  by adding
 5    Section 3-14002.5 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/3-14002.5 new)
 7        Sec. 3-14002.5.  Power to deduct wages for debts.
 8        (a)  Upon receipt of notice from  the  comptroller  of  a
 9    municipality  with  a population of 500,000 or more, the Cook
10    County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago  Park  District,
11    the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the Chicago
12    Board of Education, or a housing authority of a  municipality
13    with  a  population of 500,000 or more that a debt is due and
14    owing the  municipality,  the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
15    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
16    Reclamation District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the
17    Chicago  Board  of  Education, or the housing authority by an
18    employee of a county with a population of 3,000,000 or  more,
19    the  county  may  withhold,  from  the  compensation  of that
20    employee, the amount of the debt that is due  and  owing  and
21    pay  the amount withheld to the municipality, the Cook County
22    Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago  Park  District,  the
 
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 1    Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit
 2    Authority, the Chicago Board of  Education,  or  the  housing
 3    authority;  provided,  however, that the amount deducted from
 4    any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed  25%  of  the
 5    net amount of the payment.
 6        (b)  Before the county deducts any amount from any salary
 7    or  wage of an employee under this Section, the municipality,
 8    the Cook County Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago  Park
 9    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
10    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
11    the housing authority shall certify  that  the  employee  has
12    been  afforded  an  opportunity  for a hearing to dispute the
13    debt that is due and owing the municipality, the Cook  County
14    Forest  Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park District, the
15    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago  Transit
16    Authority,  the  Chicago  Board  of Education, or the housing
17    authority.
18        (c)  For purposes of this Section:
19             (1)  "Net amount" means that part of the  salary  or
20        wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
21        required by law to be deducted.
22             (2)  "Debt  due and owing" means (i) a specified sum
23        of money owed to the municipality, the Cook County Forest
24        Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park   District,   the
25        Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
26        Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
27        housing authority for services, work, or goods, after the
28        period  granted  for  payment  has  expired,  or  (ii)  a
29        specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the Cook
30        County   Forest   Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
31        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
32        the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the  Chicago  Board of
33        Education, or the housing authority pursuant to  a  court
34        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
 
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 1        the  exhaustion  of,  or the failure to exhaust, judicial
 2        review.
 3        (d)  Nothing in this Section is intended  to  affect  the
 4    power  of a county to withhold the amount of any debt that is
 5    due and owing the county by any of its employees.

 6        Section 10.  The Illinois Municipal Code  is  amended  by
 7    adding Section 10-4-8 as follows:

 8        (65 ILCS 5/10-4-8 new)
 9        Sec. 10-4-8.  Power to deduct wages for debts.
10        (a)  Upon  receipt  of  notice  from the comptroller of a
11    county with a population  of  3,000,000  or  more,  the  Cook
12    County  Forest  Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,
13    the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
14    Board  of Education, or a housing authority of a municipality
15    with a population of 500,000 or more that a debt is  due  and
16    owing  the  county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District,
17    the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
18    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
19    Education, or the housing  authority  by  an  employee  of  a
20    municipality  with  a  population  of  500,000  or  more, the
21    municipality may withhold,  from  the  compensation  of  that
22    employee,  the  amount  of the debt that is due and owing and
23    pay the amount withheld to the county, the Cook County Forest
24    Preserve   District,   the   Chicago   Park   District,   the
25    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago  Transit
26    Authority,  the  Chicago  Board  of Education, or the housing
27    authority; provided, however that the  amount  deducted  from
28    any  one  salary  or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the
29    net amount of the payment.
30        (b)  Before the municipality deducts any amount from  any
31    salary or wage of an employee under this Section, the county,
32    the  Cook  County  Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park
 
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 1    District, the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District,  the
 2    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
 3    the  housing  authority   shall certify that the employee has
 4    been afforded an opportunity for a  hearing  to  dispute  the
 5    debt  that  is  due  and  owning  the county, the Cook County
 6    Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago  Park  District,  the
 7    Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit
 8    Authority, the Chicago Board of  Education,  or  the  housing
 9    authority.
10        (c)  For purposes of this Section:
11             (1)  "Net  amount"  means  the part of the salary or
12        wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
13        required by law to be deducted.
14             (2)  "Debt due and owing" means (i) a specified  sum
15        of  money  owed  to  the  county,  the Cook County Forest
16        Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park   District,   the
17        Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
18        Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
19        housing authority for services, work, or goods, after the
20        period  granted  for  payment  has  expired,  or  (ii)  a
21        specified  sum  of  money  owed  to  the county, the Cook
22        County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the   Chicago   Park
23        District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District,
24        the Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the  Chicago  Board  of
25        Education,  or  the housing authority pursuant to a court
26        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
27        the exhaustion of, or the failure  to  exhaust,  judicial
28        review.
29        (d)  Nothing  in  this  Section is intended to affect the
30    power of a municipality to withhold the amount  of  any  debt
31    that  is  due  and  owing  the  municipality  by  any  of its
32    employees.

