Full Text of HB1444 98th General Assembly
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| 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 | | Sections 7-135, 7-146, 7-172, 7-173, and 7-177 as follows:
| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-135) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-135)
| 7 | | Sec. 7-135. Authorized agents.
| 8 | | (a) Each participating municipality and participating
| 9 | | instrumentality shall appoint an authorized agent who shall | 10 | | have the
powers and duties set forth in this section. In | 11 | | absence of such
appointment, the duties of the authorized agent | 12 | | shall devolve upon the
clerk or secretary of the municipality | 13 | | or instrumentality , the township supervisor in the case of a | 14 | | township, and in the
case of township school trustees upon the | 15 | | township school treasurer. In
townships the Authorized Agent | 16 | | shall be the township supervisor.
| 17 | | (b) The authorized agent shall have the following powers | 18 | | and duties:
| 19 | | 1. To certify to the fund whether or not a given person | 20 | | is
authorized to participate in the fund;
| 21 | | 2. To certify to the fund when a participating employee | 22 | | is on a
leave of absence authorized by the municipality;
| 23 | | 3. To request the proper officer to cause employee |
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| 1 | | contributions to
be withheld from earnings and transmitted | 2 | | to the fund;
| 3 | | 4. To request the proper officer to cause municipality | 4 | | contributions
to be forwarded to the fund promptly;
| 5 | | 5. To forward promptly to all participating employees | 6 | | any
communications from the fund for such employees;
| 7 | | 6. To forward promptly to the fund all applications, | 8 | | claims, reports
and other communications delivered to him | 9 | | by participating employees;
| 10 | | 7. To perform all duties related to the administration | 11 | | of this
retirement system as requested by the fund and the | 12 | | governing body of his
municipality.
| 13 | | (c) The governing body of each participating municipality | 14 | | and
participating instrumentality may delegate any or all of | 15 | | the following
powers and duties to its authorized agent:
| 16 | | 1. To file a petition for nomination of an executive | 17 | | trustee of the
fund.
| 18 | | 2. To cast the ballot for election of an executive | 19 | | trustee of the
fund.
| 20 | | If a governing body does not authorize its agent to perform | 21 | | the
powers and duties set forth in this paragraph (c), they | 22 | | shall be
performed by the governing body itself, unless the | 23 | | governing body by
resolution duly certified to the fund | 24 | | delegates them to some other
officer or employee.
| 25 | | (d) The delivery of any communication or document by an | 26 | | employee or
a participating municipality or participating |
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| 1 | | instrumentality to its
authorized agent shall not constitute | 2 | | delivery to the fund.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 97-328, eff. 8-12-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12.)
| 4 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-146) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-146)
| 5 | | Sec. 7-146. Temporary disability benefits - Eligibility. | 6 | | Temporary
disability benefits shall be payable to | 7 | | participating employees as
hereinafter provided.
| 8 | | (a) The participating employee shall be considered | 9 | | temporarily
disabled if:
| 10 | | 1. He is unable to perform the duties of any position | 11 | | which might
reasonably be assigned to him by his employing | 12 | | municipality or
instrumentality thereof or participating | 13 | | instrumentality due to mental
or physical disability | 14 | | caused by bodily injury or disease, other than as
a result | 15 | | of self-inflicted injury or addiction to narcotic drugs;
| 16 | | 2. The Board has received written certifications from | 17 | | at least one licensed and practicing physician and the | 18 | | governing body of the
employing municipality or | 19 | | instrumentality thereof or participating
instrumentality | 20 | | stating that the employee meets the conditions set forth
in | 21 | | subparagraph 1 of this paragraph (a).
