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4		-	AN ACT concerning business.
5		-	Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
6		-	represented in the General Assembly:
7		-	Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8		-	Transportation Benefits Program Act.
9		-	Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
10		-	"Covered employee" means any person who performs an
11		-	average of at least 35 hours of work per week for compensation
12		-	on a full-time basis.
13		-	"Covered employer" means any individual, partnership,
14		-	association, corporation, limited liability company,
15		-	government, non-profit organization, or business trust that
16		-	directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other
17		-	person, employs or exercises control over wages, hours, or
18		-	working conditions of an employee, and that:
19		-	(1) is located in: Cook County; Warren Township in
20		-	Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort
21		-	Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will
22		-	County; Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York
23		-	Township; Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers
24		-	Grove Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township;
25		-	Dundee Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township;
26		-	Geneva Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion
	3	+	1 AN ACT concerning business.
	4	+	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
	5	+	3 represented in the General Assembly:
	6	+	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
	7	+	5 Transportation Benefits Program Act.
	8	+	6 Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
	9	+	7 "Covered employee" means any person who performs an
	10	+	8 average of at least 35 hours of work per week for compensation
	11	+	9 on a full-time basis.
	12	+	10 "Covered employer" means any individual, partnership,
	13	+	11 association, corporation, limited liability company,
	14	+	12 government, non-profit organization, or business trust that
	15	+	13 directly or indirectly, or through an agent or any other
	16	+	14 person, employs or exercises control over wages, hours, or
	17	+	15 working conditions of an employee, and that:
	18	+	16 (1) is located in: Cook County; Warren Township in
	19	+	17 Lake County; Grant Township in Lake County; Frankfort
	20	+	18 Township in Will County; Wheatland Township in Will
	21	+	19 County; Addison Township; Bloomingdale Township; York
	22	+	20 Township; Milton Township; Winfield Township; Downers
	23	+	21 Grove Township; Lisle Township; Naperville Township;
	24	+	22 Dundee Township; Elgin Township; St. Charles Township;
	25	+	23 Geneva Township; Batavia Township; Aurora Township; Zion
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33		-	Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon
34		-	Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon
35		-	Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township;
36		-	McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township;
37		-	DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township;
38		-	Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township;
39		-	or Troy Township; and
40		-	(2) employs 50 or more covered employees in a
41		-	geographic area specified in paragraph (1) at an address
42		-	that is located within one mile of fixed-route transit
43		-	service.
44		-	"Public transit" means any transportation system within
45		-	the authority and jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation
46		-	Authority.
47		-	"Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher,
48		-	or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public
49		-	transit.
50		-	Section 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered
51		-	employers shall provide a pre-tax commuter benefit to covered
52		-	employees. The pre-tax commuter benefit shall allow employees
53		-	to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of a transit pass, via
54		-	payroll deduction, such that the costs for such purchases may
55		-	be excluded from the employee's taxable wages and compensation
56		-	up to the maximum amount permitted by federal tax law,
57		-	consistent with 26 U.S.C. 132(f) and the rules and regulations
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	34	+	1 Township; Benton Township; Waukegan Township; Avon
	35	+	2 Township; Libertyville Township; Shields Township; Vernon
	36	+	3 Township; West Deerfield Township; Deerfield Township;
	37	+	4 McHenry Township; Nunda Township; Algonquin Township;
	38	+	5 DuPage Township; Homer Township; Lockport Township;
	39	+	6 Plainfield Township; New Lenox Township; Joliet Township;
	40	+	7 or Troy Township; and
	41	+	8 (2) employs 50 or more covered employees in a
	42	+	9 geographic area specified in paragraph (1) at an address
	43	+	10 that is located within one mile of fixed-route transit
	44	+	11 service.
	45	+	12 "Public transit" means any transportation system within
	46	+	13 the authority and jurisdiction of the Regional Transportation
	47	+	14 Authority.
	48	+	15 "Transit pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher,
	49	+	16 or similar item entitling a person to transportation on public
	50	+	17 transit.
	51	+	18 Section 10. Transportation benefits program. All covered
	52	+	19 employers shall provide a pre-tax commuter benefit to covered
	53	+	20 employees. The pre-tax commuter benefit shall allow employees
	54	+	21 to use pre-tax dollars for the purchase of a transit pass, via
	55	+	22 payroll deduction, such that the costs for such purchases may
	56	+	23 be excluded from the employee's taxable wages and compensation
	57	+	24 up to the maximum amount permitted by federal tax law,
	58	+	25 consistent with 26 U.S.C. 132(f) and the rules and regulations
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60		-	promulgated thereunder. A covered employer may comply with
61		-	this Section by participating in a program offered by the
62		-	Chicago Transit Authority or the Regional Transportation
63		-	Authority.
64		-	This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on
65		-	the employees' first full pay period after 120 days of
66		-	employment. All transit agencies shall market the existence of
67		-	this program and this Act to their riders in order to inform
68		-	affected employees and their employers.
69		-	Section 15. Regional Transit Authority map. The Regional
70		-	Transportation Authority shall make publicly available a
71		-	searchable map of addresses that are located within one mile
72		-	of fixed-route transit service.
73		-	Section 20. Application of Act. Nothing in this Act shall
74		-	be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the
75		-	right of employees to bargain collectively with their
76		-	employers through representatives of their own choosing in
77		-	order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess
78		-	of the applicable minimum standards of the provisions of this
79		-	Act. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity
80		-	or change the terms of bona fide collective bargaining
81		-	agreements in force on the effective date of this Act. After
82		-	the effective date of this Act, requirements of this Act may be
83		-	waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but
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86		-	only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in
87		-	clear and unambiguous terms.
88		-	Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
89		-	1, 2024.
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	69	+	1 promulgated thereunder. A covered employer may comply with
	70	+	2 this Section by participating in a program offered by the
	71	+	3 Chicago Transit Authority or the Regional Transportation
	72	+	4 Authority.
	73	+	5 This benefit must be offered to all employees starting on
	74	+	6 the employees' first full pay period after 120 days of
	75	+	7 employment. All transit agencies shall market the existence of
	76	+	8 this program and this Act to their riders in order to inform
	77	+	9 affected employees and their employers.
	78	+	10 Section 15. Regional Transit Authority map. The Regional
	79	+	11 Transportation Authority shall make publicly available a
	80	+	12 searchable map of addresses that are located within one mile
	81	+	13 of fixed-route transit service.
	82	+	14 Section 20. Application of Act. Nothing in this Act shall
	83	+	15 be deemed to interfere with, impede, or in any way diminish the
	84	+	16 right of employees to bargain collectively with their
	85	+	17 employers through representatives of their own choosing in
	86	+	18 order to establish wages or other conditions of work in excess
	87	+	19 of the applicable minimum standards of the provisions of this
	88	+	20 Act. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity
	89	+	21 or change the terms of bona fide collective bargaining
	90	+	22 agreements in force on the effective date of this Act. After
	91	+	23 the effective date of this Act, requirements of this Act may be
	92	+	24 waived in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement, but
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	103	+	1 only if the waiver is set forth explicitly in such agreement in
	104	+	2 clear and unambiguous terms.
	105	+	3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
	106	+	4 1, 2024.
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