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40 ILCS 5/15-113.4

(40 ILCS 5/15-113.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4)

(Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)

Sec. 15-113.4. Service for unused sick leave.

"Service for unused
sick leave":  A person who first becomes a participant before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
General Assembly and who is an employee under this System or one of
the other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code within 60 days
immediately preceding the date on which his or her retirement annuity
begins, is entitled to credit for service for that portion of unused sick
leave earned in the course of employment with an employer and  credited on
the date of termination of employment by an employer for which payment is
not received, in accordance with the following schedule:  30 through 90
full calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days of unused sick leave,
1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180 full calendar days and 60 through
119 full work days, 1/2 of a year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar
days and 120 through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of service;  271
through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 240 full work days, one year
of service.
Only uncompensated, unused sick leave earned in accordance with an
employer's sick leave accrual policy generally applicable to employees or a
class of employees shall be taken into account in calculating service credit
under this Section.  Any uncompensated, unused sick leave granted by an
employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement, termination, or other special
circumstances of an employee shall not be taken into account in calculating
service credit under this Section.
If a participant transfers from one employer to another, the
unused sick leave credited by the previous employer shall be considered in
determining service to be credited under this Section, even if the
participant terminated service prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-272
(August 23, 1989); if necessary, the retirement annuity shall be
recalculated to reflect such sick leave credit.  Each employer shall
certify to the board the number of days of unused sick leave accrued to the
participant's credit on the date that the participant's status as an
employee terminated.  This period of unused sick leave shall not be
considered in determining the date the retirement annuity begins. A person
who first becomes a participant on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly shall not
receive service credit for unused sick leave.

(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)

(Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)

Sec. 15-113.4.

Service for unused sick leave.

"Service for unused
sick leave":  A participant who is an employee under this System or one of
the other systems subject to Article 20 of this Code within 60 days
immediately preceding the date on which his or her retirement annuity
begins, is entitled to credit for service for that portion of unused sick
leave earned in the course of employment with an employer and  credited on
the date of termination of employment by an employer for which payment is
not received, in accordance with the following schedule:  30 through 90
full calendar days and 20 through 59 full work days of unused sick leave,
1/4 of a year of service; 91 through 180 full calendar days and 60 through
119 full work days, 1/2 of a year of service; 181 through 270 full calendar
days and 120 through 179 full work days, 3/4 of a year of service;  271
through 360 full calendar days and 180 through 240 full work days, one year
of service.
Only uncompensated, unused sick leave earned in accordance with an
employer's sick leave accrual policy generally applicable to employees or a
class of employees shall be taken into account in calculating service credit
under this Section.  Any uncompensated, unused sick leave granted by an
employer to facilitate the hiring, retirement, termination, or other special
circumstances of an employee shall not be taken into account in calculating
service credit under this Section.
If a participant transfers from one employer to another, the
unused sick leave credited by the previous employer shall be considered in
determining service to be credited under this Section, even if the
participant terminated service prior to the effective date of P.A. 86-272
(August 23, 1989); if necessary, the retirement annuity shall be
recalculated to reflect such sick leave credit.  Each employer shall
certify to the board the number of days of unused sick leave accrued to the
participant's credit on the date that the participant's status as an
employee terminated.  This period of unused sick leave shall not be
considered in determining the date the retirement annuity begins.

(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)