Public Act 094-0914
 
HB5331 Enrolled LRB094 19271 AMC 54902 b

    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Section 16-118 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/16-118)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-118)
    Sec. 16-118. Retirement. "Retirement": Entry upon a
retirement annuity or receipt of a single-sum retirement
benefit granted under this Article after termination of active
service as a teacher.
    (a) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than
a disability retirement annuity may accept employment as a
teacher from a school board or other employer specified in
Section 16-106 without impairing retirement status, if that
employment: (1) is not within the school year during which
service was terminated; and (2) does not exceed 100 paid days
or 500 paid hours in any school year (during the period
beginning July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2011 2006, 120 paid
days or 600 paid hours in each school year). Where such
permitted employment is partly on a daily and partly on an
hourly basis, a day shall be considered as 5 hours.
    (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an annuitant who
returns to teaching under the program established in Section
16-150.1, for the duration of his or her participation in that
program.
(Source: P.A. 92-416, eff. 8-17-01; 93-320, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 6/23/2006