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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5699
Introduced , by Rep. Julie Hamos SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a teacher receiving a disability, occupational disability, or disability retirement benefit to engage in limited or part-time employment as a teacher for an employer under either the Downstate Teacher Article or the State Universities Article of the Code (was, merely under the Downstate Teacher Article) without loss of benefits under specific circumstances. Effective immediately.
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| FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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HB5699 |
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LRB095 18587 AMC 44673 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 |
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| Section 16-149.6 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/16-149.6)
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| Sec. 16-149.6. Limited employment during disability.
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| (a) A teacher who (i) has been receiving a disability, |
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| occupational
disability, or disability retirement benefit |
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| under Section 16-149, 16-149.1,
or 16-149.2 for at least one |
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| year and (ii) remains unable to resume regular
full-time |
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| teaching due to disability, but is able to engage in limited or
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| part-time employment as a teacher, may engage in such limited |
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| or part-time
employment as a teacher for an employer under |
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| either this Article or an employer under Article 15 of this |
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| Code without loss of the disability, occupational
disability, |
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| or disability retirement benefit, provided that the teacher's
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| earnings for that limited or part-time employment, when added |
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| to the amount
of the benefit, do not exceed 100% of the salary |
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| rate upon which the benefit
is based.
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| (b) A disabled teacher who engages in limited or part-time |
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| teaching under
this Section and earns service and contribution |
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| credits for that teaching shall
not receive duplicate service |