PROHIBIT RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS - S.B. 198: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Senate Bill 198 (as introduced 2-2-99)
Sponsor: Senator Loren Bennett
Committee: Human Resources, Labor, Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs
CONTENT
The bill would create a new Act to prohibit a "public employer" from requiring, by collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a person reside within a specified geographic area or within a specified distance or travel time from his or her place of employment as a condition of employment or promotion by the public employer. This provision would not apply if the person were a volunteer or paid on-call, or an unappointed official.
The bill specifies that it would apply only to employment contracts entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the bill's effective date, in accordance with the prohibition against impairment of contracts provided in Article I, Section 10 of the State Constitution.
("Public employer" would mean the State or a county, township, village, city, authority, school district, or other political subdivision of the State and would include any entity jointly created by two or more public employers. "School district" would mean a school district, local act school district, or intermediate school district as defined in the Revised School Code, or a public school academy established under the Revised School Code.)
- Legislative Analyst: P. Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would allow certain employees, as specified in the bill, to live outside of State or local unit boundaries, thereby reducing the income tax revenue collected by the State or cities that levy a city income tax. Depending on the degree to which city income tax collections changed, revenue sharing payments also could minimally change.
- Fiscal Analyst: R. RossS9900\s198sa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.