103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1937
 
Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
60 ILCS 1/100-15

    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 may 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 those types of insurances after the employee's employment ends or official's term of office expires. Makes conforming changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by changing 
5Section 100-15 as follows:
 



6    (60 ILCS 1/100-15)



7    Sec. 100-15. Group insurance. In addition to any powers 
8that it may
exercise under the Government Salary Withholding 
9Act, the township board may
provide, for the benefit of the 
10township's employees, officials,
and the nonspouse dependents 
11of those employees and officials, or retired officials and  
12their
dependents, group life, health, accident, hospital, or 
13dental insurance or any
combination of those types of 
14insurance.   The insurance may include provision
for employees, 
15officials, retired officials, and their nonspouse dependents 
16who rely
on treatment by prayer
or spiritual means alone for 
17healing in accordance with the tenets and practice
of a well 
18recognized religious denomination.  The township board may 
19provide
for payment by the township of all or a portion of the 
20premium or charge for
the insurance for covered persons, 
21except that the township may not pay all
or a portion of the 
22premium or charge for the insurance for retired
officials and 
23their dependents. If the township board undertakes a plan

 
 
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1under which the township does not pay the entire amount of 
2premiums or charges
for the insurance, the board may provide 
3for withholding and deducting from the
compensation of its 
4employees or officers amounts required to pay the
balance of 
5the premiums or charges.

6    Except as otherwise required by a contract existing on the 
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General 
8Assembly or by federal law, the township board may not 
9provide, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 
10Act of the 103rd General Assembly, group life, health, 
11accident, hospital, or dental insurance or any
combination of 
12those types of insurance to the spouse of an employee or 
13official or provide those types of insurances after the 
14employee's employment ends or official's term of office 
15expires. 
16(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-326, eff. 1-1-96.)