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1     AN ACT concerning 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 changing
5 Section 15-113.4 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/15-113.4)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)
7     Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave Service for
8 unused sick leave. "Service for unused sick leave": A
9 participant who is an employee under this System or one of the
10 other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code within 60 days
11 immediately preceding the date on which his or her retirement
12 annuity begins, is entitled to credit for service for that
13 portion of unused sick leave earned in the course of employment
14 with an employer and credited on the date of termination of
15 employment by an employer for which payment is not received, in
16 accordance with the following schedule: 30 through 90 full
17 calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days of unused sick
18 leave, 1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180 full calendar
19 days and 60 through 119 full work days, 1/2 of a year of
20 service; 181 through 270 full calendar days and 120 through 179
21 full work days, 3/4 of a year of service; 271 through 360 full
22 calendar days and 180 through 240 full work days, one year of
23 service. Only uncompensated, unused sick leave earned in
24 accordance with an employer's sick leave accrual policy
25 generally applicable to employees or a class of employees shall
26 be taken into account in calculating service credit under this
27 Section. Any uncompensated, unused sick leave granted by an
28 employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement, termination, or
29 other special circumstances of an employee shall not be taken
30 into account in calculating service credit under this Section.
31 If a participant transfers from one employer to another, the
32 unused sick leave credited by the previous employer shall be

 

 

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1 considered in determining service to be credited under this
2 Section, even if the participant terminated service prior to
3 the effective date of P.A. 86-272 (August 23, 1989); if
4 necessary, the retirement annuity shall be recalculated to
5 reflect such sick leave credit. Each employer shall certify to
6 the board the number of days of unused sick leave accrued to
7 the participant's credit on the date that the participant's
8 status as an employee terminated. This period of unused sick
9 leave shall not be considered in determining the date the
10 retirement annuity begins.
11 (Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)