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HB6130 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB6130

 

Introduced 2/11/2016, by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/9-179.1  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-179.1
30 ILCS 805/8.40 new

    Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Cook County Article, deletes a restrictive date in a provision concerning establishing credit for military service. 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 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 changing
5Section 9-179.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/9-179.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-179.1)
7    Sec. 9-179.1. Military service. A contributing employee as
8of January 1, 1993 with at least 25 years of service credit may
9apply for creditable service for up to 2 years of military
10service whether or not the military service followed service as
11a county employee. The military service need not have been
12served in wartime, but the employee must not have been
13dishonorably discharged. To establish this creditable service
14the applicant must pay to the Fund, while in the service of the
15county, an amount determined by the Fund to represent the
16employee contributions for the creditable service established,
17based on the employee's rate of compensation on his or her last
18day as a contributor before the military service, or on his or
19her first day as a contributor after the military service,
20whichever is greater, plus interest at the effective rate from
21the date of discharge to the date of payment. If a person who
22has established any credit under this Section applies for or
23receives any early retirement incentive under Section 9-134.2,

 

 

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1the credit under this Section shall be forfeited and the amount
2paid to the Fund under this Section shall be refunded.
3(Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
 
4    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
5Section 8.40 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 805/8.40 new)
7    Sec. 8.40. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
8of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
9implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
10the 99th General Assembly.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.