96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6953

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/14-103.05  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05
605 ILCS 10/4  from Ch. 121, par. 100-4
605 ILCS 10/5  from Ch. 121, par. 100-5

    Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that term "employee" does not include any person who becomes a director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the chairman and other directors of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for their service in office, except that they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Provides that no service or contribution shall be credited in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension Code or otherwise, to the chairman and the directors for service in that office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. Prohibits the chairman and directors from receiving financial benefit or perquisite for service in that office, including without limitation participation in a program of life or health insurance. 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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 14-103.05 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
7    Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.
8    (a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary
9for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant
10issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department
11and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer,
12including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of
13Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of
14membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such
15employment.
16    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
17prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
18of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the
19first day of employment.
20    A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984
21shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which
22is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a
23member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin

 

 

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1the first of the month after completion of the qualifying
2period.
3    A person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for
4Planning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
595th General Assembly who was a member of this System as an
6employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study and makes an
7election under Section 14-104.13 to participate in this System
8for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency
9for Planning.
10    The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not
11applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for
12service in a position covered by the State Universities
13Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
14of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the
15Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has
16been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a person
17entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered
18position; or (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or
1914-108.2b applies.
20    (b) The term "employee" does not include the following:
21        (1) members of the State Legislature, and persons
22    electing to become members of the General Assembly
23    Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
24        (2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of
25    the people;
26        (3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any

 

 

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1    person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
2    consent of the Senate unless that person elects to
3    participate in this system;
4        (3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics
5    commission created under the State Officials and Employees
6    Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this
7    system with respect to that service as a commissioner;
8        (3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any
9    of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General,
10    Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the
11    Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive
12    Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of
13    the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether
14    he or she is in active service on or after July 8, 2004
15    (the effective date of Public Act 93-685), unless that
16    person elects to participate in this System with respect to
17    that service; in this item (3.2), a "part-time employee" is
18    a person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per
19    week;
20        (3.3) any person who has made an election under Section
21    1-123 and who is serving either as legal counsel in the
22    Office of the Governor or as Chief Deputy Attorney General;
23        (4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or
24    14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be
25    covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
26    Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the

 

 

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1    Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
2        (5) an employee of a municipality or any other
3    political subdivision of the State;
4        (6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
5    1979 as a public service employment program participant
6    under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
7    Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
8    in part by funds provided under such Act;
9        (7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation
10    Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural
11    Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of the
12    "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC
13    993, as now or hereafter amended;
14        (8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs
15    administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
16    the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
17        (9) any person who is a member of any professional
18    licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act
19    administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
20    or a successor agency or created or re-created after the
21    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who
22    receives per diem compensation rather than a salary,
23    notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by
24    warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons
25    have never been included in the membership of this System,
26    and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not

 

 

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1    intended to effect any change in the status of such
2    persons;
3        (10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health
4    Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem
5    compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that
6    such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
7    pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been
8    included in the membership of this System, and this
9    amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any change
10    in the status of such persons;
11        (11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
12    Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas
13    Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a
14    salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is
15    paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; or
16        (12) a person employed by the State Board of Higher
17    Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network
18    as of June 30, 2004, who remains continuously employed
19    after that date by the Department of Central Management
20    Services in a position with the Illinois Century Network
21    and participates in the Article 15 system with respect to
22    that employment; or .
23        (13) any person who becomes a director of the Illinois
24    State Toll Highway Authority on or after the effective date
25    of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
26    (c) An individual who represents or is employed as an

 

 

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1officer or employee of a statewide labor organization that
2represents members of this System may participate in the System
3and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the
4individual has previously earned creditable service under this
5Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
6irrevocable election to become a participant within 6 months
7after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
8General Assembly, and (3) the individual does not receive
9credit for that employment under any other provisions of this
10Code. An employee under this subsection (c) is responsible for
11paying to the System both (i) employee contributions based on
12the actual compensation received for service with the labor
13organization and (ii) employer contributions based on the
14percentage of payroll certified by the board; all or any part
15of these contributions may be paid on the employee's behalf or
16picked up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law) by
17the labor organization.
18    A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
19(c) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
20to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
21System for that employment the contributions specified in this
22subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
23of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
24granted under this subsection (c) for any such prior employment
25for which the applicant received credit under any other
26provision of this Code or during which the applicant was on a

