96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4441

 

Introduced 4/23/2009, by Rep. Darlene J. Senger - John D. Cavaletto - Michael G. Connelly - David Reis - Dennis M. Reboletti

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/14   from Ch. 127, par. 150
30 ILCS 105/25   from Ch. 127, par. 161
40 ILCS 5/2-108.1   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108.1
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new

    Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, for certain participants of the General Assembly Retirement System that are exempted from the earnings limitation under the definition of "highest salary for annuity purposes", the participant's employer under the other participating system under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act shall pay to the General Assembly Retirement System the present value of the increase in benefits resulting from the use of that higher salary. Amends the State Finance Act to allow the payments to be paid out of a State agency's personal services line and to allow the payments in a fiscal year without regard to the fact that the employment for which the payment is required may have occurred in a prior fiscal year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Sections 14 and 25 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/14)  (from Ch. 127, par. 150)
7     Sec. 14. The item "personal services", when used in an
8 appropriation Act, means the reward or recompense made for
9 personal services rendered for the State by an officer or
10 employee of the State or of an instrumentality thereof, or for
11 the purpose of Section 14a of this Act, or any amount required
12 or authorized to be deducted from the salary of any such person
13 under the provisions of Section 30c of this Act, or any
14 retirement or tax law, or both, or deductions from the salary
15 of any such person under the Social Security Enabling Act or
16 deductions from the salary of such person pursuant to the
17 Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983.
18     If no home is furnished to a person who is a full-time
19 chaplain employed by the State or a former full-time chaplain
20 retired from State employment, 20% of the salary or pension
21 paid to that person for his personal services to the State as
22 chaplain are considered to be a rental allowance paid to him to
23 rent or otherwise provide a home. This amendatory Act of 1973

 

 

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1 applies to State salary amounts received after December 31,
2 1973.
3     When any appropriation payable from trust funds or federal
4 funds includes an item for personal services but does not
5 include a separate item for State contribution for employee
6 group insurance, the State contribution for employee group
7 insurance in relation to employees paid under that personal
8 services line item shall also be payable under that personal
9 services line item.
10     When any appropriation payable from trust funds or federal
11 funds includes an item for personal services but does not
12 include a separate item for employee retirement contributions
13 paid by the employer, the State contribution for employee
14 retirement contributions paid by the employer in relation to
15 employees paid under that personal services line item shall
16 also be payable under that personal services line item.
17     The item "personal services", when used in an appropriation
18 Act, shall also mean and include a payment to a State
19 retirement system by a State agency to discharge a debt arising
20 from the over-refund to an employee of retirement
21 contributions. The payment to a State retirement system
22 authorized by this paragraph shall not be construed to release
23 the employee from his or her obligation to return to the State
24 the amount of the over-refund.
25     The item "personal services", when used in an appropriation
26 Act, shall also mean and include a payment to the General

 

 

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1 Assembly Retirement System by a State agency to make any
2 payments required under subsection (b) of Section 2-108.1 of
3 the Illinois Pension Code.
4     The item "personal services", when used in an appropriation
5 Act, also includes a payment to reimburse the Department of
6 Central Management Services for temporary total disability
7 benefit payments in accordance with subdivision (9) of Section
8 405-105 of the Department of Central Management Services Law
9 (20 ILCS 405/405-105).
10     Beginning July 1, 1993, the item "personal services" and
11 related line items, when used in an appropriation Act or this
12 Act, shall also mean and include back wage claims of State
13 officers and employees to the extent those claims have not been
14 satisfied from the back wage appropriation to the Department of
15 Central Management Services in the preceding fiscal year, as
16 provided in Section 14b of this Act and subdivision (13) of
17 Section 405-105 of the Department of Central Management
18 Services Law (20 ILCS 405/405-105).
19     The item "personal services", when used with respect to
20 State police officers in an appropriation Act, also includes a
21 payment for the burial expenses of a State police officer
22 killed in the line of duty, made in accordance with Section
23 12.2 of the State Police Act and any rules adopted under that
24 Section.
25     For State fiscal year 2005, the item "personal services",
26 when used in an appropriation Act, also includes payments for

 

 

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1 employee retirement contributions paid by the employer.
2 (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
3     (30 ILCS 105/25)  (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
4     Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
5     (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
6 for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
7 that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
8 appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
9 June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
10 enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
11     (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
12 appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of
13 the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at
14 the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
15 professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
16 employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
17 withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
18 in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
19 30" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
20 appropriation.
21     However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims under
22 Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by the
23 State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
24 respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
25 reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior

 

 

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1 fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
2 State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
3 appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
4 limitations.
5     Payments required under subsection (b) of Section 2-108.1
6 of the Illinois Pension Code may be made by a State agency from
7 its appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year,
8 without regard to the fact that the employment for which the
9 payment is required may have occurred in a prior fiscal year.
10     Medical payments may be made by the Department of Veterans'
11 Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes for any
12 fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the medical
13 services being compensated for by such payment may have been
14 rendered in a prior fiscal year.
15     Medical payments may be made by the Department of
16 Healthcare and Family Services and medical payments and child
17 care payments may be made by the Department of Human Services
18 (as successor to the Department of Public Aid) from
19 appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
20 regard to the fact that the medical or child care services
21 being compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in
22 a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at the direction
23 of the Department of Central Management Services from the
24 Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local Government Health
25 Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year
26 limitations.

