103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1627

 

Introduced 2/1/2023, by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/7-109.3  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3
40 ILCS 5/7-142.1  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1
40 ILCS 5/7-150  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-150
40 ILCS 5/7-156  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156
30 ILCS 805/8.47 new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a full-time firefighter or firefighter/paramedic employed by a city, village, incorporated town, or township that meets certain requirements is not eligible to participate in a retirement fund created under the Downstate Firefighters Article of the Code, then he or she is eligible to participate, as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, under the IMRF Article of the Code. Specifies survivor and occupational disease disability benefits that are available to the qualifying firefighters. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 7-109.3, 7-142.1, 7-150, and 7-156 as
6follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
8    Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
9    (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:
10        (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than
11    special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the
12    office of the sheriff.
13        (2) A person who has elected to participate in this
14    Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is
15    employed by a participating municipality to perform police
16    duties.
17        (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time
18    basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that such
19    officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement
20    employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in
21    that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's
22    law enforcement employee, only if the board of
23    commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption

 

 

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1    of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
2    may not be rescinded.
3        (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
4    established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
5    on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or
6    participating instrumentality to perform police duties at
7    an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
8    employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee
9    status for its airport police employees by adoption of an
10    affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may not
11    be rescinded.
12        (5) A person first hired on or after January 1, 2011
13    who (i) is employed by a participating municipality that
14    has both 30 or more full-time police officers and 50 or
15    more full-time firefighters and has not established a fund
16    under Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code and (ii) is
17    employed on a full-time basis by that participating
18    municipality to perform police duties or firefighting and
19    EMS duties; but only if the governing authority of that
20    municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement
21    employee status for its police officer or firefighter
22    employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The
23    resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be
24    applicable to such employment occurring on or after the
25    adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall be
26    irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the

 

 

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1    establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the
2    municipality.
3        (6) Any full-time firefighter or firefighter/paramedic
4    employed by a city, village, incorporated town, or
5    township that has a population of less than 5,000
6    inhabitants, is located in a county of more than 1,000,000
7    inhabitants, and employs 40 or more full-time paid
8    firefighters or firefighter/paramedics who are subject to
9    a collective bargaining agreement, provided that such a
10    person is not eligible to participate in a fund
11    established under Article 4 of this Code.
12    (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement
13employee and is granted military leave or authorized leave of
14absence shall receive service credit in that capacity.
15Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
16out-of-State service credit under Section 7-139.
17(Source: P.A. 100-354, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/7-142.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1)
19    Sec. 7-142.1. Sheriff's law enforcement employees.
20    (a) In lieu of the retirement annuity provided by
21subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-142:
22    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
23years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
24prior to January 1, 1988 shall be entitled at his option to
25receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a

 

 

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1sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2%
2for each year of such service up to 10 years, 2 1/4% for each
3year of such service above 10 years and up to 20 years, and 2
41/2% for each year of such service above 20 years, by his
5annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12.
6    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
7years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
8on or after January 1, 1988 and before July 1, 2004 shall be
9entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
10for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
11computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service up
12to 20 years, 2% for each year of such service above 20 years
13and up to 30 years, and 1% for each year of such service above
1430 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by
1512.
16    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
17years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
18on or after July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his or her option
19to receive a monthly retirement annuity for service as a
20sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying
212.5% for each year of such service by his annual final rate of
22earnings and dividing by 12.
23    If a sheriff's law enforcement employee has service in any
24other capacity, his retirement annuity for service as a
25sheriff's law enforcement employee may be computed under this
26Section and the retirement annuity for his other service under

 

 

