95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1304


 
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














20 ILCS 405/405-110
  was 20 ILCS 405/64.2







    Amends the Department of Central Management services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.  Requires that, to the extent allowable by federal law and regulation, the Department must allow employees of State colleges and universities to participate in the Department's flexible spending programs for dependent care assistance and medical care assistance.
















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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services 
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Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
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changing Section 405-110 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 405/405-110)  (was 20 ILCS 405/64.2)



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    Sec. 405-110. Federal tax-exempt benefits in lieu of salary 
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or wages; flexible spending. 

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    (a) The Department may, at the
Director's discretion, 
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establish
and implement or approve plans whereby State 
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employees and officers,
including those of State universities 
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and colleges, may enter into
agreements with their employer to 
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elect to receive, in lieu of salary or
wages, benefits that are 
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not taxable under the federal Internal
Revenue
Code.  These 
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agreements may include the acceptance of a reduction
in

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earnings or the foregoing of an increase in earnings by an 
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employee and the
employer's payment of those amounts as 
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employer contributions for
benefits
that the employee selects 
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from a list of employee benefits
offered by the
employer.

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    (b) Prior to the establishment of such a plan under 
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subsection (a), the Director shall seek
the advice of 
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interested State agencies regarding the content and

 


 






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implementation of the plan.

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    (c) Selection of plan offerings under subsection (a) shall 
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not be subject to the Illinois
Purchasing Act.

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    (d) Benefits selected by employees in plans under 
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subsection (a) shall be included in gross income for

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determination of pension base.

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    (e) To the extent allowable under federal law and 
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regulations, the Department of Central Management Services 
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must allow employees of State colleges and universities to 
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participate in the Department's flexible spending program. The 
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flexible spending program includes the dependent care 
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assistance plan and the medical care assistance plan.

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(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)