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1     AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5 Section 4-108 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/4-108)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-108)
7     Sec. 4-108. Creditable service.
8     (a) Creditable service is the time served as a firefighter
9 of a municipality. In computing creditable service, furloughs
10 and leaves of absence without pay exceeding 30 days in any one
11 year shall not be counted, but leaves of absence for illness or
12 accident regardless of length, and periods of disability for
13 which a firefighter received no disability pension payments
14 under this Article, shall be counted.
15     (b) Furloughs and leaves of absence of 30 days or less in
16 any one year may be counted as creditable service, if the
17 firefighter makes the contribution to the fund that would have
18 been required had he or she not been on furlough or leave of
19 absence. To qualify for this creditable service, the
20 firefighter must pay the required contributions to the fund not
21 more than 90 days subsequent to the termination of the furlough
22 or leave of absence, to the extent that the municipality has
23 not made such contribution on his or her behalf.

 

 

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1     (c) Creditable service includes:
2         (1) Service in the military, naval or air forces of the
3     United States entered upon when the person was an active
4     firefighter, provided that, upon applying for a permanent
5     pension, and in accordance with the rules of the board the
6     firefighter pays into the fund the amount that would have
7     been contributed had he or she been a regular contributor
8     during such period of service, if and to the extent that
9     the municipality which the firefighter served made no such
10     contributions in his or her behalf. The total amount of
11     such creditable service shall not exceed 5 years, except
12     that any firefighter who on July 1, 1973 had more than 5
13     years of such creditable service shall receive the total
14     amount thereof as of that date.
15         (1.5) Up to 24 months of service in the military,
16     naval, or air forces of the United States that was served
17     prior to employment by a municipality or fire protection
18     district as a firefighter. To receive the credit for the
19     military service prior to the employment as a firefighter,
20     the firefighter must apply in writing to the fund within 3
21     months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22     the 95th General Assembly and must make contributions to
23     the fund equal to (i) the employee contributions that would
24     have been required had the service been rendered as a
25     member, plus (ii) an amount determined by the fund to be
26     equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits accrued

 

 

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1     for that military service, plus (iii) interest at the rate
2     of 6% per year, compounded annually from the first date of
3     membership in the fund to the date of payment on items (i)
4     and (ii). The changes to this paragraph (1.5) by this
5     amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly apply only to
6     participating employees in service on or after its
7     effective date.
8         (2) Service prior to July 1, 1976 by a firefighter
9     initially excluded from participation by reason of age who
10     elected to participate and paid the required contributions
11     for such service.
12         (3) Up to 8 years of service by a firefighter as an
13     officer in a statewide firefighters' association when he is
14     on a leave of absence from a municipality's payroll,
15     provided that (i) the firefighter has at least 10 years of
16     creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) the
17     firefighter contributes to the fund the amount that he
18     would have contributed had he remained an active member of
19     the fund, and (iii) the employee or statewide firefighter
20     association contributes to the fund an amount equal to the
21     employer's required contribution as determined by the
22     board.
23         (4) Time spent as an on-call fireman for a
24     municipality, calculated at the rate of one year of
25     creditable service for each 5 years of time spent as an
26     on-call fireman, provided that (i) the firefighter has at

 

 

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1     least 18 years of creditable service as an active
2     firefighter, (ii) the firefighter spent at least 14 years
3     as an on-call firefighter for the municipality, (iii) the
4     firefighter applies for such creditable service within 30
5     days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
6     1989, (iv) the firefighter contributes to the Fund an
7     amount representing employee contributions for the number
8     of years of creditable service granted under this
9     subdivision (4), based on the salary and contribution rate
10     in effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
11     Fund, to be determined by the board, and (v) not more than
12     3 years of creditable service may be granted under this
13     subdivision (4).
14         Except as provided in Section 4-108.5, creditable
15     service shall not include time spent as a volunteer
16     firefighter, whether or not any compensation was received
17     therefor. The change made in this Section by Public Act
18     83-0463 is intended to be a restatement and clarification
19     of existing law, and does not imply that creditable service
20     was previously allowed under this Article for time spent as
21     a volunteer firefighter.
22         (5) Time served between July 1, 1976 and July 1, 1988
23     in the position of protective inspection officer or
24     administrative assistant for fire services, for a
25     municipality with a population under 10,000 that is located
26     in a county with a population over 3,000,000 and that

 

 

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1     maintains a firefighters' pension fund under this Article,
2     if the position included firefighting duties,
3     notwithstanding that the person may not have held an
4     appointment as a firefighter, provided that application is
5     made to the pension fund within 30 days after the effective
6     date of this amendatory Act of 1991, and the corresponding
7     contributions are paid for the number of years of service
8     granted, based upon the salary and contribution rate in
9     effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
10     pension fund, as determined by the Board.
11         (6) Service before becoming a participant by a
12     firefighter initially excluded from participation by
13     reason of age who becomes a participant under the amendment
14     to Section 4-107 made by this amendatory Act of 1993 and
15     pays the required contributions for such service.
16         (7) Up to 3 years of time during which the firefighter
17     receives a disability pension under Section 4-110,
18     4-110.1, or 4-111, provided that (i) the firefighter
19     returns to active service after the disability for a period
20     at least equal to the period for which credit is to be
21     established and (ii) the firefighter makes contributions
22     to the fund based on the rates specified in Section 4-118.1
23     and the salary upon which the disability pension is based.
24     These contributions may be paid at any time prior to the
25     commencement of a retirement pension. The firefighter may,
26     but need not, elect to have the contributions deducted from

 

 

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1     the disability pension or to pay them in installments on a
2     schedule approved by the board. If not deducted from the
3     disability pension, the contributions shall include
4     interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually,
5     from the date for which service credit is being established
6     to the date of payment. If contributions are paid under
7     this subdivision (c)(7) in excess of those needed to
8     establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
9     subdivision (c)(7) applies to persons receiving a
10     disability pension under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111
11     on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
12     General Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive
13     such a disability pension after that date.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-856, eff. 6-15-06.)
 
15     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
16 Section 8.32 as follows:
 
17     (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)
18     Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
19 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
20 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
21 the 95th General Assembly.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.