Bill Text: IL HB0551 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Pension Code. Provides that salary received on or after July 1, 2009 for overtime, summer school, and other optional service shall be included in the calculation of salary for pension purposes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0551 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0551-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0551 Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/17-131 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Pension Code. Provides that salary received on or after July 1, 2009 for overtime, summer school, and other optional service shall be included in the calculation of salary for pension purposes. 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 STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT in relation to 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 17-131 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/17-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131)
Sec. 17-131. Administration of payroll deductions. During
any period on or after July 1, 2009 in which salaries are paid,
payroll such deductions by an Employer or the Board shall be
made for all salary paid on the basis of the full salary rates,
exclusive of salaries for overtime, special services or any
employment on an optional basis, such as in summer school. If
salaries represent adjustments on account of error, deductions
by the Employer or the Board shall be at the rates in force
during the applicable payroll period. If teachers receive
salaries for the school year, as established by an Employer, or
if they receive salaries for more than 10 calendar months, the
amount required for each year of service shall be deducted by
such Employer in installments. Beginning July 1, 2009, the
total amounts for each semimonthly payroll period, or bi-weekly
payroll period, as the case may be, shall be deducted for all
salary paid only when salary payments represent 5 days' pay or
more. If, on or after July 1, 2009, an Employer or the Board

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pays salaries to members of the teaching force for vacation
periods, the salary shall be considered part of the teacher's
annual salary, shall be subject to the standard deductions for
pension contributions, and shall be considered to represent
additional service credit for each day paid pay for 5 or more
days' employment in a bi-weekly or semi-monthly payroll period
for purposes set forth in this Section. If deductions from
salaries result in amounts of less than one cent, the
fractional sums shall be increased to the next higher cent. Any
excess of these fractional increases over the prescribed annual
contributions shall be credited to the teachers' accounts.
Any person who retires on or after July 1, 2009 and before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly shall be paid a lump sum equal to the amount of
pension that he or she would have received for that period if
salary received for overtime, summer school, and other optional
service had been included in the calculation of salary for
pension purposes, minus the amount of pension he or she
actually received for that period.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 17-130.1, employee
contributions are picked up or made by the Board of Education
on behalf of its employees from the proceeds of the tax levied
under Section 34-60 of the School Code, then the amount of the
employee contributions which are picked up or made in that
manner shall not be deducted from the salaries of such
employees.

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(Source: P.A. 90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.33 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon