Public Act 101-0627
 
SB1670 EnrolledLRB101 08803 RPS 53891 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 adding 
Section 3-111.5 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/3-111.5 new)
    Sec. 3-111.5. Membership date; previous IMRF service with 
the same municipality. A police officer who previously 
participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) 
for service as a member of the police department of a 
municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police 
pension fund upon its creation under this Article shall, for 
the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits 
under this Article, be deemed to have become a police officer 
and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the 
date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of 
the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding 
whether that start date was before January 1, 2011.
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
Section 8.43 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)
    Sec. 8.43. 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 101st General Assembly.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.