 

 

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1leave of absence.
2(Source: P.A. 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
3    Section 10. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
4Sections 4 and 5 as follows:
 
5    (605 ILCS 10/4)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)
6    Sec. 4. Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one
7such director shall be appointed by the Governor as chairman
8and shall hold office for 4 years from the date of his
9appointment, and until his successor shall be duly appointed
10and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the Governor
11for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.
12    The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of
13Directors of the Authority; shall exercise general supervision
14over all powers, duties, obligations and functions of the
15Authority; and shall approve or disapprove all resolutions,
16by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made and established by
17the Board of Directors, and if he shall approve thereof, he
18shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he shall
19return to the Board of Directors with his objections thereto in
20writing at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors
21occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to
22any one or more items contained in such resolution, by-law,
23rule, rate or regulation, or to its entirety; and in case the
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1or regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in
2force, but in case the chairman shall fail to return any
3resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his
4objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to
5have approved the same, and the same shall take effect
6accordingly. Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule,
7rate or regulation by the chairman, the vote by which the same
8was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of Directors, and
9if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the Directors
10agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it shall go into
11effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal to approve
12thereof.
13    Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
14General Assembly, the The chairman shall receive a salary of
15$18,000 per annum, or as set by the Compensation Review Board,
16whichever is greater, payable in monthly installments,
17together with reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in
18the performance of his duties. Beginning on the effective date
19of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the
20chairman of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall
21receive no annual salary or other compensation for his or her
22service in office, except that the chairman shall be reimbursed
23for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her
24duties.
25    No service or contribution shall be credited in any
26retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension

 

 

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1Code or otherwise, to the chairman for service in that office
2beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
3of the 96th General Assembly, and no public funds shall be
4appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a
5retirement system or pension fund credit. Except as otherwise
6provided in this Act, beginning on the effective date of this
7amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the chairman shall
8receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his or her
9service in that office, including without limitation
10participation in a program of life or health insurance.
11    The chairman shall be eligible for reappointment.
12(Source: P.A. 83-1177.)
 
13    (605 ILCS 10/5)  (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)
14    Sec. 5. Of the original directors, other than the chairman,
15so appointed by the Governor, 3 shall hold office for 2 years
16and 3 shall hold office for 4 years, from the date of their
17appointment and until their respective successors shall be duly
18appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the
19Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance. In
20case of vacancies in such offices during the recess of the
21Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until
22the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some
23person to fill such office and any person so nominated, who is
24confirmed by the Senate, shall hold office during the remainder
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1qualified. The respective term of the first directors appointed
2shall be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment,
3but their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four
4years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall
5serve only for the unexpired term. Directors shall be eligible
6for reappointment.
7    In making the initial appointments of the 2 additional
8directors provided for by this amendatory Act of 1980, the
9respective terms of the 2 additional directors first appointed
10shall be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment
11in such manner that the term of one such additional director
12shall expire at the same time as the terms of 4 of the other
13directors and the term of the other additional director shall
14expire at the same time as the terms of 3 of the other
15directors; thereafter the terms shall be 4 years.
16    Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
17General Assembly, each Each such director, other than ex
18officio members shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, or
19as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater,
20payable in monthly installments, and shall be reimbursed for
21necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties.
22Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2396th General Assembly, directors of the Illinois State Toll
24Highway Authority shall receive no annual salary or other
25compensation for their service in office, except that each
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1the performance of his or her duties.
2    No service or contribution shall be credited in any
3retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension
4Code or otherwise, to a director for service in that office
5beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of the 96th General Assembly, and no public funds shall be
7appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a
8retirement system or pension fund credit. Except as otherwise
9provided in this Act, beginning on the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a Director shall
11receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his or her
12service in such office, including without limitation
13participation in a program of life or health insurance.
14(Source: P.A. 86-1164.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.