33        Section 15.  The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act
 
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 1    is amended by adding Section 17.5 as follows:

 2        (70 ILCS 810/17.5 new)
 3        Sec. 17.5.  Power to deduct wages for debts.
 4        (a)  Upon receipt of notice from  the  comptroller  of  a
 5    municipality  with  a population of 500,000 or more, a county
 6    with a population of 3,000,000  or  more,  the  Chicago  Park
 7    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
 8    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
 9    a housing authority of a municipality with  a  population  of
10    500,000   or   more   that  a  debt  is  due  and  owing  the
11    municipality, the county,  the  Chicago  Park  District,  the
12    Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit
13    Authority, the Chicago Board of  Education,  or  the  housing
14    authority  by  an  employee of the District, the District may
15    withhold, from the compensation of that employee, the  amount
16    of the debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld
17    to  the  municipality, the county, the Chicago Park District,
18    the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago
19    Transit  Authority,  the  Chicago  Board of Education, or the
20    housing  authority;  provided,  however,  that   the   amount
21    deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed
22    25% of the net amount of the payment.
23        (b)  Before  the  District  deducts  any  amount from any
24    salary or  wage  of  an  employee  under  this  Section,  the
25    municipality,  the  county,  the  Chicago  Park District, the
26    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago  Transit
27    Authority,  the  Chicago  Board  of Education, or the housing
28    authority shall certify that the employee has  been  afforded
29    an  opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is due
30    and owing the municipality,  the  county,  the  Chicago  Park
31    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
32    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
33    the housing authority.
 
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 1        (c)  For purposes of this Section:
 2             (1)  "Net amount" means that part of the  salary  or
 3        wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
 4        required by law to be deducted.
 5             (2)  "Debt  due and owing" means (i) a specified sum
 6        of money  owed  to  the  municipality,  the  county,  the
 7        Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
 8        District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the Chicago
 9        Board  of  Education,  or  the  housing   authority   for
10        services,  work,  or  goods, after the period granted for
11        payment has expired, or (ii) a  specified  sum  of  money
12        owed  to  the  municipality, the county, the Chicago Park
13        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
14        the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the  Chicago  Board of
15        Education, or the housing authority pursuant to  a  court
16        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
17        the  exhaustion  of,  or the failure to exhaust, judicial
18        review.

19        Section 17.  The Chicago Park District Act is amended  by
20    changing Section 16b as follows:

21        (70 ILCS 1505/16b)
22        Sec.  16b.   Power  to  deduct wages for municipal debts.
23    Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality
24    with a population  of  500,000  or  more,  a  county  with  a
25    population  of  3,000,000  or  more,  the  Cook County Forest
26    Preserve  District,  the   Metropolitan   Water   Reclamation
27    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
28    Education,  or  a  housing authority of a municipality with a
29    population of 500,000 or more that a debt is  due  and  owing
30    the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
31    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
32    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
 
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 1    the housing authority by an  employee  of  the  Chicago  Park
 2    District, the District may withhold, from the compensation of
 3    that  employee,  the amount of the debt that is due and owing
 4    and pay the amount withheld to the municipality, the  county,
 5    the  Cook  County  Forest Preserve District, the Metropolitan
 6    Water Reclamation District, the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,
 7    the  Chicago  Board  of  Education, or the housing authority;
 8    provided, however, that the  amount  deducted  from  any  one
 9    salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount
10    of  the payment.  Before the District deducts any amount from
11    any salary or wage of an employee  under  this  Section,  the
12    municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook County Forest Preserve
13    District, the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District,  the
14    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
15    the  housing  authority  shall  certify that the employee has
16    been afforded an opportunity for a  hearing  to  dispute  the
17    debt  that is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
18    Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Metropolitan  Water
19    Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority, the
20    Chicago Board of Education, or  the  housing  authority.  For
21    purposes of this Section, "net amount" means that part of the
22    salary  or  wage payment remaining after the deduction of any
23    amounts required by law to be  deducted  and  "debt  due  and
24    owing"  means  (i)  a  specified  sum  of  money  owed to the
25    municipality, the county, the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
26    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
27    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
28    the housing authority for  city  services,  work,  or  goods,
29    after  the  period granted for payment has expired, or (ii) a
30    specified sum of money owed to the municipality, the  county,
31    the  Cook  County  Forest Preserve District, the Metropolitan
32    Water Reclamation District, the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,
33    the  Chicago  Board  of  Education,  or the housing authority
34    pursuant to a court  order  or  order  of  an  administrative
 
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 1    hearing  officer  after  the exhaustion of, or the failure to
 2    exhaust, judicial review.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-22, eff. 6-20-97.)

 4        Section 20.  The Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District
 5    Act is amended by adding Section 4.39 as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 2605/4.39 new)
 7        Sec. 4.39.  Power to deduct wages for debts.
 8        (a)  Upon  receipt  of  notice  from the comptroller of a
 9    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more,  a  county
10    with  a  population  of  3,000,000  or more, the Chicago Park
11    District, the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District,  the
12    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
13    a  housing  authority  of a municipality with a population of
14    500,000  or  more  that  a  debt  is  due   and   owing   the
15    municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook County Forest Preserve
16    District, the Chicago  Park  District,  the  Chicago  Transit
17    Authority,  the  Chicago  Board  of Education, or the housing
18    authority by an employee of the District,  the  District  may
19    withhold,  from the compensation of that employee, the amount
20    of the debt that is due and owing and pay the amount withheld
21    to the municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook  County  Forest
22    Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park District, the Chicago
23    Transit Authority, the Chicago Board  of  Education,  or  the
24    housing   authority;   provided,  however,  that  the  amount
25    deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not exceed
26    25% of the net amount of the payment.
27        (b)  Before the District  deducts  any  amount  from  any
28    salary  or  wage  of  an  employee  under  this  Section, the
29    municipality, the county, the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
30    District,  the  Chicago  Park  District,  the Chicago Transit
31    Authority, the Chicago Board of  Education,  or  the  housing
32    authority  shall  certify that the employee has been afforded
 