| 22 | | (b) A temporary disability benefit shall be payable to a | 23 | | temporarily
disabled employee provided:
| 24 | | 1. He:
| 25 | | (i) has at least one year of service immediately |
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| 1 | | preceding at the
date the temporary disability was | 2 | | incurred and has made contributions to
the fund for at | 3 | | least the number of months of service normally required
| 4 | | in his position during a 12-month period, or has at | 5 | | least 5 years of
service credit, the last year of which | 6 | | immediately precedes such date; or
| 7 | | (ii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but had | 8 | | an interruption in
service with the same participating | 9 | | municipality or participating
instrumentality of not | 10 | | more than 3 months in the 12 months preceding the date
| 11 | | the temporary disability was incurred and was not paid | 12 | | a separation benefit; or
| 13 | | (iii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but had | 14 | | an interruption
after 20 or more years of creditable | 15 | | service, was not paid a separation
benefit, and | 16 | | returned to service prior to the date the disability | 17 | | was incurred.
| 18 | | Item (iii) of this subdivision shall apply to all | 19 | | employees
whose disabilities were incurred on or after July | 20 | | 1, 1985, and any such
employee who becomes eligible for a | 21 | | disability benefit under item
(iii) shall be entitled to | 22 | | receive a lump sum payment of any accumulated
disability | 23 | | benefits which may accrue from the date the disability was
| 24 | | incurred until the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 25 | | 1987.
| 26 | | Periods of qualified leave granted in compliance with |
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| 1 | | the federal Family
and Medical Leave Act shall be ignored | 2 | | for purposes of determining the number
of consecutive | 3 | | months of employment under this subdivision (b)1.
| 4 | | 2. He has been temporarily disabled for at least 30 | 5 | | days, except
where a former temporary or permanent and | 6 | | total disability has
reoccurred within 6 months after the | 7 | | employee has returned
to service.
| 8 | | 3. He is receiving no earnings from a participating | 9 | | municipality or
instrumentality thereof or participating | 10 | | instrumentality, except as
allowed under subsection (f) of | 11 | | Section 7-152.
| 12 | | 4. He has not refused to submit to a reasonable | 13 | | physical examination
by a physician appointed by the Board.
| 14 | | 5. His disability is not the result of a mental or | 15 | | physical
condition which existed on the earliest date of | 16 | | service from which he
has uninterrupted service, including | 17 | | prior service, at the date of his
disability, provided that | 18 | | this limitation is not applicable if the date of
disability | 19 | | is after December 31, 2001, nor is it applicable
to a | 20 | | participating employee who: (i) on the date of disability | 21 | | has 5 years
of creditable service, exclusive of creditable | 22 | | service for periods of
disability; or (ii) received no | 23 | | medical treatment for the condition for the 3
years | 24 | | immediately prior to such earliest date of service.
| 25 | | 6. He is not separated from the service of the | 26 | | participating
municipality or instrumentality thereof or |
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| 1 | | participating instrumentality
which employed him on the | 2 | | date his temporary disability was incurred;
for the | 3 | | purposes of payment of temporary disability benefits, a
| 4 | | participating employee, whose employment relationship is | 5 | | terminated by
his employing municipality, shall be deemed | 6 | | not to be separated from the
service of his employing | 7 | | municipality or participating instrumentality
if he | 8 | | continues disabled by the same condition and so long as he | 9 | | is
otherwise entitled to such disability benefit.
| 10 | | 7. He has not failed or refused to consent to and sign | 11 | | an authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of or | 12 | | to examine his medical and hospital records. | 13 | | 8. He has not failed or refused to provide complete | 14 | | information regarding any other employment for | 15 | | compensation he has received since becoming disabled. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-415, eff. 8-16-11.)
| 17 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-172) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172)
| 18 | | Sec. 7-172. Contributions by participating municipalities | 19 | | and
participating instrumentalities.
| 20 | | (a) Each participating municipality and each participating
| 21 | | instrumentality shall make payment to the fund as follows:
| 22 | | 1. municipality contributions in an amount determined | 23 | | by applying
the municipality contribution rate to each | 24 | | payment of earnings paid to
each of its participating | 25 | | employees;
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| 1 | | 2. an amount equal to the employee contributions | 2 | | provided by paragraph
(a) of Section 7-173, whether or not | 3 | | the employee contributions are
withheld as permitted by | 4 | | that Section;
| 5 | | 3. all accounts receivable, together with interest | 6 | | charged thereon,
as provided in Section 7-209;
| 7 | | 4. if it has no participating employees with current | 8 | | earnings, an
amount payable which, over a closed period of | 9 | | 20 years for participating municipalities and 10 years for | 10 | | participating instrumentalities, will amortize, at the | 11 | | effective rate for
that year, any unfunded obligation. The | 12 | | unfunded obligation shall be computed as provided in | 13 | | paragraph 2 of subsection (b); | 14 | | 5. if it has fewer than 7 participating employees or a | 15 | | negative balance in its municipality reserve, the greater | 16 | | of (A) an amount payable that, over a period of 20 years, | 17 | | will amortize at the effective rate for that year any | 18 | | unfunded obligation, computed as provided in paragraph 2 of | 19 | | subsection (b) or (B) the amount required by paragraph 1 of | 20 | | this subsection (a).
