093_HB1476
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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 17-131 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/17-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131)
7 Sec. 17-131. Administration of payroll deductions.
8 During any period on or after July 1, 2003 in which salaries
9 are paid, payroll such deductions by an Employer or the Board
10 shall be made for all salary paid on the basis of the full
11 salary rates, exclusive of salaries for overtime, special
12 services or any employment on an optional basis, such as in
13 summer school. If salaries represent adjustments on account
14 of error, deductions by the Employer or the Board shall be at
15 the rates in force during the applicable payroll period. If
16 teachers receive salaries for the school year, as established
17 by an Employer, or if they receive salaries for more than 10
18 calendar months, the amount required for each year of service
19 shall be deducted by such Employer in installments.
20 Beginning July 1, 2003, the total amounts for each
21 semimonthly payroll period, or bi-weekly payroll period, as
22 the case may be, shall be deducted for all salary paid only
23 when salary payments represent 5 days' pay or more. If, on
24 or after July 1, 2003, an Employer or the Board pays salaries
25 to members of the teaching force for vacation periods, the
26 salary shall be considered part of the teacher's annual
27 salary, shall be subject to the standard deductions for
28 pension contributions, and shall be considered to represent
29 additional service credit for each day paid pay for 5 or more
30 days' employment in a bi-weekly or semi-monthly payroll
31 period for purposes set forth in this Section. If deductions
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1 from salaries result in amounts of less than one cent, the
2 fractional sums shall be increased to the next higher cent.
3 Any excess of these fractional increases over the prescribed
4 annual contributions shall be credited to the teachers'
5 accounts.
6 Any person who retires on or after July 1, 2003 and
7 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
8 General Assembly shall be paid a lump sum equal to the amount
9 of pension that he or she would have received for that period
10 if salary received for overtime, summer school, and other
11 optional service had been included in the calculation of
12 salary for pension purposes, minus the amount of pension he
13 or she actually received for that period.
14 In the event that, pursuant to Section 17-130.1, employee
15 contributions are picked up or made by the Board of Education
16 on behalf of its employees from the proceeds of the tax
17 levied under Section 34-60 of the School Code, then the
18 amount of the employee contributions which are picked up or
19 made in that manner shall not be deducted from the salaries
20 of such employees.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
22 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23 Section 8.27 as follows:
24 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
25 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
26 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
27 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
28 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.