Sec. 26. Illinois Gives Initiative.

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(a)The Illinois Gives Initiative is hereby created to provide a mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her salary, wages, or annuity for payment to Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross whose territories include areas affected by a declaration of disaster issued in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

(b)The initiative shall be administered by the State Comptroller, who is authorized to:

(1)develop an electronic mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may register with

the Office of the Comptroller for the withholding to be deducted from the next available scheduled pay period;

(2)develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient transmission of the

notification of the withholding under this Section to the employee's Payroll Officer or the annuitant's Retirement Agency; and

(3)develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient distribution of the

withholdings under this Section to designated Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross.