Bill Text: IL HB0295 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" does not include expense reimbursements, expense allowances, or fringe benefits unless included in a reportable flexible benefit plan. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0295 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0295-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 16-121 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/16-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
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7 | (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | which has been held unconstitutional)
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9 | Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | received by a teacher during any
school year and recognized by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the system in accordance with
rules of the board. "Salary" does | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | not include expense reimbursements, expense allowances, or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | fringe benefits unless included in a reportable flexible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | benefit plan. For purposes of this Section, "school year" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | includes
the regular school term plus any additional period for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | which a teacher is
compensated and such compensation is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | recognized by the rules of the board.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | becoming law.
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