Public Act 103-0088

SB1468 EnrolledLRB103 27387 RPS 53759 b



 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 16-118 as follows:




 (40 ILCS 5/16-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-118)



 Sec. 16-118. Retirement. "Retirement": Entry upon a 
retirement annuity
or receipt of a single-sum retirement 
benefit granted under this Article
after termination of active 
service as a teacher.

 (a) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than 
a disability
retirement annuity may accept employment as a 
teacher from a school board
or other employer specified in 
Section 16-106 without impairing retirement
status, if that 
employment:
  (1) is not within the school year during which
service 
 was terminated; and
  (2) does not exceed the following: 
   (i) before July 1, 2001, 100 paid days or 500 paid

 hours in any school year;
   (ii) during the period beginning July 1, 2001 
 through
June 30, 2011, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours 
 in each school year;
   (iii) during the period beginning July 1, 2011 
 through
June 30, 2018, 100 paid days or 500 paid hours 
 in each school year; 
   (iv) beginning July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2026 
 2023, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school 
 year, but not more than 100 paid days in the same 
 classroom;
   (v) (blank); and during the period between July 1, 
 2021 and June 30, 2022, an additional 20 paid days or 
 100 paid hours shall be added to item (iv) of this 
 paragraph (2) to assist with addressing the substitute 
 teacher shortage that has been exacerbated by the 
 ongoing global pandemic; and 
   (vi) beginning July 1, 2026 2023, 100 paid days or 
 500 paid hours in each school year. 
 Where
such permitted employment is partly on a daily and 
partly on an hourly basis,
a day shall be considered as 5 
hours.

 (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an annuitant who 
returns to teaching
under the program established in Section 
16-150.1, for the duration of his or
her participation in that 
program.

(Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-537, eff. 8-20-21; 
102-709, eff. 4-22-22.)



 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.