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1Section 7-142.
2    In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity for
3persons who retire before July 1, 2004 exceed 75% of the
4monthly final rate of earnings. In no case shall the total
5monthly retirement annuity for persons who retire on or after
6July 1, 2004 exceed 80% of the monthly final rate of earnings.
7    (b) Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected
8in accordance with the provisions of Section 367h of the
9Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the
10total monthly premium for such continued group insurance
11coverage or such portion thereof as is not paid by the
12municipality shall, upon request of the person electing such
13continued group insurance coverage, be deducted from any
14monthly pension benefit otherwise payable to such person
15pursuant to this Section, to be remitted by the Fund to the
16insurance company or other entity providing the group
17insurance coverage.
18    (c) A sheriff's law enforcement employee who began service
19in that capacity prior to the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly and who has
21service in any other capacity may convert up to 10 years of
22that service into service as a sheriff's law enforcement
23employee by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
24additional employee contribution required under Section
257-173.1, plus (2) the additional employer contribution
26required under Section 7-172, plus (3) interest on items (1)

 

 

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1and (2) at the prescribed rate from the date of the service to
2the date of payment. Application must be received by the Board
3while the employee is an active participant in the Fund.
4Payment must be received while the member is an active
5participant, except that one payment will be permitted after
6termination of participation.
7    (d) The changes to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
8made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply
9only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. In the
10case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement
11annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated
13prospectively to reflect those changes, with the resulting
14increase beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date
15following the effective date of this amendatory Act.
16    (e) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive
17a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or
18before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the
19amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official
20applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
22Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee
23contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii)
24employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the
25employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend
26not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the

 

 

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1actuarially assumed rate.
2    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
3the provisions of this subsection (f) apply to a person who
4first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this
5Article on or after January 1, 2011, except any person
6employed as a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before
7January 1, 2011, who, after that date, first becomes a
8sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article by
9operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section
107-109.3.
11    A sheriff's law enforcement employee age 55 or more who
12has 10 or more years of service in that capacity shall be
13entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
14for his or her service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
15computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service by
16his or her final rate of earnings.
17    The retirement annuity of a sheriff's law enforcement
18employee who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 10 or more
19years of creditable service shall be reduced by one-half of 1%
20for each month that the sheriff's law enforcement employee's
21age is under age 55.
22    The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (f)
23shall be 75% of final rate of earnings.
24    For the purposes of this subsection (f), "final rate of
25earnings" means the average monthly earnings obtained by
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1employee during the 96 consecutive months of service within
2the last 120 months of service in which the total earnings was
3the highest by the number of months of service in that period.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
5beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under this Code
6(including without limitation the calculation of benefits and
7employee contributions), except with regard to any person
8employed as a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before
9January 1, 2011, who, after that date, first becomes a
10sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article by
11operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section
127-109.3, the annual earnings of a sheriff's law enforcement
13employee to whom this Section applies shall not include
14overtime and shall not exceed $106,800; however, that amount
15shall annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of (i) 3%
16of that amount, including all previous adjustments, or (ii)
17one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
18less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
19ending with the September preceding each November 1, including
20all previous adjustments.
21    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
22the monthly annuity of a person who first becomes a sheriff's
23law enforcement employee under this Article on or after
24January 1, 2011, except any person employed as a firefighter
25or firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011, who, after
26that date, first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee

 

 