 

 

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1     Medical payments may be made by the Department of Human
2 Services from its appropriations relating to substance abuse
3 treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to the
4 fact that the medical services being compensated for by such
5 payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, provided
6 the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis consistent
7 with requirements established for Medicaid reimbursement by
8 the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
9     Additionally, payments may be made by the Department of
10 Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
11 agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
12 Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
13 Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
14 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
15 any fiscal year limitations.
16     Further, with respect to costs incurred in fiscal years
17 2002 and 2003 only, payments may be made by the State Treasurer
18 from its appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund
19 without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
20     Lease payments may be made by the Department of Central
21 Management Services under the sale and leaseback provisions of
22 Section 7.4 of the State Property Control Act with respect to
23 the James R. Thompson Center and the Elgin Mental Health Center
24 and surrounding land from appropriations for that purpose
25 without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
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1 provisions of Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act
2 with respect to the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
3 headquarters building and surrounding land without regard to
4 any fiscal year limitations.
5     (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
6 Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
7 successor to the Department of Public Health under the
8 Department of Human Services Act) from their respective
9 appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
10 persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
11 suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
12 high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
13 for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States
14 Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
15 Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
16 fact that the services being compensated for by such payment
17 may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
18     (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
19 Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
20 Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
21 annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
22 Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
23 Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
24 the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
25 or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
26 pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report

 

 

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1 shall document by program or service category those
2 expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
3 to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
4     (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
5 Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
6 Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
7 making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
8 treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
9 each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
10 President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
11 Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
12 Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
13 the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall
14 document by program or service category those expenditures from
15 the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)
16 services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
17 which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
18     (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
19 Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
20 Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
21 of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
22 Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
23 Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
24 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
25 (other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
26 This report shall document by program or service category those

 

 

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1 expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
2 to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
3     (g) In addition, each annual report required to be
4 submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
5 under subsection (e) shall include the following information
6 with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
7         (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
8     between the previous year's estimated and actual
9     liabilities.
10         (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
11     Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
12     numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
13     utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of
14     medical services.
15         (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat
16     fraud and abuse.
17     (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
18 Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
19 General Assembly member's district office for a period
20 including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
21 from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
22 year.
23     (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
24 Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
25         (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
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1     for goods or services;
2         (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
3     transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
4     the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
5     authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
6     fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
7     by the user agency for that period; and
8         (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
9     the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
10     payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
11     the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
12     the total amount owed for that period.
13 User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
14 funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
15 respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the
16 catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
17 inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
18 purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
19 without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
20 by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
22     Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
23 changing Section 2-108.1 as follows:
 
24     (40 ILCS 5/2-108.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108.1)

 

 

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1     Sec. 2-108.1. Highest salary for annuity purposes.
2     (a) "Highest salary for annuity purposes" means whichever
3 of the following is applicable to the participant:
4         (1) For a participant who is a member of the General
5     Assembly on his or her last day of service: the highest
6     salary that is prescribed by law, on the participant's last
7     day of service, for a member of the General Assembly who is
8     not an officer; plus, if the participant was elected or
9     appointed to serve as an officer of the General Assembly
10     for 2 or more years and has made contributions as required
11     under subsection (d) of Section 2-126, the highest
12     additional amount of compensation prescribed by law, at the
13     time of the participant's service as an officer, for
14     members of the General Assembly who serve in that office.
15         (2) For a participant who holds one of the State
16     executive offices specified in Section 2-105 on his or her
17     last day of service: the highest salary prescribed by law
18     for service in that office on the participant's last day of
19     service.
20         (3) For a participant who is Clerk or Assistant Clerk
21     of the House of Representatives or Secretary or Assistant
22     Secretary of the Senate on his or her last day of service:
23     the salary received for service in that capacity on the
24     last day of service, but not to exceed the highest salary
25     (including additional compensation for service as an
26     officer) that is prescribed by law on the participant's

 

 

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1     last day of service for the highest paid officer of the
2     General Assembly.
3         (4) For a participant who is a continuing participant
4     under Section 2-117.1 on his or her last day of service:
5     the salary received for service in that capacity on the
6     last day of service, but not to exceed the highest salary
7     (including additional compensation for service as an
8     officer) that is prescribed by law on the participant's
9     last day of service for the highest paid officer of the
10     General Assembly.
11     (b) The earnings limitations of subsection (a) apply to
12 earnings under any other participating system under the
13 Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act that are considered in
14 calculating a proportional annuity under this Article, except
15 in the case of a person who first became a member of this
16 System before August 22, 1994. If (i) a participant first
17 became a member of this System before August 22, 1994, (ii) he
18 or she applies for a proportional annuity under the Retirement
19 Systems Reciprocal Act, and (iii) the salary used to calculate
20 his or her proportional annuity under this Article is higher
21 than his or her highest salary for annuity purposes would have
22 been if he or she were not exempted from the earnings
23 limitation under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
24 participant's employer under the other participating system
25 shall pay to the System the present value of the increase in
26 benefits resulting from the use of that higher salary. Upon

 

 

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1 request from the employer under the other participating system,
2 the System may allow the employer of the other participating
3 system to amortize the payments over a 2-year period, with
4 interest.
5     (c) In calculating the subsection (a) earnings limitation
6 to be applied to earnings under any other participating system
7 under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act for the purpose of
8 calculating a proportional annuity under this Article, the
9 participant's last day of service shall be deemed to mean the
10 last day of service in any participating system from which the
11 person has applied for a proportional annuity under the
12 Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act.
13 (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
14     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
15 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
16     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
17     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
18 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
19 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
20 the 96th General Assembly.
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.