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90_HB2828

      40 ILCS 5/6-128           from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-128
      40 ILCS 5/6-140           from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140
      40 ILCS 5/6-144           from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-144
      40 ILCS 5/6-151           from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-151
      30 ILCS 805/8.22 new
          Amends the Chicago Firefighter  Article  of  the  Pension
      Code   to  increase  the  maximum  retirement  annuity,  duty
      disability benefit, and duty death benefit from 75% to 80% of
      salary.  Also makes technical  changes.    Amends  the  State
      Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Pension Code by changing
 2    Sections 6-128, 6-140, 6-144, and  6-151  and  to  amend  the
 3    State Mandates Act.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 7    changing Sections 6-128, 6-140, 6-144, and 6-151 as follows:
 8        (40 ILCS 5/6-128) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-128)
 9        Sec. 6-128. Alternative annuity for future entrants.
10        (a)  A  future entrant who withdraws on or after July 21,
11    1959, after completing at least 23 years of service, and  for
12    whom  the  annuity otherwise provided in this Article is less
13    than that stated in this Section,  has  a  right  to  receive
14    annuity as follows:
15        If  he is age 53 or more on withdrawal, his annuity after
16    withdrawal, shall be equal  to  50%  of  his  average  salary
17    determined  by  striking  an average of 4 consecutive highest
18    years  of  salary  within  the  last  10  years  of   service
19    immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.
20        An employee who reaches compulsory retirement age and who
21    has  less  than  23  years  of service shall be entitled to a
22    minimum annuity equal to an amount determined by the  product
23    of  (1) his years of service and (2) 2% of his average salary
24    for the 4 consecutive highest years of salary within the last
25    10  years  of  service  immediately  prior  to  his  reaching
26    compulsory retirement age.
27        An employee who remains in service after  qualifying  for
28    annuity  under  this Section shall have added to this annuity
29    an additional 1% of average salary for each completed year of
30    service or fraction thereof rendered until July 21, 1959, and
31    an additional 1% for a total of 2%  of  average  salary  from
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 1    July  21,  1959.   Each  future  entrant who has completed 23
 2    years of service before reaching age 53 shall have  added  to
 3    this  annuity 1% of average salary for each completed year of
 4    service or fraction thereof in excess of 23 years up  to  age
 5    53.  "Salary"  as  referred  to  in  this  paragraph shall be
 6    determined by  striking  an  average  of  the  4  consecutive
 7    highest  years  of salary within the last 10 years of service
 8    immediately preceding withdrawal.
 9        (b)  In lieu of the annuity  provided  in  the  foregoing
10    provisions  of  this Section any future entrant who withdraws
11    from the service either (i) after December 31, 1983  with  at
12    least  22  years of service credit and having attained age 52
13    in the service, or (ii) after December 31, 1984 with at least
14    21 years of service credit and having attained age 51 in  the
15    service,  or  (iii)  after December 31, 1985 with at least 20
16    years of service credit and having attained  age  50  in  the
17    service,  or  (iv)  after  December 31, 1990 with at least 20
18    years of service regardless of age, may elect to  receive  an
19    annuity,  to begin not earlier than upon attainment of age 50
20    if under that age at withdrawal,  computed  as  follows:   an
21    annuity  equal to 50% of the average salary for the 4 highest
22    consecutive years of the  last  10  years  of  service,  plus
23    additional  annuity  equal  to  2% of such average salary for
24    each completed year of service or fraction  thereof  rendered
25    after  his  completion  of  the  minimum  number  of years of
26    service required for him to be eligible under this subsection
27    (b).  However, the annuity provided under this subsection (b)
28    may not exceed 80% 75% of such average  salary  (75%  if  the
29    last day of service is before January 1, 1999).
30        (c)  For  the  purpose  of this Section, "average salary"
31    means the average of  the  highest  4  consecutive  years  of
32    salary within the last 10 years of service.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-1488.)
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 1        (40 ILCS 5/6-140) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140)
 2        Sec. 6-140.  Death in line of duty.
 3        (a)  The  annuity  for the widow of a fireman whose death
 4    results from the performance of an act or acts of duty  shall
 5    be  an amount equal to the following specified percentage 50%
 6    of the current  annual  salary  attached  to  the  classified
 7    position  to  which  the fireman was certified at the time of
 8    his death:  (i) 50% if the death  occurs  before  January  1,
 9    1973; (ii) and 75% if the death occurs thereof after December
10    31,  1972  and  before January 1, 1999;, and (iii) 80% if the
11    death occurs after December 31, 1998.  The annuity  it  shall
12    be  payable  to  the  widow  until the fireman, had he lived,
13    would  have  attained  the  age  prescribed  for   compulsory
14    retirement.
