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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4274
Introduced 12/19/05, by Rep. Raymond Poe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40 ILCS 5/14-104.13 new |
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40 ILCS 5/14-152.2 new |
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Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee who participated in the University of Illinois Government Public Service Internship Program may establish creditable service for up to 2 years of that participation. Adds language concerning new benefit increases created by this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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| FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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HB4274 |
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LRB094 15583 AMC 50783 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
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| Sections 14-104.13 and 14-152.2 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-104.13 new)
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| Sec. 14-104.13. University of Illinois Government Public |
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| Service Internship (GPSI) Program. An employee who |
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| participated in the University of Illinois Government Public |
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| Service Internship (GPSI) Program may establish creditable |
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| service for up to 2 years of that participation by applying in |
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| writing and paying to the System an amount equal to (1) |
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| employee contributions for the period for which credit is being |
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| established, based upon the employee's compensation and the |
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| applicable contribution rate in effect on the date he or she |
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| last became a member of the System, plus (2) the employer's |
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| normal cost of the credit established, plus (3) interest on the |
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| amounts in items (1) and (2) at the rate of 2.5% per year, |
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| compounded annually from the date the applicant last became a |
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| member of the System to the date of payment. Credit may not be |
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| established under this Section for any period for which service |
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| credit is established under any other provision of this Code.
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-152.2 new)
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| Sec. 14-152.2. New benefit increases. The General Assembly |
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| finds and declares that the addition of Section 14-104.13 in |
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| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly that allows a |
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| member who participated in the University of Illinois |
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| Government Public Service Internship (GPSI) Program to |
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| establish creditable service for up to 2 years of that |
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| participation constitutes a new benefit increase within the |
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| meaning of Section 14-152.1. This new benefit increase expires |