| 21 | | (b) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 22 | | determined
for each calendar year for all participating | 23 | | municipalities together
with all instrumentalities thereof. | 24 | | The municipality contribution rate
shall be determined for | 25 | | participating instrumentalities as if they were
participating | 26 | | municipalities. The municipality contribution rate shall
be |
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| 1 | | the sum of the following percentages:
| 2 | | 1. The percentage of earnings of all the participating | 3 | | employees of all
participating municipalities and | 4 | | participating instrumentalities which, if paid
over the | 5 | | entire period of their service, will be sufficient when | 6 | | combined with
all employee contributions available for the | 7 | | payment of benefits, to provide
all annuities for | 8 | | participating employees, and the $3,000 death benefit
| 9 | | payable under Sections 7-158 and 7-164, such percentage to | 10 | | be known as the
normal cost rate.
| 11 | | 2. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 12 | | employees of each
participating municipality and | 13 | | participating instrumentalities necessary
to adjust for | 14 | | the difference between the present value of all benefits,
| 15 | | excluding temporary and total and permanent disability and | 16 | | death benefits, to
be provided for its participating | 17 | | employees and the sum of its accumulated
municipality | 18 | | contributions and the accumulated employee contributions | 19 | | and the
present value of expected future employee and | 20 | | municipality contributions
pursuant to subparagraph 1 of | 21 | | this paragraph (b). This adjustment shall be
spread over a | 22 | | period determined by the Board, not to exceed 30 years for | 23 | | participating municipalities or 10 years for participating | 24 | | instrumentalities the remainder of the period that is | 25 | | allowable under generally
accepted accounting principles .
| 26 | | 3. The percentage of earnings of the participating |
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| 1 | | employees of all
municipalities and participating | 2 | | instrumentalities necessary to provide
the present value | 3 | | of all temporary and total and permanent disability
| 4 | | benefits granted during the most recent year for which | 5 | | information is
available.
| 6 | | 4. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 7 | | employees of all
participating municipalities and | 8 | | participating instrumentalities
necessary to provide the | 9 | | present value of the net single sum death
benefits expected | 10 | | to become payable from the reserve established under
| 11 | | Section 7-206 during the year for which this rate is fixed.
| 12 | | 5. The percentage of earnings necessary to meet any | 13 | | deficiency
arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve.
| 14 | | (c) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 15 | | computed for
each participating municipality or participating | 16 | | instrumentality
for its sheriff's law enforcement employees.
| 17 | | A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 18 | | computed for the
sheriff's law enforcement employees of each | 19 | | forest preserve district that
elects to have such employees. | 20 | | For the period from January 1, 1986 to
December 31, 1986, such | 21 | | rate shall be the forest preserve district's regular
rate plus | 22 | | 2%.
| 23 | | In the event that the Board determines that there is an | 24 | | actuarial
deficiency in the account of any municipality with | 25 | | respect to a person who
has elected to participate in the Fund | 26 | | under Section 3-109.1 of this Code,
the Board may adjust the |
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| 1 | | municipality's contribution rate so as to make up
that | 2 | | deficiency over such reasonable period of time as the Board may | 3 | | determine.
