HB4905eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4905 Engrossed LRB095 19184 AMC 45426 b

AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 3. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2105-300 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-300) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61e)

Sec. 2105-300. Professions Indirect Cost Fund; allocations; analyses.

(a) Appropriations for the direct and allocable indirect costs of licensing and regulating each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry are intended to be payable from the fees and fines that are assessed and collected from that profession, trade, occupation, or industry, to the extent that those fees and fines are sufficient. In any fiscal year in which the fees and fines generated by a specific profession, trade, occupation, or industry are insufficient to finance the necessary direct and allocable indirect costs of licensing and regulating that profession, trade, occupation, or industry, the remainder of those costs shall be financed from appropriations payable from revenue sources other than fees and fines. The direct and allocable indirect costs of the Department identified in its cost allocation plans that are not attributable to the licensing and regulation of a specific profession, trade, or occupation, or industry or group of professions, trades, occupations, or industries shall be financed from appropriations from revenue sources other than fees and fines.

(b) The Professions Indirect Cost Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury. Except as provided in subsection (e), the The Fund may receive transfers of moneys authorized by the Department from the cash balances in special funds that receive revenues from the fees and fines associated with the licensing of regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries by the Department. Moneys in the Fund shall be invested and earnings on the investments shall be retained in the Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department shall use moneys in the Fund to pay the ordinary and necessary allocable indirect expenses associated with each of the regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries.

(c) Before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare a cost allocation analysis to be used in establishing the necessary appropriation levels for each cost purpose and revenue source. At the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare a cost allocation analysis reflecting the extent of the variation between how the costs were actually financed in that year and the planned cost allocation for that year. Variations between the planned and actual cost allocations for the prior fiscal year shall be adjusted into the Department's planned cost allocation for the next fiscal year.

Each cost allocation analysis shall separately identify the direct and allocable indirect costs of each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry and the costs of the Department's general public health and safety purposes. The analyses shall determine whether the direct and allocable indirect costs of each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry and the costs of the Department's general public health and safety purposes are sufficiently financed from their respective funding sources. The Department shall prepare the cost allocation analyses in consultation with the respective regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries and shall make copies of the analyses available to them in a timely fashion.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the The Department may direct the State Comptroller and Treasurer to transfer moneys from the special funds that receive fees and fines associated with regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries into the Professions Indirect Cost Fund in accordance with the Department's cost allocation analysis plan for the applicable fiscal year. For a given fiscal year, the Department shall not direct the transfer of moneys under this subsection from a special fund associated with a specific regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry (or group of professions, trades, occupations, or industries) in an amount exceeding the allocable indirect costs associated with that profession, trade, occupation, or industry (or group of professions, trades, occupations, or industries) as provided in the cost allocation analysis for that fiscal year and adjusted for allocation variations from the prior fiscal year. No direct costs identified in the cost allocation plan shall be used as a basis for transfers into the Professions Indirect Cost Fund or for expenditures from the Fund.

(e) No transfer may be made to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund under this Section from the Public Pension Regulation Fund.

(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)

Section 5. The Pension Impact Note Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(25 ILCS 55/3) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.43)

Sec. 3. Content of pension impact note.

(a) The pension impact note shall be factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall provide a reliable estimate of the impact of the bill on any public pension systems to be effected by it, in dollars where appropriate, and, in addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure. If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar estimate is possible, the note shall contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no dollar estimate can be given. A brief summary or work sheet of computations used in arriving at pension impact note figures shall be included.

(b) The pension impact note for any legislation or amendment that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability determines would result in an increase in benefits or increased costs to a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 of the Illinois Pension Code may demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation being considered on selected individual municipalities with such pension funds.

(Source: P.A. 79-1397.)

Section 7. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/8f)

Sec. 8f. Public Pension Regulation Fund. The Public Pension Regulation Fund is created in the State Treasury. Except as otherwise provided in the Illinois Pension Code, all money received by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, as successor to the Illinois Department of Insurance, under the Illinois Pension Code shall be paid into the Fund. Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under Section 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The State Treasurer promptly shall invest the money in the Fund, and all earnings that accrue on the money in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. No money may be transferred from this Fund to any other fund. The General Assembly may make appropriations from this Fund for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Public Pension Division of the Illinois Department of Insurance.

(Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)

Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing Sections 1-110, 1-113.5, 1A-104, 3-143, and 4-134 and by adding Sections 1-125, 3-141.1, 3-144.5, 4-138.5, and 22-1004 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/1-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-110)

Sec. 1-110. Prohibited Transactions.

(a) A fiduciary with respect to a retirement system or pension fund shall not cause the retirement system or pension fund to engage in a transaction if he or she knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect:

(1) Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund for more than adequate consideration.

(2) Lending of money or other extension of credit from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund with the provision of excessive security or an unreasonably high rate of interest.

(3) Furnishing of goods, services or facilities from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund for more than adequate consideration.

(4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in interest of any assets of a retirement system or pension fund for less than adequate consideration.

(b) A fiduciary with respect to a retirement system or pension fund established under this Code shall not:

(1) Deal with the assets of the retirement system or pension fund in his own interest or for his own account;

(2) In his individual or any other capacity act in any transaction involving the retirement system or pension fund on behalf of a party whose interests are adverse to the interests of the retirement system or pension fund or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or

(3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with the retirement system or pension fund in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the retirement system or pension fund.

(c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit any trustee from:

(1) Receiving any benefit to which he may be entitled as a participant or beneficiary in the retirement system or pension fund.

(2) Receiving any reimbursement of expenses properly and actually incurred in the performance of his duties with the retirement system or pension fund.

(3) Serving as a trustee in addition to being an officer, employee, agent or other representative of a party in interest.

