95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1253

 

Introduced 2/15/2007, by Rep. Jim Watson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/1-111   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-111

    Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a retirement system or pension fund established under the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighters, or Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article may not acquire a security issued by an employer of employees covered by any retirement system or pension fund under any of those Articles, including itself, if immediately after such acquisition, the aggregate fair market value of all such employer securities held by the retirement system or pension fund exceeds 10% of the fair market value of the assets of the retirement system or pension fund. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5 Section 1-111 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/1-111)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-111)
7     Sec. 1-111. Ten Per Cent Limitation of Employer Securities.
8     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a A plan may not
9 acquire a security issued by an employer of employees covered
10 by the retirement system or pension fund, if immediately after
11 such acquisition, the aggregate fair market value of such
12 employer securities held by the retirement system or pension
13 fund exceed 10 per cent of the fair market value of the assets
14 of the retirement system or pension fund.
15     (b) A retirement system or pension fund established under
16 Article 3, 4, or 7 may not acquire a security issued by an
17 employer of employees covered by any retirement system or
18 pension fund under Article 3, 4, or 7, including itself, if
19 immediately after such acquisition, the aggregate fair market
20 value of all such employer securities held by the retirement
21 system or pension fund exceeds 10% of the fair market value of
22 the assets of the retirement system or pension fund.
23 (Source: P.A. 81-948.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.