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1under this Article by operation of paragraph (6) of subsection
2(a) of Section 7-109.3, shall be increased on the January 1
3occurring either on or after the attainment of age 60 or the
4first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is
5later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
6one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
7less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
8ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
9is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the
10annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
11index-u for a 12-month period ending in September is zero or,
12when compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the
13annuity shall not be increased.
14    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
15for a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement
16employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011,
17except any person employed as a firefighter or
18firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011, who, after that
19date, first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under
20this Article by operation of paragraph (6) of subsection (a)
21of Section 7-109.3, the annuity to which the surviving spouse,
22children, or parents are entitled under this subsection (h)
23shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the sheriff's law
24enforcement employee's earned annuity at the date of death.
25    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
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1a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or
2after January 1, 2011, except any person employed as a
3firefighter or firefighter/paramedic before January 1, 2011,
4who, after that date, first becomes a sheriff's law
5enforcement employee under this Article by operation of
6paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section 7-109.3, shall be
7increased on the January 1 after attainment of age 60 by the
8recipient of the survivor's annuity and each January 1
9thereafter by 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
10increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
11ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
12is less, of the originally granted pension. If the annual
13unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
14a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when
15compared with the preceding period, decreases, then the
16annuity shall not be increased.
17    (j) For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price
18index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
19Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that
20measures the average change in prices of goods and services
21purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
22all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each
23annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension
24Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to
25the boards of the pension funds.
26(Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-150)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-150)
2    Sec. 7-150. Total and permanent disability benefits -
3Eligibility. Total and permanent disability benefits shall be
4payable to participating employees as hereinafter provided,
5including those employees receiving disability benefit on July
61, 1962.
7    (a) A participating employee shall be considered totally
8and permanently disabled if:
9        1. He is unable to engage in any gainful activity
10    because of any medically determinable physical or mental
11    impairment which can be expected to result in death or be
12    of a long continued and indefinite duration, other than as
13    a result of self-inflicted injury or addiction to narcotic
14    drugs;
15        2. The Board has received a written certification by
16    at least 1 licensed and practicing physician stating that
17    the employee meets the qualifications of subparagraph 1 of
18    this paragraph (a).
19    (b) A totally and permanently disabled employee is
20entitled to a permanent disability benefit provided:
21        1. He has exhausted his temporary disability benefits.
22        2. He:
23            (i) has at least one year of service immediately
24        preceding the date the disability was incurred and has
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1        of months of service normally required in his position
2        during a 12 month period, or has at least 5 years of
3        service credit, the last year of which immediately
4        preceded the date the disability was incurred; or
5            (ii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but had
6        an interruption in service of not more than 3 months in
7        the 12 months preceding the date the temporary
8        disability was incurred and was not paid a separation
9        benefit; or
10            (iii) had qualified under clause (i) above, but
11        had an interruption after 20 or more years of
12        creditable service, was not paid a separation benefit,
13        and returned to service prior to the date the
14        disability was incurred.
15        Item (iii) of this subdivision shall apply to all
16    employees whose disabilities were incurred on or after
17    July 1, 1985, and any such employee who becomes eligible
18    for a disability benefit under item (iii) shall be
19    entitled to receive a lump sum payment of any accumulated
20    disability benefits which may accrue from the date the
21    disability was incurred until the effective date of this
22    amendatory Act of 1987.
23        Periods of qualified leave granted in compliance with
24    the federal Family and Medical Leave Act shall be ignored
25    for purposes of determining the number of consecutive
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1        3. He is receiving no earnings from a participating
2    municipality or instrumentality thereof or participating
3    instrumentality, except as allowed under subsection (f) of
4    Section 7-152.
5        4. He has not refused to submit to a reasonable
6    physical examination by a physician appointed by the
7    Board.
8        5. His disability is not the result of a mental or
9    physical condition which existed on the earliest date of
10    service from which he has uninterrupted service, including
11    prior service, at the date of his disability, provided
12    that this limitation shall not be applicable to a
13    participating employee who, without receiving a disability
14    benefit, receives 5 years of creditable service.
15        6. He is not separated from the service of his
16    employing participating municipality or instrumentality
17    thereof or participating instrumentality on the date his
18    temporary disability was incurred; for the purposes of
19    payment of total and permanent disability benefits, a
20    participating employee, whose employment relationship is
21    terminated by his employing municipality, shall be deemed
22    not to be separated from the service of his employing
23    municipality or participating instrumentality if he
24    continues disabled by the same condition and so long as he
25    is otherwise entitled to such disability benefit.
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1    benefit under the Federal Social Security Act at the
2    request of the Board.
3        8. He has not failed or refused to consent to and sign
4    an authorization allowing the Board to receive copies of
5    or to examine his medical and hospital records.
6        9. He has not failed or refused to provide complete
7    information regarding any other employment for
8    compensation he has received since becoming disabled.
9    (c) A participating employee shall remain eligible and may
10make application for a total and permanent disability benefit
11within 90 days after the termination of his temporary
12disability benefits or within such longer period terminating
13at the end of the period during which his employing
14municipality is prevented from employing him by reason of any
15statutory prohibition.
16    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
17firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates under
18this Article, has 5 or more years of creditable service, and is
19found unable to perform his or her duties in the fire
20department by reason of heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis,
21or any disease of the lungs or respiratory tract, resulting
22from service as a firefighter, is entitled to an occupational
23disease disability pension during any period of such
24disability for which he or she has no right to receive salary.
25    Any active firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who
26participates under this Article, has completed 5 or more years