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 1    an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the debt that is  due
 2    and  owing  the  municipality,  the  county,  the Cook County
 3    Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago  Park  District,  the
 4    Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of Education, or
 5    the housing authority.
 6        (c)  For purposes of this Section:
 7             (1)  "Net  amount"  means that part of the salary or
 8        wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
 9        required by law to be deducted.
10             (2)  "Debt due and owing" means (i) a specified  sum
11        of  money  owed to the municipality, the county, the Cook
12        County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the   Chicago   Park
13        District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the Chicago
14        Board  of  Education,  or  the  housing   authority   for
15        services,  work,  or  goods, after the period granted for
16        payment has expired, or (ii) a  specified  sum  of  money
17        owed  to  the  municipality,  the county, the Cook County
18        Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District,  the
19        Chicago   Transit   Authority,   the   Chicago  Board  of
20        Education, or the housing authority pursuant to  a  court
21        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
22        the  exhaustion  of,  or the failure to exhaust, judicial
23        review.

24        Section 22.  The Metropolitan Transit  Authority  Act  is
25    amended by changing Section 28c as follows:

26        (70 ILCS 3605/28c)
27        Sec.  28c.   Power  to  deduct wages for municipal debts.
28    Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of a municipality
29    with a population  of  500,000  or  more,  a  county  with  a
30    population  of  3,000,000  or  more,  the  Cook County Forest
31    Preserve   District,   the   Chicago   Park   District,   the
32    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of
 
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 1    Education, or a housing authority of a  municipality  with  a
 2    population  of  500,000  or more that a debt is due and owing
 3    the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
 4    District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan  Water
 5    Reclamation  District, the Chicago Board of Education, or the
 6    housing authority  by  an  employee  of  the  Authority,  the
 7    Authority   may  withhold,  from  the  compensation  of  that
 8    employee, the amount of the debt that is due  and  owing  and
 9    pay  the amount withheld to the municipality, the county, the
10    Cook  County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
11    District, the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District,  the
12    Chicago   Board  of  Education,  or  the  housing  authority;
13    provided, however, that the  amount  deducted  from  any  one
14    salary or wage payment shall not exceed 25% of the net amount
15    of the payment.  Before the Authority deducts any amount from
16    any  salary  or  wage  of an employee under this Section, the
17    municipality, the county, the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
18    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
19    Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or  the
20    housing  authority  shall  certify that the employee has been
21    afforded an opportunity for a hearing  to  dispute  the  debt
22    that  is due and owing the municipality, the county, the Cook
23    County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago  Park  District,
24    the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,  the Chicago
25    Board of Education, or the housing authority.   For  purposes
26    of  this  Section, "net amount" means that part of the salary
27    or wage payment remaining after the deduction of any  amounts
28    required by law to be deducted and "debt due and owing" means
29    (i)  a  specified  sum of money owed to the municipality, the
30    county, the Cook County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago
31    Park District, the Metropolitan Water  Reclamation  District,
32    the  Chicago Board of Education, or the housing authority for
33    city services, work, or goods, after the period  granted  for
34    payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to
 
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 1    the municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
 2    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
 3    Reclamation District, the Chicago Board of Education, or  the
 4    housing  authority  pursuant  to a court order or order of an
 5    administrative hearing officer after the  exhaustion  of,  or
 6    the failure to exhaust, judicial review.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-22, eff. 6-20-97.)

 8        Section  23.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 9    Section 34-18 as follows:

10        (105 ILCS 5/34-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18)
11        Sec. 34-18.   Powers  of  the  board.   The  board  shall
12    exercise general supervision and jurisdiction over the public
13    education  and  the  public  school  system of the city, and,
14    except as otherwise provided  by  this  Article,  shall  have
15    power:
16             1.  To make suitable provision for the establishment
17        and  maintenance  throughout the year or for such portion
18        thereof as it may direct, not  less  than  9  months,  of
19        schools   of  all  grades  and  kinds,  including  normal
20        schools,  high  schools,  night  schools,   schools   for
21        defectives  and delinquents, parental and truant schools,
22        schools for the blind, the deaf and the crippled, schools
23        or  classes  in  manual   training,   constructural   and
24        vocational  teaching, domestic arts and physical culture,
25        vocation and extension schools and lecture  courses,  and
26        all  other  educational courses and facilities, including
27        establishing,  equipping,   maintaining   and   operating
28        playgrounds and recreational programs, when such programs
29        are  conducted  in,  adjacent  to,  or connected with any
30        public  school  under   the   general   supervision   and
31        jurisdiction  of  the  board;  provided, however, that in
32        allocating funds from year to year for the  operation  of
 
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 1        all  attendance  centers  within  the district, the board
 2        shall ensure that supplemental general  State  aid  funds
 3        are allocated and applied in accordance with Section 18-8
 4        or  18-8.05.  To  admit  to  such  schools without charge
 5        foreign exchange students  who  are  participants  in  an
 6        organized exchange student program which is authorized by
 7        the  board. The board shall permit all students to enroll
 8        in apprenticeship programs in trade schools  operated  by
 9        the board, whether those programs  are union-sponsored or
10        not.   No  student  shall be refused admission into or be
11        excluded from any course of instruction  offered  in  the
12        common  schools  by  reason  of  that  student's sex.  No
13        student  shall  be  denied  equal  access   to   physical
14        education and interscholastic athletic programs supported
15        from  school  district  funds  or denied participation in
16        comparable  physical  education  and  athletic   programs
17        solely  by  reason of the student's sex.  Equal access to
18        programs  supported  from  school  district   funds   and
19        comparable  programs will be defined in rules promulgated
20        by the State Board of Education in consultation with  the
21        Illinois  High  School  Association.  Notwithstanding any
22        other provision of this Article,  neither  the  board  of
23        education  nor  any  local school council or other school
24        official shall recommend that children with  disabilities
25        be  placed into regular education classrooms unless those
26        children   with   disabilities    are    provided    with
27        supplementary  services  to  assist  them  so  that  they
28        benefit  from  the  regular classroom instruction and are
29        included  on  the  teacher's  regular   education   class
30        register;
31             2.  To   furnish   lunches  to  pupils,  to  make  a
32        reasonable charge therefor, and to use school  funds  for
33        the  payment  of such expenses as the board may determine
34        are necessary in conducting the school lunch program;
 
