Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Filed: 5/24/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2802




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2802 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:





 
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Transportation Benefits Program Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

7    "Covered employee" means any person who performs an average 
8of at least 10 hours of work per week for compensation on a 
9full-time or part-time basis.
10    "Covered employer" means an employer:
11        (i) that is within: Cook County; Warren Township in 
12    Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort 
13    Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will County; 
14    Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York Township; 
15    Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers Grove 
16    Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township; Dundee 
 
 
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1    Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township; Geneva 
2    Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion 
3    Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon 
4    Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon 
5    Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township; 
6    McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township; 
7    DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township; 
8    Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township; 
9    or Troy Township; and
10        (ii) for which an average of 25 or more full-time 
11    employees work for compensation.

12    "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, 
13corporation, limited liability company, government, non-profit 
14organization, or business trust who directly or indirectly, or 
15through an agent or any other person, employs or exercises 
16control over wages, hours, or working conditions of an 
17employee.
18    "Public transit" means any transportation system within 
19the authority and jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation 
20Authority.

21    "Qualified parking" means parking provided to an employee 
22on or near the business premises of the employer or on or near 
23a location from which the employee commutes to work by 
24transportation on public transit. "Qualified parking" does not 
25include parking on or near property used by the employee for 
26residential purposes.
 
 
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1    "Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher, 
2or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public 
3transit.

 
4    Section 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered 
5employers shall provide a program consistent with 26 U.S.C. 
6132(f) that allows a covered employee to elect to exclude from 
7taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs 
8incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public 
9transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, up to a  
10maximum level allowed by federal tax law. A covered employer 
11may comply with this Section by participating in a program 
12offered by the Chicago Transit Authority or the Regional 
13Transportation Authority.
14    This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on 
15the
employees' first full pay period after 30 days of 
16employment.
All transit agencies shall market the existence of 
17this program and
this Act to their riders in order to inform 
18affected employees and
their employers.
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
201, 2018.".