Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0239

Amends the General Assembly, Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighters, Chicago Police, Chicago Firefighters, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), Chicago Municipal, Cook County, Cook County Forest Preserve, Chicago Laborers, Chicago Park District, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, Chicago Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in any matter involving a question of whether pension benefits should be terminated because of a felony, the board of the fund or system shall make the Attorney General and the State's Attorney of the county in which the felony occurred parties to the proceeding. Provides that the Attorney General or the State's Attorney may contest the eligibility of the person convicted of the felony and may seek judicial review of the board's decision not to terminate benefits because of a felony conviction. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.

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