Illinois § 5

§ 5.

Rules; Advisory Committee. The State Comptroller shall promulgate and issue reasonable rules and regulations as deemed necessary for the administration of this Act. All solicitations of State employees for contributions at their workplace and all solicitations of State annuitants for contributions shall be in accordance with rules promulgated by the Comptroller or his or her designee or other agency as may be designated by the Comptroller. All solicitations of State annuitants for contributions shall also be in accordance with the rules promulgated by the applicable retirement system. The rules promulgated by the Comptroller or his or her designee or other agency as designated by the Comptroller 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 or State annuitants and the participating organizations, and any other matters that are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act. The Comptroller or the Comptroller's designee shall promulgate rules to establish the composition and the duties of the Advisory Committee. The Comptroller or the Comptroller'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 and each retirement system shall file an annual report that sets forth, for the prior calendar year, (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 or State annuitants 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 employees or State annuitants. The report shall be filed with the Advisory Committee no later than March 15. The report shall be available for inspection. Other constitutional officers, retirement systems, 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. 102-291, eff. 8-6-21.)