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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 378




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 378 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by 
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changing Section 6-210.1 as follows:
 



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    (40 ILCS 5/6-210.1)
  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-210.1)


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    Sec. 6-210.1. Credit for former employment with the fire 
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department. 

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    (a) Any fireman who (1) accumulated service credit in the 
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Article 8 fund for
service as an employee of the Chicago Fire 
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Department and (2) has terminated
that Article 8 service credit 
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and received a refund of contributions therefor,
may establish 
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service credit in this Fund for all or any part of that period 
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of
service under the Article 8 fund by making written 
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application to the Board by
January 1, 2005
2000 and paying to 
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this Fund (i) employee contributions based upon
the actual 
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salary received and the rates in effect for members of this 
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Fund at
the time of such service, plus (ii) interest thereon 
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calculated as follows:


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        (1) For applications received by the Board before July 
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    14, 1995, interest shall be calculated
on the amount of 
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    employee contributions determined under item (i) above, at 
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    the
rate of 4% per annum, compounded annually, from the 
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    date of termination of such
service to the date of payment.


 


 









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        (2) For applications received by the Board on or after 
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    July 14, 1995, interest shall be calculated
on the amount 
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    of employee contributions determined under item (i) above, 
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    at the
rate of 4% per annum, compounded annually, from the 
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    first date of the period
for which credit is being 
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    established under this subsection (a) to the date of

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    payment.

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    A fireman who (1) retired on or after January 16, 2004 and 
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on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
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93rd General Assembly and  (2) files an application to establish 
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service credit under this subsection (a) before January 1, 
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2005, shall have his or her pension recalculated prospectively 
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to include the service credit established under this subsection 
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(a).

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    (b) A fireman who, at any time during the period 1970 
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through 1983, was
an employee of the Chicago Fire Department 
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but did not participate in any
pension fund subject to this 
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Code with respect to that employment may establish
service 
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credit in this Fund for all or any part of that employment by 
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making
written application to the Board by January 1, 2005

and 
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paying to
this Fund (i)
employee contributions based upon the 
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actual salary received and the rates in
effect for members of 
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this Fund at the time of that employment, plus (ii)
interest 
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thereon calculated at the rate of 4% per annum, compounded 
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annually,
from the first date of the employment for which 
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credit is being established
under this subsection (b) to the 
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date of payment.

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    (c) A fireman may pay the contributions required for 
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service credit under
this Section established on or after July 
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14, 1995 in the form of payroll deductions, in accordance with

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such procedures and limitations as may be established by Board 
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rule and any
applicable rules or ordinances of the employer.

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    (d) Employer contributions shall be transferred as 
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provided in Sections
6-210.2 and 8-172.1.  The employer shall 
 


 









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not be responsible for making any
additional employer 
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contributions for any credit established under this
Section.

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(Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)

 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.28 as
follows:


 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)

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    Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this
Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of
any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 93rd General Assembly.

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".