Public Act 103-0088

SB1468 Enrolled LRB103 27387 RPS 53759 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 16-118 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/16-118)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-118)

Sec. 16-118. Retirement. "Retirement": Entry upon a

retirement annuity or receipt of a single-sum retirement

benefit granted under this Article after termination of active

service as a teacher.

(a) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity other than

a disability retirement annuity may accept employment as a

teacher from a school board or other employer specified in

Section 16-106 without impairing retirement status, if that

employment:

(1) is not within the school year during which service

was terminated; and

(2) does not exceed the following:

(i) before July 1, 2001, 100 paid days or 500 paid

hours in any school year;

(ii) during the period beginning July 1, 2001

through June 30, 2011, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours

in each school year;

(iii) during the period beginning July 1, 2011

through June 30, 2018, 100 paid days or 500 paid hours

in each school year;

(iv) beginning July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2026

2023, 120 paid days or 600 paid hours in each school

year, but not more than 100 paid days in the same

classroom;

(v) (blank); and during the period between July 1,

2021 and June 30, 2022, an additional 20 paid days or

100 paid hours shall be added to item (iv) of this

paragraph (2) to assist with addressing the substitute

teacher shortage that has been exacerbated by the

ongoing global pandemic; and

(vi) beginning July 1, 2026 2023, 100 paid days or

500 paid hours in each school year.

Where such permitted employment is partly on a daily and

partly on an hourly basis, a day shall be considered as 5

hours.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an annuitant who

returns to teaching under the program established in Section

16-150.1, for the duration of his or her participation in that

program.

(Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20; 102-537, eff. 8-20-21;

102-709, eff. 4-22-22.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

becoming law.