Bill Text: IL SB0502 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. Provides that, except as otherwise required by a contract existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or by federal law, a township board shall not provide group life, health, accident, hospital, or dental insurance or any combination of those types of insurance to the spouse of an employee or official or provide such insurances after the employee's employment ends or official's term of office expires.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-23 - Referred to Assignments [SB0502 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0502-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 100-15 as follows:
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6 | (60 ILCS 1/100-15)
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7 | Sec. 100-15. Group insurance. In addition to any powers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | that it may
exercise under the Government Salary Withholding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Act, the township board may
provide, for the benefit of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | township's employees or , officials ,
or retired officials and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | their
dependents, group life, health, accident, hospital, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | dental insurance or any
combination of those types of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | insurance. Except as otherwise required by a contract existing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | General Assembly or by federal law, the township board shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | not provide such insurances to the spouse of an employee or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | official or provide such insurances after the employee's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | employment ends or official's term of office expires. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | insurance may include provision
for employees, officials, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | retired officials, and their dependents who rely
on treatment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | by prayer
or spiritual means alone for healing in accordance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | with the tenets and practice
of a well recognized religious | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | denomination. The township board may provide
for payment by |
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1 | the township of all or a portion of the premium or charge for
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2 | the insurance for covered persons, except that the township | ||||||
3 | may not pay all
or a portion of the premium or charge for the | ||||||
4 | insurance for retired
officials and their dependents. If the | ||||||
5 | township board undertakes a plan
under which the township does | ||||||
6 | not pay the entire amount of premiums or charges
for the | ||||||
7 | insurance, the board may provide for withholding and deducting | ||||||
8 | from the
compensation of its employees or officers amounts | ||||||
9 | required to pay the
balance of the premiums or charges.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-326, eff. 1-1-96.)
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