093_HB2645

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.

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

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 17-131 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/17-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131)
 7        Sec.   17-131.   Administration  of  payroll  deductions.
 8    During any period on or after July 1, 1999 in which  salaries
 9    are paid, payroll such deductions by an Employer or the Board
10    shall  be  made  for all salary paid on the basis of the full
11    salary rates, exclusive of  salaries  for  overtime,  special
12    services  or  any employment on an optional basis, such as in
13    summer school.  If salaries represent adjustments on  account
14    of error, deductions by the Employer or the Board shall be at
15    the  rates in force during the applicable payroll period.  If
16    teachers receive salaries for the school year, as established
17    by an Employer, or if they receive salaries for more than  10
18    calendar months, the amount required for each year of service
19    shall  be  deducted  by such Employer in installments.  On or
20    after July 1, 1999, the total amounts  for  each  semimonthly
21    payroll  period, or bi-weekly payroll period, as the case may
22    be, shall be deducted for all salary paid  only  when  salary
23    payments represent 5 days' pay or more.  If, on or after July
24    1, 1999, an Employer or the Board pays salaries to members of
25    the  teaching force for vacation periods, the salary shall be
26    considered part of the  teacher's  annual  salary,  shall  be
27    subject to the standard deductions for pension contributions,
28    and  shall  be  considered  to  represent  additional service
29    credit for each day paid pay for 5 or more  days'  employment
30    in  a  bi-weekly  or semi-monthly payroll period for purposes
31    set forth in  this  Section.   If  deductions  from  salaries
 
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 1    result  in amounts of less than one cent, the fractional sums
 2    shall be increased to the next higher cent.   Any  excess  of
 3    these   fractional   increases  over  the  prescribed  annual
 4    contributions shall be credited to the teachers' accounts.
 5        Any person who retires on  or  after  July  1,  1999  and
 6    before  the  effective  date of this Act shall be paid a lump
 7    sum equal to the amount of pension that he or she would  have
 8    received  for  that  period  if salary received for overtime,
 9    summer school, and other optional service had  been  included
10    in  the  calculation of salary for pension purposes minus the
11    amount of pension  he  or  she  actually  received  for  that
12    period.
13        In the event that, pursuant to Section 17-130.1, employee
14    contributions are picked up or made by the Board of Education
15    on  behalf  of  its  employees  from  the proceeds of the tax
16    levied under Section 34-60  of  the  School  Code,  then  the
17    amount  of  the employee contributions which are picked up or
18    made in that manner shall not be deducted from  the  salaries
19    of such employees.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)

21        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
22    Section 8.27 as follows:

23        (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
24        Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
25    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
26    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
27    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

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