Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB3168

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that an annuitant who accepts temporary employment from a department for total compensation of less than $30,000 during a calendar year is not considered to make a re-entry after retirement. Amends the School Code. Prohibits a school board from hiring multiple people who are retired and are receiving a retirement annuity under the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois in order to fill, as a group, a teaching position that would ordinarily be occupied by a single, full-time teacher. Provides that this prohibition does not apply if the school board determines that there is a subject or administrative position shortage that would require action, in which case the school board must apply for an exemption under a Section of the Illinois Pension Code relating to returning to teaching in a subject shortage area. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that a person who first becomes a member of the General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, Attorney General, Clerk or Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or any combination thereof, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall not be eligible for any benefit under the Act if that benefit arose from that person's service in that capacity and if he or she is no longer serving in that capacity. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the General Assembly Article, provides that a person who first becomes a member on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not entitled to participate in the General Assembly Retirement System. Also provides that Tier I employees and Tier I retirees must make an irrevocable election either: (1) to accept changes in eligibility for, and the amount of, automatic annual increases in retirement annuity or (2) to avoid those changes. Provides that a person who elects the first choice may have any future increases in income included as compensation and is entitled to certain healthcare benefits. Provides that a person who elects the second choice forgoes all of these benefits. Prohibits a person who elects the second choice from being offered any future increase in income for service as a member of the General Assembly in a form that would constitute pensionable compensation. Requires the General Assembly Retirement System to provide information describing the consequences of making this election. In various Articles, limits the ability of certain persons to become participants in retirement systems and pension funds established under the Code. In various Articles, makes technical changes in provisions concerning the annual certification of the required State contributions. In the State Employee Article, provides that, in the case of new hires, "compensation" does not include any payments for travel vouchers. In the Downstate Teacher Article, prohibits service credit from being granted to new hires for unused sick leave. Defines "future increase in income", "Tier I employee", and "Tier I retiree". Amends the State Finance Act. To the list of standardized items of appropriation, adds "State retirement contribution for annual normal cost" and "State retirement contribution for unfunded accrued liability". Defines those terms. Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Adds those terms to a list of classifications to be used in statements and estimates of expenditures submitted to the Office in connection with the preparation of a State budget. Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and other Acts to make related changes. Includes severability and inseverability provisions.

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