House Sponsors: TURNER,ART-CAPPARELLI-HARTKE, LYONS,JOSEPH, BRADLEY AND FRITCHEY. Senate Sponsors: O'MALLEY Short description: PEN CD-SERS-ARSON INVESTIGATOR Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the State Employee Article of the Pension Code to provide the alternative (State Police) formula for arson investigators employed by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Effective immediately. PENSION IMPACT NOTE HB 313 would increase SERS accrued liabilities by $252,000. PENSION IMPACT NOTE, ENGROSSED No change from previous note. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 40 ILCS 5/3-110.5 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.5 40 ILCS 5/3-110.6 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.6 40 ILCS 5/4-109.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.1 40 ILCS 5/4-115.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-115.1 40 ILCS 5/5-167.5 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.5 40 ILCS 5/5-237 40 ILCS 5/6-164.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-164.2 40 ILCS 5/7-139.8 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.8 40 ILCS 5/7-141.1 40 ILCS 5/7-145.1 new 40 ILCS 5/7-145.2 new 40 ILCS 5/8-138 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-138 40 ILCS 5/8-150.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-150.1 40 ILCS 5/8-159 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-159 40 ILCS 5/8-164.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-164.1 40 ILCS 5/9-101 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-101 40 ILCS 5/9-120.1 new 40 ILCS 5/9-121.13 40 ILCS 5/9-133 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-133 40 ILCS 5/9-133.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-133.1 40 ILCS 5/9-134.3 new 40 ILCS 5/9-146.2 new 40 ILCS 5/9-179.3 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-179.3 40 ILCS 5/11-134 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-134 40 ILCS 5/11-145.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-145.1 40 ILCS 5/11-154 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-154 40 ILCS 5/11-160.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-160.1 40 ILCS 5/14-104 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104 40 ILCS 5/14-104.10 new 40 ILCS 5/15-157 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157 40 ILCS 5/15-157.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157.1 40 ILCS 5/16-127 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-127 40 ILCS 5/16-141 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-141 40 ILCS 5/17-116.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-116.1 30 ILCS 805/8.21 new Replaces everything. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article. Provides an annual increase in the benefit for dependent children of firefighters receiving duty or occupational disability benefits. Preserves benefits for a firefighter's child who is adopted by another person after the death of the firefighter. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Article, provides an optional plan of additional benefits and contributions for elected county officers and their survivors. Also makes the early retirement program available to employees of municipalities and removes the 5-year limitation. In the Chicago Police, Firefighter, Municipal, and Laborer Articles, extends the annuitant health insurance plan through December 31, 2002. Makes numerous changes relating to participation in and financing of the plan. In the Chicago Municipal and Laborer Articles, increases the minimum retirement annuity. Provides for retirement at age 50 with 30 years of service. Eliminates the age discount for employees who retire at age 55 with 25 years of service. Increases the minimum widow's annuity and allows certain widows to elect to receive 50% of the deceased employee's retirement annuity instead of a widow's annuity. Increases the child's annuity and removes the combined family maximum for certain persons currently eligible for child's annuities. In the Cook County Article, changes the population limit for establishing a pension fund under that Article from 500,000 to 3,000,000. Compounds the automatic annual increase for retirement annuitants and provides a 3% noncompounded annual increase for surviving spouses. Extends the expiration of the program of optional contributions until July 1, 2002. Allows members of the Cook County police department to transfer credits from the Chicago police pension fund to the Cook County pension fund until July 1, 1998. Provides for a program of early retirement incentives; also applies to the Cook County Forest Preserve District pension fund. Allows certain persons employed by the Chicago Transit Authority to participate in the Cook County pension fund. Allows these persons to have their Cook County benefits based on their CTA salaries; to purchase Cook County credit for their past CTA service without paying any employer contribution or interest; and to buy up to 4 additional years of Cook County credit for active or reserve military service. Amends the State Employee Article. Allows State employees to establish service credit for up to 8 years of certain federal or out-of-state employment. Allows alternative formula employees to establish service credit for certain time spent as a law enforcement or corrections officer employed by the federal government or a state or local government located outside of Illinois. Requires payment of both employee and employer contributions plus interest. Allows purchase of service credit for certain periods of authorized leave of absence not exceeding one year. Allows controlled substance inspectors to transfer credits from downstate police pension funds and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund to the State Employees' Retirement System. Provides the alternative (State Police) formula for arson investigators employed by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Allows a former arson investigator who is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement annuity to convert his or her creditable service for service as an arson investigator into eligible creditable service by paying the difference in contributions. Allows a security employee of the Department of Corrections to reinstate service credit in a downstate police pension fund and transfer that credit to the State Employees Retirement System. Amends the State Universities Article. Authorizes participating employees to make contributions for the purchase of service credit. Authorizes pickup of optional contributions by the employer for federal tax purposes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article. Allows credit to be established for certain periods during which a current or former teacher ceased employment for the purpose of adopting an infant or caring for a newly adopted infant. Accelerates the payment of a survivor's benefit for certain surviving spouses between ages 50 and 55. Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows the employer to extend the early retirement without discount program until June 30, 2000. Allows retroactive application to July 1, 1995, subject to the approval of the employer. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: 40 ILCS 5/17-106 40 ILCS 5/17-115 40 ILCS 5/17-117 40 ILCS 5/17-120 40 ILCS 5/17-122 40 ILCS 5/17-134 40 ILCS 5/17-146 40 ILCS 5/17-146.1 40 ILCS 5/17-149 Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Clarifies that pensioners may return to temporary teaching in the City for up to 100 days per year (not 75) without loss of pension benefits; makes this change retroactive to August 23, 1989. Restores full payment of the retirement annuity for certain reversionary annuities elected before January 1, 1984 where the beneficiary has predeceased the retiree. Requires filing of a claim with the Indus- trial Commission before applying for a duty disability benefit. Also makes other changes. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0032 Last action date: 97-06-27 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status