Illinois Administrative Code › Title 80 - PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES › Part 2190 - COMMUTER SAVINGS PROGRAM › Subpart A - INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 2190.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Whenever used in
				this Part, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings specified.
"Carpool" means an arrangement in which a group of people
				  commute together by car.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (
				  26
				  USC 1 et seq.) and applicable regulations, or
				  any successor statute.
"Commuter Highway Vehicle" means any highway vehicle with
				  seating capacity of at least 6 adults (not including the driver) for which at
				  least 80% of the mileage use can reasonably be expected to be:
for purposes of transporting employees in connection with
				  travel between their residence and their place of employment; and
on trips during which the number of employees transported for
				  those purposes is at least one-half of the adult seating capacity of the
				  vehicle (not including the driver).
"Compensation" means wages, salary or other compensation
				  received by a Plan participant as reported on the participant's W-2 from the
				  employer.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Central
				  Management Services.
"Eligible Employee" means any active State of Illinois
				  employee working full-time or more than 50% of the average work week and who
				  has payroll checks processed through the Office of the Comptroller for the
				  State of Illinois. An eligible employee of the employer excludes independent
				  contractors, temporary employees, and retirees who return to work for no longer
				  than 75 days per year after they retire.
"Employer" means the State of Illinois, which includes all
				  officers, boards, commissions, and agencies created by the Illinois
				  Constitution, whether in the executive, legislative or judicial branch; all
				  officers, departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions,
				  authorities, universities, bodies politic and corporate of the State; and
				  administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the State government that are
				  created by or pursuant to statute other than units of local government and
				  their officers, school districts and boards of election commissioners, and all
				  administrative units and corporate outgrowths of the above as may be created by
				  executive order of the Governor.
"Group Insurance Representative" or "GIR" means an individual
				  who assists the Department with the administration of the Plan.
"Participant" means each eligible employee who participates
				  in the Plan in accordance with Section
				  2190.210 of
				  this Part.
"Pay Period" means a regular accounting period established by
				  the State of Illinois for measuring and paying compensation earned by
				  employees. A pay period may be monthly, semi-monthly or biweekly.
"Plan" means the State of Illinois Commuter Savings Program
				  as set forth in this Part, and as may be amended from time to time in
				  compliance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100 ].
"Plan Administrator" means an organization, company or other
				  entity designated by the Director to perform certain duties related to the
				  administration of a specific plan in accordance with the terms of the contract
				  between that organization and the Department.
"Plan Year" means the 12-consecutive-month period comprising
				  the State fiscal year beginning July 1.
"Qualified Parking" means parking provided to the eligible
				  employee on or near the business premises of the employer or on or near a
				  location from where the eligible employee commutes to work by transportation on
				  mass transit facilities, in a commuter highway vehicle or by carpool. This term
				  shall not include any parking on or near property used by the eligible employee
				  for residential purposes.
"Qualified Transportation Expenses" means:
mileage reimbursement, up to the federally set limits, for
				  transportation in a commuter highway vehicle if the transportation is in
				  connection with travel between the participant's residence and place of
				  employment;
any transit pass; or
qualified parking.
"Reimbursement" means to pay a participant in the Plan for
				  qualified transportation expenses.
"Transit Pass" means any pass, token, fare card, voucher or
				  similar item entitling a person to transportation (or transportation at a
				  reduced price) if the transportation is:
on mass transit facilities (whether or not publicly owned);
				  or
provided by any person in the business of transporting
				  persons for compensation or hire if the transportation is provided in a highway
				  vehicle with a seating capacity of at least 6 adults (not including the
				  driver).
b) A pronoun or
				adjective in the masculine gender includes the feminine gender and the singular
				includes the plural, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.