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40 ILCS 5/15-152
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-152)Sec. 15-152. Disability benefits - Duration. Disability benefits shall be discontinued when the earliest of the following  occurs:  (1) when disability ceases, (2) upon refusal  of the participant to submit to a reasonable physical  examination by a physician approved by the board, (3) upon refusal of  the participant to accept any position, assigned in good faith by an  employer, the duties of which could reasonably be performed by the participant  and the earnings of which would be at least equal to the disability benefit  payable under this Article, (4) upon September 1,  following the participant's 70th birthday,  if the disability benefit commenced prior to attainment of age 65, (5)  the end of the month following the fifth anniversary of the  date disability benefits commenced, if such benefits began after the  attainment of age 65, (6) when the total disability  benefits paid equal 50% of the participant's  total earnings for the entire period of  employment for which service has been granted prior to the date  disability benefits began to accrue, or (7) upon failure of the participant to provide an earnings verification necessary to determine continuance of benefits. If the disability was caused by  an on-the-job accident, and the participant is granted workers'  compensation or occupational disease payments from the employer or the  State of Illinois, the limitation in clause (6) shall not be applicable.Service and earnings credits under the State Employees' Retirement  System of Illinois and the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of  Illinois shall be considered in determining the employee's eligibility  for, and the duration of disability benefits.If, by law, a function of a governmental unit, as  defined by Section 20-107 is transferred in whole or in  part to an employer and an employee transfers employment from the  governmental unit to such employer within 6 months after the transfer of  this function, the pension credits in the governmental unit's retirement  system which have been validated under  Section 20-109, shall be treated the same as pension credits in this Section  in determining an employee's eligibility  for, and the duration of disability benefits.  (Source: P.A. 100-556, eff. 12-8-17.)
40 ILCS 5/15-153
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-153)Sec. 15-153.     Disability benefits - Amount.     The disability benefit shall  be the greater of (1) 50% of the basic compensation which would have been paid  had the participant continued in service for the entire period during which  disability benefits are payable, excluding wage or salary increases subsequent  to the date of disability or extra prospective earnings on a summer teaching  contract or other extra service not yet entered upon or (2) 50% of the  participant's average earnings during the 24 months immediately preceding the  month in which disability occurs.  In determining the disability benefit, the  basic compensation of a participating employee on leave of absence or on  lay-off status shall be assumed to be equal to his or her basic compensation  on the date the leave of absence or lay-off begins.If the disability benefit is 50% of basic compensation, payments during the  academic year shall accrue over the period that the basic  compensation would have been paid had the participant continued in  service.  If the disability benefit is 50% of the average earnings of the  participant during the 24 months immediately preceding the month in  which disability occurs, payments during the year shall accrue  over a period of 12 months. Disability benefits shall be paid as of the  end of each calendar month during which payments accrue. Payments for  fractional parts of a month shall be determined by prorating the total  amount payable for the full month on the basis of days elapsing during  the month.  Any disability benefit accrued but unpaid on the death of  a participant shall be paid to the participant's beneficiary.    (Source: P.A. 93-347, eff. 7-24-03.)