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 1             3.  To co-operate with the circuit court;
 2             4.  To  make  arrangements  with   the   public   or
 3        quasi-public  libraries  and museums for the use of their
 4        facilities by teachers and pupils of the public schools;
 5             5.  To employ dentists and  prescribe  their  duties
 6        for  the  purpose  of treating the pupils in the schools,
 7        but accepting  such  treatment  shall  be  optional  with
 8        parents or guardians;
 9             6.  To   grant   the   use  of  assembly  halls  and
10        classrooms when not otherwise  needed,  including  light,
11        heat, and attendants, for free public lectures, concerts,
12        and  other  educational  and  social  interests,  free of
13        charge,  under  such  provisions  and  control   as   the
14        principal   of   the   affected   attendance  center  may
15        prescribe;
16             7.  To apportion the pupils to the several  schools;
17        provided   that  no  pupil  shall  be  excluded  from  or
18        segregated in any such school on account  of  his  color,
19        race,  sex,  or  nationality.  The  board shall take into
20        consideration  the  prevention  of  segregation  and  the
21        elimination of separation of children in  public  schools
22        because  of color, race, sex, or nationality. Except that
23        children may be  committed  to  or  attend  parental  and
24        social  adjustment  schools  established  and  maintained
25        either for boys or girls only.  All records pertaining to
26        the  creation, alteration or revision of attendance areas
27        shall be open to the public.  Nothing herein shall  limit
28        the  board's authority to establish multi-area attendance
29        centers  or  other   student   assignment   systems   for
30        desegregation purposes or otherwise, and to apportion the
31        pupils to the several schools.  Furthermore, beginning in
32        school  year 1994-95, pursuant to a board plan adopted by
33        October 1, 1993, the board shall offer, commencing  on  a
34        phased-in  basis, the opportunity for families within the
 
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 1        school district to apply for enrollment of their children
 2        in any attendance center within the school district which
 3        does not have selective admission  requirements  approved
 4        by the board.  The appropriate geographical area in which
 5        such open enrollment may be exercised shall be determined
 6        by the board of education.  Such children may be admitted
 7        to  any such attendance center on a space available basis
 8        after  all  children  residing  within  such   attendance
 9        center's  area  have been accommodated.  If the number of
10        applicants from outside the attendance  area  exceed  the
11        space  available,  then  successful  applicants  shall be
12        selected by  lottery.   The  board  of  education's  open
13        enrollment  plan  must  include provisions that allow low
14        income students to have access to  transportation  needed
15        to  exercise  school choice.  Open enrollment shall be in
16        compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree  and
17        Desegregation Plan cited in Section 34-1.01;
18             8.  To  approve  programs and policies for providing
19        transportation services to students. Nothing herein shall
20        be construed to permit or  empower  the  State  Board  of
21        Education  to  order, mandate, or require busing or other
22        transportation of pupils for  the  purpose  of  achieving
23        racial balance in any school;
24             9.  Subject  to  the limitations in this Article, to
25        establish and approve system-wide  curriculum  objectives
26        and  standards,  including  graduation  standards,  which
27        reflect  the multi-cultural diversity in the city and are
28        consistent with State law, provided that for all purposes
29        of this Article courses or proficiency in  American  Sign
30        Language   shall  be  deemed  to  constitute  courses  or
31        proficiency  in  a  foreign  language;  and   to   employ
32        principals  and  teachers,  appointed as provided in this
33        Article, and fix their  compensation.   The  board  shall
34        prepare   such  reports  related  to  minimal  competency
 
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 1        testing as  may  be  requested  by  the  State  Board  of
 2        Education,  and  in  addition  shall  monitor and approve
 3        special education and bilingual  education  programs  and
 4        policies  within  the district to assure that appropriate
 5        services are provided in accordance with applicable State
 6        and federal  laws  to  children  requiring  services  and
 7        education in those areas;
 8             10.  To  employ  non-teaching  personnel  or utilize
 9        volunteer personnel  for:  (i)  non-teaching  duties  not
10        requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils,
11        including  library  duties;  and  (ii)  supervising study
12        halls,  long  distance  teaching  reception  areas   used
13        incident   to   instructional   programs  transmitted  by
14        electronic media such as  computers,  video,  and  audio,
15        detention  and  discipline  areas,  and  school-sponsored
16        extracurricular activities. The board may further utilize
17        volunteer    non-certificated    personnel    or   employ
18        non-certificated personnel to assist in  the  instruction
19        of  pupils  under  the immediate supervision of a teacher
20        holding a valid certificate, directly engaged in teaching
21        subject matter or conducting  activities;  provided  that
22        the   teacher   shall   be   continuously  aware  of  the
23        non-certificated persons' activities and shall be able to
24        control or modify them. The general superintendent  shall
25        determine  qualifications  of  such  personnel  and shall
26        prescribe rules for determining the duties and activities
27        to be assigned to such personnel;
28             11.  To provide television studio facilities in  not
29        to exceed one school building and to provide programs for
30        educational  purposes,  provided, however, that the board
31        shall not construct,  acquire,  operate,  or  maintain  a
32        television  transmitter;  to  grant the use of its studio
33        facilities to a licensed television  station  located  in
34        the  school  district; and to maintain and operate not to
 
