93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4877


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by Kevin A. McCarthy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














40 ILCS 5/15-113.4
  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4







    Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code.  Provides that an employee may establish credit for up to 2 years (now one year) of unused sick leave. Effective immediately.
















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HB4877

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    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 15-113.4 as follows:
 



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    (40 ILCS 5/15-113.4)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)



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    Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave. "Service for 
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unused
sick leave":  A participant who is an employee under this 
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System or one of
the other systems subject to Article 20 of 
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this Code within 60 days
immediately preceding the date on 
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which his or her retirement annuity
begins, is entitled to 
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credit for service for that portion of unused sick
leave earned 
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in the course of employment with an employer and  credited on

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the date of termination of employment by an employer for which 
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payment is
not received, in accordance with the following 
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schedule:  30 through 90
full calendar days and 20 through 59 
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full work days of unused sick leave,
1/4 of a year of service; 
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91 through 180 full calendar days and 60 through
119 full work 
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days, 1/2 of a year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar

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days and 120 through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of 
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service;  271
through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 259

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240 full work days, one year
of service; 260 through 299 full 
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work days, 1.25 years of service; 300 through 359 full work 
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days, 1.5 years of service; 360 through 419 full work days, 
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1.75 years of service; 420 or more full work days, 2 years of 
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service.
Only uncompensated, unused sick leave earned in 
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accordance with an
employer's sick leave accrual policy 
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generally applicable to employees or a
class of employees shall 
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be taken into account in calculating service credit
under this 
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Section.  Any uncompensated, unused sick leave granted by an

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employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement, termination, or 
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other special
circumstances of an employee shall not be taken 
 


 






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into account in calculating
service credit under this Section.

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If a participant transfers from one employer to another, the

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unused sick leave credited by the previous employer shall be 
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considered in
determining service to be credited under this 
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Section, even if the
participant terminated service prior to 
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the effective date of P.A. 86-272
(August 23, 1989); if 
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necessary, the retirement annuity shall be
recalculated to 
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reflect such sick leave credit.  Each employer shall
certify to 
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the board the number of days of unused sick leave accrued to 
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the
participant's credit on the date that the participant's 
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status as an
employee terminated.  This period of unused sick 
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leave shall not be
considered in determining the date the 
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retirement annuity begins.

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(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.