40 ILCS 5/15-153.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-153.1)Sec. 15-153.1.     Disability benefits - Reduction.     (a) If a participant  receiving disability benefits under this Article earns compensation from  any source for personal or professional services in excess of the amount  of the disability benefit, the disability benefit shall be reduced by the  excess of the earnings over the benefit.(b) If a participant receiving disability benefits under this Article  receives disability income under an insurance contract financed wholly or  partially by the employer, the disability benefit shall be reduced by the  amount so received.(c) In determining the monthly benefits payable under this Article, a  deduction shall be made equivalent to any benefits payable to any employee  under any State or Federal Worker's Compensation or Occupational Diseases  Acts for any period for which disability benefits are payable.  However,  no deduction shall be made in the case of payment for medical, surgical  and hospital services and artificial members or appliances, fixed statutory  payments for the loss of any bodily member, or the permanent and complete  loss of use of 100% of any bodily member, payments for the loss of industrial  vision or redemption awards payable prior to the date monthly disability  benefits first become payable.  If the benefits deductible under this paragraph  are stated as a specified amount per week for a designated calendar period,  then the monthly amounts shall, for purposes of this Section, be 4 1/3 times  such weekly amount.For any calendar month during which the amount of benefits deductible when  thus computed on the monthly basis exceeds the amount of the monthly benefit  otherwise payable under this Article for that month, no monthly disability  benefit shall be payable under this Article.  For any calendar month in  which the amount of benefits deductible when computed on a monthly basis  is less than the monthly disability benefit payable for that month, such  lesser amount shall be deducted from the monthly disability benefit payable  for that month.  Lump sum awards provided for the payment in advance of  workers' compensation benefits which are definitely allocable to specific  weeks in a calendar period shall be deducted on the same basis as if the  award had been payable on a weekly basis.If such workers' compensation is not allocable to any specific calendar  period, including redemption awards payable subsequent to the date monthly  disability benefits first become payable, an equivalent monthly amount of  such awards shall be computed for the purposes of this Section as 4 1/3  times the amount of the weekly workers' compensation benefit provided by  the applicable statute for the participant and his or her dependents.  The  total workers' compensation awards shall be divided by such computed equivalent  monthly amounts to determine the number of months and fractions of months  during which monthly disability benefits shall be reduced.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/15-153.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-153.3)Sec. 15-153.3.     Automatic increase in disability benefit.     Each disability  benefit payable under Section 15-150 and calculated under Section 15-153 or  15-153.2 that has not yet received an initial increase under this Section  shall be increased by 0.25% of the monthly disability benefit multiplied by  the number of full months that have elapsed since the benefit began on January 1, 2002 or  the January 1 next following the  granting of the benefit, whichever occurs later.On each January 1 following the initial increase under this  Section, the disability benefit shall be increased by 3% of the current  amount of the benefit, including prior increases under this Article.The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 92nd  General Assembly apply without regard to whether the benefit recipient  was in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.    (Source: P.A. 92-749, eff. 8-2-02.)
40 ILCS 5/15-154.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-154.1)Sec. 15-154.1.     Maximum benefits.     The combined retirement annuity, survivors insurance,  death benefits, or disability benefits under this system and any other  system which is, has been, or may be financed fully or in part by  contributions from any alumni association, foundation or athletic  association affiliated with the universities included as  employers, shall not exceed the largest benefit which could be payable  by this system  or such other system based upon the participant's combined service and  earnings credits.If the combined benefits exceed the largest benefit as determined  in accordance with this Section, the benefits payable by this system shall  be reduced to that amount which, when added to the benefits payable under  such other system, equals this largest benefit.If benefits are reduced, this system  shall pay to the alumni association, foundation or athletic association  which financed such other system, that fraction of the reduction, the  numerator of which is the amount of the benefits payable by the other  system prior to the adjustment and the denominator of which is the amount  of the combined benefits which would have been payable prior to the  adjustment. In determining the adjustment of the survivors insurance or  death benefit made under this Section, the benefits payable  under this system and the other systems shall be reduced to common  actuarial equivalents in accordance with the mortality, interest, and  annuity tables adopted by the board and the method of payment required by  this Article.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/15-154.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-154.2)Sec. 15-154.2.     Waiver of service and benefits.     A participant or annuitant  may elect to waive all or any portion of his or her service credit and benefits  which may be payable under this Article; however, service purchased under  the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 15-113.1, subsections (b), (c)  and (d) of Section 15-113.5,  Section 15-113.6, and Section 15-113.7 must be waived before other service  which is granted under this Article.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/15-155.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

