Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/28/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1584

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1584, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
41, as follows:
 
5on page 1, in line 5, by replacing "8-164.1, and 11-160.1" with
6"8-164.1, 8-164.2, 11-160.1, and 11-160.2"; and
 
7by replacing line 6 on page 4 through line 13 on page 5 with the
8following:
 
9    "(40 ILCS 5/8-164.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-164.1)
10    Sec. 8-164.1. Payments to city.
11    (a) For the purposes of this Section, "city annuitant"
12means a person receiving an age and service annuity, a widow's
13annuity, a child's annuity, or a minimum annuity under this
14Article as a direct result of previous employment by the City
15of Chicago ("the city").

 

 

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1    (b) The board shall pay to the city, on behalf of the
2board's city annuitants who participate in any of the city's
3health care plans, the following amounts:
4        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
5    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
6    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
7    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
8        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
9    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
10    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
11    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
12    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
13    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
14    to receive Medicare benefits.
15    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
16from the tax levy authorized under Section 8-173; such amounts
17shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
18group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
19the city required under this subsection shall be charged
20against it.
21    (c) The city health care plans referred to in this Section
22and the board's payments to the city under this Section are not
23and shall not be construed to be pension or retirement benefits
24for the purposes of Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois
25Constitution of 1970.
26(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02; 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/8-164.2)
2    Sec. 8-164.2. Payments to board of education for group
3health benefits.
4    (a) Should the Board of Education continue to sponsor a
5retiree health plan, the board is authorized to pay to the
6Board of Education, on behalf of each eligible annuitant who
7chooses to participate in the Board of Education's retiree
8health benefit plan, the following amounts:
9        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
10    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
11    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
12    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
13        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
14    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
15    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
16    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such
17    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
18    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
19    to receive Medicare benefits.
20    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
21from the tax levy authorized under Section 8-173; such amounts
22shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
23group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
24the Board of Education under this subsection shall be charged
25against it.

 

 

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1    (b) The Board of Education health benefit plan referred to
2in this Section and the board's payments to the Board of
3Education under this Section are not and shall not be construed
4to be pension or retirement benefits for the purposes of
5Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
6(Source: P.A. 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)"; and
 
7on page 6, immediately below line 21, by inserting the
8following:
 
9    "(40 ILCS 5/11-160.2)
10    Sec. 11-160.2. Payments to board of education for group
11health benefits.
12    (a) Should the Board of Education continue to sponsor a
13retiree health plan, the board is authorized to pay to the
14Board of Education, on behalf of each eligible annuitant who
15chooses to participate in the Board of Education's retiree
16health benefit plan, the following amounts:
17        (1) From July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2008, $85 per
18    month for each such annuitant who is not eligible to
19    receive Medicare benefits and $55 per month for each such
20    annuitant who is eligible to receive Medicare benefits.
21        (2) Beginning From July 1, 2008 and until such time as
22    the city no longer provides a health care plan for such
23    annuitants or December 31, 2016, whichever comes first
24    through June 30, 2013, $95 per month for each such

 

 

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1    annuitant who is not eligible to receive Medicare benefits
2    and $65 per month for each such annuitant who is eligible
3    to receive Medicare benefits.
4    The payments described in this subsection shall be paid
5from the tax levy authorized under Section 11-169; such amounts
6shall be credited to the reserve for group hospital care and
7group medical and surgical plan benefits, and all payments to
8the Board of Education under this subsection shall be charged
9against it.
10    (b) The Board of Education health benefit plan referred to
11in this Section and the board's payments to the Board of
12Education under this Section are not and shall not be construed
13to be pension or retirement benefits for the purposes of
14Section 5 of Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
15(Source: P.A. 93-42, eff. 7-1-03.)".
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.".