 

 

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1of service, and is unable to perform his or her duties in the
2fire department by reason of a disabling cancer, which
3develops or manifests itself during a period while the
4firefighter or firefighter/paramedic is in the service of the
5fire department, shall be entitled to receive an occupational
6disease disability benefit during any period of such
7disability for which he or she does not have a right to receive
8salary. In order to receive this occupational disease
9disability benefit, (i) the type of cancer involved must be a
10type that may be caused by exposure to heat, radiation, or a
11known carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for
12Research on Cancer, and (ii) the cancer must (and is
13rebuttably presumed to) arise as a result of service as a
14firefighter.
15    A firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
16under this Article and who enters the service after August 27,
171971 shall be examined by one or more practicing physicians
18appointed by the Board. If the examination discloses
19impairment of the heart, lungs, or respiratory tract, or the
20existence of any cancer, the firefighter or
21firefighter/paramedic who participates under this Article
22shall not be entitled to the occupational disease disability
23pension unless and until a subsequent examination reveals no
24such impairment or cancer.
25    The occupational disease disability pension shall be equal
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1held by the firefighter in the fire service at the time of his
2or her removal from the municipality's fire department payroll
3or (2) the retirement pension that the firefighter or
4firefighter/paramedic would be eligible to receive if he or
5she retired (but not including any automatic annual increase
6in that retirement pension).
7    The firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
8under this Article is also entitled to a child's disability
9benefit of $20 a month for each natural or legally adopted
10unmarried child less than age 18 who is dependent upon the
11firefighter or firefighter/paramedic for support. The total
12child's disability benefit when added to the occupational
13disease disability pension shall not exceed 75% of the
14firefighter's or firefighter/paramedic's salary at the time of
15the grant of occupational disease disability pension.
16    The occupational disease disability pension is payable to
17the firefighter or firefighter/paramedic during the period of
18the disability. If the disability ceases before the death of
19the firefighter or firefighter/paramedic, the disability
20pension payable under this Section shall also cease, and the
21firefighter or firefighter/paramedic thereafter shall receive
22such pension benefits as are provided in accordance with other
23provisions of this Article.
24    If a firefighter or firefighter/paramedic who participates
25under this Article dies while still disabled and receiving a
26disability pension under this Section, the disability pension

 

 

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1shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's or
2firefighter/paramedic's survivors. A pension previously
3granted under this Section to a firefighter or
4firefighter/paramedic who died while receiving a disability
5pension under this Section shall be deemed to be a
6continuation of the pension provided under this Section and
7shall be deemed to be in the nature of worker's occupational
8disease compensation payments. The changes to this Section
9made by this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly are
10intended to be retroactive and are not limited to persons in
11service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
12of the 103rd General Assembly.
13    The child's disability benefit shall terminate if the
14disability ceases while the firefighter or
15firefighter/paramedic is alive or when the child or children
16attain age 18 or marry, whichever event occurs first, except
17that benefits payable on account of a child under this Section
18shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's
19attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason
20of a physical or mental disability but shall continue to be
21paid as long as such dependency continues. Individuals over
22the age of 18 and adjudged as a disabled person pursuant to
23Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons
24receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public
25Aid Code, shall be eligible to receive benefits under this
26Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 101-151, eff. 7-26-19.)
 
