102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3465

 

Introduced 1/18/2022, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/17-149  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-149

    Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that until June 30, 2024, the service retirement pension of a service retirement pensioner shall not be cancelled if the service retirement pensioner is employed in a subject shortage area and the Employer that is employing the service retirement pensioner meets specified requirements. Provides that an Employer of a teacher who is unable to continue employment with the Employer because of documented illness, injury, or disability that occurred after being hired by the Employer is exempt from specified job posting requirements for 90 school days, but must on an ongoing basis comply with those requirements. Provides that the Employer must submit documentation of its compliance to the regional superintendent. Provides that upon receiving satisfactory documentation from the Employer, the regional superintendent shall certify the Employer's compliance with the requirements to the Fund. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 17-149 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/17-149)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-149)
7    Sec. 17-149. Cancellation of pensions.
8    (a) If any person receiving a disability retirement
9pension from the Fund is re-employed as a teacher by an
10Employer, the pension shall be cancelled on the date the
11re-employment begins, or on the first day of a payroll period
12for which service credit was validated, whichever is earlier.
13    (b) If any person receiving a service retirement pension
14from the Fund is re-employed as a teacher on a permanent or
15annual basis by an Employer, the pension shall be cancelled on
16the date the re-employment begins, or on the first day of a
17payroll period for which service credit was validated,
18whichever is earlier. However, subject to the limitations and
19requirements of subsection (c-5) or (c-10), the pension shall
20not be cancelled in the case of a service retirement pensioner
21who is re-employed on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an
22hourly basis.
23    (c) If the date of re-employment on a permanent or annual

 

 

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1basis occurs within 5 school months after the date of previous
2retirement, exclusive of any vacation period, the member shall
3be deemed to have been out of service only temporarily and not
4permanently retired. Such person shall be entitled to pension
5payments for the time he could have been employed as a teacher
6and received salary, but shall not be entitled to pension for
7or during the summer vacation prior to his return to service.
8    When the member again retires on pension, the time of
9service and the money contributed by him during re-employment
10shall be added to the time and money previously credited. Such
11person must acquire 3 consecutive years of additional
12contributing service before he may retire again on a pension
13at a rate and under conditions other than those in force or
14attained at the time of his previous retirement.
15    (c-5) For school years beginning on or after July 1, 2019,
16the service retirement pension shall not be cancelled in the
17case of a service retirement pensioner who is re-employed as a
18teacher on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an hourly
19basis, so long as the person (1) does not work as a teacher for
20compensation on more than 120 days in a school year or (2) does
21not accept gross compensation for the re-employment in a
22school year in excess of (i) $30,000 or (ii) in the case of a
23person who retires with at least 5 years of service as a
24principal, an amount that is equal to the daily rate normally
25paid to retired principals multiplied by 100. These
26limitations apply only to school years that begin on or after

 

 

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1July 1, 2019. Such re-employment does not require
2contributions, result in service credit, or constitute active
3membership in the Fund.
4    The service retirement pension shall not be cancelled in
5the case of a service retirement pensioner who is re-employed
6as a teacher on a temporary and non-annual basis or on an
7hourly basis, so long as the person (1) does not work as a
8teacher for compensation on more than 100 days in a school year
9or (2) does not accept gross compensation for the
10re-employment in a school year in excess of (i) $30,000 or (ii)
11in the case of a person who retires with at least 5 years of
12service as a principal, an amount that is equal to the daily
13rate normally paid to retired principals multiplied by 100.
14These limitations apply only to school years that begin on or
15after August 8, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-912)
16and before July 1, 2019. Such re-employment does not require
17contributions, result in service credit, or constitute active
18membership in the Fund.
19    Notwithstanding the 120-day limit set forth in item (1) of
20this subsection (c-5), the service retirement pension shall
21not be cancelled in the case of a service retirement pensioner
22who teaches only driver education courses after regular school
23hours and does not teach any other subject area, so long as the
24person does not work as a teacher for compensation for more
25than 900 hours in a school year. The $30,000 limit set forth in
26subitem (i) of item (2) of this subsection (c-5) shall apply to

