HB6953 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 24407 AMC 44063 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6953

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

40 ILCS 5/14-103.05	from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05
605 ILCS 10/4	from Ch. 121, par. 100-4
605 ILCS 10/5	from Ch. 121, par. 100-5

Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that term "employee" does not include any person who becomes a director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, the chairman and other directors of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for their service in office, except that they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Provides that no service or contribution shall be credited in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension Code or otherwise, to the chairman and the directors for service in that office beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. Prohibits the chairman and directors from receiving financial benefit or perquisite for service in that office, including without limitation participation in a program of life or health insurance. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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 14-103.05 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/14-103.05) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)

Sec. 14-103.05. Employee.

(a) Any person employed by a Department who receives salary for personal services rendered to the Department on a warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a Department and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer, including an elected official described in subparagraph (d) of Section 14-104, shall become an employee for purpose of membership in the Retirement System on the first day of such employment.

A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition of employment and shall begin making contributions as of the first day of employment.

A person entering service on or after January 1, 1984 shall, upon completion of 6 months of continuous service which is not interrupted by a break of more than 2 months, become a member as a condition of employment. Contributions shall begin the first of the month after completion of the qualifying period.

A person employed by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly who was a member of this System as an employee of the Chicago Area Transportation Study and makes an election under Section 14-104.13 to participate in this System for his or her employment with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.

The qualifying period of 6 months of service is not applicable to: (1) a person who has been granted credit for service in a position covered by the State Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or the Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that service has been forfeited under the laws of those systems; (2) a person entering service on or after July 1, 1991 in a noncovered position; or (3) a person to whom Section 14-108.2a or 14-108.2b applies.

(b) The term "employee" does not include the following:

(1) members of the State Legislature, and persons electing to become members of the General Assembly Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;

(2) incumbents of offices normally filled by vote of the people;

(3) except as otherwise provided in this Section, any person appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate unless that person elects to participate in this system;

(3.1) any person serving as a commissioner of an ethics commission created under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act unless that person elects to participate in this system with respect to that service as a commissioner;

(3.2) any person serving as a part-time employee in any of the following positions: Legislative Inspector General, Special Legislative Inspector General, employee of the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Executive Director of the Legislative Ethics Commission, or staff of the Legislative Ethics Commission, regardless of whether he or she is in active service on or after July 8, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-685), unless that person elects to participate in this System with respect to that service; in this item (3.2), a "part-time employee" is a person who is not required to work at least 35 hours per week;

(3.3) any person who has made an election under Section 1-123 and who is serving either as legal counsel in the Office of the Governor or as Chief Deputy Attorney General;

(4) except as provided in Section 14-108.2 or 14-108.2c, any person who is covered or eligible to be covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or the Judges Retirement System of Illinois;

(5) an employee of a municipality or any other political subdivision of the State;

(6) any person who becomes an employee after June 30, 1979 as a public service employment program participant under the Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or in part by funds provided under such Act;

(7) enrollees of the Illinois Young Adult Conservation Corps program, administered by the Department of Natural Resources, authorized grantee pursuant to Title VIII of the "Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973", 29 USC 993, as now or hereafter amended;

(8) enrollees and temporary staff of programs administered by the Department of Natural Resources under the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;

(9) any person who is a member of any professional licensing or disciplinary board created under an Act administered by the Department of Professional Regulation or a successor agency or created or re-created after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, and who receives per diem compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been included in the membership of this System, and this amendatory Act of 1987 (P.A. 84-1472) is not intended to effect any change in the status of such persons;

(10) any person who is a member of the Illinois Health Care Cost Containment Council, and receives per diem compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; such persons have never been included in the membership of this System, and this amendatory Act of 1987 is not intended to effect any change in the status of such persons;

(11) any person who is a member of the Oil and Gas Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and Gas Act, and receives per diem compensation rather than a salary, notwithstanding that such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher; or

(12) a person employed by the State Board of Higher Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of June 30, 2004, who remains continuously employed after that date by the Department of Central Management Services in a position with the Illinois Century Network and participates in the Article 15 system with respect to that employment; or .