Sec. 15-155.1. Actions to enforce payments by employers.(a) Except as otherwise specified, if any employer fails to transmit to the System contributions required of it under this Article or contributions collected by it from its participating employees for the purposes of this Article for more than 120 days after the payment of those contributions is due, the Board, after giving notice to that employer, may certify to the State Comptroller the amounts of such delinquent payments in accordance with any applicable rules of the Comptroller, and the Comptroller shall deduct the amounts so certified or any part thereof from any payments of State funds to the employer involved and shall remit the amount so deducted to the System. If State funds from which such deductions may be made are not available or if deductions are delayed for longer than 120 days after the date of the certification to the Comptroller, the Board may proceed against the employer to recover the amounts of such delinquent payments in the appropriate circuit court.(b) Except as otherwise specified, if any employer that is a community college district fails to transmit to the System contributions required of it under this Article or contributions collected by it from its participating employees for the purposes of this Article for more than 120 days after the payment of those contributions is due, the Board, after giving notice to that employer, may certify the fact of such delinquent payment to the county treasurer of the county in which that employer is located, who shall thereafter remit the amounts collected from any taxes levied by the employer directly to the System.  If the funds from which such remittances may be made are not available or if the remittances are delayed for longer than 120 days after the date of the certification to the county treasurer, the Board may proceed against the employer to recover the amounts of such delinquent payments in the appropriate circuit court.(c)  Nothing in this Section prohibits the Board from proceeding against an employer to recover the amounts of any delinquent payments in the appropriate circuit court.  (Source: P.A. 100-988, eff. 8-20-18.)
40 ILCS 5/15-155.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

Sec. 15-155.2. Individual employer accounts.(a) The System shall create and maintain an individual account for each employer for the purposes of determining employer contributions under subsection (a-2) of Section 15-155.  Each employer's account shall be notionally charged  with the liabilities attributable to that employer and credited with the assets attributable to that employer.(b) Beginning with fiscal year 2018, the System shall assign  notional liabilities to each employer's account, equal to the amount of employer contributions required to be made by the employer pursuant to items (i) and (ii) of subsection (a-2) of Section 15-155, plus any unfunded actuarial accrued liability associated with the defined benefits attributable to the employer's employees who first became participants on or after the implementation date and the employer's employees who made the election under subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161.(c) Beginning with fiscal year 2018, the System shall assign notional assets to each employer's account equal to the amounts of employer contributions made pursuant to items (i) and (ii) of subsection (a-2) of Section 15-155.  (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
40 ILCS 5/15-157.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157.1)Sec. 15-157.1.     Pickup of employee contributions.(a) Each employer shall pick up the employee contributions required  under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of Section 15-157 for all earnings payments  made on and after January 1, 1981, and the contributions so picked up  shall be treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment  under the United States Internal Revenue Code. These contributions shall  not be included as gross income of the participant until such time as they  are distributed or made available.  The employer shall pay these employee  contributions from the same source of funds which is used in paying earnings  to the employee.  The employer may pick up these contributions by a reduction  in the cash salary of the participants, or by an offset against a future  salary increase, or by a combination of a reduction in salary and offset  against a future salary increase.(b) Subject to the requirements of federal law, a participating employee  may elect to have the employer pick up optional contributions that the  participant has elected to pay to the System under Section 15-157(g), and the  contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer contributions for the  purposes of determining federal tax treatment under the federal Internal  Revenue Code of 1986.  These contributions shall not be included as gross  income of the participant until such time as they are distributed or made  available.  The employer shall pick up the contributions by a reduction in the  cash salary of the participant and shall pay the contributions from the same  source of funds that is used to pay earnings to the participant.  The election  to have optional contributions picked up is irrevocable.    (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97; 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
40 ILCS 5/15-157.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

