(70 ILCS 1205/8-21) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-21)
Sec. 8-21.
Each park district may insure against any loss or liability
of the park district, members of the park board, and employees thereof,
by reason of civil rights damage claims and suits, constitutional rights
damage claims and suits, death and bodily injury damage claims and suits,
and property damage claims and suits, including defense thereof, when damages
are sought for negligent or wrongful acts allegedly committed within the
scope of employment, or under the direction, of the park board. Such insurance
shall be carried with a company licensed to write such coverage in this State.
Each park district may provide for or participate in the provision of
insurance protection and benefits for its employees and their dependents,
including but not limited to retirement annuities, and medical, surgical
and hospitalization benefits, in such types and amounts as shall be determined
by the board, for the purposes of aiding in securing and retaining the services
of competent employees. Where employee participation in such provision is
involved, the board, with the consent of the employee, may withhold deductions
from the employee's salary necessary to defray the employee's share of such
insurance costs. Such insurance or benefits may be contracted for only with an
insurance company authorized to do business in this State. Such insurance
may include provision for employees and their dependents who rely on treatment
by prayer or spiritual means alone for healing, in accordance with the tenets
and practice of a recognized religious denomination.
For the purposes of this Section, "dependent" means an employee's spouse
and any unmarried child (1) under the age of 19 years, including (a)
an adopted child and (b) a stepchild or recognized child who lives with
the employee in a regular parent-child relationship or (2) under the age
of 23 who is enrolled as a full-time student in any accredited school, college
or university.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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