Personnel and Pensions Committee
Filed: 3/31/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4877 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4877 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by 
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changing 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. "Service for unused
sick leave":  A 
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participant who is an employee under this System or one of
the 
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other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code within 60 days

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immediately preceding the date on which his or her retirement 
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annuity
begins, is entitled to credit for service for that 
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portion of unused sick
leave earned in the course of employment 
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with an employer and  credited on
the date of termination of 
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employment by an employer for which payment is
not received, in 
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accordance with the following schedule:  30 through 90
full 
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calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days of unused sick 
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leave,
1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180 full calendar 
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days and 60 through
119 full work days, 1/2 of a year of 
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service; 181 through 270 full calendar
days and 120 through 179 
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full work days, 3/4 of a year of service;  271
through 360 full 
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calendar days and 180 through 240 full work days, one year
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.)".