103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2333

 

Introduced 2/14/2023, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/9-108.3
40 ILCS 5/9-161  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-161

    Amends the Cook County Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Excludes certain temporary election work from the definition of "in service". Provides that if an employee annuitant re-enters service as an election worker and provides services for a scheduled federal, State, or local election for a period of 60 days or less during a calendar year, that employee annuitant's annuity shall not be suspended and such employee annuitant shall not be considered to be in service and is not entitled to benefits for employees in service. Provides that if an employee annuitant re-enters service for a period longer than 60 days during a calendar year, the annuity shall be suspended or cancelled retroactive to the initial date of re-entry.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 9-108.3 and 9-161 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/9-108.3)
7    Sec. 9-108.3. In service. "In service": Any period during
8which contributions are being made to the Fund on behalf of an
9employee except for temporary election work as described in
10subsection (c) of Section 9-161.
11(Source: P.A. 99-578, eff. 7-15-16.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/9-161)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-161)
13    Sec. 9-161. Re-entry into service. (a) When an employee
14who has withdrawn from service after the effective date
15re-enters service before age 65, any annuity previously
16granted and any annuity fixed for his wife shall be cancelled.
17The employee shall be credited for annuity purposes with the
18actuarial value of annuities equal to those cancelled as of
19their ages on the date of re-entry; provided, the maximum age
20of the wife for this purpose shall be as provided in Section
219-151 of this Article. The sums so credited shall provide for
22annuities to be fixed and granted in the future. Contributions

 

 

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1by the employee and the county for the purposes of this Article
2shall be made and when the proper time arrives, as provided in
3this Article, new annuities based upon the total sums
4accumulated to his credit for annuity purposes and the entire
5term of his service shall be fixed for the employee and his
6wife.
7    If the employee's wife has died before he re-entered
8service, no part of any credits for widow's or widow's prior
9service annuity at the time annuity for his wife was fixed
10shall be credited upon re-entry into service, and no such sums
11shall thereafter be used to provide such annuity.
12    (b) When an employee re-enters service after age 65,
13payments on account of any annuity previously granted shall be
14suspended during the time thereafter that he is in service,
15and when he again withdraws annuity payments shall be resumed.
16If the employee dies in service, his widow shall receive the
17annuity previously fixed for her.
18    (c) If an employee annuitant re-enters service as an
19election worker and provides services for a scheduled federal,
20State, or local election for a period of 60 days or less during
21a calendar year, that employee annuitant's annuity shall not
22be suspended and such employee annuitant shall not be
23considered to be in service within the meaning of Section
249-108.3 and is not entitled to benefits for employees in
25service. If an employee annuitant re-enters service for a
26period longer than 60 days during a calendar year, the annuity

 

 

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1shall be suspended or cancelled retroactive to the initial
2date of re-entry.
3(Source: P.A. 81-1536.)