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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1698
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1698 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Local Government Officer Compensation Act | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 25 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (50 ILCS 145/25) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 25. Elected official salary. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law to the | ||||||
| 9 | contrary, an elected officer of a unit of local government that | ||||||
| 10 | is a participating employer under the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
| 11 | Retirement Fund shall not receive any salary or other | ||||||
| 12 | compensation from the unit of local government if the member is | ||||||
| 13 | receiving pension benefits from the Illinois Municipal | ||||||
| 14 | Retirement Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code | ||||||
| 15 | for the elected official's service in that same elected | ||||||
| 16 | position. If an elected officer is receiving benefits from the | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund on August 23, 2019 (the | ||||||
| 2 | effective date of Public Act 101-544) this amendatory Act of | ||||||
| 3 | the 101st General Assembly, the elected official's salary and | ||||||
| 4 | compensation shall be reduced to zero at the beginning of the | ||||||
| 5 | member's next term if the member is still receiving such | ||||||
| 6 | pension benefits. | ||||||
| 7 | (b) This Section does not apply to a unit of local | ||||||
| 8 | government that has adopted an ordinance or resolution | ||||||
| 9 | effective prior to January 1, 2019 that: (i) reduces the | ||||||
| 10 | compensation of an elected official of the unit of local | ||||||
| 11 | government who is receiving pension benefits from the Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
| 13 | Pension Code for his or her service as an elected official in | ||||||
| 14 | the same elected position of that unit of local government; and | ||||||
| 15 | (ii) changes the official's position to part-time.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 101-544, eff. 8-23-19.)
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| 17 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 18 | becoming law.".
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