SB2171 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 13956 RPS 37960 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2171

Introduced 9/9/2015, by Sen. Steven M. Landek

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

40 ILCS 5/2-101	from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101
40 ILCS 5/2-105	from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105

Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the Senate to persons who become participants before June 1, 2016 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the Senate. Makes related changes.

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 Sections 2-101 and 2-105 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101)

Sec. 2-101. Creation of system. A retirement system is created to provide retirement annuities, survivor's annuities and other benefits for certain members of the General Assembly, certain elected state officials, and their beneficiaries.

The system shall be known as the "General Assembly Retirement System". All its funds and property shall be a trust separate from all other entities, maintained for the purpose of securing payment of annuities and benefits under this Article.

Participation in the retirement system created under this Article by members of the Senate is restricted to persons who become participants before June 1, 2016. Beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the Senate.

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

(40 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105)

Sec. 2-105. Member. "Member": Members of the General Assembly of this State, including persons who enter military service while a member of the General Assembly, and any person serving as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, or Attorney General for the period of service in such office.

Any person who has served for 10 or more years as Clerk or Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or any combination thereof, may elect to become a member of this system while thenceforth engaged in such service by filing a written election with the board. Any person so electing shall be deemed an active member of the General Assembly for the purpose of validating and transferring any service credits earned under any of the funds and systems established under Articles 3 through 18 of this Code.

However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a member of the Senate shall not be deemed a member for the purposes of this Article unless he or she became a participant of the System before June 1, 2016.

(Source: P.A. 85-1008.)