Full Text of HB0140 98th General Assembly
HB0140ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jack D. Franks Filed: 3/20/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 140
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 140 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 | 5 | | is amended by adding Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.5 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2.5. Application to Regional Transportation Authority | 9 | | Board members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act | 10 | | to the contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the | 11 | | Regional Transportation Authority Board with respect to | 12 | | service on that Board during a term of office that begins on or | 13 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 14 | | General Assembly. | 15 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.6 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 2.6. Application to Suburban Bus Board members. | 2 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | 3 | | contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Suburban | 4 | | Bus Board with respect to service on that Board during a term | 5 | | of office that begins on or after the effective date of this | 6 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | 7 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.7 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2.7. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. | 9 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | 10 | | contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Commuter | 11 | | Rail Board with respect to service on that Board during a term | 12 | | of office that begins on or after the effective date of this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | 14 | | (5 ILCS 375/2.8 new) | 15 | | Sec. 2.8. Application to Chicago Transit Authority Board | 16 | | members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the | 17 | | contrary, this Act does not apply to any member of the Chicago | 18 | | Transit Authority Board with respect to service on that Board | 19 | | during a term of office that begins on or after the effective | 20 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | 21 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding | 22 | | Sections 22-105, 22-106, 22-107, and 22-108 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-105 new) | 2 | | Sec. 22-105. Application to Regional Transportation | 3 | | Authority Board members. This Code does not apply to any | 4 | | individual who first becomes a member of the Regional | 5 | | Transportation Authority Board on or after the effective date | 6 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly with | 7 | | respect to service on that Board. | 8 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-106 new) | 9 | | Sec. 22-106. Application to Suburban Bus Board members. | 10 | | This Code does not apply to any individual who first becomes a | 11 | | member of the Suburban Bus Board on or after the effective date | 12 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly with | 13 | | respect to service on that Board. | 14 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-107 new) | 15 | | Sec. 22-107. Application to Commuter Rail Board members. | 16 | | This Code does not apply to any individual who first becomes a | 17 | | member of the Commuter Rail Board on or after the effective | 18 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly with | 19 | | respect to service on that Board. | 20 | | (40 ILCS 5/22-108 new) | 21 | | Sec. 22-108. Application to Chicago Transit Authority | 22 | | Board members. This Code does not apply to any individual who | 23 | | first becomes a member of the Chicago Transit Authority Board |
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| 1 | | on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 2 | | 98th General Assembly with respect to service on that Board. | 3 | | Section 15. The Metropolitan Transit Authority Act is | 4 | | amended by changing Sections 19 and 22 as follows:
| 5 | | (70 ILCS 3605/19) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 319)
| 6 | | Sec. 19. Compensation; pension; benefits. | 7 | | (a) The governing and administrative body of the Authority | 8 | | shall be a
board consisting of seven members, to be known as | 9 | | Chicago Transit Board.
Members of the Board shall be residents | 10 | | of the metropolitan area and persons of
recognized business | 11 | | ability. No member of the Board of the
Authority shall hold any | 12 | | other office or employment under the Federal,
State or any | 13 | | County or any municipal government except an honorary office
| 14 | | without compensation or an office in the National Guard. No | 15 | | employee of
the Authority shall hold any other office or | 16 | | employment under the Federal,
State or any County or any | 17 | | municipal government except an office with
compensation not | 18 | | exceeding $15,000 annually or a position in the National
Guard | 19 | | or the United States military reserves. Provided, however,
that | 20 | | the Chairman may be a member of the Board of the Regional | 21 | | Transportation
Authority. No member of the
Board or employee of | 22 | | the Authority shall have any private financial
interest, profit | 23 | | or benefit in any contract, work or business of the
Authority | 24 | | nor in the sale or lease of any property to or from the
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| 1 | | Authority. | 2 | | (b) The provisions of this subsection (b) apply only for | 3 | | terms of office beginning before the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. The salary of each | 5 | | member of the initial Board shall be
$15,000.00 per annum, and | 6 | | such salary shall not be increased or diminished
during his or | 7 | | her term of office. The salaries of successor members of the
| 8 | | Board shall be fixed by the Board and shall not be increased or | 9 | | diminished
during their respective terms of office. No Board | 10 | | member shall be allowed
any fees, perquisites or emoluments, | 11 | | reward or compensation for his or her
services as a member or | 12 | | officer of the Authority aside from his or her
salary or | 13 | | pension, but he or she shall be reimbursed for actual expenses
| 14 | | incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties. | 15 | | (c) For terms of office beginning on or after the effective | 16 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, each | 17 | | member of the Board shall be compensated $500 for attendance at | 18 | | each meeting of the Board and each other meeting he or she is | 19 | | statutorily required to attend in his or her capacity as a | 20 | | member of the Board, and for actual expenses incurred in travel | 21 | | to and from those meetings, but he or she shall not be | 22 | | otherwise compensated for service as a member of the Board.