15        Thereafter  the  widow shall receive annuity of an amount
16    equal to 40% of the current annual  salary  attached  to  the
17    classified position to which the fireman was certified at the
18    time  of  his  death.   The benefits provided in this Section
19    shall be paid to all widows who  qualified  to  receive  said
20    benefits before the effective date of this amendatory Act and
21    to those widows who qualify after the effective date.
22        (b)  Unless  the  performance  of  an act or acts of duty
23    results directly in the death of the fireman, or prevents him
24    from  subsequently  resuming  active  service  in  the   fire
25    department,  the  annuity  herein provided shall not be paid;
26    nor shall such annuities be paid unless  the  widow  was  the
27    wife  of  the  fireman at the time of the act or acts of duty
28    which resulted in his death.
29    (Source: P. A. 77-1580.)
30        (40 ILCS 5/6-144) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-144)
31        Sec. 6-144. Maximum annuity to fireman.   No  annuity  in
32    excess  of  80%  (75%  if  the  last day of service is before
33    January 1, 1999)  of  the  highest  salary  received  by  the
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 1    fireman  concerned  shall be granted or paid to him except to
 2    the extent that the annuity may exceed that amount  such  75%
 3    under the provisions of Section 6-164 of this Article.
 4    (Source: P. A. 77-1353.)
 5        (40 ILCS 5/6-151) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-151)
 6        Sec. 6-151.  Duty disability.
 7        (a)  An  active  fireman who is or becomes disabled on or
 8    after the effective date as the result of a specific  injury,
 9    or  of  cumulative injuries, or of specific sickness incurred
10    in or resulting from an act or acts of duty, shall  have  the
11    right to receive duty disability benefit during any period of
12    such disability for which he does not receive or have a right
13    to receive salary, equal to 80% 75% of his salary at the time
14    the  disability  is allowed (75% if the disability is allowed
15    before January 1, 1999).  However, beginning January 1, 1994,
16    no duty disability benefit that has been payable  under  this
17    Section  for  at least 10 years shall be less than 50% of the
18    current salary attached from time to time  to  the  rank  and
19    grade held by the fireman at the time of his removal from the
20    Department   payroll,  regardless  of  whether  that  removal
21    occurred before the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
22    1993.
23        (b)  Whenever  an active fireman is or becomes so injured
24    or sick, as to require medical  or  hospital  attention,  the
25    chief  officer of the fire department of the city shall file,
26    or cause to be filed, with the board a report of  the  nature
27    and cause of his disability, together with the certificate or
28    report  of  the  physician  attending  or  treating,  or  who
29    attended  or  treated the fireman, and a copy of any hospital
30    record concerning the disability.  Any injury or sickness not
31    reported to the board in time to permit the board's physician
32    to examine the fireman before his recovery, and any injury or
33    sickness for which  a  physician's  report  or  copy  of  the
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 1    hospital  record  is  not on file with the board shall not be
 2    considered for the payment of duty disability benefit.
 3        (c)  Such fireman shall also receive a child's disability
 4    benefit of $30 per month on account of each unmarried  child,
 5    the  issue  of the fireman or legally adopted by him prior to
 6    the date of disability, who is less than 18 years of  age  or
 7    handicapped  and dependent upon the fireman for support.  The
 8    total amount of child's disability benefit shall  not  exceed
 9    25% of his salary at the time the disability is allowed.
10        (d)  The  first  payment  of  duty  disability or child's
11    disability benefit shall be made not  later  than  one  month
12    after  the benefit is granted.  Each subsequent payment shall
13    be made not later than one month after the date of the latest
14    payment.
15        Duty disability  benefit  shall  be  payable  during  the
16    period of the disability until the fireman reaches the age of
17    compulsory  retirement.   Child's disability benefit shall be
18    paid to such a fireman during the period of disability  until
19    such  child  or  children attain age 18 or marries, whichever
20    event occurs first; except that attainment of  age  18  by  a
21    child  who  is so physically or mentally handicapped as to be
22    dependent upon the fireman for support, shall not render  the
23    child ineligible for child's disability benefit.  The fireman
24    shall  thereafter  receive  such  annuity or annuities as are
25    provided for him in accordance with other provisions of  this
26    Article.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-528.)
28        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
29    Section 8.22 as follows:
30        (30 ILCS 805/8.22 new)
31        Sec. 8.22. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
32    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
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 1    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 2    amendatory Act of 1998.
 3        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
 4    becoming law.

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