Bill Text: IL HB2068 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In provisions concerning the transportation benefits program, removes a provision that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of qualified parking. Provides that the Regional Transportation Authority shall make publicly available a searchable map (rather than database) of addresses that are located within one mile of fixed-route transit service (rather than regularly scheduled transit service). Effective January 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0291 [HB2068 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2068-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In provisions concerning the transportation benefits program, removes a provision that allows employees to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of qualified parking. Provides that the Regional Transportation Authority shall make publicly available a searchable map (rather than database) of addresses that are located within one mile of fixed-route transit service (rather than regularly scheduled transit service). Effective January 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0291 [HB2068 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB2068-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Transportation Benefits Program Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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7 | "Covered employee" means any person who performs an | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | average of at least 35 hours of work per week for compensation | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | on a full-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | County; Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | Township; Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Grove Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township; | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Dundee Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township; | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Geneva Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township; | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township; | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township; |
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1 | Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township; | ||||||
2 | or Troy Township; and | ||||||
3 | (ii) for which an average of 25 or more full-time | ||||||
4 | employees work for compensation in the geographic area | ||||||
5 | specified in item (i).
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6 | "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, | ||||||
7 | corporation, limited liability company, government, non-profit | ||||||
8 | organization, or business trust who directly or indirectly, or | ||||||
9 | through an agent or any other person, employs or exercises | ||||||
10 | control over wages, hours, or working conditions of an | ||||||
11 | employee. | ||||||
12 | "Public transit" means any transportation system within | ||||||
13 | the authority and jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation | ||||||
14 | Authority.
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15 | "Qualified parking" means parking provided to an employee | ||||||
16 | on or near the business premises of the employer or on or near | ||||||
17 | a location from which the employee commutes to work by | ||||||
18 | transportation on public transit. "Qualified parking" does not | ||||||
19 | include parking on or near property used by the employee for | ||||||
20 | residential purposes. | ||||||
21 | "Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher, | ||||||
22 | or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public | ||||||
23 | transit.
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24 | Section 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered | ||||||
25 | employers shall provide a program consistent with 26 U.S.C. |
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1 | 132(f) that allows a covered employee to elect to exclude from | ||||||
2 | taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs | ||||||
3 | incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public | ||||||
4 | transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, up to a | ||||||
5 | maximum level allowed by federal tax law. A covered employer | ||||||
6 | may comply with this Section by participating in a program | ||||||
7 | offered by the Chicago Transit Authority or the Regional | ||||||
8 | Transportation Authority. | ||||||
9 | This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on | ||||||
10 | the
employees' first full pay period after 120 days of | ||||||
11 | employment.
All transit agencies shall market the existence of | ||||||
12 | this program and
this Act to their riders in order to inform | ||||||
13 | affected employees and
their employers.
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14 | Section 15. Application of Act. Nothing in this Act shall | ||||||
15 | be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the | ||||||
16 | right of employees to bargain collectively with their | ||||||
17 | employers through representatives of their own choosing in | ||||||
18 | order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess | ||||||
19 | of the applicable minimum standards of the provisions of this | ||||||
20 | Act. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity | ||||||
21 | or change the terms of bona fide collective bargaining | ||||||
22 | agreements in force on the effective date of this Act. After | ||||||
23 | the effective date of this Act, requirements of this Act may be | ||||||
24 | waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but | ||||||
25 | only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in |
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1 | clear and unambiguous terms.
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
3 | 1, 2024.
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