HB4080 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 03496 RPS 23504 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4080

Introduced , by Rep. David Harris

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

40 ILCS 5/2-156

from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-156

Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if benefits are forfeited because a participant was convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in in connection with his or her service as a member, then the amount of any benefits paid to the participant prior to the forfeiture must be subtracted from the amount of any refund that the participant may be entitled to. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing Section 2-156 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/2-156) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-156)

Sec. 2-156. Felony conviction.

(a) None of the benefits herein provided for shall be paid to any person who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his or her service as a member.

If benefits are forfeited under this Section, then the amount of any benefits paid to the participant under this Article prior to the forfeiture must be subtracted from the amount of any refund that the participant may be entitled to under this Article.

(b) This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or vested right acquired prior to July 11, 1955 under any law or laws continued in this Article, nor to preclude the right to a refund.

All participants entering service subsequent to July 11, 1955 shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of this Section as a condition of participation.

(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)

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