Public Act 102-0202
 
HB1777 EnrolledLRB102 16663 RPS 22064 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 22-306 as follows:
 



    (40 ILCS 5/22-306)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306)



    Sec. 22-306. 
The corporate authorities of any city or the 
village may provide by
ordinance that in case of an accident 
resulting in an injury to or death of
a policeman or fireman in 
the employ of such city or village while in the
performance of 
his duties, the officer at the head of the department or
such 
other officer as may be designated may secure and provide 
proper
medical care and hospital treatment for any such 
policeman or fireman. The
city or village may incur the 
expense aforesaid and appropriate and pay for
the same.
    For a city with a population of more than 1,000,000 
inhabitants, an ordinance providing policeman and fireman 
medical care and hospital treatment under this Section shall 
provide: 

        (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee 
    whether he or she is entitled to benefits under this 
    Section within a reasonable period of time after the 
    accident causing the injury; and 
        (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured 
    employee with benefits under this Section prior to issuing 
    the required notice in paragraph (1). 
    If any such accident shall be due to the negligence of some 
person or
corporation that would be liable in damages 
therefor, the city or village
may recover any expense of 
medical care and hospital treatment expended by
it from the 
person or corporation liable.

    The corporate authorities of any city or village may 
provide by
ordinance for the payment by said city or village of 
all or any part of the
cost of a hospital plan or 
medical-surgical plan, or both, for the
dependents of any 
policeman or fireman killed in the line of duty or who
dies as 
the result of duty connected injuries, and for any policeman 
or
fireman and his dependents, provided his retirement is 
caused by a duty
injury or occupational disease disability and 
for any policeman and fireman
and his dependents, provided he 
has reached compulsory retirement age or
has served in the 
employ of the city or village for at least 20 years.

"Dependent" as used in this paragraph shall mean the wife of 
the policeman
or fireman and his minor children less than 20 
years of age and living at
home and dependent on the policeman 
or fireman for support.

    This amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly applies 
only to a city that is a home rule unit with a population of 
more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is a limitation under 
subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois 
Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of 
powers and functions exercised by the State. 
    This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any city or 
village which
is a home rule unit.

(Source: P.A. 77-754.)

 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
Section 8.45 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for 
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory 
Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.