| 23 | | For individuals who first become members of the Board on or | 24 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 25 | | General Assembly, no service or contribution shall be credited | 26 | | in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois |
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| 1 | | Pension Code or otherwise, for service on the Board, and no | 2 | | public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise | 3 | | obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. | 4 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective date of | 5 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, neither the | 6 | | chairperson nor any other member of the Board shall be entitled | 7 | | to participate in a program of life or health insurance as a | 8 | | consequence of his or her service on the Board. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 95-968, eff. 1-1-09.)
| 10 | | (70 ILCS 3605/22) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 322)
| 11 | | Sec. 22. Chairperson; terms; compensation. As soon as | 12 | | possible after the appointment of the initial
members, the | 13 | | board shall organize for the transaction of business,
select a | 14 | | chairman and a temporary secretary from its own number, and
| 15 | | adopt by-laws, rules and regulations to govern its proceedings. | 16 | | The
initial chairman and successors shall be elected by the | 17 | | Board from time
to time for the term of his or her office as a | 18 | | member of the Board or for the
term of three years, whichever | 19 | | is shorter. | 20 | | The Board shall fix the salary
of the chairperson chairman | 21 | | in addition to his
salary as a member of the Board , which shall | 22 | | not be increased or
diminished during his or her term of office | 23 | | as chairperson chairman . But if the chairperson chairman is
| 24 | | engaged in any other business or employment during his or her | 25 | | term as chairperson chairman ,
his or her annual salary shall be |
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| 1 | | not more than $25,000.
| 2 | | For individuals who first become a member of the Board on | 3 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 4 | | General Assembly, no service or contribution shall be credited | 5 | | in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois | 6 | | Pension Code or otherwise, for service on the Board, and no | 7 | | public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise | 8 | | obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. | 9 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective date of | 10 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, neither the | 11 | | chairperson nor any other member of the Board shall be entitled | 12 | | to participate in a program of life or health insurance as a | 13 | | consequence of his or her service on the Board. | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 80-937.)
| 15 | | Section 25. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is | 16 | | amended by changing Sections 2.17, 3.04, 3A.06, and 3B.06 as | 17 | | follows:
| 18 | | (70 ILCS 3615/2.17) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 702.17)
| 19 | | Sec. 2.17. Employee Pensions.
| 20 | | (a) The Authority may establish and maintain systems of | 21 | | pensions and
retirement benefits for such officers and | 22 | | employees of the Authority as may
be designated or described by | 23 | | ordinance of the Authority; may fix the
classifications | 24 | | therein; may take such steps as may be necessary to provide
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| 1 | | that persons eligible for admission to such pension systems as | 2 | | officers and
employees of the Authority or of any | 3 | | transportation agency whose operations
are financed in whole or | 4 | | in part by the Authority, shall retain eligibility
for | 5 | | admission to or continued coverage and participation under | 6 | | Title II of
the federal Social Security Act, as amended, and | 7 | | the related provisions of
the Federal Insurance Contributions | 8 | | Act, as amended, or the federal
Railroad Retirement Act, as | 9 | | amended, and the related provisions of the
Railroad Retirement | 10 | | Tax Act, as amended, as the case may be; and may
provide in | 11 | | connection with such pension systems, a system of benefits
| 12 | | payable to the beneficiaries and dependents of any participant | 13 | | in such
pension systems after the death of such participant | 14 | | (whether accidental or
otherwise, whether occurring in the | 15 | | actual performance of duty or
otherwise, or both) subject to | 16 | | such exceptions, conditions, restrictions
and classifications | 17 | | as may be provided by ordinance of the Authority. Such
pension | 18 | | systems shall be financed or funded by such means and in such
| 19 | | manner as may be determined by the Authority to be economically | 20 | | feasible. | 21 | | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 22 | | of the 98th General Assembly, the Authority shall not grant any | 23 | | new benefit increase. As used in this subsection (b), "new | 24 | | benefit increase" means (i) an increase in the amount of any | 25 | | benefit provided under the authority of an ordinance adopted | 26 | | under this Section that takes effect after the effective date |
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| 1 | | of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly and (ii) an | 2 | | expansion of the conditions of eligibility for any benefit | 3 | | provided under the authority of an ordinance adopted under this | 4 | | Section that takes effect after the effective date of this | 5 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 78-3rd S.S.-5.)
| 7 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3.04) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703.04)
| 8 | | Sec. 3.04. Compensation ; pension; benefits . For terms of | 9 | | office beginning prior to the effective date of this amendatory | 10 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly, each Each Director including | 11 | | the
Chairperson Chairman , except for the Chairman of the | 12 | | Chicago Transit Authority who
shall not be compensated by the | 13 | | Authority,
shall be compensated at the
rate of $25,000 per | 14 | | year.
