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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3990 Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/16-132 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-132 |
40 ILCS 5/16-155 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-155 |
40 ILCS 5/16-169.1 |
| 40 ILCS 5/16-181.4 new | | 40 ILCS 5/16-149.6 rep. |
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Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. For a member who is not eligible to retire on the effective date of this amendatory Act, limits retroactive retirement to 2 years from the date of the member's application for retirement. Authorizes the Board to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of documents and records, in conjunction with
an attempt to obtain information to assist in the collection of sums due to the System. Specifies that the Board may request information from any member, annuitant, beneficiary, or employer as necessary for the proper administration of the System. Repeals a provision relating to limited employment during disability. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Sections 16-132, 16-155, and 16-169.1 and by adding Section |
6 | | 16-181.4 as follows:
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7 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-132)
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8 | | Sec. 16-132. Retirement annuity eligibility. |
9 | | (a) A member who has at least 20 years of creditable |
10 | | service is entitled to a
retirement annuity upon or after |
11 | | attainment of age 55.
A member who has at least 10 but less |
12 | | than 20 years of creditable service is
entitled to a retirement |
13 | | annuity upon or after attainment of age 60.
A member who has at |
14 | | least 5 but less than 10 years of creditable service is
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15 | | entitled to a retirement annuity upon or after attainment of |
16 | | age 62.
A member who (i) has earned during the period |
17 | | immediately preceding the last
day of service at least one year |
18 | | of contributing creditable service as an
employee of a |
19 | | department as defined in Section 14-103.04, (ii) has earned at
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20 | | least 5 years of contributing creditable service as an employee |
21 | | of a department
as defined in Section 14-103.04, and (iii) |
22 | | retires on or after January 1, 2001
is entitled to a retirement |
23 | | annuity upon or after attainment of an age which,
when added to |
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1 | | the number of years of his or her total creditable service,
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2 | | equals at least 85. Portions of years shall be counted as |
3 | | decimal equivalents.
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4 | | A member who is eligible to receive a retirement annuity of |
5 | | at least 74.6% of
final average salary and will attain age 55 |
6 | | on or before December 31 during the
year which commences on |
7 | | July 1 shall be deemed to attain age 55 on the
preceding June |
8 | | 1.
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9 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a |
10 | | Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under |
11 | | this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement |
12 | | age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the |
13 | | Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014: |
14 | | (1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014, |
15 | | then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) |
16 | | remain unchanged. |
17 | | (2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46 |
18 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
19 | | subsection (a) are increased by 4 months. |
20 | | (3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45 |
21 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
22 | | subsection (a) are increased by 8 months. |
23 | | (4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44 |
24 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
25 | | subsection (a) are increased by 12 months. |
26 | | (5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43 |
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1 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
2 | | subsection (a) are increased by 16 months. |
3 | | (6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42 |
4 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
5 | | subsection (a) are increased by 20 months. |
6 | | (7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41 |
7 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
8 | | subsection (a) are increased by 24 months. |
9 | | (8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40 |
10 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
11 | | subsection (a) are increased by 28 months. |
12 | | (9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39 |
13 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
14 | | subsection (a) are increased by 32 months. |
15 | | (10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age |
16 | | 38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
17 | | subsection (a) are increased by 36 months. |
18 | | (11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age |
19 | | 37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
20 | | subsection (a) are increased by 40 months. |
21 | | (12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age |
22 | | 36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
23 | | subsection (a) are increased by 44 months. |
24 | | (13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age |
25 | | 35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
26 | | subsection (a) are increased by 48 months. |
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1 | | (14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age |
2 | | 34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
3 | | subsection (a) are increased by 52 months. |
4 | | (15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age |
5 | | 33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under |
6 | | subsection (a) are increased by 56 months. |
7 | | (16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014, |
8 | | then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are |
9 | | increased by 60 months. |
10 | | Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (b) |
11 | | applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is |
12 | | in active service under this Article on or after the effective |
13 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. |
14 | | (c) A member meeting the above eligibility conditions is |
15 | | entitled to a retirement
annuity upon written application to |
16 | | the board setting forth the date the member
wishes the |
17 | | retirement annuity to commence. However, the effective date of |
18 | | the
retirement annuity shall be (i) no earlier than the day |
19 | | following the last day of
creditable service, regardless of the |
20 | | date of official termination of
employment , and (ii) in the |
21 | | case of a member who is not eligible to retire on the effective |
22 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, no |
23 | | more than 2 years before the date of receipt by the System of |
24 | | the application for retirement .