 

 

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1a service retirement pensioner who teaches only driver
2education courses after regular school hours and does not
3teach any other subject area.
4    To be eligible for such re-employment without cancellation
5of pension, the pensioner must notify the Fund and the Board of
6Education of his or her intention to accept re-employment
7under this subsection (c-5) before beginning that
8re-employment (or if the re-employment began before the
9effective date of this amendatory Act, then within 30 days
10after that effective date).
11    An Employer must certify to the Fund the temporary and
12non-annual or hourly status and the compensation of each
13pensioner re-employed under this subsection at least
14quarterly, and when the pensioner is approaching the earnings
15limitation under this subsection.
16    If the pensioner works more than 100 days or accepts
17excess gross compensation for such re-employment in any school
18year that begins on or after August 8, 2012 (the effective date
19of Public Act 97-912), the service retirement pension shall
20thereupon be cancelled.
21    If the pensioner who only teaches drivers education
22courses after regular school hours works more than 900 hours
23or accepts excess gross compensation for such re-employment in
24any school year that begins on or after the effective date of
25this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the service
26retirement pension shall thereupon be cancelled.

 

 

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1    If the pensioner works more than 120 days or accepts
2excess gross compensation for such re-employment in any school
3year that begins on or after July 1, 2019, the service
4retirement pension shall thereupon be cancelled.
5    The Board of the Fund shall adopt rules for the
6implementation and administration of this subsection.
7    (c-10) Until June 30, 2024, the service retirement pension
8of a service retirement pensioner shall not be cancelled if
9the service retirement pensioner is employed in a subject
10shortage area and the Employer that is employing the service
11retirement pensioner meets the following requirements:
12        (1) If the Employer has honorably dismissed, within
13    the calendar year preceding the beginning of the school
14    term for which it seeks to employ a service retirement
15    pensioner under this subsection, any teachers who are
16    legally qualified to hold positions in the subject
17    shortage area and have not yet begun to receive their
18    service retirement pensions under this Article, the vacant
19    positions must first be tendered to those teachers.
20        (2) For a period of at least 90 days during the 6
21    months preceding the beginning of either the fall or
22    spring term for which it seeks to employ a service
23    retirement pensioner under this subsection, the Employer
24    must, on an ongoing basis, (i) advertise its vacancies in
25    the subject shortage area in employment bulletins
26    published by college and university placement offices

 

 

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1    located near the school; (ii) search for teachers legally
2    qualified to fill those vacancies through the Illinois
3    Education Job Bank; and (iii) post all vacancies on the
4    Employer's website and list the vacancy in an online job
5    portal or database.
6    An Employer of a teacher who is unable to continue
7employment with the Employer because of documented illness,
8injury, or disability that occurred after being hired by the
9Employer under this subsection is exempt from the provisions
10of paragraph (2) for 90 school days. However, the Employer
11must on an ongoing basis comply with items (i), (ii), and (iii)
12of paragraph (2).
13    The Employer must submit documentation of its compliance
14with this subsection to the regional superintendent. Upon
15receiving satisfactory documentation from the Employer, the
16regional superintendent shall certify the Employer's
17compliance with this subsection to the Fund.
18    (d) Notwithstanding Sections 1-103.1 and 17-157, the
19changes to this Section made by Public Act 90-32 apply without
20regard to whether termination of service occurred before the
21effective date of that Act and apply retroactively to August
2223, 1989.
23    Notwithstanding Sections 1-103.1 and 17-157, the changes
24to this Section and Section 17-106 made by Public Act 92-599
25apply without regard to whether termination of service
26occurred before the effective date of that Act.

 

 

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1    Notwithstanding Sections 1-103.1 and 17-157, the changes
2to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 97th General
3Assembly apply without regard to whether termination of
4service occurred before the effective date of this amendatory
5Act.
6(Source: P.A. 101-340, eff. 8-9-19.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.