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| Public Act 102-0822
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| SB2989 Enrolled | LRB102 20466 RPS 29328 b |
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
changing Section 17-133 as follows:
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(40 ILCS 5/17-133) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-133)
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Sec. 17-133. Contributions for periods of outside and |
other service.
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Regularly certified and appointed teachers who desire to |
have the following
described services credited for pension |
purposes shall submit to the Board
evidence thereof and pay |
into the Fund the amounts prescribed herein:
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1. For teaching service by a certified teacher in the |
public
schools of the several states or in schools |
operated by or under the
auspices of the United States, a |
teacher shall pay the
contributions at the rates in force |
(a) on the date of
appointment as a regularly certified |
teacher after salary adjustments
are completed, or (b) at |
the time of reappointment after salary
adjustments are |
completed, whichever is later, but not less than $450
per |
year of service. Upon the Board's approval of such service |
and the
payment of the required contributions, service |
credit of not more than
10 years shall be granted.
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2. For service as a playground instructor in public |
school playgrounds,
teachers shall pay the contributions |
prescribed in this Article (a) at
the time of appointment, |
as a regularly certified teacher after salary
adjustments |
are completed, or (b) on return to service as a full time
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regularly certified teacher, as the case may be, provided |
such rates or
amounts shall not be less than $450 per year.
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3. For service prior to September 1, 1955, in the |
public schools of the
City as a substitute, evening school |
or temporary teacher, or for service
as an Americanization |
teacher prior to December 31, 1955, teachers shall pay
the |
contributions prescribed in this Article (a) at the time |
of appointment,
as a regularly certified teacher after |
salary adjustments are completed,
(b) on return to service |
as a full time regularly certified teacher, as
the case |
may be, provided such rates or amounts shall not be less |
than $450
per year; and provided further that for teachers |
employed on or after September
1, 1953, rates shall not |
include contributions for widows' pensions if the
service |
described in this sub-paragraph 3 was rendered before that |
date. Any
teacher entitled to repay a refund of |
contributions under Section 17-126 may validate service |
described in this paragraph by
payment of the amounts |
prescribed herein, together with the repayment of the
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refund, provided that if such creditable service was the |
last service rendered
in the public schools of the City |
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and is not automatically reinstated by
repayment of the |
refund, the rates or amounts shall not be less than $450 |
per
year.
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4. For service after June 30, 1982 as a member of the |
Board of
Education, if required to resign from an |
administrative or teaching position
in order to qualify as |
a member of the Board of Education.
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5. For service during the 1986-87 school year as a |
teacher on a special
leave of absence with full loss of |
salary, teaching for an agency under
contract to the Board |
of Education, if the teacher returned to employment in
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September, 1987. For service under this item 5, the |
teacher must pay the
contributions at the rates in force |
at the completion of the leave period.
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6. For up to 2 years of service as a teacher or |
administrator employed
by a private school registered with |
or recognized by the Illinois State Board
of Education, |
provided that the teacher (i) was certified under the law
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governing the certification of teachers at the time the |
service was rendered,
(ii) applies in writing no later |
than 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory |
Act of the 102nd General Assembly on or after the |
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly and on or before June 1,
2009, (iii) supplies |
satisfactory evidence of the employment, (iv) completes
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least 10 years of contributing service as a teacher as |
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defined in
Section 17-106, (v) pays the contribution |
required in this Section, and (vi)
does not receive credit |
for that service under any other provision of this
Code. |
The member may apply for credit under this subsection and |
pay the
required contribution before completing the 10 |
years of contributing service
required under item (iv), |
but the credit may not be used until the item (iv)
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contributing service requirement has been met.
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For each year of service credit to be established |
under this
subparagraph 6, a member is required to |
contribute to the System (i) the employee and employer |
contribution that would have been required had such |
service been rendered as a member based on 16.5%
of the |
annual salary rate during the first year of full-time |
employment
as a teacher under this Article following the |
private school service, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the |
actuarially assumed rate from the date of first full-time |
employment as a teacher
under this Article following the |
private school service to the date of payment,
compounded |
annually, at a rate determined by the Board the rate of |
8.0% per year.
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For service described in sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this |
Section, interest
shall be charged beginning one year after |
the effective date of appointment or
reappointment.
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Effective September 1, 1974, the interest rate to be |
charged by the
Fund on contributions provided in |
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sub-paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 shall
be 5% per annum compounded |
annually.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07.)
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Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
Section 8.45 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 805/8.45 new) |
Sec. 8.45. 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 102nd General Assembly.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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