97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1634

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/15-113.4  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4

    Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an employee is entitled to receive service credit for up to 2 years (now up to one year) of unused sick leave. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 15-113.4 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/15-113.4)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)
7    Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave. "Service for
8unused sick leave": A participant who is an employee under this
9System or one of the other systems subject to Article 20 of
10this Code within 60 days immediately preceding the date on
11which his or her retirement annuity begins, is entitled to
12credit for service for that portion of unused sick leave earned
13in the course of employment with an employer and credited on
14the date of termination of employment by an employer for which
15payment is not received, in accordance with the following
16schedule: 30 through 90 full calendar days and 20 through 59
17full work days of unused sick leave, 1/4 of a year of service;
1891 through 180 full calendar days and 60 through 119 full work
19days, 1/2 of a year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar
20days and 120 through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of
21service; 271 through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 240
22full work days, one year of service; 361 through 450 full
23calendar days and 241 through 300 full work days of unused sick

 

 

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1leave, 1.25 years of service; 451 through 540 full calendar
2days and 301 through 360 full work days, 1.5 years of service;
3541 through 630 full calendar days and 361 through 420 full
4work days, 1.75 years of service; 631 through 720 full calendar
5days and 421 through 480 full work days, 2 years of service.
6Only uncompensated, unused sick leave earned in accordance with
7an employer's sick leave accrual policy generally applicable to
8employees or a class of employees shall be taken into account
9in calculating service credit under this Section. Any
10uncompensated, unused sick leave granted by an employer to
11facilitate the hiring, retirement, termination, or other
12special circumstances of an employee shall not be taken into
13account in calculating service credit under this Section. If a
14participant transfers from one employer to another, the unused
15sick leave credited by the previous employer shall be
16considered in determining service to be credited under this
17Section, even if the participant terminated service prior to
18the effective date of P.A. 86-272 (August 23, 1989); if
19necessary, the retirement annuity shall be recalculated to
20reflect such sick leave credit. Each employer shall certify to
21the board the number of days of unused sick leave accrued to
22the participant's credit on the date that the participant's
23status as an employee terminated. This period of unused sick
24leave shall not be considered in determining the date the
25retirement annuity begins.
26(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.