Sen. Emil Jones, III

Filed: 3/18/2015

 

 


 

 


 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1641

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1641 as follows:
 
3on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section" with "Sections 4
4and"; and
 
5on page 1, immediately below line 5, by inserting the
6following:
 
7    "(5 ILCS 365/4)  (from Ch. 127, par. 354)
8    Sec. 4. Authorization of withholding. An employee or
9annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his
10salary, wages, or annuity for any one or more of the following
11purposes:
12        (1) for purchase of United States Savings Bonds;
13        (2) for payment of premiums on life or accident and
14    health insurance as defined in Section 4 of the "Illinois
15    Insurance Code", approved June 29, 1937, as amended, and

 

 

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1    for payment of premiums on policies of automobile insurance
2    as defined in Section 143.13 of the "Illinois Insurance
3    Code", as amended, and the personal multiperil coverages
4    commonly known as homeowner's insurance. However, no
5    portion of salaries, wages or annuities may be withheld to
6    pay premiums on automobile, homeowner's, life or accident
7    and health insurance policies issued by any one insurance
8    company or insurance service company unless a minimum of
9    100 employees or annuitants insured by that company
10    authorize the withholding by an Office within 6 months
11    after such withholding begins. If such minimum is not
12    satisfied the Office may discontinue withholding for such
13    company. For any insurance company or insurance service
14    company which has not previously had withholding, the
15    Office may allow withholding for premiums, where less than
16    100 policies have been written, to cover a probationary
17    period. An insurance company which has discontinued
18    withholding may reinstate it upon presentation of facts
19    indicating new management or re-organization satisfactory
20    to the Office;
21        (3) for payment to any labor organization designated by
22    the employee;
23        (4) for payment of dues to any association the
24    membership of which consists of State employees and former
25    State employees;
26        (5) for deposit in any credit union, in which State

 

 

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1    employees are within the field of membership as a result of
2    their employment;
3        (6) for payment to or for the benefit of an institution
4    of higher education by an employee of that institution;
5        (7) for payment of parking fees at the underground
6    facility located south of the William G. Stratton State
7    Office Building in Springfield, the parking ramp located at
8    401 South College Street, west of the William G. Stratton
9    State Office Building in Springfield, or at the parking
10    facilities located on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the
11    University of Illinois;
12        (8) for voluntary payment to the State of Illinois of
13    amounts then due and payable to the State;
14        (9) for investment purchases made as a participant in
15    College Savings Programs established pursuant to Section
16    30-15.8a of the School Code;
17        (10) for voluntary payment to the Illinois Department
18    of Revenue of amounts due or to become due under the
19    Illinois Income Tax Act;
20        (11) for payment of optional contributions to a
21    retirement system subject to the provisions of the Illinois
22    Pension Code;
23        (12) for contributions to organizations found
24    qualified by the State Comptroller under the requirements
25    set forth in the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983;
26        (13) for payment of fringe benefit contributions to

 

 

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1    employee benefit trust funds (whether such employee
2    benefit trust funds are governed by the Employee Retirement
3    Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §1001 et
4    seq. or not) for State contractual employees hired through
5    labor organizations and working pursuant to a signed
6    agreement between a labor organization and a State agency,
7    whether subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act or not;
8    this item (13) is not intended to limit employee benefit
9    trust funds and the contributions to be made thereto to be
10    limited to those which are encompassed for purposes of
11    computing the prevailing wage in any particular locale, but
12    rather such employee benefit trusts are intended to include
13    contributions to be made to such funds that are intended to
14    assist in training, building and maintenance, industry
15    advancement, and the like, including but not limited to
16    those benefit trust funds such as pension and welfare that
17    are normally computed in the prevailing wage rates and
18    which otherwise would be subject to contribution
19    obligations by private employers that are signatory to
20    agreements with labor organizations;
21        (14) for voluntary payment as part of the Illinois
22    Gives Initiative under Section 26 of the State Comptroller
23    Act; or .
24        (15) for payment of parking fees at the underground
25    facility located south of the William G. Stratton State
26    Office Building in Springfield or the parking ramp located

 

 

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1    at 401 South College Street, west of the William G.
2    Stratton State Office Building in Springfield.
3(Source: P.A. 98-700, eff. 7-7-14.)"; and
 
4on page 2, immediately below line 9, by inserting the
5following:
 
6    "(e) If a withholding authorization is for the purpose of
7payment of parking fees under paragraph (15) of Section 4 of
8this Act, the State Comptroller shall deposit the entire amount
9withheld in the State Parking Facility Maintenance Fund in the
10State treasury.".