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| | HB5472 Enrolled | | LRB102 26096 RPS 35576 b |
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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 |
| 5 | | changing Section 16-118 as follows:
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| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-118)
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| 7 | | Sec. 16-118. Retirement. "Retirement": Entry upon a |
| 8 | | retirement annuity
or receipt of a single-sum retirement |
| 9 | | benefit granted under this Article
after termination of active |
| 10 | | service as a teacher.
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| 11 | | (a) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than |
| 12 | | a disability
retirement annuity may accept employment as a |
| 13 | | teacher from a school board
or other employer specified in |
| 14 | | Section 16-106 without impairing retirement
status, if that |
| 15 | | employment: |
| 16 | | (1) is not within the school year during which
service |
| 17 | | was terminated; and |
| 18 | | (2) does not exceed the following: |
| 19 | | (i) before July 1, 2001, 100 paid days or 500 paid
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| 20 | | hours in any school year; |
| 21 | | (ii) during the period beginning July 1, 2001 |
| 22 | | through
June 30, 2011, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours |
| 23 | | in each school year; |
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| 1 | | (iii) during the period beginning July 1, 2011 |
| 2 | | through
June 30, 2018, 100 paid days or 500 paid hours |
| 3 | | in each school year; |
| 4 | | (iv) beginning July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, |
| 5 | | 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school year, |
| 6 | | but not more than 100 paid days in the same classroom; |
| 7 | | and |
| 8 | | (v) during the period between July 1, 2021 and |
| 9 | | June 30, 2022, an additional 20 paid days or 100 paid |
| 10 | | hours shall be added to item (iv) of this paragraph (2) |
| 11 | | to assist with addressing the substitute teacher |
| 12 | | shortage that has been exacerbated by the ongoing |
| 13 | | global pandemic; and |
| 14 | | (vi) (v) beginning July 1, 2023, 100 paid days or |
| 15 | | 500 paid hours in each school year. |
| 16 | | Where
such permitted employment is partly on a daily and |
| 17 | | partly on an hourly basis,
a day shall be considered as 5 |
| 18 | | hours.
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| 19 | | (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an annuitant who |
| 20 | | returns to teaching
under the program established in Section |
| 21 | | 16-150.1, for the duration of his or
her participation in that |
| 22 | | program.
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| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-537, eff. 8-20-21.)
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| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 25 | | becoming law.
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