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 1        exceed one school radio transmitting station and  provide
 2        programs for educational purposes;
 3             12.  To   offer,   if  deemed  appropriate,  outdoor
 4        education courses, including field trips within the State
 5        of Illinois,  or  adjacent  states,  and  to  use  school
 6        educational  funds  for  the  expense of the said outdoor
 7        educational programs, whether within the school  district
 8        or not;
 9             13.  During  that  period  of  the calendar year not
10        embraced within the regular school term, to  provide  and
11        conduct  courses  in subject matters normally embraced in
12        the program of the schools during the regular school term
13        and  to  give  regular  school  credit  for  satisfactory
14        completion by the student  of  such  courses  as  may  be
15        approved for credit by the State Board of Education;
16             14.  To  insure against any loss or liability of the
17        board, the former  School  Board  Nominating  Commission,
18        Local  School  Councils,  the  Chicago  Schools  Academic
19        Accountability   Council,   or   the  former  Subdistrict
20        Councils or of any member,  officer,  agent  or  employee
21        thereof,  resulting  from  alleged  violations  of  civil
22        rights  arising  from  incidents  occurring  on  or after
23        September 5, 1967 or from the wrongful or  negligent  act
24        or  omission  of any such person whether occurring within
25        or without the school  premises,  provided  the  officer,
26        agent  or  employee  was,  at  the  time  of  the alleged
27        violation of civil rights or wrongful  act  or  omission,
28        acting  within  the  scope  of  his  employment  or under
29        direction  of  the  board,  the   former   School   Board
30        Nominating   Commission,  the  Chicago  Schools  Academic
31        Accountability Council, Local  School  Councils,  or  the
32        former  Subdistrict  Councils;  and  to  provide  for  or
33        participate  in  insurance  plans  for  its  officers and
34        employees,  including  but  not  limited  to   retirement
 
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 1        annuities, medical, surgical and hospitalization benefits
 2        in  such  types  and  amounts as may be determined by the
 3        board; provided, however, that the board  shall  contract
 4        for   such  insurance  only  with  an  insurance  company
 5        authorized to do business in this State.  Such  insurance
 6        may include provision for employees who rely on treatment
 7        by  prayer  or  spiritual  means  alone  for  healing, in
 8        accordance with the tenets and practice of  a  recognized
 9        religious denomination;
10             15.  To  contract  with the corporate authorities of
11        any municipality or the county board of  any  county,  as
12        the case may be, to provide for the regulation of traffic
13        in parking areas of property used for school purposes, in
14        such  manner  as  is  provided  by  Section 11-209 of The
15        Illinois Vehicle Code, approved September  29,  1969,  as
16        amended;
17             16.  To  provide,  on  an equal basis, access to the
18        school campus to the official recruiting  representatives
19        of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States for
20        the purposes of informing students of the educational and
21        career  opportunities  available  in  the military if the
22        board has provided such access to persons or groups whose
23        purpose is  to  acquaint  students  with  educational  or
24        occupational  opportunities available to them.  The board
25        is not required to  give  greater  notice  regarding  the
26        right  of  access  to  recruiting representatives than is
27        given to other persons and groups;
28             17. (a)  To sell  or  market  any  computer  program
29        developed by an employee of the school district, provided
30        that  such  employee  developed the computer program as a
31        direct result of  his  or  her  duties  with  the  school
32        district   or  through  the  utilization  of  the  school
33        district resources  or  facilities.    The  employee  who
34        developed the computer program shall be entitled to share
 
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 1        in the proceeds of such sale or marketing of the computer
 2        program.   The  distribution of such proceeds between the
 3        employee and the school district shall be as agreed  upon
 4        by  the  employee  and  the  school district, except that
 5        neither the employee nor the school district may  receive
 6        more  than  90% of such proceeds.  The negotiation for an
 7        employee who is represented by  an  exclusive  bargaining
 8        representative   may  be  conducted  by  such  bargaining
 9        representative at the employee's request.
10             (b)  For the purpose of this paragraph 17:
11                  (1)  "Computer" means an internally programmed,
12             general   purpose   digital   device   capable    of
13             automatically  accepting  data,  processing data and
14             supplying the results of the operation.
15                  (2)  "Computer program" means a series of coded
16             instructions or statements in a form acceptable to a
17             computer, which causes the computer to process  data
18             in order to achieve a certain result.
19                  (3)  "Proceeds"   means  profits  derived  from
20             marketing or sale of a product after  deducting  the
21             expenses of developing and marketing such product;
22             18.  To  delegate  to  the general superintendent of
23        schools,  by  resolution,  the   authority   to   approve
24        contracts and expenditures in amounts of $10,000 or less;
25             19.  Upon  the  written  request  of an employee, to
26        withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues,
27        payments or contributions payable by such employee to any
28        labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational
29        Labor Relations Act.  Under such arrangement,  an  amount
30        shall  be withheld from each regular payroll period which
31        is equal to the pro rata share of the  annual  dues  plus
32        any  payments  or  contributions,  and  the  board  shall
33        transmit   such   withholdings  to  the  specified  labor
34        organization within 10 working days from the time of  the
 