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25 | | For the purpose of Section 1-103.1, the change to this |
26 | | subsection made by this amendatory Act of the 99th General |
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1 | | Assembly is limited to annuities granted on or after the |
2 | | effective date of this amendatory Act, without regard to |
3 | | whether the member is in service on or after that effective |
4 | | date. |
5 | | (d) To be eligible for a retirement annuity, a member shall |
6 | | not be employed
as a teacher in the schools included under this |
7 | | System or under Article 17,
except (i) as provided in Section |
8 | | 16-118 or 16-150.1, (ii) if
the member is disabled (in which |
9 | | event, eligibility for salary must cease),
or (iii) if the |
10 | | System is required by federal law to commence
payment due to |
11 | | the member's age; the changes to this sentence made by Public |
12 | | Act 93-320 apply without
regard to whether the member |
13 | | terminated employment before or after its
effective date.
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14 | | (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14 .)
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15 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-155)
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16 | | Sec. 16-155. Report to system and payment of deductions.
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17 | | (a) The governing body of each school district shall make |
18 | | two deposits each
month. The deposit for member contributions |
19 | | for salary paid between the first
and the fifteenth of the |
20 | | month is due by the 25th of the month. The deposit of
member |
21 | | contributions for salary paid between the sixteenth and last |
22 | | day of the
month is due by the 10th of the following month. All |
23 | | required contributions
for salary earned during a school term |
24 | | are due by July 10 next following the
close of such school |
25 | | term.
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1 | | The governing body of each State institution coming
under |
2 | | this retirement system, the State Comptroller or other State |
3 | | officer
certifying payroll vouchers including payments of |
4 | | salary or wages to
teachers, and any other employer of |
5 | | teachers, shall, monthly, forward to
the secretary of the |
6 | | retirement system the member contributions required
under this |
7 | | Article.
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8 | | Each employer specified above shall, prior to August 15 of |
9 | | each year,
forward to the System a detailed statement, verified |
10 | | in all cases of school
districts by the secretary or clerk of |
11 | | the district, of the amounts so
contributed since the period |
12 | | covered by the last previous annual statement,
together with |
13 | | required contributions not yet forwarded, such payments being
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14 | | payable to the System.
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15 | | The board may prescribe rules governing the form, content, |
16 | | investigation,
control, and supervision of such statements and |
17 | | may establish additional interim employer reporting |
18 | | requirements as the Board deems necessary . If no teacher in
a |
19 | | school district comes under the provisions of this Article, the
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20 | | governing body of the district shall so state under the oath of |
21 | | its
secretary to this system, and shall at the same time |
22 | | forward a copy of
the statement to the regional superintendent |
23 | | of schools.
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24 | | (b) If the governing body of an employer that is not a |
25 | | State agency fails to forward such
required contributions |
26 | | within the time permitted in subsection (a) above,
the System |
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1 | | shall notify the employer of an additional amount
due, equal to
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2 | | the greater of the following: (1) an amount representing the |
3 | | interest lost
by the system due to late forwarding of |
4 | | contributions, calculated for the
number of days which the |
5 | | employer is late in forwarding
contributions at a rate of |
6 | | interest prescribed by the board, based on its
investment |
7 | | experience; or (2) $50.
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8 | | (c) If the system, on August 15, is not in receipt of the |
9 | | detailed
statements required under this Section of any school |
10 | | district or other
employing unit, such school district or other |
11 | | employing unit shall pay to
the system an amount equal to $250 |
12 | | for each day that elapses from August
15, until the day such |
13 | | statement is filed with the system.
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14 | | (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
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15 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-169.1)
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16 | | Sec. 16-169.1. Testimony and the production of records. The |
17 | | secretary of
the Board shall have the power to issue subpoenas |
18 | | to compel the attendance of
witnesses and the production of |
19 | | documents and records, including law
enforcement records |
20 | | maintained by law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with
the |
21 | | determination of employer payments required under subsection |
22 | | (f) of Section 16-158, a disability claim, an administrative |
23 | | review proceeding, an attempt to obtain information to assist |
24 | | in the collection of sums due to the System, or a felony |
25 | | forfeiture
investigation. The
fees of witnesses for attendance |
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1 | | and travel shall be the same as the fees of
witnesses before |
2 | | the circuit courts of this State and shall be paid by the
party |
3 | | seeking the subpoena. The Board may apply to any circuit court |
4 | | in the
State for an order requiring compliance with a subpoena |
5 | | issued under this
Section. Subpoenas issued under this Section |
6 | | shall be subject to applicable
provisions of the Code of Civil |
7 | | Procedure.
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8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1057, eff. 7-31-06.)
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9 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-181.4 new) |
10 | | Sec. 16-181.4. To request information. To request such |
11 | | information from any member, annuitant, beneficiary, or |
12 | | employer as is necessary for the proper administration of the |
13 | | System. |
14 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-149.6 rep.)
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15 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
16 | | repealing Section 16-149.6.
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17 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
18 | | becoming law.
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