Bill Text: IL SB0175 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if employee contributions are picked up or made by the Employer or the Board of Trustees of the Fund (instead of the Board of Education) on behalf of its employees, 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB0175 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB0175-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB0175 Introduced 2/9/2021, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/17-131 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if employee contributions are picked up or made by the Employer or the Board of Trustees of the Fund (instead of the Board of Education) on behalf of its employees, 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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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 17-131 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/17-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-131)
Sec. 17-131. Administration of payroll deductions.
(a) An Employer or the Board shall make pension deductions
in each pay period on the basis of the salary earned in that
period, exclusive of salaries for overtime, extracurricular
activities, or any employment on an optional basis, such as in
summer school.
(b) If a salary paid in a pay period includes adjustments
on account of errors or omissions in prior pay periods, then
salary amounts and related pension deductions shall be
separately identified as to the adjusted pay period and
deductions by the Employer or the Board shall be at rates in
force during the applicable adjusted pay period.
(c) If members earn salaries for the school year, as
established by an Employer, or if they earn annual salaries
over more than a 10-calendar month period, or if they earn
annual salaries over more than 170 calendar days, the required
contribution amount shall be deducted by the Employer in

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installments on the basis of salary earned in each pay period.
The total amounts for each pay period shall be deducted
whenever salary payments represent a partial or whole day's
pay.
(d) If an Employer or the Board pays a salary to a member
for vacation periods, then the salary shall be considered part
of the member's pensionable salary, shall be subject to the
standard deductions for pension contributions, and shall be
considered to represent pay for the number of whole days of
vacation.
(e) 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 members' accounts.
(f) In the event that, pursuant to Section 17-130.1,
employee contributions are picked up or made by the Employer
or the Board of Education on behalf of its employees, 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.
(Source: P.A. 101-261, eff. 8-9-19.)