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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 changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 5-214 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/5-214) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-214)
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7 | Sec. 5-214. Credit for other service. Any participant in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | this fund (other
than a member of the fire department of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | city) who has rendered service
as a member of the police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | department of the city for a period of 3 years
or more is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | entitled to credit for the various purposes of this Article for
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12 | service rendered prior to becoming a member or subsequent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | thereto for the
following periods:
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14 | (a) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | department assigned or
detailed to investigative, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | protective, security or police work for the park
district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of the city, the department of the Port of Chicago or the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | sanitary
district in which the city is located.
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19 | (b) As a temporary police officer in the city or while | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | serving in the
office of the mayor or in the office of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | corporation counsel, as a
member of the city council of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | city, as an employee of the Policemen's
Annuity and Benefit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Fund created by this Article, as the head
of an |
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1 | organization whose membership consists of members of the | ||||||
2 | police
department, the Public Vehicle License Commission | ||||||
3 | and the board of election
commissioners of the city, | ||||||
4 | provided that, in each of these cases and for all periods | ||||||
5 | specified in this item (b), including those beginning | ||||||
6 | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
7 | 97th General Assembly, the police officer is on leave and | ||||||
8 | continues to remain in sworn status, subject to the | ||||||
9 | professional standards of the public employer or those | ||||||
10 | terms established in statute.
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11 | (c) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||
12 | department of the city and assigned or detailed to perform | ||||||
13 | performing safety or investigative work as an employee for | ||||||
14 | the County of Cook, the State of Illinois, or the federal | ||||||
15 | government county in which
such city is principally located | ||||||
16 | or for the State of Illinois or for the
federal government, | ||||||
17 | on leave of absence from the department of police, or
while | ||||||
18 | employed as a civilian employee of the police department of | ||||||
19 | the city and assigned or detailed to perform performing | ||||||
20 | investigative work for the department as a civilian
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21 | employee of the department . Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
22 | provision of law, the board may shall reconsider an | ||||||
23 | application for credit for service for any active policeman | ||||||
24 | assigned or detailed to perform safety or investigative | ||||||
25 | work as an employee for the County of Cook, if such | ||||||
26 | application under this item (c) that was submitted after |
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1 | January 1, 1992 and before April 1, 2008 and was denied.
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2 | The changes made to this item (c) by this amendatory | ||||||
3 | Act of the 101st General Assembly requiring an applicant to | ||||||
4 | have been on a leave of absence from the police department | ||||||
5 | of the city in order to obtain the requested service credit | ||||||
6 | while assigned or detailed to perform safety or | ||||||
7 | investigative work as an employee for the County of Cook | ||||||
8 | are effective beginning January 1, 2021. | ||||||
9 | In this item (c), "investigative work" requires a | ||||||
10 | systematic inquiry into the obtainment and examination of | ||||||
11 | facts and evidence and does not include the simple | ||||||
12 | gathering of information.
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13 | (d) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||
14 | department of the city
and serving as the chief of police | ||||||
15 | of a police department outside the city.
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16 | No credit shall be granted in this fund, however, for this | ||||||
17 | service if (1) the
policeman has credit therefor in any other | ||||||
18 | annuity and benefit fund , or (2) the policeman has not, within | ||||||
19 | 5 years after the date his application has been approved, but | ||||||
20 | prior to his date of retirement, contributed
unless he | ||||||
21 | contributes to this fund the amount he would have contributed
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22 | with interest had he remained an active member of the police | ||||||
23 | department
in the position he occupied as a result of a civil | ||||||
24 | service competitive
examination, certification and appointment | ||||||
25 | by the Civil Service Board; or
in the case of a city operating | ||||||
26 | under the provisions of a personnel ordinance
the position he |
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1 | occupied as a result of a personnel ordinance competitive
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2 | examination certification and appointment under the authority | ||||||
3 | of a Municipal
Personnel ordinance.
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4 | Concurrently with such contributions, the city shall | ||||||
5 | contribute the amounts
provided by this Article. No credit | ||||||
6 | shall be allowed for any period of
time for which contributions | ||||||
7 | by the policeman have not been paid. It is the sole | ||||||
8 | responsibility of the policeman to ensure that all sums | ||||||
9 | contributed by the policeman have been received by the fund for | ||||||
10 | the service credit for which the policeman has applied. The | ||||||
11 | period
of service rendered by such policeman prior to the date | ||||||
12 | he became a member
of the police department of the city or | ||||||
13 | while detailed, assigned or on leave
of absence and employed in | ||||||
14 | any of the departments set forth hereinabove
in this Section | ||||||
15 | for which such policeman has contributed to this fund shall
be | ||||||
16 | credited to him as service for all the purposes of this | ||||||
17 | Article, except
that he shall not have any of the rights | ||||||
18 | conferred by the provisions of
Sections 5-127 and 5-162 of this | ||||||
19 | Article.
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20 | The changes in this Section made by Public Act 86-273 shall | ||||||
21 | apply to members
of the fund who have not begun receiving a | ||||||
22 | pension under this Article on August
23, 1989, without regard | ||||||
23 | to whether employment is terminated before that date.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 100-1173, eff. 6-1-19 .)
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25 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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1 | Section 8.44 as follows: | ||||||
2 | (30 ILCS 805/8.44 new) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 8.44. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
4 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
5 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | the 101st General Assembly. | ||||||
7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
8 | becoming law.
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