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1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 4-108.5 as follows: |
6 | | (40 ILCS 5/4-108.5) |
7 | | Sec. 4-108.5. Service for providing certain fire |
8 | | protection services.
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9 | | (a) A firefighter for a participating municipality who was |
10 | | employed as an active firefighter providing fire protection for |
11 | | a village or incorporated town with a population of greater |
12 | | than 10,000 but less than 11,000 located in a county with a |
13 | | population of greater than 600,000 and less than 700,000, as |
14 | | estimated by the United States Census on July 1, 2004, may |
15 | | elect to establish creditable service for periods of that |
16 | | employment in which the firefighter provided fire protection |
17 | | services for the participating municipality if, by May 1, 2007, |
18 | | the firefighter (i) makes written application to the Board and |
19 | | (ii) pays into the pension fund the amount that the person |
20 | | would have contributed had deductions from salary been made for |
21 | | this purpose at the time the service was rendered, plus |
22 | | interest thereon at 6% per annum compounded annually from the |
23 | | time the service was rendered until the date of payment. |
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1 | | (b) Time spent providing fire protection on a part-time |
2 | | basis for a village or incorporated town with a population of |
3 | | greater than 10,000 but less than 11,000 located in a county |
4 | | with a population of greater than 600,000 and less than |
5 | | 700,000, as estimated by the United States Census on July 1, |
6 | | 2004, shall be calculated at the rate of one year of creditable |
7 | | service for each 5 years of time spent providing such fire |
8 | | protection, if the firefighter (i) has at least 5 years of |
9 | | creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) has at least |
10 | | 5 years of such service with a qualifying village or |
11 | | incorporated town, (iii) applies for the creditable service |
12 | | within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
13 | | of the 94th General Assembly, and (iv) contributes to the Fund |
14 | | an amount representing employee contributions for the number of |
15 | | years of creditable service granted under this subsection (b) |
16 | | based on the salary and contribution rate in effect for the |
17 | | firefighter at the date of entry into the fund, as determined |
18 | | by the Board. The amount of creditable service granted under |
19 | | this subsection (b) may not exceed 3 years.
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20 | | (c) This subsection applies only to a person who was first |
21 | | employed by a municipality in 2008 to provide fire protection |
22 | | services on a full-time basis as a firefighter or fire chief, |
23 | | but was prevented from
participating in a pension fund under |
24 | | this Article until 2015 by reason of the employing |
25 | | municipality's delay in establishing a pension fund as required |
26 | | under this Article. Such a person may elect to
establish |
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1 | | creditable service for periods of such employment by that |
2 | | municipality during
which he or she did not participate, by |
3 | | applying to the board in writing and paying to the pension fund |
4 | | the employee contributions that he or she would have made had |
5 | | deductions from
salary been made for employee contributions at |
6 | | the time the service was rendered,
together with interest |
7 | | thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, compounded annually, from |
8 | | the
time the service was rendered to the date of payment; |
9 | | except that the granting of such creditable service is |
10 | | contingent upon the consent of the governing body of the |
11 | | municipality and payment to the pension fund by the |
12 | | municipality of the corresponding employer contributions, plus |
13 | | interest. |
14 | | For the purposes of Sections 4-109, 4-109.1, and 4-114, and |
15 | | notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, for a |
16 | | person who establishes creditable service under this |
17 | | subsection (c), the date upon which the person first became a |
18 | | participating firefighter under this Article shall be deemed to |
19 | | be no later than the first day of employment for which such |
20 | | creditable service has been granted. |
21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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22 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
23 | | becoming law.
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