103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3608

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/4-109.1  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.1
30 ILCS 805/8.47 new

    Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in July 2023, the monthly pension of a firefighter who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986 shall be recalculated and increased to reflect the amount that the firefighter would have received in July 2023 had the firefighter been receiving a 3% compounded increase for each year he or she received pension payments after his or her retirement date. Provides that in each January thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional increase of 3% of the amount of the pension then being paid. 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 Section 4-109.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/4-109.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.1)
7    Sec. 4-109.1. Increase in pension.
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the monthly
9pension of a firefighter who retires after July 1, 1971 and
10prior to January 1, 1986, shall, upon either the first of the
11month following the first anniversary of the date of
12retirement if 60 years of age or over at retirement date, or
13upon the first day of the month following attainment of age 60
14if it occurs after the first anniversary of retirement, be
15increased by 2% of the originally granted monthly pension and
16by an additional 2% in each January thereafter. Effective
17January 1976, the rate of the annual increase shall be 3% of
18the originally granted monthly pension.
19    (b) The monthly pension of a firefighter who retired from
20service with 20 or more years of service, on or before July 1,
211971, shall be increased, in January of the year following the
22year of attaining age 65 or in January 1972, if then over age
2365, by 2% of the originally granted monthly pension, for each

 

 

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1year the firefighter received pension payments. In each
2January thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional
3increase of 2% of the original monthly pension. Effective
4January 1976, the rate of the annual increase shall be 3%.
5    (c) The monthly pension of a firefighter who is receiving
6a disability pension under this Article shall be increased, in
7January of the year following the year the firefighter attains
8age 60, or in January 1974, if then over age 60, by 2% of the
9originally granted monthly pension for each year he or she
10received pension payments. In each January thereafter, the
11firefighter shall receive an additional increase of 2% of the
12original monthly pension. Effective January 1976, the rate of
13the annual increase shall be 3%.
14    (c-1) On January 1, 1998, every child's disability benefit
15payable on that date under Section 4-110 or 4-110.1 shall be
16increased by an amount equal to 1/12 of 3% of the amount of the
17benefit, multiplied by the number of months for which the
18benefit has been payable. On each January 1 thereafter, every
19child's disability benefit payable under Section 4-110 or
204-110.1 shall be increased by 3% of the amount of the benefit
21then being paid, including any previous increases received
22under this Article. These increases are not subject to any
23limitation on the maximum benefit amount included in Section
244-110 or 4-110.1.
25    (c-2) On July 1, 2004, every pension payable to or on
26behalf of a minor or disabled surviving child that is payable

 

 

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1on that date under Section 4-114 shall be increased by an
2amount equal to 1/12 of 3% of the amount of the pension,
3multiplied by the number of months for which the benefit has
4been payable. On July 1, 2005, July 1, 2006, July 1, 2007, and
5July 1, 2008, every pension payable to or on behalf of a minor
6or disabled surviving child that is payable under Section
74-114 shall be increased by 3% of the amount of the pension
8then being paid, including any previous increases received
9under this Article. These increases are not subject to any
10limitation on the maximum benefit amount included in Section
114-114.
12    (d) The monthly pension of a firefighter who retires after
13January 1, 1986, shall, upon either the first of the month
14following the first anniversary of the date of retirement if
1555 years of age or over, or upon the first day of the month
16following attainment of age 55 if it occurs after the first
17anniversary of retirement, be increased by 1/12 of 3% of the
18originally granted monthly pension for each full month that
19has elapsed since the pension began, and by an additional 3% in
20each January thereafter.
21    The changes made to this subsection (d) by this amendatory
22Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to all initial
23increases that become payable under this subsection on or
24after January 1, 1999. All initial increases that became
25payable under this subsection on or after January 1, 1999 and
26before the effective date of this amendatory Act shall be

 

 

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1recalculated and the additional amount accruing for that
2period, if any, shall be payable to the pensioner in a lump
3sum.
4    (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), upon
5the first day of the month following (1) the first anniversary
6of the date of retirement, or (2) the attainment of age 55, or
7(3) July 1, 1987, whichever occurs latest, the monthly pension
8of a firefighter who retired on or after January 1, 1977 and on
9or before January 1, 1986 and did not receive an increase under
10subsection (a) before July 1, 1987, shall be increased by 3% of
11the originally granted monthly pension for each full year that
12has elapsed since the pension began, and by an additional 3% in
13each January thereafter. The increases provided under this
14subsection are in lieu of the increases provided in subsection
15(a).
16    (f) In July 2009, the monthly pension of a firefighter who
17retired before July 1, 1977 shall be recalculated and
18increased to reflect the amount that the firefighter would
19have received in July 2009 had the firefighter been receiving
20a 3% compounded increase for each year he or she received
21pension payments after January 1, 1986, plus any increases in
22pension received for each year prior to January 1, 1986. In
23each January thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional
24increase of 3% of the amount of the pension then being paid.
25The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
2696th General Assembly apply without regard to whether the

 

 

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1firefighter was in service on or after its effective date.
2    (f-5) In July 2023, the monthly pension of a firefighter
3who retired between July 1, 1977 and January 1, 1986 shall be
4recalculated and increased to reflect the amount that the
5firefighter would have received in July 2023 had the
6firefighter been receiving a 3% compounded increase for each
7year he or she received pension payments after his or her
8retirement date. In each January thereafter, he or she shall
9receive an additional increase of 3% of the amount of the
10pension then being paid. The changes made to this Section by
11this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly apply
12without regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or
13after its effective date.
14    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
15the monthly pension of a person who first becomes a
16firefighter under this Article on or after January 1, 2011
17shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on or
18after the attainment of age 60 or the first anniversary of the
19pension start date, whichever is later. Each annual increase
20shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted
21percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
22price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
23preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
24originally granted pension. If the annual unadjusted
25percentage change in the consumer price index-u for a 12-month
26period ending in September is zero or, when compared with the

 

 

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1preceding period, decreases, then the pension shall not be
2increased.
3    For the purposes of this subsection (g), "consumer price
4index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
5Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that
6measures the average change in prices of goods and services
7purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
8all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each
9annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension
10Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to
11the boards of the pension funds.
12(Source: P.A. 96-775, eff. 8-28-09; 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
13    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
14Section 8.47 as follows:
 
15    (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)
16    Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
178 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
18the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
19Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.