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 1        withholding;
 2             19a.  Upon receipt of notice from the comptroller of
 3        a  municipality  with  a population of 500,000 or more, a
 4        county with a population of 3,000,000 or more,  the  Cook
 5        County   Forest   Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
 6        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
 7        the  Chicago Transit Authority, or a housing authority of
 8        a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more  that
 9        a debt is due and owing the municipality, the county, the
10        Cook  County  Forest  Preserve District, the Chicago Park
11        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
12        the  Chicago  Transit Authority, or the housing authority
13        by an employee of the Chicago Board of  Education  School
14        Reform   Board   of   Trustees,  to  withhold,  from  the
15        compensation of that employee, the  amount  of  the  debt
16        that  is due and owing and pay the amount withheld to the
17        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
18        District, the Chicago  Park  District,  the  Metropolitan
19        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
20        Authority,  or  the housing authority; provided, however,
21        that the amount deducted from  any  one  salary  or  wage
22        payment  shall  not  exceed  25% of the net amount of the
23        payment.  Before the Board deducts any  amount  from  any
24        salary  or  wage of an employee under this paragraph, the
25        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
26        District, the Chicago  Park  District,  the  Metropolitan
27        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
28        Authority,  or  the  housing authority shall certify that
29        the employee has  been  afforded  an  opportunity  for  a
30        hearing  to  dispute  the  debt that is due and owing the
31        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
32        District, the Chicago  Park  District,  the  Metropolitan
33        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
34        Authority,  or  the  housing  authority.  For purposes of
 
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 1        this paragraph, "net  amount"  means  that  part  of  the
 2        salary  or  wage payment remaining after the deduction of
 3        any amounts required by law to be deducted and "debt  due
 4        and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed to the
 5        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
 6        District,  the  Chicago  Park  District, the Metropolitan
 7        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
 8        Authority, or the housing authority  for  city  services,
 9        work,  or goods, after the period granted for payment has
10        expired, or (ii) a specified sum of  money  owed  to  the
11        municipality, the county, the Cook County Forest Preserve
12        District,  the  Chicago  Park  District, the Metropolitan
13        Water   Reclamation   District,   the   Chicago   Transit
14        Authority, or the housing authority pursuant to  a  court
15        order or order of an administrative hearing officer after
16        the  exhaustion  of,  or the failure to exhaust, judicial
17        review;
18             20.  The board is encouraged to employ a  sufficient
19        number  of  certified  school  counselors  to  maintain a
20        student/counselor ratio of 250 to  1  by  July  1,  1990.
21        Each  counselor shall spend at least 75% of his work time
22        in direct contact with  students  and  shall  maintain  a
23        record of such time;
24             21.  To  make  available  to students vocational and
25        career counseling  and  to  establish  5  special  career
26        counseling  days for students and parents.  On these days
27        representatives of local businesses and industries  shall
28        be invited to the school campus and shall inform students
29        of  career opportunities available to them in the various
30        businesses and industries.  Special  consideration  shall
31        be  given  to  counseling  minority students as to career
32        opportunities available to them in various fields.    For
33        the  purposes of this paragraph, minority student means a
34        person who is:
 
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 1                  (a)  Black (a person having origins in  any  of
 2             the black racial groups in Africa);
 3                  (b)  Hispanic   (a   person   of   Spanish   or
 4             Portuguese  culture with origins in Mexico, South or
 5             Central   America,   or   the   Caribbean   islands,
 6             regardless of race);
 7                  (c)  Asian American (a person having origins in
 8             any  of  the  original  peoples  of  the  Far  East,
 9             Southeast  Asia,  the  Indian  Subcontinent  or  the
10             Pacific Islands); or
11                  (d)  American  Indian  or  Alaskan  Native   (a
12             person having origins in any of the original peoples
13             of North America).
14             Counseling  days  shall  not  be  in lieu of regular
15        school days;
16             22.  To report to the State Board of  Education  the
17        annual  student  dropout  rate and number of students who
18        graduate from, transfer from or otherwise leave bilingual
19        programs;
20             23.  Except as otherwise provided in the Abused  and
21        Neglected  Child  Reporting Act or other applicable State
22        or federal law, to permit school officials  to  withhold,
23        from  any  person,  information on the whereabouts of any
24        child removed from school premises  when  the  child  has
25        been  taken  into  protective  custody  as  a  victim  of
26        suspected  child  abuse.   School  officials shall direct
27        such person to the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
28        Services,  or  to  the  local  law  enforcement agency if
29        appropriate;
30             24.  To develop a policy, based on the current state
31        of existing school facilities, projected  enrollment  and
32        efficient utilization of available resources, for capital
33        improvement  of  schools  and school buildings within the
34        district, addressing in that  policy  both  the  relative
 
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 1        priority  for major repairs, renovations and additions to
 2        school facilities, and the advisability or  necessity  of
 3        building   new  school  facilities  or  closing  existing
 4        schools to meet current or projected demographic patterns
 5        within the district;
 6             25.  To make available to the students in every high
 7        school attendance center the ability to take all  courses
 8        necessary  to comply with the Board of Higher Education's
 9        college entrance criteria effective in 1993;
10             26.  To  encourage  mid-career  changes   into   the
11        teaching   profession,  whereby  qualified  professionals
12        become  certified  teachers,  by  allowing   credit   for
13        professional    employment   in   related   fields   when
14        determining point of entry on teacher pay scale;
15             27.  To provide or contract  out  training  programs
16        for  administrative personnel and principals with revised
17        or expanded duties pursuant  to  this  Act  in  order  to
18        assure  they  have  the  knowledge  and skills to perform
19        their duties;
20             28.  To establish a fund for the prioritized special
21        needs programs, and to allocate such funds and other lump
22        sum  amounts  to  each  attendance  center  in  a  manner
23        consistent with the  provisions  of  part  4  of  Section
24        34-2.3.   Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
25        require any additional appropriations of State funds  for
26        this purpose;
27             29.  (Blank);
28             30.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act
29        or  any other law to the contrary, to contract with third
30        parties for services otherwise  performed  by  employees,
31        including those in a bargaining unit, and to layoff those
32        employees  upon  14  days  written notice to the affected
33        employees.  Those contracts may be for a  period  not  to
34        exceed 5 years and may be awarded on a system-wide basis;
 
