SB2568sam003 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Karina Villa

Filed: 4/16/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2568

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2568, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 22-100 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-100 new)

Sec. 22-100. Retirement savings plans; requirements.

(a) This Section applies to contracts entered into, extended, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

(b) By July 1, 2026, the school board of each school district in the State that offers its employees a retirement savings plan established under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may enter into a contract with one or more vendors to provide participants with plan investments options. The school board shall choose its vendors based solely on the best interests of the plan's participants and beneficiaries.

A vendor selected under this Section after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly must be mutually agreed upon by the affected collective bargaining unit or units and the school board and must ensure that:

(1) neither it nor the plan investment options it provides impose an administrative asset-based fee in excess of 0.50%;

(2) neither it nor the plan investment options it provides impose front-end sales or advisory charges;

(3) neither it nor the plan investment options it provides impose surrender charges;

(4) the provided plan investment options offer access to all of the following types of funds:

(A) a target-date index fund with an expense ratio that is less than or equal to 0.25%;

(B) a broad-based domestic index fund with an expense ratio that is less than or equal to 0.10%;

(C) a broad-based bond index fund with an expense ratio that is less than or equal to 0.10%; and

(D) an international index fund with an expense ratio that is less than or equal to 0.10%.

(c) A vendor offering a plan under this Section may charge an investment advisory representative fee not to exceed 0.50% annually.

(d) If a new vendor is chosen to administer a retirement saving plan that is offered by the school board of a school district under this Section, an employee of the school district may opt out of having the employee's individual 403(b) assets transferred to that new vendor.".