| 4 | | (d) The Board may establish a separate municipality | 5 | | contribution
rate for all employees who are program | 6 | | participants employed under the
federal Comprehensive | 7 | | Employment Training Act by all of the
participating | 8 | | municipalities and instrumentalities. The Board may also
| 9 | | provide that, in lieu of a separate municipality rate for these
| 10 | | employees, a portion of the municipality contributions for such | 11 | | program
participants shall be refunded or an extra charge | 12 | | assessed so that the
amount of municipality contributions | 13 | | retained or received by the fund
for all CETA program | 14 | | participants shall be an amount equal to that which
would be | 15 | | provided by the separate municipality contribution rate for all
| 16 | | such program participants. Refunds shall be made to prime | 17 | | sponsors of
programs upon submission of a claim therefor and | 18 | | extra charges shall be
assessed to participating | 19 | | municipalities and instrumentalities. In
establishing the | 20 | | municipality contribution rate as provided in paragraph
(b) of | 21 | | this Section, the use of a separate municipality contribution
| 22 | | rate for program participants or the refund of a portion of the
| 23 | | municipality contributions, as the case may be, may be | 24 | | considered.
| 25 | | (e) Computations of municipality contribution rates for | 26 | | the
following calendar year shall be made prior to the |
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| 1 | | beginning of each
year, from the information available at the | 2 | | time the computations are
made, and on the assumption that the | 3 | | employees in each participating
municipality or participating | 4 | | instrumentality at such time will continue
in service until the | 5 | | end of such calendar year at their respective rates
of earnings | 6 | | at such time.
| 7 | | (f) Any municipality which is the recipient of State | 8 | | allocations
representing that municipality's contributions for | 9 | | retirement annuity
purposes on behalf of its employees as | 10 | | provided in Section 12-21.16 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code | 11 | | shall pay the allocations so
received to the Board for such | 12 | | purpose. Estimates of State allocations to
be received during | 13 | | any taxable year shall be considered in the
determination of | 14 | | the municipality's tax rate for that year under Section
7-171. | 15 | | If a special tax is levied under Section 7-171, none of the
| 16 | | proceeds may be used to reimburse the municipality for the | 17 | | amount of State
allocations received and paid to the Board. Any | 18 | | multiple-county or
consolidated health department which | 19 | | receives contributions from a county
under Section 11.2 of "An | 20 | | Act in relation to establishment and maintenance
of county and | 21 | | multiple-county health departments", approved July 9, 1943,
as | 22 | | amended, or distributions under Section 3 of the Department of | 23 | | Public
Health Act, shall use these only for municipality | 24 | | contributions by the
health department.
| 25 | | (g) Municipality contributions for the several purposes | 26 | | specified
shall, for township treasurers and employees in the |
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| 1 | | offices of the
township treasurers who meet the qualifying | 2 | | conditions for coverage
hereunder, be allocated among the | 3 | | several school districts and parts of
school districts serviced | 4 | | by such treasurers and employees in the
proportion which the | 5 | | amount of school funds of each district or part of
a district | 6 | | handled by the treasurer bears to the total amount of all
| 7 | | school funds handled by the treasurer.
| 8 | | From the funds subject to allocation among districts and | 9 | | parts of
districts pursuant to the School Code, the trustees | 10 | | shall withhold the
proportionate share of the liability for | 11 | | municipality contributions imposed
upon such districts by this | 12 | | Section, in respect to such township treasurers
and employees | 13 | | and remit the same to the Board.
| 14 | | The municipality contribution rate for an educational | 15 | | service center shall
initially be the same rate for each year | 16 | | as the regional office of
education or school district
which | 17 | | serves as its administrative agent. When actuarial data become
| 18 | | available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in | 19 | | subparagraph
(i) of this Section.
| 20 | | The municipality contribution rate for a public agency, | 21 | | other than a
vocational education cooperative, formed under the | 22 | | Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act shall initially be the | 23 | | average rate for the municipalities
which are parties to the | 24 | | intergovernmental agreement. When actuarial data
become | 25 | | available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in
| 26 | | subparagraph (i) of this Section.
