Bill Text: IL HB0295 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" does not include expense reimbursements, expense allowances, or fringe benefits unless included in a reportable flexible benefit plan. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0295 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0295-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0295 Introduced , by Rep. David S. Olsen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/16-121 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121
Amends the Downstate Teachers Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "salary" does not include expense reimbursements, expense allowances, or fringe benefits unless included in a reportable flexible benefit plan. Effective immediately.
LRB100 05236 RPS 15246 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB0295 LRB100 05236 RPS 15246 b
AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Section 16-121 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/16-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
(Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
which has been held unconstitutional)
Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation
received by a teacher during any school year and recognized by
the system in accordance with rules of the board. "Salary" does
not include expense reimbursements, expense allowances, or
fringe benefits unless included in a reportable flexible
benefit plan. For purposes of this Section, "school year"
includes the regular school term plus any additional period for
which a teacher is compensated and such compensation is
recognized by the rules of the board.
(Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.