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HB5699 Engrossed |
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LRB095 18587 AMC 44673 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 changing |
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| Section 16-149.6 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/16-149.6)
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| Sec. 16-149.6. Limited employment during disability.
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| (a) A teacher who (i) has been receiving a disability, |
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| occupational
disability, or disability retirement benefit |
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| under Section 16-149, 16-149.1,
or 16-149.2 for at least one |
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| year and (ii) remains unable to resume regular
full-time |
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| teaching due to disability, but is able to engage in limited or
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| part-time employment as a teacher, may engage in such limited |
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| or part-time
employment as a teacher for an employer under |
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| either this Article or an employer under Article 15 of this |
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| Code without loss of the disability, occupational
disability, |
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| or disability retirement benefit, provided that the teacher's
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| earnings for that limited or part-time employment, when added |
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| to the amount
of the benefit, do not exceed 100% of the salary |
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| rate upon which the benefit
is based.
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| (b) A disabled teacher who engages in limited or part-time |
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| teaching under
this Section and earns service and contribution |
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| credits for that teaching shall
not receive duplicate service |