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| | 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1670 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 40 ILCS 5/3-111.5 new | | 30 ILCS 805/8.43 new | |
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Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a police officer who previously participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) for service as a member of the police department of a municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police pension fund upon its creation under the Downstate Police Article shall, for the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits under that Article, be deemed to have become a police officer and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding whether that start date was before January 1, 2011. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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| | SB1670 | | LRB101 08803 RPS 53891 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 3-111.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/3-111.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3-111.5. Membership date; previous IMRF service with |
| 8 | | the same municipality. A police officer who previously |
| 9 | | participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) |
| 10 | | for service as a member of the police department of a |
| 11 | | municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police |
| 12 | | pension fund upon its creation under this Article shall, for |
| 13 | | the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits |
| 14 | | under this Article, be deemed to have become a police officer |
| 15 | | and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the |
| 16 | | date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of |
| 17 | | the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding |
| 18 | | whether that start date was before January 1, 2011.
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| 19 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
| 20 | | Section 8.43 as follows:
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| 21 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new) |