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Personnel and Pensions Committee
Filed: 3/22/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1331
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1331 on page 1, line |
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| 5, by replacing "Section 16-143.3" with "Sections 16-143.3 and |
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| 17-121.1"; and
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| on page 2, immediately below line 14, by inserting the |
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| following:
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| "(40 ILCS 5/17-121.1 new)
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| Sec. 17-121.1. Domestic partner eligibility. |
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| (a) Beginning July 1, 2007, an unmarried teacher may |
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| designate a domestic
partner by filing a written designation |
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| with the Fund in the manner prescribed
by the Fund. The Fund |
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| may require reasonable evidence that the person
designated |
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| meets the qualifications set forth in subsection (c). Such a
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| designation is revocable at any time, but may not be made or |
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| changed more than
once in any 24-month period. The marriage of |
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| a teacher automatically revokes
any designation of a domestic |
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| partner previously made by that teacher.
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| (b) The designated domestic partner of a teacher shall be |
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| eligible to
receive survivor and death benefits under this |
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| Article in the same manner
and subject to the same conditions |
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| as a surviving spouse. For the purposes
of determining |
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| eligibility for those benefits, the date of designation of a
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| domestic partner shall be deemed the equivalent of the date of |
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| marriage, and
the revocation or change of a designation shall |
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| be deemed the equivalent of
termination of the marriage. |
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| References in this Article and other applicable
Articles of |
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| this Code to a surviving spouse shall be deemed to include a
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| surviving designated domestic partner. |
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| (c) "Domestic partner" means an individual of the same |
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| gender as an
unmarried teacher who (1) is involved with the |
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| teacher in a long-term
relationship of indefinite duration; (2) |
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| has resided together with the teacher
at the same address for |
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| at least 12 months; (3) is not related to the teacher
by blood |
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| to a degree of closeness that would prohibit legal marriage in |
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state in which they legally reside; (4) is not married to |
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| any other person;
and (5) has an exclusive mutual commitment to |
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| the teacher in which they agree
to be jointly responsible for |
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| each other's common welfare and to share
financial |
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| obligations.".
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