Bill Amendment: IL HB2802 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT PROGRAM

Status: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2802 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2802-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

Filed: 5/24/2017

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2802
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2802 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Transportation Benefits Program Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Covered employee" means any person who performs an average
of at least 10 hours of work per week for compensation on a
full-time or part-time basis.
"Covered employer" means an employer:
(i) that is within: Cook County; Warren Township in
Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort
Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will County;
Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York Township;
Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers Grove
Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township; Dundee

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Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township; Geneva
Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion
Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon
Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon
Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township;
McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township;
DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township;
Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township;
or Troy Township; and
(ii) for which an average of 25 or more full-time
employees work for compensation.
"Employer" means any individual, partnership, association,
corporation, limited liability company, government, non-profit
organization, or business trust who directly or indirectly, or
through an agent or any other person, employs or exercises
control over wages, hours, or working conditions of an
employee.
"Public transit" means any transportation system within
the authority and jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation
Authority.
"Qualified parking" means parking provided to an employee
on or near the business premises of the employer or on or near
a location from which the employee commutes to work by
transportation on public transit. "Qualified parking" does not
include parking on or near property used by the employee for
residential purposes.

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"Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher,
or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public
transit.
Section 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered
employers shall provide a program consistent with 26 U.S.C.
132(f) that allows a covered employee to elect to exclude from
taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs
incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public
transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, up to a
maximum level allowed by federal tax law. A covered employer
may comply with this Section by participating in a program
offered by the Chicago Transit Authority or the Regional
Transportation Authority.
This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on
the employees' first full pay period after 30 days of
employment. All transit agencies shall market the existence of
this program and this Act to their riders in order to inform
affected employees and their employers.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2018.".