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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 16-118 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/16-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-118)
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7 | Sec. 16-118. Retirement. "Retirement": Entry upon a | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | retirement annuity
or receipt of a single-sum retirement | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | benefit granted under this Article
after termination of active | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | service as a teacher.
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11 | (a) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | a disability
retirement annuity may accept employment as a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | teacher from a school board
or other employer specified in | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Section 16-106 without impairing retirement
status, if that | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | employment: | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | (1) is not within the school year during which
service | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | was terminated; and | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (2) does not exceed the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (i) before July 1, 2001, 100 paid days or 500 paid
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20 | hours in any school year; | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (ii) during the period beginning July 1, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | through
June 30, 2011, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | in each school year; |
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1 | (iii) during the period beginning July 1, 2011 | ||||||
2 | through
June 30, 2018, 100 paid days or 500 paid hours | ||||||
3 | in each school year; | ||||||
4 | (iv) beginning July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, | ||||||
5 | 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year, | ||||||
6 | but not more than 100 paid days in the same classroom; | ||||||
7 | (v) during the period between July 1, 2021 and | ||||||
8 | June 30, 2024 2022 , an additional 20 paid days or 100 | ||||||
9 | paid hours shall be added to item (iv) and item (vi) of | ||||||
10 | this paragraph (2) to assist with addressing the | ||||||
11 | substitute teacher shortage that has been exacerbated | ||||||
12 | by the ongoing global pandemic ; and | ||||||
13 | (vi) beginning July 1, 2023, 100 paid days or 500 | ||||||
14 | paid hours in each school year. | ||||||
15 | Where
such permitted employment is partly on a daily and | ||||||
16 | partly on an hourly basis,
a day shall be considered as 5 | ||||||
17 | hours.
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18 | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an annuitant who | ||||||
19 | returns to teaching
under the program established in Section | ||||||
20 | 16-150.1, for the duration of his or
her participation in that | ||||||
21 | program.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-537, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
23 | 102-709, eff. 4-22-22.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law.
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