2    (40 ILCS 5/7-156)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156)
3    Sec. 7-156. Surviving spouse annuities - amount.
4    (a) The amount of surviving spouse annuity shall be:
5    1. Upon the death of an employee annuitant or such person
6entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity at date of
7death, (i) an amount equal to 50% for a Tier 1 regular employee
8or 66 2/3% for a Tier 2 regular employee of the retirement
9annuity which was or would have been payable exclusive of the
10amount so payable which was provided from additional credits,
11and disregarding any election made under paragraph (b) of
12Section 7-142, plus (ii) an annuity which could be provided at
13the then attained age of the surviving spouse and under
14actuarial tables then in effect, from the excess of the
15additional credits, (excluding any such credits used to create
16a reversionary annuity) used to provide the annuity granted
17pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Section 7-142 of this article
18over the total annuity payments made pursuant thereto.
19    2. Upon the death of a participating employee on or after
20attainment of age 55, an amount equal to 50% for a Tier 1
21regular employee or 66 2/3% for a Tier 2 regular employee of
22the retirement annuity which he could have had as of the date
23of death had he then retired and applied for annuity,
24exclusive of the portion thereof which could have been
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1(b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount equal to the annuity which
2could be provided from the total of his accumulated additional
3credits at date of death, on the basis of the attained age of
4the surviving spouse on such date.
5    3. Upon the death of a participating employee before age
655, an amount equal to 50% for a Tier 1 regular employee or 66
72/3% for a Tier 2 regular employee of the retirement annuity
8which he could have had as of his attained age on the date of
9death, had he then retired and applied for annuity, and the
10provisions of this Article that no such annuity shall begin
11until the employee has attained at least age 55 were not
12applicable, exclusive of the portion thereof which could have
13been provided from additional credits and disregarding
14paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount equal to the
15annuity which could be provided from the total of his
16accumulated additional credits at date of death, on the basis
17of the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date.
18    In the case of the surviving spouse of a person who dies
19before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-712),
20if the surviving spouse is more than 5 years younger than the
21deceased, that portion of the annuity which is not based on
22additional credits shall be reduced in the ratio of the value
23of a life annuity of $1 per year at an age of 5 years less than
24the attained age of the deceased, at the earlier of the date of
25the death or the date his retirement annuity begins, to the
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1the surviving spouse on such date, according to actuarial
2tables approved by the Board. This reduction does not apply to
3the surviving spouse of a person who dies on or after June 1,
42006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-712).
5    In computing the amount of a surviving spouse annuity,
6incremental increases of retirement annuities to the date of
7death of the employee annuitant shall be considered.
8    (b) If the employee was a Tier 1 regular employee, each
9surviving spouse annuity payable on January 1, 1988 shall be
10increased on that date by 3% of the original amount of the
11annuity. Each surviving spouse annuity that begins after
12January 1, 1988 shall be increased on the January 1 next
13occurring after the annuity begins, by an amount equal to (i)
143% of the original amount thereof if the deceased employee was
15receiving a retirement annuity at the time of his death;
16otherwise (ii) 0.25% of the original amount thereof for each
17complete month which has elapsed since the date the annuity
18began.
19    On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
20under this subsection, each surviving spouse annuity shall be
21increased by 3% of the originally granted amount of the
22annuity.
23    (c) If the participating employee was a Tier 2 regular
24employee, each surviving spouse annuity shall be increased (1)
25on each January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
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1retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
2occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
3the annuity. Such annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
4one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
5less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
6ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
7is less, of the originally granted surviving spouse annuity.
8If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer
9price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
10preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then
11the annuity shall not be increased.
12    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
13the pension of the surviving spouse of a firefighter who
14qualifies as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under
15paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Section 7-109.3 and dies on
16or after January 1, 1988 as a result of sickness, accident, or
17injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act
18of duty or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty shall
19not be less than 100% of the salary attached to the rank held
20by the deceased firefighter on the last day of service.
21(Source: P.A. 102-210, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
22    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23Section 8.47 as follows:
 
24    (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
28 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
3the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
4Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.