Bill Text: IL SB3831 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Governor shall appoint 5 (instead of 7) persons to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois who are not members of the System. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2022.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Referred to Assignments [SB3831 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3831-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3831 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Steve McClure SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/16-163 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-163
40 ILCS 5/16-164 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-164
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Governor shall appoint 5 (instead of 7) persons to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois who are not members of the System. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2022.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Sections 16-163 and 16-164 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/16-163) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-163)
Sec. 16-163. Board created. A board of 13 15 members
constitutes the board of trustees authorized to carry out the
provisions of this Article and is responsible for the general
administration of the System. The board shall be known as the
Board of Trustees of the Teachers' Retirement System of the
State of Illinois. The board shall be composed of the
Superintendent of Education, ex officio; 5 7 persons, not
members of the System, to be appointed by the Governor, who
shall hold no elected State office; 5 persons who, at the time
of their election, are teachers as defined in Section 16-106,
elected by the contributing members; and 2 annuitant members
elected by the annuitants of the System, as provided in
Section 16-165. The president of the board shall be appointed
by the Governor from among the trustees.
(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-164) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-164)

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Sec. 16-164. Board; appointed members; vacancies. Terms of
office for the appointed members shall begin on July 15 of an
even-numbered year, except that the terms of office for
members appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly shall begin upon being confirmed by the
Senate. The Governor shall appoint 2 or 3 members, whichever
is applicable, as trustees with the advice and consent of the
Senate in each even-numbered year who shall hold office for a
term of 4 years, except that, of the members appointed
pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly,
3 members shall be appointed for a term ending July 14, 2012
and 3 members shall be appointed for a term ending July 14,
2014. The Governor shall appoint the additional member
authorized under this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term
beginning on July 15, 2020 and ending July 14, 2022, and
successors shall hold office for a term of 4 years. Each such
appointee shall reside in and be a taxpayer in the territory
covered by this system, shall be interested in public school
welfare, and experienced and competent in financial and
business management. A vacancy in the term of an appointed
trustee shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment
of the Governor.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the
contrary, the term of office of each member of the Board
appointed by the Governor who is sitting on the Board on the

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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
Assembly is terminated on that effective date. A trustee
sitting on the Board on the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 96th General Assembly may not hold over in office
for more than 60 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. Nothing in this
Section shall prevent the Governor from making a temporary
appointment or nominating a trustee holding office on the day
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2022.