Public Act 094-0834
 
HB4463 Enrolled LRB094 14363 AMC 49289 b

    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 20-109 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/20-109)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 20-109)
    Sec. 20-109. "Pension credit": Credit or equities acquired
by an employee in the form of contributions, earnings or
service as defined under the law governing each of the systems
in which he has credits or equities, except credits and
equities (1) of less than one year in any one system, except
that this one-year limitation shall not apply to (A) employees
who transfer or are transferred, as a class, from one
participating system to another or who are persons to whom
Section 14-108.2a or 14-108.2b applies or (B) persons who move
from participation with a school district as a teacher aide
under Article 7 to participation under Article 16; or (2) which
have previously been forfeited by acceptance of a refund or
which have been applied towards a retirement annuity and have
not been reestablished in accordance with the law governing the
system from which the refund or retirement annuity had been
received. If a retirement system provides no refund of
contributions, the pension credit in the case of any employee
who has participated in that system shall be considered
effective for the purposes of this Article.
(Source: P.A. 88-535; 89-246, eff. 8-4-95.)
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.30 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
    Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 94th General Assembly.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 6/6/2006