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 1        AN ACT in relation to 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
 5    changing Section 17-134 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/17-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
 7        Sec.   17-134.   Contributions  for  leaves  of  absence;
 8    military service; computing service.   In  computing  service
 9    for  pension  purposes the following periods of service shall
10    stand in lieu of a like number of years of  teaching  service
11    upon payment therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a)
12    time  spent  on  sabbatical leaves of absence, sick leaves or
13    maternity or paternity leaves; (b) service  with  teacher  or
14    labor  organizations  based  upon  special  leaves of absence
15    therefor granted by an Employer; (c) a  maximum  of  5  years
16    spent  in the military service of the United States, of which
17    up to 2 years  may  have  been  served  outside  the  pension
18    period;  (d)  unused sick days at termination of service to a
19    maximum of 315 244 days; (e) time  lost  due  to  layoff  and
20    curtailment  of  the school term from June 6 through June 21,
21    1976; and (f) time spent after June 30, 1982 as a  member  of
22    the  Board  of  Education,  if  required  to  resign  from an
23    administrative or teaching  position in order to qualify as a
24    member of the Board of Education.
25             (1)  For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
26        sabbatical leaves of absence or sick  leaves,  for  which
27        salaries   are  paid,  an  Employer  shall  make  payroll
28        deductions at the applicable rates in effect during  such
29        periods.
30             (2)  For  time  spent  on  sabbatical or sick leaves
31        commencing on or after September 1, 1961,  and  for  time
 
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 1        spent  on  maternity  or  paternity  leaves, for which no
 2        salaries are  paid,  teachers  desiring  credit  therefor
 3        shall  pay  the  required  contributions  at the rates in
 4        effect  during  such  periods  as  though  they  were  in
 5        teaching  service.  If  an  Employer  pays   salary   for
 6        vacations  which  occur  during a teacher's sick leave or
 7        maternity or paternity leave without salary, vacation pay
 8        for which the  teacher  would  have  qualified  while  in
 9        active  service shall be considered part of the teacher's
10        total salary for pension purposes. No more than 12 months
11        of sick leave or maternity or paternity leave credit  may
12        be  allowed any person during the entire term of service.
13        Sabbatical leave credit shall be limited to the time  the
14        person  on leave without salary under an Employer's rules
15        is allowed to engage in an activity for which he receives
16        salary or compensation.
17             (3)  For time spent prior to September 6,  1948,  on
18        sabbatical  leaves  of  absence  or sick leaves for which
19        salaries were  paid,  teachers  desiring  service  credit
20        therefor  shall  pay  the  required  contributions at the
21        maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
22             (4)  For service with teacher or labor organizations
23        authorized by special leaves of  absence,  for  which  no
24        payroll  deductions  are  made  by  an Employer, teachers
25        desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to  the
26        Fund  upon  the  basis of the actual salary received from
27        such organizations at  the  percentage  rates  in  effect
28        during  such  periods  for  certified positions with such
29        Employer.  To the extent the actual  salary  exceeds  the
30        regular  salary,  which  shall  be  defined as the salary
31        rate, as calculated by  the  Board,  in  effect  for  the
32        teacher's   regular   position  in  teaching  service  on
33        September 1, 1983 or on the effective date of  the  leave
34        with   the   organization,   whichever   is   later,  the
 
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 1        organization shall pay to the Fund the employer's  normal
 2        cost as set by the Board on the increment.
 3             (5)  For   time   spent  in  the  military  service,
 4        teachers entitled to and desiring credit  therefor  shall
 5        contribute  the  amount required for each year of service
 6        or fraction thereof at the rates in force (a) at the date
 7        of appointment, or (b) on return to teaching service as a
 8        regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
 9        such rates shall not  be  less  than  $450  per  year  of
10        service.  These conditions shall apply unless an Employer
11        elects  to  and  does  pay into the Fund the amount which
12        would have been due from such person had he been employed
13        as a teacher during such time.  In the case of credit for
14        military service  not  during  the  pension  period,  the
15        teacher must also pay to the Fund an amount determined by
16        the  Board  to  be equal to the employer's normal cost of
17        the benefits accrued from  such  service,  plus  interest
18        thereon  at  5%  per  year, compounded annually, from the
19        date of appointment to the date of payment.
20             The changes to  this  Section  made  by  Public  Act
21        87-795  shall  apply  not only to persons who on or after
22        its effective date are in service  under  the  Fund,  but
23        also  to  persons  whose  status  as a teacher terminated
24        prior to that date, whether  or  not  the  person  is  an
25        annuitant  on that date.  In the case of an annuitant who
26        applies for credit allowable under  this  Section  for  a
27        period  of  military  service  that  did  not immediately
28        follow  employment,  and  who  has  made   the   required
29        contributions  for  such  credit,  the  annuity  shall be
30        recalculated to include the  additional  service  credit,
31        with  the  increase  taking  effect  on the date the Fund
32        received written notification of the  annuitant's  intent
33        to  purchase  the  credit, if payment of all the required
34        contributions is made within 60 days of such  notice,  or
 
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 1        else on the first annuity payment date following the date
 2        of payment of the required contributions.  In calculating
 3        the  automatic  annual  increase  for an annuity that has
 4        been  recalculated  under  this  Section,  the   increase
 5        attributable  to  the  additional service allowable under
 6        this amendatory Act of 1991  shall  be  included  in  the
 7        calculation  of automatic annual increases accruing after
 8        the effective date of the recalculation.
 9             The total credit  for  military  service  shall  not
10        exceed  5  years,  except that any teacher who on July 1,
11        1963, had validated credit  for  more  than  5  years  of
12        military service shall be entitled to the total amount of
13        such credit.
14             (6)  A  maximum of 315 244 unused sick days credited
15        to his account by an Employer on the date of  termination
16        of employment.  Members, upon verification of unused sick
17        days,  may  add  this  service  time  to total creditable
18        service.
19             (7)  In all cases  where  time  spent  on  leave  is
20        creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
21        an  Employer,  persons desiring service credit shall make
22        the required contributions directly to the Fund.
23             (8)  For time lost without pay  due  to  layoff  and
24        curtailment  of  the school term from June 6 through June
25        21, 1976, as provided in item (e) of the first  paragraph
26        of  this  Section,  persons  who were contributors on the
27        days immediately  preceding  such  layoff  shall  receive
28        credit  upon  paying  to the Fund a contribution based on
29        the rates of compensation and employee  contributions  in
30        effect  at  the  time  of  such  layoff, together with an
31        additional amount equal  to  12.2%  of  the  compensation
32        computed  for such period of layoff, plus interest on the
33        entire amount at 5% per annum from January 1, 1978 to the
34        date of payment.  If such contribution  is  paid,  salary
 
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 1        for  pension purposes for any year in which such a layoff
 2        occurred shall include the  compensation  recognized  for
 3        purposes of computing that contribution.
 4             (9)  For  time  spent  after  June  30,  1982,  as a
 5        nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
 6        to resign from an administrative or teaching position  in
 7        order  to  qualify as a member of the Board of Education,
 8        an administrator  or  teacher  desiring  credit  therefor
 9        shall  pay  the  required  contributions at the rates and
10        salaries in effect during  such  periods  as  though  the
11        member were in service.
12        Effective  September  1,  1974,  the interest charged for
13    validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
14    of this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of  5%
15    commencing  one  year  after  the termination of the leave or
16    return to service.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97; 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)

18        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
19    Section 8.25 as follows:

20        (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
21        Sec.  8.25.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
22    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
23    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
24    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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