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Full Text of SB3374  98th General Assembly

SB3374sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. John M. Sullivan

Filed: 3/13/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3374

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3374 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 16-150.1 and 16-203 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/16-150.1)
7    Sec. 16-150.1. Return to teaching in subject shortage area.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "eligible employment" means
9employment beginning on or after July 1, 2003 and ending no
10later than June 30, 2018 2013, in a subject shortage area at a
11qualified school, in a position requiring certification under
12the law governing the certification of teachers.
13    As used in this Section, "qualified school" means a public
14elementary or secondary school that meets all of the following
15requirements:
16        (1) At the time of hiring a retired teacher under this

 

 

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1    Section, the school is experiencing a shortage of teachers
2    in the subject shortage area for which the teacher is
3    hired.
4        (2) The school district to which the school belongs has
5    complied with the requirements of subsection (e), and the
6    regional superintendent has certified that compliance to
7    the System.
8        (3) If the school district to which the school belongs
9    provides group health benefits for its teachers generally,
10    substantially similar health benefits are made available
11    for teachers participating in the program under this
12    Section, without any limitations based on pre-existing
13    conditions.
14    (b) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
15Article (other than a disability retirement annuity) may engage
16in eligible employment at a qualified school without impairing
17his or her retirement status or retirement annuity, subject to
18the following conditions:
19        (1) the eligible employment does not begin within the
20    school year during which service was terminated;
21        (2) the annuitant has not received any early retirement
22    incentive under Section 16-133.3, 16-133.4, or 16-133.5;
23        (3) if the annuitant retired before age 60 and with
24    less than 34 years of service, the eligible employment does
25    not begin within the year following the effective date of
26    the retirement annuity;

 

 

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1        (4) if the annuitant retired at age 60 or above or with
2    34 or more years of service, the eligible employment does
3    not begin within the 90 days following the effective date
4    of the retirement annuity; and
5        (5) before the eligible employment begins, the
6    employer notifies the System in writing of the annuitant's
7    desire to participate in the program established under this
8    Section.
9    (c) An annuitant engaged in eligible employment in
10accordance with subsection (b) shall be deemed a participant in
11the program established under this Section for so long as he or
12she remains employed in eligible employment.
13    (d) A participant in the program established under this
14Section continues to be a retirement annuitant, rather than an
15active teacher, for all of the purposes of this Code, but shall
16be deemed an active teacher for other purposes, such as
17inclusion in a collective bargaining unit, eligibility for
18group health benefits, and compliance with the laws governing
19the employment, regulation, certification, treatment, and
20conduct of teachers.
21    With respect to an annuitant's eligible employment under
22this Section, neither employee nor employer contributions
23shall be made to the System and no additional service credit
24shall be earned. Eligible employment does not affect the
25annuitant's final average salary or the amount of the
26retirement annuity.

 

 

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1    (e) Before hiring a teacher under this Section, the school
2district to which the school belongs must do the following:
3        (1) If the school district to which the school belongs
4    has honorably dismissed, within the calendar year
5    preceding the beginning of the school term for which it
6    seeks to employ a retired teacher under the program
7    established in this Section, any teachers who are legally
8    qualified to hold positions in the subject shortage area
9    and have not yet begun to receive their retirement
10    annuities under this Article, the vacant positions must
11    first be tendered to those teachers.
12        (2) For a period of at least 90 days during the 6
13    months preceding the beginning of either the fall or spring
14    term for which it seeks to employ a retired teacher under
15    the program established in this Section, the school
16    district must, on an ongoing basis, both (i) advertise its
17    vacancies in the subject shortage area in a newspaper of
18    general circulation in the area in which the school is
19    located and in employment bulletins published by college
20    and university placement offices located near the school;
21    and (ii) search for teachers legally qualified to fill
22    those vacancies through the Illinois Education Job Bank.
23    The school district must submit documentation of its
24compliance with this subsection to the regional
25superintendent. Upon receiving satisfactory documentation from
26the school district, the regional superintendent shall certify

 

 

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1the district's compliance with this subsection to the System.
2    (f) This Section applies without regard to whether the
3annuitant was in service on or after the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
5(Source: P.A. 94-129, eff. 7-7-05; 95-910, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/16-203)
7    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 98-599)
8    Sec. 16-203. Application and expiration of new benefit
9increases.
10    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
11an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
12Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
13any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
14to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
15effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
16however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
17the changes made to this Article by Public Act 95-910 or by
18this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly this
19amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
20    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
21subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
22is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
23only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
24the provisions of this Section.
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1identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
2funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
3increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
4    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
5Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
6subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
7Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
8funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
9shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
10Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. A new
11benefit increase created by a Public Act that does not include
12the additional funding required under this subsection is null
13and void. If the Public Pension Division determines that the
14additional funding provided for a new benefit increase under
15this subsection is or has become inadequate, it may so certify
16to the Governor and the State Comptroller and, in the absence
17of corrective action by the General Assembly, the new benefit
18increase shall expire at the end of the fiscal year in which
19the certification is made.
20    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
21its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
22in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
23under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
24Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
25by law.
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1the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
2under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
3and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
4increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
5alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
6other person, including without limitation a person who
7continues in service after the expiration date and did not
8apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
9benefit increase was in effect.
10(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 95-910, eff. 8-26-08.)
 
11    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 98-599)
12    Sec. 16-203. Application and expiration of new benefit
13increases.
14    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
15an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
16Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
17any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
18to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
19effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
20however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
21the changes made to this Article by Public Acts Act 95-910 or
2298-599 or by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
23or by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
24    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
25subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase

 

 

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1is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
2only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
3the provisions of this Section.
4    (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
5identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
6funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
7increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
8    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
9Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
10subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
11Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
12funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
13shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
14Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by a
15Public Act that does not include the additional funding
16required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
17Pension Division determines that the additional funding
18provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is or
19has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
20the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
21by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
22at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
23made.
24    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
25its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
26in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided

 

 

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1under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
2Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
3by law.
4    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
5the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
6under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
7and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
8increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
9alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
10other person, including without limitation a person who
11continues in service after the expiration date and did not
12apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
13benefit increase was in effect.
14(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
15    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
16Section 8.38 as follows:
 
17    (30 ILCS 805/8.38 new)
18    Sec. 8.38. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
19of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
20implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
21the 98th General Assembly.
 
22    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
23changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text

 

 

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1that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
2represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
3not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
4made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
5Public Act.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.".