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 1             31.  To  promulgate  rules  establishing  procedures
 2        governing  the  layoff or reduction in force of employees
 3        and the recall of  such  employees,  including,  but  not
 4        limited  to,  criteria  for  such  layoffs, reductions in
 5        force or recall rights of such employees and  the  weight
 6        to  be  given to any particular criterion.  Such criteria
 7        shall take into account factors  including,  but  not  be
 8        limited  to,  qualifications, certifications, experience,
 9        performance ratings or evaluations, and any other factors
10        relating to an employee's job performance; and
11             32.  To develop a policy to prevent nepotism in  the
12        hiring of personnel or the selection of contractors.
13        The  specifications  of the powers herein granted are not
14    to be  construed  as  exclusive  but  the  board  shall  also
15    exercise  all  other  powers  that  they  may be requisite or
16    proper for the maintenance and the development  of  a  public
17    school  system, not inconsistent with the other provisions of
18    this Article or provisions of this Code which  apply  to  all
19    school districts.
20        In  addition  to the powers herein granted and authorized
21    to be exercised by the board, it shall be  the  duty  of  the
22    board  to  review or to direct independent reviews of special
23    education expenditures and services. The board shall  file  a
24    report  of such review with the General Assembly on or before
25    May 1, 1990.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-15,  eff.  5-30-95;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;
27    89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-22,  eff.  6-20-97;  90-548,  eff.
28    1-1-98.)

29        Section   25.   The Housing Authorities Act is amended by
30    adding Section 6.1 as follows:

31        (310 ILCS 10/6.1 new)
32        Sec. 6.1.  Power to deduct wages for debts.
 
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 1        (a)  Upon receipt of notice from  the  comptroller  of  a
 2    municipality  with  a population of 500,000 or more, a county
 3    with a population of  3,000,000  or  more,  the  Cook  County
 4    Forest  Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park District, the
 5    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago  Transit
 6    Authority,  or  the Chicago Board of Education that a debt is
 7    due and owing the municipality, the county, the  Cook  County
 8    Forest  Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park District, the
 9    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Chicago  Transit
10    Authority,  or  the Chicago Board of Education by an employee
11    of the housing authority of a municipality with a  population
12    of  500,000  or  more,  that authority may withhold, from the
13    compensation of that employee, the amount of the debt that is
14    due  and  owing  and  pay  the   amount   withheld   to   the
15    municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook County Forest Preserve
16    District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan  Water
17    Reclamation  District,  the Chicago Transit Authority, or the
18    Chicago Board  of  Education;  provided,  however,  that  the
19    amount deducted from any one salary or wage payment shall not
20    exceed 25% of the net amount of the payment.
21        (b)  Before  the housing authority of a municipality with
22    a population of 500,000 or more deducts any amount  from  any
23    salary  or  wage  of  an  employee  under  this  Section, the
24    municipality, the county, the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
25    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
26    Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit Authority,  or  the
27    Chicago  Board  of  Education shall certify that the employee
28    has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing to dispute the
29    debt that is due and owing the municipality, the county,  the
30    Cook  County  Forest  Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
31    District,  the  Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the
32    Chicago Transit Authority, or the Chicago Board of Education.
33        (c)  For purposes of this Section:
34             (1)  "Net amount" means that part of the  salary  or
 
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 1        wage payment remaining after the deduction of any amounts
 2        required by law to be deducted.
 3             (2)  "Debt  due and owing" means (i) a specified sum
 4        of money owed to the municipality, the county,  the  Cook
 5        County   Forest   Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
 6        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
 7        the  Chicago  Transit  Authority, or the Chicago Board of
 8        Education for services, work, or goods, after the  period
 9        granted  for payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum
10        of money owed to the municipality, the county,  the  Cook
11        County   Forest   Preserve  District,  the  Chicago  Park
12        District, the Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation  District,
13        the  Chicago  Transit  Authority, or the Chicago Board of
14        Education pursuant to  a  court  order  or  order  of  an
15        administrative  hearing  officer after the exhaustion of,
16        or the failure to exhaust, judicial review.

17        Section 30.  The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act
18    is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:

19        (820 ILCS 115/9) (from Ch. 48, par. 39m-9)
20        Sec. 9.  Except as hereinafter  provided,  deductions  by
21    employers  from  wages  or  final compensation are prohibited
22    unless such deductions are (1) required by law;  (2)  to  the
23    benefit  of  the  employee;  (3)  in response to a valid wage
24    assignment or wage deduction order; (4) made with the express
25    written consent of the employee, given freely at the time the
26    deduction  is  made;  (5)  made  by  a  municipality  with  a
27    population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population  of
28    3,000,000  or  more,  a  community college district in a city
29    with a population of 500,000 or more, a housing authority  in
30    a  municipality  with  a  population  of 500,000 or more, the
31    Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or
32    the Chicago School Reform Board of Education, the Cook County
 