(13) any person who becomes a director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.

(c) An individual who represents or is employed as an officer or employee of a statewide labor organization that represents members of this System may participate in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the individual has previously earned creditable service under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an irrevocable election to become a participant within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, and (3) the individual does not receive credit for that employment under any other provisions of this Code. An employee under this subsection (c) is responsible for paying to the System both (i) employee contributions based on the actual compensation received for service with the labor organization and (ii) employer contributions based on the percentage of payroll certified by the board; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law) by the labor organization.

A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection (c) may establish service credit for similar employment prior to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the System for that employment the contributions specified in this subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be granted under this subsection (c) for any such prior employment for which the applicant received credit under any other provision of this Code or during which the applicant was on a leave of absence.

(Source: P.A. 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07; 95-677, eff. 10-11-07.)

Section 10. The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 5 as follows:

(605 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-4)

Sec. 4. Of the directors appointed by the Governor, one such director shall be appointed by the Governor as chairman and shall hold office for 4 years from the date of his appointment, and until his successor shall be duly appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance.

The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors of the Authority; shall exercise general supervision over all powers, duties, obligations and functions of the Authority; and shall approve or disapprove all resolutions, by-laws, rules, rates and regulations made and established by the Board of Directors, and if he shall approve thereof, he shall sign the same, and such as he shall not approve he shall return to the Board of Directors with his objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors occurring after the passage thereof. Such veto may extend to any one or more items contained in such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation, or to its entirety; and in case the veto extends to a part of such resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation, the residue thereof shall take effect and be in force, but in case the chairman shall fail to return any resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation with his objections thereto by the time aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have approved the same, and the same shall take effect accordingly. Upon the return of any resolution, by-law, rule, rate or regulation by the chairman, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the Board of Directors, and if upon such reconsideration two-thirds of all the Directors agree by yeas and nays to pass the same, it shall go into effect notwithstanding the chairman's refusal to approve thereof.

Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the The chairman shall receive a salary of $18,000 per annum, or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, payable in monthly installments, together with reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the chairman of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for his or her service in office, except that the chairman shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.

No service or contribution shall be credited in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension Code or otherwise, to the chairman for service in that office beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the chairman shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his or her service in that office, including without limitation participation in a program of life or health insurance.

The chairman shall be eligible for reappointment.

(Source: P.A. 83-1177.)

(605 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-5)

Sec. 5. Of the original directors, other than the chairman, so appointed by the Governor, 3 shall hold office for 2 years and 3 shall hold office for 4 years, from the date of their appointment and until their respective successors shall be duly appointed and qualified, but shall be subject to removal by the Governor for incompetency, neglect of duty or malfeasance. In case of vacancies in such offices during the recess of the Senate, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to fill such office and any person so nominated, who is confirmed by the Senate, shall hold office during the remainder of the term and until his successor shall be appointed and qualified. The respective term of the first directors appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment, but their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. Directors shall be eligible for reappointment.

In making the initial appointments of the 2 additional directors provided for by this amendatory Act of 1980, the respective terms of the 2 additional directors first appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time of appointment in such manner that the term of one such additional director shall expire at the same time as the terms of 4 of the other directors and the term of the other additional director shall expire at the same time as the terms of 3 of the other directors; thereafter the terms shall be 4 years.

Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, each Each such director, other than ex officio members shall receive an annual salary of $15,000, or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater, payable in monthly installments, and shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, directors of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall receive no annual salary or other compensation for their service in office, except that each director shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.

No service or contribution shall be credited in any retirement system or pension fund, under the Illinois Pension Code or otherwise, to a director for service in that office beginning on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and no public funds shall be appropriated, expended, or otherwise obligated for such a retirement system or pension fund credit. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a Director shall receive no financial benefit or perquisite for his or her service in such office, including without limitation participation in a program of life or health insurance.

(Source: P.A. 86-1164.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.