093_SB0599
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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 17-133 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/17-133) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-133)
7 Sec. 17-133. Contributions for periods of outside and
8 other service.
9 Regularly certified and appointed teachers who desire to
10 have the following described services credited for pension
11 purposes shall submit to the Board evidence thereof and pay
12 into the Fund the amounts prescribed herein:
13 1. For teaching service by a certified teacher in
14 the public schools of the several states or in schools
15 operated by or under the auspices of the United States, a
16 teacher shall pay the contributions at the rates in force
17 (a) on the date of appointment as a regularly certified
18 teacher after salary adjustments are completed, or (b) at
19 the time of reappointment after salary adjustments are
20 completed, whichever is later, but not less than $450 per
21 year of service. Upon the Board's approval of such
22 service and the payment of the required contributions,
23 service credit of not more than 10 years shall be
24 granted.
25 2. For service as a playground instructor in public
26 school playgrounds, teachers shall pay the contributions
27 prescribed in this Article (a) at the time of
28 appointment, as a regularly certified teacher after
29 salary adjustments are completed, or (b) on return to
30 service as a full time regularly certified teacher, as
31 the case may be, provided such rates or amounts shall not
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1 be less than $450 per year.
2 3. For service prior to September 1, 1955, in the
3 public schools of the City as a substitute, evening
4 school or temporary teacher, or for service as an
5 Americanization teacher prior to December 31, 1955,
6 teachers shall pay the contributions prescribed in this
7 Article (a) at the time of appointment, as a regularly
8 certified teacher after salary adjustments are completed,
9 (b) on return to service as a full time regularly
10 certified teacher, as the case may be, provided such
11 rates or amounts shall not be less than $450 per year;
12 and provided further that for teachers employed on or
13 after September 1, 1953, rates shall not include
14 contributions for widows' pensions if the service
15 described in this sub-paragraph 3 was rendered before
16 that date. Any teacher entitled to repay a refund of
17 contributions under Section 17-126 may validate service
18 described in this paragraph by payment of the amounts
19 prescribed herein, together with the repayment of the
20 refund, provided that if such creditable service was the
21 last service rendered in the public schools of the City
22 and is not automatically reinstated by repayment of the
23 refund, the rates or amounts shall not be less than $450
24 per year.
25 4. For service after June 30, 1982 as a member of
26 the Board of Education, if required to resign from an
27 administrative or teaching position in order to qualify
28 as a member of the Board of Education.
29 5. For service during the 1986-87 school year as a
30 teacher on a special leave of absence with full loss of
31 salary, teaching for an agency under contract to the
32 Board of Education, if the teacher returned to employment
33 in September, 1987. For service under this item 5, the
34 teacher must pay the contributions at the rates in force
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1 at the completion of the leave period.
2 6. For up to 2 years of service as a teacher or
3 administrator employed by a private school registered
4 with or recognized by the Illinois State Board of
5 Education, provided that the teacher (i) was certified
6 under the law governing the certification of teachers at
7 the time the service was rendered, (ii) applies in
8 writing on or after June 1, 2003 and on or before June 1,
9 2006, (iii) supplies satisfactory evidence of the
10 employment, (iv) completes at least 10 years of
11 contributing service as a teacher as defined in Section
12 17-106, (v) pays the contribution required in this
13 Section, and (vi) does not receive credit for that
14 service under any other provision of this Code. The
15 member may apply for credit under this subsection and pay
16 the required contribution before completing the 10 years
17 of contributing service required under item (iv), but the
18 credit may not be used until the item (iv) contributing
19 service requirement has been met.
20 For each year of service credit to be established
21 under this subparagraph 6, a member is required to
22 contribute to the System (i) 16.5% of the annual salary
23 rate during the first year of full-time employment as a
24 teacher under this Article following the private school
25 service, plus (ii) interest thereon from the date of
26 first full-time employment as a teacher under this
27 Article following the private school service to the date
28 of payment, compounded annually, at the rate of 8.0% per
29 year.
30 For service described in sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of
31 this Section, interest shall be charged beginning one year
32 after the effective date of appointment or reappointment.
33 Effective September 1, 1974, the interest rate to be
34 charged by the Fund on contributions provided in
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1 sub-paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall be 5% per annum compounded
2 annually.
3 (Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98; 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
4 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
5 Section 8.27 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
7 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
8 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
9 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
10 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.