(This Section was added by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)Sec. 15-157.5. Use of contributions for health care subsidies. The System shall not use any contribution received by the System under this Article to provide a subsidy for the cost of participation in a retiree health care program.  (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
40 ILCS 5/15-158.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-158.1)Sec. 15-158.1.     (Repealed).     (Source: P.A. 87-1265.  Repealed by P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
40 ILCS 5/15-158.3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

Sec. 15-158.3. Reports on cost reduction; effect on retirement at any age  with 30 years of service.(a)  On or before November 15, 2001 and on or before November 15th of each  year thereafter, the Board shall have the System's actuary prepare a report  showing, on a fiscal year by fiscal year basis, the actual rate of  participation in the self-managed plan  authorized by Section  15-158.2, (i) by employees of the System's covered higher educational  institutions who were hired on or after the implementation date of the  self-managed plan and (ii) by other System  participants.(b) On or before November 15th of 2001 and on or before November 15th of  each year thereafter, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, in conjunction  with the                       Bureau of the  Budget (now Governor's Office of Management and Budget) shall prepare a  report showing, on a  fiscal year by fiscal year basis, the amount by which the costs associated with  compensable sick leave have been reduced as a result of the termination of  compensable sick leave accrual on and after January 1, 1998 by employees of  higher education institutions who are participants in the System.(c) (Blank).(d) The report required under subsection (b) shall be  disseminated to the Board, the Pension Laws  Commission (until it ceases to exist), the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the  Governor.(e) The report required under subsection (b) shall be  taken into account by the Pension  Laws Commission (or its successor, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability) in  making any recommendation to extend by legislation beyond  December 31, 2002 the provision that allows a System participant to retire at  any age with 30 or more years of service as authorized in Section 15-135.      (Source: P.A. 102-19, eff. 7-1-21.)
40 ILCS 5/15-158.4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

Sec. 15-158.4. Election of medicare coverage.(a) The System shall conduct a divided medicare coverage referendum, open  to employees continuously employed by the same employer since March 31, 1986.  The referendum shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions  of federal law and Article 21 of this Code.(b) As used in this Section and in compliance with federal law, "referendum"  means the process whereby employees are granted the opportunity to make an  irrevocable individual election to participate in the medicare program on a  prospective basis.(c) Employers shall pay the necessary employer contributions and make the  necessary deductions from salary for employees who elect to participate in the  federal medicare program under this Section, as required by the System, Article  21 of this Code, and federal law.               (Source: P.A. 94-415, eff. 8-2-05.)
40 ILCS 5/15-160
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-160)Sec. 15-160.     Board's powers and duties.     The board shall have the powers and duties stated in Sections 15-161 through  15-177 in addition to the other powers and duties provided under this Article.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/15-161
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-161)Sec. 15-161.     To contract and act in its corporate name.To be a public corporation of this State with power to enter into  contracts, accept and make transfers of property, real and personal; to  conduct in its corporate name all court proceedings which the board deems  necessary to protect the interests of the State and of the intended  beneficiaries under this Article; and generally to accomplish the objects  and purposes thereof.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
40 ILCS 5/15-162
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-162)Sec. 15-162. To hold meetings.   To hold regular meetings at least quarterly in each year and special  meetings at such times as the chairperson or a majority of the board deem  necessary.  (Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
40 ILCS 5/15-163
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-163)Sec. 15-163.     To consider applications and authorize payments.To consider and pass on all applications for annuities and benefits; to  authorize the granting of annuities and benefits; and to limit or suspend  any payment or payments, all in accordance with this Article.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
40 ILCS 5/15-164
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-164)Sec. 15-164.         To certify interest rate, to set value of allowances and  to adopt actuarial tables.  To certify the prescribed and effective rates of interest;  to prescribe rules for the  determination of the value of maintenance, board, living quarters and  personal laundry, and other allowances to employees in lieu of money; and  to adopt all necessary actuarial tables.    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
40 ILCS 5/15-166
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 40 - PENSIONS|40 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Pension Code.|Article 15 - State Universities Retirement System

 (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-166)Sec. 15-166.     To be custodian.To be custodian of all cash and securities belonging to the system.    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)