94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0697

 

Introduced 02/01/05, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/6-111  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-111
30 ILCS 805/8.29 new

    Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Includes the additional pay increment provided to certain drivers and pilots as "salary" for pension purposes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 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 in relation to 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 6-111 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/6-111)   (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-111)
7     Sec. 6-111. Salary. "Salary": Subject to Section 6-211, the
8 annual salary of a fireman, as follows:
9     (a) For age and service annuity, minimum annuity, and
10 disability benefits, the actual amount of the annual salary,
11 except as otherwise provided in this Article.
12     (b) For prior service annuity, widow's annuity, widow's
13 prior service annuity and child's annuity to and including
14 August 31, 1957, the amount of the annual salary up to a
15 maximum of $3,000.
16     (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6-141.1, for
17 widow's annuity, beginning September 1, 1957, the amount of
18 annual salary up to a maximum of $6,000.
19     (d) "Salary" means the actual amount of the annual salary
20 attached to the permanent career service rank held by the
21 fireman, except as provided in subsection (e).
22     (e) In the case of a fireman who holds an exempt position
23 above career service rank:
24         (1) For the purpose of computing employee and city
25     contributions, "salary" means the actual salary attached
26     to the exempt rank position held by the fireman.
27         (2) For the purpose of computing benefits: "salary"
28     means the actual salary attached to the exempt rank
29     position held by the fireman, if (i) the contributions
30     specified in Section 6-211 have been made, (ii) the fireman
31     has held one or more exempt positions for at least 5
32     consecutive years and has held the rank of battalion chief

 

 

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1     or field officer for at least 5 years during the exempt
2     period, and (iii) the fireman was born before 1955;
3     otherwise, "salary" means the salary attached to the
4     permanent career service rank held by the fireman, as
5     provided in subsection (d).
6     (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
7 of the 93rd General Assembly, and for any prior periods for
8 which contributions have been paid under subsection (g) of this
9 Section, all salary payments made to any active or former
10 fireman who holds or previously held the permanent assigned
11 position or classified career service rank, grade, or position
12 of ambulance commander shall be included as salary for all
13 purposes under this Article.
14     (g) Any active or former fireman who held the permanent
15 assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or
16 position of ambulance commander may elect to have the full
17 amount of the salary attached to that permanent assigned
18 position or classified career service rank, grade, or position
19 included in the calculation of his or her salary for any period
20 during which the fireman held the permanent assigned position
21 or classified career service rank, grade, or position of
22 ambulance commander by applying in writing and making all
23 employee and employer contributions, without interest, related
24 to the actual salary payments corresponding to the permanent
25 assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or
26 position of ambulance commander for all periods beginning on or
27 after January 1, 1995. All applicable contributions must be
28 paid in full to the Fund before January 1, 2006 before the
29 payment of any benefit under this subsection (g) will be made.
30     Any former fireman or widow of a fireman who (i) held the
31 permanent assigned position or classified career service rank,
32 grade, or position of ambulance commander, (ii) is in receipt
33 of annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
34 93rd General Assembly, and (iii) pays to the Fund contributions
35 under this subsection (g) for salary payments at the permanent
36 assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or

 

 

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1 position of ambulance commander shall have his or her annuity
2 recalculated to reflect the ambulance commander salary and the
3 resulting increase shall become payable on the next annuity
4 payment date following the date the contribution is received by
5 the Fund.
6     In the case of an active or former fireman who (i) dies
7 before January 1, 2006 without making an election under this
8 subsection and (ii) was eligible to make an election under this
9 subsection at the time of death (or would have been eligible
10 had the death occurred after the effective date of this
11 amendatory Act), any surviving spouse, child, or parent of the
12 fireman who is eligible to receive a benefit under this Article
13 based on the fireman's salary may make that election and pay
14 the required contributions on behalf of the deceased fireman.
15 If the death occurs within the 30 days immediately preceding
16 January 1, 2006, the deadline for application and payment is
17 extended to January 31, 2006.
18     Any portion of the compensation received for service as an
19 ambulance commander for which the corresponding contributions
20 have not been paid shall not be included in the calculation of
21 salary.
22     (h) Beginning January 1, 1999, with respect to a fireman
23 who is licensed by the State as an Emergency Medical
24 Technician, references in this Article to the fireman's salary
25 or the salary attached to or appropriated for the permanent
26 assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or
27 position of the fireman shall be deemed to include any
28 additional compensation payable to the fireman by virtue of
29 being licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician, as provided
30 under a collective bargaining agreement with the city.
31     (i) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
32 of the 93rd General Assembly (and for any period prior to that
33 date for which contributions have been paid under subsection
34 (j) of this Section), the salary of a fireman, as calculated
35 for any purpose under this Article, shall include any duty
36 availability pay received by the fireman (i) pursuant to a

 

 

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1 collective bargaining agreement or (ii) pursuant to an
2 appropriation ordinance in an amount equivalent to the amount
3 of duty availability pay received by other firemen pursuant to
4 a collective bargaining agreement, and references in this
5 Article to the salary attached to or appropriated for the
6 permanent assigned position or classified career service rank,
7 grade, or position of the fireman shall be deemed to include
8 that duty availability pay.
9     (j) An active or former fireman who received duty
10 availability pay at any time after December 31, 1994 and before
11 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
12 Assembly and who either (1) retired during that period or (2)
13 had attained age 46 and at least 16 years of service by the
14 effective date of this amendatory Act may elect to have that
15 duty availability pay included in the calculation of his or her
16 salary for any portion of that period for which the pay was
17 received, by applying in writing and paying to the Fund, before
18 January 1, 2006, the corresponding employee contribution,
19 without interest.
20     In the case of an applicant who is receiving an annuity at
21 the time the application and contribution are received by the
22 Fund, the annuity shall be recalculated and the resulting
23 increase shall become payable on the next annuity payment date
24 following the date the contribution is received by the Fund.
25     In the case of an active or former fireman who (i) dies
26 before January 1, 2006 without making an election under this
27 subsection and (ii) was eligible to make an election under this
28 subsection at the time of death (or would have been eligible
29 had the death occurred after the effective date of this
30 amendatory Act), any surviving spouse, child, or parent of the
31 fireman who is eligible to receive a benefit under this Article
32 based on the fireman's salary may make that election and pay
33 the required contribution on behalf of the deceased fireman. If
34 the death occurs within the 30 days immediately preceding
35 January 1, 2006, the deadline for application and payment is
36 extended to January 31, 2006.

 

 

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1     Any duty availability pay for which the corresponding
2 employee contribution has not been paid shall not be included
3 in the calculation of salary.
4     (k) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
5 of the 94th General Assembly, there shall be included as salary
6 for all purposes under this Article the additional pay
7 increment provided to (i) the regular driver and tillerman of
8 Hook and Ladder Companies; (ii) drivers of Squad Companies;
9 (iii) drivers of Communications Vans; (iv) "B" licensed repair
10 shop drivers (firefighters permanently assigned to the repair
11 shop); and (v) helicopter pilots.
12     (l) (k) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory
13 Act of the 93rd General Assembly are not limited to firemen in
14 service on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
 
16     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
17 Section 8.29 as follows:
 
18     (30 ILCS 805/8.29 new)
19     Sec. 8.29. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
20 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
21 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
22 the 94th General Assembly.
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.