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Sen. Rachelle Crowe
Filed: 3/26/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1055
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1055 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 5-647 as follows:
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| 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-647 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 5-647. Former department employee paid leave. |
| 8 | | Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any |
| 9 | | former employee of a department of State government as |
| 10 | | provided under this Code shall, upon termination of his or her |
| 11 | | employment with that department, be entitled to compensation |
| 12 | | for any form of unused paid leave time owed to that person, or |
| 13 | | any other lump sum payments otherwise owed to that person, |
| 14 | | within 4 weeks after termination of employment with that |
| 15 | | department. If a department fails to pay any amounts that may |
| 16 | | be owed to a former employee under this Section within the |
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| 1 | | 4-week time period, the department shall incur an interest |
| 2 | | penalty at the rate of 10%, or a prorated percentage thereof, |
| 3 | | for each month the department fails to comply with this |
| 4 | | Section, which shall be paid to the former employee in |
| 5 | | addition to the amounts otherwise owed.
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| 6 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
| 7 | | Section 14-130.5 as follows:
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| 8 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-130.5 new) |
| 9 | | Sec. 14-130.5. Timely determination of eligibility for and |
| 10 | | payment of benefits. Notwithstanding any provision of law to |
| 11 | | the contrary, after receiving a completed application for |
| 12 | | benefits under this Article, the System shall make a |
| 13 | | determination of eligibility for those benefits and begin |
| 14 | | paying those benefits no later than 4 weeks after receiving |
| 15 | | the completed application. If the System fails to pay the |
| 16 | | benefits owed within 4 weeks after receiving the completed |
| 17 | | application, the System shall, in addition to any other |
| 18 | | benefit payment owed to the applicant, pay to the applicant an |
| 19 | | amount equal to 10% of the monthly benefit owed, or a prorated |
| 20 | | percentage thereof, for each month that the System fails to |
| 21 | | pay the benefits owed.
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| 22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 23 | | becoming law.".
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