Public Act 90-0799 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0799
SB1279 Re-enrolled LRB9008501MWpcA
AN ACT concerning certain State payroll deductions.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983
is amended by changing Section 5 and adding Section 8 as
follows:
(5 ILCS 340/5) (from Ch. 15, par. 505)
Sec. 5. The State Comptroller shall promulgate and issue
reasonable rules and regulations as deemed necessary for the
administration of this Act.
However, all solicitations of State employees for
contributions at their workplace shall be in accordance with
rules promulgated by the Governor or his designee or other
agency as may be designated by the Governor.
The rules promulgated by the Governor or his designee or
other agency as designated by the Governor shall include a
Code of Campaign Conduct that all qualified organizations and
United Funds shall subscribe to in writing, sanctions for
violations of the Code of Campaign Conduct, provision for the
handling of cash contributions, provision for an Advisory
Committee, provisions for the allocation of expenses among
the participating organizations, an organizational plan and
structure whereby responsibilities are set forth for the
appropriate State employees and the participating
organizations, and any other matters that are necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Act.
The Governor or the Governor's designee shall promulgate
rules to establish the composition and the duties of the
Advisory Committee. The Governor or the Governor's designee
shall make appointments to the Advisory Committee. The
powers of the Advisory Committee shall include, at a minimum,
the ability to impose the sanctions authorized by rule. Each
State agency shall file an annual report that sets forth (i)
the total amount of money contributed to each qualified
organization and united fund through both payroll deductions
and cash contributions, (ii) the number of employees who have
contributed to each qualified organization and united fund,
and (iii) any other information required by the rules. The
report shall not include the names of any contributing or
non-contributing employee. The report shall be filed with
the Advisory Committee no later than March 15 of each year
for the solicitation period immediately preceding the report.
The report shall be available for inspection.
Other Constitutional officers, the University of
Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State
University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State
University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois
University, Northern Illinois University, and Western
Illinois University shall be governed by the rules
promulgated pursuant to this Section, unless such entities
adopt their own rules governing solicitation of contributions
at the workplace.
All rules promulgated pursuant to this Section shall not
discriminate against one or more qualified organizations or
United Funds.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
(5 ILCS 340/8 new)
Sec. 8. Reports. The Comptroller shall annually prepare
a report on the number of State and university employees who
have contributed to qualified organizations and united funds
under this Act. The report shall set forth (i) the number of
payroll deductions received by each qualified organization
and united fund, (ii) the total amount of the contributions
received by each qualified organization and united fund, and
(iii) the State agencies and universities from which the
contributions were received. The report shall be prepared no
later than April 1 of each year and shall be available to the
public upon request.