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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 changing
5Sections 5-167.5, 6-164.2, 8-164.1, 8-164.2, 11-160.1, and
611-160.2 as follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/5-167.5)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5)
8    Sec. 5-167.5. Payments to city.
9    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
10means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
11annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
12Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
13of Chicago ("the city").
14    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
15board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's
16health care plans, the following amounts:
17        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
18    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
19    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
20    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
21        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
22    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
23    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first

 

 

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1    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
2    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
3    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
4    to receive Medicare benefits.
5    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
6from the tax levy authorized under Section 5-168; such amounts
7shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
8group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
9the city required under this subsection shall be charged
10against it.
11    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
12and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
13and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
14for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
15Constitution of 1970.
16(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
17    (40 ILCS 5/6-164.2)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-164.2)
18    Sec. 6-164.2. Payments to city.
19    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
20means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
21annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
22Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
23of Chicago ("the city").
24    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
25board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's

 

 

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1health care plans, the following amounts:
2        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
3    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
4    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
5    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
6        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
7    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
8    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
9    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
10    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
11    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
12    to receive Medicare benefits.
13    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
14from the tax levy authorized under Section 6-165; such amounts
15shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
16group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
17the city required under this subsection shall be charged
18against it.
19    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
20and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
21and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
22for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
23Constitution of 1970.
24(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
25    (40 ILCS 5/8-164.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-164.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 8-164.1. Payments to city.
2    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
3means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
4annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
5Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
6of Chicago ("the city").
7    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
8board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's
9health care plans, the following amounts:
10        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
11    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
12    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
13    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
14        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
15    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
16    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
17    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
18    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
19    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
20    to receive Medicare benefits.
21    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
22from the tax levy authorized under Section 8-173; such amounts
23shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
24group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
25the city required under this subsection shall be charged
26against it.

 

 

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1    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
2and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
3and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
4for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
5Constitution of 1970.
6(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/8-164.2)
8    Sec. 8-164.2. Payments to board of education for group
9health benefits.
10    (a) Should the Board of Education continue to sponsor a
11retiree health plan, the board is authorized to pay to the
12Board of Education, on behalf of each eligible annuitant who
13chooses to participate in the Board of Education's retiree
14health benefit plan, the following amounts:
15        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
16    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
17    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
18    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
19        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
20    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
21    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
22    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
23    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
24    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
25    to receive Medicare benefits.

 

 

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1    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
2from the tax levy authorized under Section 8-173; such amounts
3shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
4group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
5the Board of Education under this subsection shall be charged
6against it.
7    (b) The Board of Education health benefit plan referred to
8in this Section and the board's payments to the Board of
9Education under this Section are not and shall not be construed
10to be pension or retirement benefits for the purposes of
11Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
12(Source: P.A. 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
13    (40 ILCS 5/11-160.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-160.1)
14    Sec. 11-160.1. Payments to city.
15    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
16means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
17annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
18Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
19of Chicago ("the city").
20    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
21board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's
22health care plans, the following amounts:
23        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
24    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
25    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such

 

 

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1    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
2        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
3    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
4    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
5    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
6    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
7    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
8    to receive Medicare benefits.
9    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
10from the tax levy authorized under Section 11-169; such amounts
11shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
12group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
13the city required under this subsection shall be charged
14against it.
15    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
16and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
17and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
18for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
19Constitution of 1970.
20(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 
21    (40 ILCS 5/11-160.2)
22    Sec. 11-160.2. Payments to board of education for group
23health benefits.
24    (a) Should the Board of Education continue to sponsor a
25retiree health plan, the board is authorized to pay to the

 

 

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1Board of Education, on behalf of each eligible annuitant who
2chooses to participate in the Board of Education's retiree
3health benefit plan, the following amounts:
4        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
5    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
6    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
7    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
8        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
9    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
10    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
11    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
12    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
13    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
14    to receive Medicare benefits.
15    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
16from the tax levy authorized under Section 11-169; such amounts
17shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
18group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
19the Board of Education under this subsection shall be charged
20against it.
21    (b) The Board of Education health benefit plan referred to
22in this Section and the board's payments to the Board of
23Education under this Section are not and shall not be construed
24to be pension or retirement benefits for the purposes of
25Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
26(Source: P.A. 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.