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| 1 | | (h) Each participating municipality and participating
| 2 | | instrumentality shall make the contributions in the amounts | 3 | | provided in
this Section in the manner prescribed from time to | 4 | | time by the Board and
all such contributions shall be | 5 | | obligations of the respective
participating municipalities and | 6 | | participating instrumentalities to this
fund. The failure to | 7 | | deduct any employee contributions shall not
relieve the | 8 | | participating municipality or participating instrumentality
of | 9 | | its obligation to this fund. Delinquent payments of | 10 | | contributions
due under this Section may, with interest, be | 11 | | recovered by civil action
against the participating | 12 | | municipalities or participating
instrumentalities. | 13 | | Municipality contributions, other than the amount
necessary | 14 | | for employee contributions, for
periods of service by employees | 15 | | from whose earnings no deductions were made
for employee | 16 | | contributions to the fund, may be charged to the municipality
| 17 | | reserve for the municipality or participating instrumentality.
| 18 | | (i) Contributions by participating instrumentalities shall | 19 | | be
determined as provided herein except that the percentage | 20 | | derived under
subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of this Section, | 21 | | and the amount payable
under subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of | 22 | | this Section, shall be based on
an amortization period of 10 | 23 | | years.
| 24 | | (j) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 25 | | the additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of this | 26 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
shall be amortized |
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| 1 | | over a period of 30 years beginning on January 1 of the
second | 2 | | calendar year following the calendar year in which this | 3 | | amendatory Act takes effect, except that the employer may | 4 | | provide for a longer amortization period by adopting a | 5 | | resolution or ordinance specifying a 35-year or 40-year period | 6 | | and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution | 7 | | to the fund no later than June 1 of the calendar year following | 8 | | the calendar year in which this amendatory Act takes effect.
| 9 | | (k) If the amount of a participating employee's reported | 10 | | earnings for any of the 12-month periods used to determine the | 11 | | final rate of earnings exceeds the employee's 12 month reported | 12 | | earnings with the same employer for the previous year by the | 13 | | greater of 6% or 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer | 14 | | Price Index-U, as established by the United States Department | 15 | | of Labor for the preceding September, the participating | 16 | | municipality or participating instrumentality that paid those | 17 | | earnings shall pay to the Fund, in addition to any other | 18 | | contributions required under this Article, the present value of | 19 | | the increase in the pension resulting from the portion of the | 20 | | increase in salary that is in excess of the greater of 6% or | 21 | | 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-U, as | 22 | | determined by the Fund. This present value shall be computed on | 23 | | the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the | 24 | | most recent actuarial valuation of the Fund that is available | 25 | | at the time of the computation. | 26 | | Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required |
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| 1 | | under this subsection (k), the fund shall calculate the amount | 2 | | of the payment and bill the participating municipality or | 3 | | participating instrumentality for that amount. The bill shall | 4 | | specify the calculations used to determine the amount due. If | 5 | | the participating municipality or participating | 6 | | instrumentality disputes the amount of the bill, it may, within | 7 | | 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the fund in writing | 8 | | for a recalculation. The application must specify in detail the | 9 | | grounds of the dispute. Upon receiving a timely application for | 10 | | recalculation, the fund shall review the application and, if | 11 | | appropriate, recalculate the amount due.
The participating | 12 | | municipality and participating instrumentality contributions | 13 | | required under this subsection (k) may be paid in the form of a | 14 | | lump sum within 90 days after receipt of the bill. If the | 15 | | participating municipality and participating instrumentality | 16 | | contributions are not paid within 90 days after receipt of the | 17 | | bill, then interest will be charged at a rate equal to the | 18 | | fund's annual actuarially assumed rate of return on investment | 19 | | compounded annually from the 91st day after receipt of the | 20 | | bill. Payments must be concluded within 3 years after receipt | 21 | | of the bill by the participating municipality or participating | 22 | | instrumentality. | 23 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this | 24 | | subsection (k), the fund shall exclude earnings increases | 25 | | resulting from overload or overtime earnings. | 26 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this |
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| 1 | | subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings increases | 2 | | attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in | 3 | | increased responsibility and workload. | 4 | | This subsection (k) does not apply to earnings increases | 5 | | paid to individuals under contracts or collective bargaining | 6 | | agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before January 1, | 7 | | 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609), earnings | 8 | | increases paid to members who are 10 years or more from | 9 | | retirement eligibility, or earnings increases resulting from | 10 | | an increase in the number of hours required to be worked. | 11 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this | 12 | | subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings | 13 | | attributable to personnel policies adopted before January 1, | 14 | | 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609) as long as those | 15 | | policies are not applicable to employees who begin service on | 16 | | or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act | 17 | | 97-609). | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 96-1140, eff. 7-21-10; | 19 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 97-933, eff. | 20 | | 8-10-12.)