| 15 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective | 16 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the | 17 | | Chairperson shall be compensated at the rate of $25,000 per | 18 | | year. For terms of office beginning on or after the effective | 19 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, each | 20 | | Director shall be compensated $500 for attendance at each | 21 | | meeting of the Board and each other meeting he or she is | 22 | | statutorily required to attend in his or her capacity as a | 23 | | Director, and for actual expenses incurred in travel to and | 24 | | from those meetings, but he or she shall not be otherwise | 25 | | compensated for service as a Director or Chairperson; provided |
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| 1 | | that, for terms of office beginning on or after the effective | 2 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the | 3 | | Chairman of the Chicago Transit Authority shall not be | 4 | | compensated by the Authority. | 5 | | For individuals who first become members of the Board on or | 6 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 7 | | General Assembly, no service or contribution shall be credited | 8 | | in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois | 9 | | Pension Code or otherwise, for service on the Board, and no | 10 | | public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise | 11 | | obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. | 12 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective date of | 13 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, neither the | 14 | | Chairperson nor any other Director shall be entitled to | 15 | | participate in a program of life or health insurance as a | 16 | | consequence of his or her service on the Board. | 17 | | Officers of the Authority shall not be required to comply | 18 | | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | 19 | | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public moneys to
| 20 | | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | 21 | | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 83-885; 83-886.)
| 23 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3A.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703A.06)
| 24 | | Sec. 3A.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . The | 25 | | Chairperson Chairman of the Suburban Bus Board
shall receive an |
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| 1 | | annual salary of $15,000 . For terms of office beginning before | 2 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | 3 | | Assembly , and the other members of the
Suburban Bus Board shall | 4 | | receive an annual salary of $10,000. For terms of office | 5 | | beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 6 | | of the 98th General Assembly, each member of the Suburban Bus | 7 | | Board, other than the Chairperson, shall be compensated $500 | 8 | | for attendance at each meeting of the Board and each other | 9 | | meeting he or she is statutorily required to attend in his or | 10 | | her capacity as a member of the Suburban Bus Board, and for | 11 | | actual expenses incurred in travel to and from those meetings, | 12 | | but he or she shall not be otherwise compensated for service as | 13 | | a member of the Board. Each member
shall be reimbursed for | 14 | | actual expenses incurred in the performance of his
duties, not | 15 | | to exceed $5000 per year.
| 16 | | For individuals who first become members of the Board on or | 17 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 18 | | General Assembly, no service or contribution shall be credited | 19 | | in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois | 20 | | Pension Code or otherwise, for service on that Board, and no | 21 | | public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise | 22 | | obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. | 23 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective date of | 24 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, neither the | 25 | | Chairperson nor any other member of the Board shall be entitled | 26 | | to participate in a program of life or health insurance as a |
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| 1 | | consequence of his or her service on the Board. | 2 | | Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply | 3 | | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | 4 | | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
| 5 | | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | 6 | | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 84-939.)
| 8 | | (70 ILCS 3615/3B.06) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 703B.06)
| 9 | | Sec. 3B.06. Compensation ; pension; benefits . The Chairman | 10 | | of the Commuter Rail Board
shall receive an annual salary of | 11 | | $25,000. For terms of office beginning on or before the | 12 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | 13 | | Assembly, Other members of the Commuter
Rail Board other than | 14 | | the Chairperson shall receive an annual salary of $15,000 , and | 15 | | each . Each member shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses | 16 | | incurred in the performance of his duties.
| 17 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective | 18 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, | 19 | | members of the Commuter Rail Board, other than the Chairperson, | 20 | | shall be compensated $500 for attendance at each meeting of the | 21 | | Board and at each other meeting he or she is statutorily | 22 | | required to attend in his or her capacity as a member of the | 23 | | Commuter Rail Board, and for actual expenses incurred in travel | 24 | | to and from those meetings, but he or she shall not be | 25 | | otherwise compensated for service as a member of the Board. |
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| 1 | | For individuals who first become members of the Board on or | 2 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th | 3 | | General Assembly, no service or contribution shall be credited | 4 | | in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois | 5 | | Pension Code or otherwise, for service on the Board, and no | 6 | | public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise | 7 | | obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. | 8 | | For terms of office beginning on or after the effective date of | 9 | | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, neither the | 10 | | chairman nor any other member of the Board shall be entitled to | 11 | | participate in a program of life or health insurance as a | 12 | | consequence of his or her service on the Board. | 13 | | Officers of the Division shall not be required to comply | 14 | | with the
requirements of the Public Funds Statement Publication | 15 | | Act "An Act requiring certain custodians of public monies to
| 16 | | file and publish statements of the receipts and disbursements | 17 | | thereof",
approved June 24, 1919, as now or hereafter amended .
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 83-1156.)
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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