HB1804 EngrossedLRB102 10026 RPS 15346 b


  
1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 17-131 as follows:
 



6    (40 ILCS 5/17-131)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131)



7    Sec. 17-131. Administration of payroll deductions. 
8    (a) An Employer or the Board shall make pension deductions 
9in each pay period on the basis of the salary earned in that 
10period, exclusive of salaries for overtime, extracurricular 
11activities, or any employment on an optional basis, such as in 
12summer school.
13    (b) If a salary paid in a pay period includes adjustments 
14on account of errors or omissions in prior pay periods, then 
15salary amounts and related pension deductions shall be 
16separately identified as to the adjusted pay period and 
17deductions by the Employer or the Board shall be at rates in 
18force during the applicable adjusted pay period.
19    (c) If members earn salaries for the school year, as 
20established by an Employer, or if they earn annual salaries 
21over more than a 10-calendar month period, or if they earn 
22annual salaries over more than 170 calendar days, the required 
23contribution amount shall be deducted by the Employer in 
 
 
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1installments on the basis of salary earned in each pay period. 
2The total amounts for each pay period shall be deducted 
3whenever salary payments represent a partial or whole day's 
4pay.
5    (d) If an Employer or the Board pays a salary to a member 
6for vacation periods, then the salary shall be considered part 
7of the member's pensionable salary, shall be subject to the 
8standard deductions for pension contributions, and shall be 
9considered to represent pay for the number of whole days of 
10vacation.
11    (e) If deductions from salaries result in amounts of less 
12than one cent, the fractional sums shall be increased to the 
13next higher cent. Any excess of these fractional increases 
14over the prescribed annual contributions shall be credited to 
15the members' accounts.
16    (f) In the event that, pursuant to Section 17-130.1, 
17employee contributions are picked up or made by the Employer 
18or the Board of Education on behalf of its employees, then the 
19amount of the employee contributions which are picked up or 
20made in that manner shall not be deducted from the salaries of 
21such employees. 


22(Source: P.A. 101-261, eff. 8-9-19.)