| 21 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-173) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173)
| 22 | | Sec. 7-173. Contributions by employees.
| 23 | | (a) Each participating employee shall make contributions | 24 | | to the fund as
follows:
| 25 | | 1. For retirement annuity purposes, normal |
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| 1 | | contributions of 3 3/4%
of earnings.
| 2 | | 2. Additional contributions of such percentages of | 3 | | each payment of
earnings, as shall be elected by the | 4 | | employee for retirement annuity
purposes, but not in excess | 5 | | of 10%. The selected rate shall be
applicable to all | 6 | | earnings paid following receipt by the Board of written | 7 | | notice of election to
make such contributions. Additional | 8 | | contributions at the selected rate
shall be made | 9 | | concurrently with normal contributions.
| 10 | | 3. Survivor contributions, by each participating | 11 | | employee, of 3/4%
of each payment of earnings.
| 12 | | (b) (Blank).
| 13 | | (c) Contributions shall be deducted from each | 14 | | corresponding payment
of earnings paid to each employee and | 15 | | shall be remitted to the board by
the participating | 16 | | municipality or participating instrumentality making
such | 17 | | payment. The remittance, together with a report of the earnings
| 18 | | and contributions shall be made as directed by the board. For | 19 | | township
treasurers and employees of township treasurers | 20 | | qualifying as employees
hereunder, the contributions herein | 21 | | required as deductions from salary
shall be withheld by the | 22 | | school township trustees from funds available
for the payment | 23 | | of the compensation of such treasurers and employees as
| 24 | | provided in the School Code and remitted to the board.
| 25 | | (d) An employee who has made additional contributions under
| 26 | | paragraph (a)2 of this Section may upon retirement or at any |
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| 1 | | time prior
thereto, elect to withdraw the total of such | 2 | | additional contributions
including interest credited thereon | 3 | | to the end of the preceding calendar
year , to the extent | 4 | | permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now | 5 | | or hereafter amended .
| 6 | | (e) Failure to make the deductions for employee | 7 | | contributions
provided in paragraph (c) of this Section shall | 8 | | not relieve the employee
from liability for such contributions. | 9 | | The amount of such liability may
be deducted, with interest | 10 | | charged under Section 7-209, from any
annuities or benefits | 11 | | payable hereunder to the employee or any other
person receiving | 12 | | an annuity or benefit by reason of such employee's
| 13 | | participation.
| 14 | | (f) A participating employee who has at least 40 years of | 15 | | creditable
service in the Fund may elect to cease making the | 16 | | contributions required
under this Section. The status of the | 17 | | employee under this Article shall be
unaffected by this | 18 | | election, except that the employee shall not receive any
| 19 | | additional creditable service for the periods of employment | 20 | | following the
election. An election under this subsection | 21 | | relieves the employer from
making additional employer | 22 | | contributions in relation to that employee.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 96-1258, eff. 7-23-10; | 24 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-933, eff. 8-10-12.)
| 25 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-177) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-177)
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| 1 | | Sec. 7-177. Board meetings.
| 2 | | The board shall hold regular monthly meetings at least 4 | 3 | | times in each year and such special meetings
at such other | 4 | | times as may be called by the executive director upon written
| 5 | | notice of at least 3 trustees. At least 5 days' notice of each | 6 | | meeting
shall be given to each trustee. All meetings of the | 7 | | board shall be open to
the public and shall be held in the | 8 | | offices of the board or in any other
place specifically | 9 | | designated in the notice of any meeting.
| 10 | | (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
| 11 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 12 | | Section 8.37 as follows: | 13 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) | 14 | | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 15 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 16 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 17 | | the 98th General Assembly.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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