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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Metro-East Sanitary District Act of 1974 is 
5amended  by changing Section 3-4 as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 2905/3-4)  (from Ch. 42, par. 503-4)



7    Sec. 3-4. 
(a) Commissioners shall be paid the same 
8salaries as the county board members
from either St. Clair or 
9Madison County whichever is lower.

10    (b) The board of commissioners may, by ordinance, arrange 
11to provide employees and commissioners of the sanitary 
12district group, life, health, accident, hospital, and medical 
13insurance, or any one or any combination of such types of 
14insurance. The insurance may include provision for employees 
15and commissioners who rely on treatment by prayer or spiritual 
16means alone for healing in accordance with the tenets and 
17practice of a well-recognized religious denomination. The 
18board of commissioners may provide for payment by the sanitary 
19district of the premium or charge for the insurance. 
20    If the sanitary district does not pay for the premium or 
21charge for  group life, health, accident, hospital, or medical 
22insurance, the board of commissioners may allow withholding 
23and deducting from the compensation of the employees and 
 
 
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1commissioners of the premium or charge for the group life, 
2health, accident, hospital, or medical insurance. 
3    Insurance obtained under this subsection must be obtained 
4from an insurance company authorized to do business in the 
5State of Illinois or any other organization or service 
6offering similar coverage authorized to do business in the 
7State of Illinois. 
8(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)