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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 changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 14-103.10 as follows:
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| 6 | (40 ILCS 5/14-103.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10)
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| 7 | Sec. 14-103.10. Compensation.
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| 8 | (a) For periods of service prior to January 1, 1978, the | ||||||
| 9 | full rate of salary
or wages payable to an employee for | ||||||
| 10 | personal services performed if he worked
the full normal | ||||||
| 11 | working period for his position, subject to the following
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| 12 | maximum amounts: (1) prior to July 1, 1951, $400 per month or | ||||||
| 13 | $4,800 per year;
(2) between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1957 | ||||||
| 14 | inclusive, $625 per month or $7,500
per year; (3) beginning | ||||||
| 15 | July 1, 1957, no limitation.
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| 16 | In the case of service of an employee in a position | ||||||
| 17 | involving
part-time employment, compensation shall be | ||||||
| 18 | determined according to the
employees' earnings record.
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| 19 | (b) For periods of service on and after January 1, 1978, | ||||||
| 20 | all
remuneration for personal services performed defined as | ||||||
| 21 | "wages" under
the Social Security Enabling Act, including that | ||||||
| 22 | part of such
remuneration which is in excess of any maximum | ||||||
| 23 | limitation provided in
such Act, and including any benefits | ||||||
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| 1 | received by an employee under a sick
pay plan in effect before | ||||||
| 2 | January 1, 1981, but excluding lump sum salary
payments:
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| 3 | (1) for vacation,
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| 4 | (2) for accumulated unused sick leave,
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| 5 | (3) upon discharge or dismissal,
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| 6 | (4) for approved holidays.
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| 7 | (c) For periods of service on or after December 16, 1978, | ||||||
| 8 | compensation
also includes any benefits, other than lump sum | ||||||
| 9 | salary payments made at
termination of employment, which an | ||||||
| 10 | employee receives or is eligible to
receive under a sick pay | ||||||
| 11 | plan authorized by law.
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| 12 | (d) For periods of service after September 30, 1985, | ||||||
| 13 | compensation also
includes any remuneration for personal | ||||||
| 14 | services not included as "wages"
under the Social Security | ||||||
| 15 | Enabling Act, which is deducted for purposes of
participation | ||||||
| 16 | in a program established pursuant to Section 125 of the
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| 17 | Internal Revenue Code or its successor laws.
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| 18 | (e) For members for which Section 1-160 applies for periods | ||||||
| 19 | of service on and after January 1, 2011, all remuneration for | ||||||
| 20 | personal services performed defined as "wages" under the Social | ||||||
| 21 | Security Enabling Act, excluding remuneration that is in excess | ||||||
| 22 | of the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a member or | ||||||
| 23 | participant, as provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160, | ||||||
| 24 | but including any benefits received by an employee under a sick | ||||||
| 25 | pay plan in effect before January 1, 1981.
Compensation shall | ||||||
| 26 | exclude lump sum salary payments: | ||||||
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| 1 | (1) for vacation; | ||||||
| 2 | (2) for accumulated unused sick leave; | ||||||
| 3 | (3) upon discharge or dismissal; and | ||||||
| 4 | (4) for approved holidays. | ||||||
| 5 | (f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
| 6 | for service on or after July 1, 2013, "compensation"
does not | ||||||
| 7 | include any stipend payable to an employee for service on a | ||||||
| 8 | board or commission. | ||||||
| 9 | (Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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| 10 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 11 | becoming law.
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