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 1    Forest  Preserve  District,   or   the   Metropolitan   Water
 2    Reclamation  District  of  Trustees to pay a debt owed by the
 3    employee to a municipality with a population  of  500,000  or
 4    more,  a  county  with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the
 5    Cook County Forest Preserve, the Chicago Park  District,  the
 6    Metropolitan  Water Reclamation District, the Chicago Transit
 7    Authority, the Chicago  Board  of  Education,  or  a  housing
 8    authority  of  a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
 9    more; provided, however, that the amount  deducted  from  any
10    one  salary  or wage  payment shall not exceed 25% of the net
11    amount of the payment; or (6) made by a housing authority  in
12    a  municipality  with  a  population  of 500,000 or more or a
13    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more  to  pay  a
14    debt  owed  by  the  employee  to  a  housing  authority in a
15    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more;  provided,
16    however, that the amount deducted from any one salary or wage
17    payment  shall  not  exceed  25%  of  the  net  amount of the
18    payment. Before the municipality with a population of 500,000
19    or more, the community college district  in  a  city  with  a
20    population of 500,000 or more, the Chicago Park District, the
21    Metropolitan  Transit  Authority,  a  housing  authority in a
22    municipality with a population of 500,000  or  more,  or  the
23    Chicago  Board  of Education, the county with a population of
24    3,000,000 or more, the Cook County Forest Preserve  District,
25    or  the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District School Reform
26    Board of Trustees deducts any amount from any salary or  wage
27    of  an  employee  to pay a debt owed to a municipality with a
28    population of 500,000 or more, a county with a population  of
29    3,000,000  or more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District,
30    the Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
31    District, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Board of
32    Education, or a housing authority of a  municipality  with  a
33    population  of  500,000  or  more  under  this  Section,  the
34    municipality,  the  county,  the  Cook County Forest Preserve
 
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 1    District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan  Water
 2    Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority, the
 3    Chicago Board of Education,  or  a  housing  authority  of  a
 4    municipality  with  a  population  of  500,000  or more shall
 5    certify that the employee has been  afforded  an  opportunity
 6    for  a  hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the
 7    municipality, the county, the  Cook  County  Forest  Preserve
 8    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
 9    Reclamation District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the
10    Chicago  Board  of  Education,  or  a  housing authority of a
11    municipality with a population of 500,000 or more.  Before  a
12    housing  authority  in  a  municipality  with a population of
13    500,000 or more  or  a  municipality  with  a  population  of
14    500,000  or  more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or
15    more, the Cook County Forest Preserve District,  the  Chicago
16    Park  District,  the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District,
17    the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the   Chicago   Board   of
18    Education,  or  a  housing authority of a municipality with a
19    population of 500,000 or more deducts  any  amount  from  any
20    salary or wage of an employee to pay a debt owed to a housing
21    authority  in  a municipality with a population of 500,000 or
22    more under this Section, the housing authority shall  certify
23    that  the  employee  has  been  afforded an opportunity for a
24    hearing to dispute the debt that is due and owing the housing
25    authority. For purposes of this Section, "net  amount"  means
26    that  part  of the salary or wage payment remaining after the
27    deduction of any amounts required by law to be  deducted  and
28    "debt  due and owing" means (i) a specified sum of money owed
29    to the municipality, county, the Cook County Forest  Preserve
30    District,  the  Chicago Park District, the Metropolitan Water
31    Reclamation District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority,  the
32    Chicago   Board   of  Education,  or  housing  authority  for
33    services, work,  or  goods,  after  the  period  granted  for
34    payment has expired, or (ii) a specified sum of money owed to
 
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 1    the  municipality,  county,  the  Cook County Forest Preserve
 2    District, the Chicago Park District, the  Metropolitan  Water
 3    Reclamation  District,  the  Chicago  Transit  Authority, the
 4    Chicago Board of Education or housing authority pursuant to a
 5    court order or order of  an  administrative  hearing  officer
 6    after  the exhaustion of, or the failure to exhaust, judicial
 7    review.  Where the legitimacy of any deduction from wages  is
 8    in  dispute,  the  amount  in question may be withheld if the
 9    employer notifies the Department of Labor  on  the  date  the
10    payment  is  due  in  writing  of  the  amount  that is being
11    withheld and stating the reasons for  which  the  payment  is
12    withheld.  Upon  such  notification  the  Department of Labor
13    shall conduct an  investigation  and  render  a  judgment  as
14    promptly  as  possible, and shall complete such investigation
15    within 30 days of receipt of the notification by the employer
16    that wages have been withheld. The  employer  shall  pay  the
17    wages  due  upon  order  of the Department of Labor within 15
18    calendar days of issuance of a judgment on the dispute.
19        The Department  shall  establish  rules  to  protect  the
20    interests  of  both  parties  in cases of disputed deductions
21    from wages. Such rules shall include  reasonable  limitations
22    on  the  amount  of  deductions  beyond those required by law
23    which may be made during any pay period by any employer.
24        In case of a dispute over wages, the employer shall  pay,
25    without  condition  and  within the time set by this Act, all
26    wages or parts thereof, conceded by him to be due, leaving to
27    the employee all  remedies  to  which  he  may  otherwise  be
28    entitled  as  to  any  balance claimed.  The acceptance by an
29    employee of  a  disputed  paycheck  shall  not  constitute  a
30    release  as  to  the  balance of his claim and any release or
31    restrictive  endorsement  required  by  an  employer   as   a
32    condition  to  payment  shall  be a violation of this Act and
33    shall be void.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-22, eff. 6-20-97; 91-443, eff. 8-6-99.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.".

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