Bill Text: IL HB0253 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, for service on or after July 1, 2015, "compensation" does not include any overtime pay payable to an employee for personal services performed in excess of the full normal working period for his or her position. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [HB0253 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0253-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB0253 Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/14-103.10 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, for service on or after July 1, 2015, "compensation" does not include any overtime pay payable to an employee for personal services performed in excess of the full normal working period for his or her position. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Section 14-103.10 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/14-103.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10)
Sec. 14-103.10. Compensation.
(a) For periods of service prior to January 1, 1978, the
full rate of salary or wages payable to an employee for
personal services performed if he worked the full normal
working period for his position, subject to the following
maximum amounts: (1) prior to July 1, 1951, $400 per month or
$4,800 per year; (2) between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1957
inclusive, $625 per month or $7,500 per year; (3) beginning
July 1, 1957, no limitation.
In the case of service of an employee in a position
involving part-time employment, compensation shall be
determined according to the employees' earnings record.
(b) For periods of service on and after January 1, 1978,
all remuneration for personal services performed defined as
"wages" under the Social Security Enabling Act, including that
part of such remuneration which is in excess of any maximum
limitation provided in such Act, and including any benefits

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received by an employee under a sick pay plan in effect before
January 1, 1981, but excluding lump sum salary payments:
(1) for vacation,
(2) for accumulated unused sick leave,
(3) upon discharge or dismissal,
(4) for approved holidays.
(c) For periods of service on or after December 16, 1978,
compensation also includes any benefits, other than lump sum
salary payments made at termination of employment, which an
employee receives or is eligible to receive under a sick pay
plan authorized by law.
(d) For periods of service after September 30, 1985,
compensation also includes any remuneration for personal
services not included as "wages" under the Social Security
Enabling Act, which is deducted for purposes of participation
in a program established pursuant to Section 125 of the
Internal Revenue Code or its successor laws.
(e) For members for which Section 1-160 applies for periods
of service on and after January 1, 2011, all remuneration for
personal services performed defined as "wages" under the Social
Security Enabling Act, excluding remuneration that is in excess
of the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a member or
participant, as provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160,
but including any benefits received by an employee under a sick
pay plan in effect before January 1, 1981. Compensation shall
exclude lump sum salary payments:

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(1) for vacation;
(2) for accumulated unused sick leave;
(3) upon discharge or dismissal; and
(4) for approved holidays.
(f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,
for service on or after July 1, 2013, "compensation" does not
include any stipend payable to an employee for service on a
board or commission.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
for an employee who first becomes a participant on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, "compensation" does not include any payments or
reimbursements for travel vouchers submitted more than 30 days
after the last day of travel for which the voucher is
submitted.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
annual compensation of a Tier 1 member for the purposes of this
Code shall not exceed, for periods of service on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, the greater of (i) the annual limitation determined
from time to time under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 of
this Code, (ii) the annualized compensation of the Tier 1
member as of that effective date, or (iii) the annualized
compensation of the Tier 1 member immediately preceding the
expiration, renewal, or amendment of an employment contract or
collective bargaining agreement in effect on that effective

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date.
(i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section,
for service on or after July 1, 2015, "compensation" does not
include any overtime pay payable to an employee for personal
services performed in excess of the full normal working period
for his or her position.
(Source: P.A. 98-449, eff. 8-16-13; 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.