HB5699 Enrolled LRB095 18587 AMC 44673 b

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 16-149.6 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/16-149.6)
7     Sec. 16-149.6. Limited employment during disability.
8     (a) A teacher who (i) has been receiving a disability,
9 occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit
10 under Section 16-149, 16-149.1, or 16-149.2 for at least one
11 year and (ii) remains unable to resume regular full-time
12 teaching due to disability, but is able to engage in limited or
13 part-time employment as a teacher, may engage in such limited
14 or part-time employment as a teacher for an employer under
15 either this Article or an employer under Article 15 of this
16 Code without loss of the disability, occupational disability,
17 or disability retirement benefit, provided that the teacher's
18 earnings for that limited or part-time employment, when added
19 to the amount of the benefit, do not exceed 100% of the salary
20 rate upon which the benefit is based.
21     (b) A disabled teacher who engages in limited or part-time
22 teaching under this Section and earns service and contribution
23 credits for that teaching shall not receive duplicate service

 

 

HB5699 Enrolled - 2 - LRB095 18587 AMC 44673 b

1 or contribution credits under Section 16-149 or 16-149.1.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-539, eff. 8-10-05.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.