(d) A fiduciary of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 shall not knowingly cause or advise the pension fund to engage in an investment transaction when the fiduciary (i) has any direct interest in the income, gains, or profits of the investment advisor through which the investment transaction is made or (ii) has a business relationship with that investment advisor that would result in a pecuniary benefit to the fiduciary as a result of the investment transaction.

Violation of this subsection (d) is a Class 4 felony.

(Source: P.A. 88-535.)

(40 ILCS 5/1-113.5)

Sec. 1-113.5. Investment advisers and investment services.

(a) The board of trustees of a pension fund may appoint investment advisers as defined in Section 1-101.4. The board of any pension fund investing in common or preferred stock under Section 1-113.4 shall appoint an investment adviser before making such investments.

The investment adviser shall be a fiduciary, as defined in Section 1-101.2, with respect to the pension fund and shall be one of the following:

(1) an investment adviser registered under the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Illinois Securities Law of 1953;

(2) a bank or trust company authorized to conduct a trust business in Illinois;

(3) a life insurance company authorized to transact business in Illinois; or

(4) an investment company as defined and registered under the federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and registered under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953.

(a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or entity that provides consulting services (referred to as a "consultant" in this Section) to a pension fund with respect to the selection of fiduciaries may not be awarded a contract to provide those consulting services that is more than 5 years in duration. No contract to provide such consulting services may be renewed or extended. At the end of the term of a contract, however, the contractor is eligible to compete for a new contract. No person shall attempt to avoid or contravene the restrictions of this subsection by any means. All offers from responsive offerors shall be accompanied by disclosure of the names and addresses of the following:

(1) The offeror.

(2) Any entity that is a parent of, or owns a controlling interest in, the offeror.

(3) Any entity that is a subsidiary of, or in which a controlling interest is owned by, the offeror.

Beginning on July 1, 2008, a person, other than a trustee or an employee of a pension fund or retirement system, may not act as a consultant under this Section unless that person is at least one of the following: (i) registered as an investment adviser under the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-1, et seq.); (ii) registered as an investment adviser under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953; (iii) a bank, as defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; or (iv) an insurance company authorized to transact business in this State.

(b) All investment advice and services provided by an investment adviser or a consultant appointed under this Section shall be rendered pursuant to a written contract between the investment adviser and the board, and in accordance with the board's investment policy.

The contract shall include all of the following:

(1) acknowledgement in writing by the investment adviser that he or she is a fiduciary with respect to the pension fund;

(2) the board's investment policy;

(3) full disclosure of direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and any other compensation that may be received by the investment adviser, including reimbursement for expenses; and

(4) a requirement that the investment adviser submit periodic written reports, on at least a quarterly basis, for the board's review at its regularly scheduled meetings. All returns on investment shall be reported as net returns after payment of all fees, commissions, and any other compensation.

(b-5) Each contract described in subsection (b) shall also include (i) full disclosure of direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation, including reimbursement for expenses, that may be paid by or on behalf of the investment adviser or consultant in connection with the provision of services to the pension fund and (ii) a requirement that the investment adviser or consultant update the disclosure promptly after a modification of those payments or an additional payment.

Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each investment adviser and consultant providing services on the effective date or subject to an existing contract for the provision of services must disclose to the board of trustees all direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation paid by or on behalf of the investment adviser or consultant in connection with the provision of those services and shall update that disclosure promptly after a modification of those payments or an additional payment.

A person required to make a disclosure under subsection (d) is also required to disclose direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, or other compensation that shall or may be paid by or on behalf of the person in connection with the rendering of those services. The person shall update the disclosure promptly after a modification of those payments or an additional payment.

The disclosures required by this subsection shall be in writing and shall include the date and amount of each payment and the name and address of each recipient of a payment.

(c) Within 30 days after appointing an investment adviser or consultant, the board shall submit a copy of the contract to the Division Department of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(d) Investment services provided by a person other than an investment adviser appointed under this Section, including but not limited to services provided by the kinds of persons listed in items (1) through (4) of subsection (a), shall be rendered only after full written disclosure of direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and any other compensation that shall or may be received by the person rendering those services.

(e) The board of trustees of each pension fund shall retain records of investment transactions in accordance with the rules of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Insurance.

(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/1-125 new)

Sec. 1-125. Prohibition on gifts.

(a) For the purposes of this Section:

"Gift" means a gift as defined in Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.

"Prohibited source" means a person or entity who:

(i) is seeking official action (A) by the board or (B) by a board member;

(ii) does business or seeks to do business (A) with the board or (B) with a board member;

(iii) has interests that may be substantially affected by the performance or non-performance of the official duties of the board member; or

(iv) is registered or required to be registered with the Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration Act, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source does not become a prohibited source merely because a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its board of directors.

(b) No trustee of a board created under Article 3 or 4 of this Code shall intentionally solicit or accept any gift from any prohibited source as prescribed in Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, including the exceptions contained in Section 10-15 of that Act, other than paragraphs (4) and (5) of that Section. Solicitation or acceptance of educational materials, however, is not prohibited. For the purposes of this Section, references to "State employee" and "employee" in Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act shall include a trustee of a board created under Article 3 or 4 of this Code.

(c) A municipality may adopt or maintain policies or ordinances that are more restrictive than those set forth in this Section and may continue to follow any existing policies or ordinances that are more restrictive or are in addition to those set forth in this Section.

(d) Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(40 ILCS 5/1A-104)

Sec. 1A-104. Examinations and investigations.

(a) The Division shall make periodic examinations and investigations of all pension funds established under this Code and maintained for the benefit of employees and officers of governmental units in the State of Illinois. However, in lieu of making an examination and investigation, the Division may accept and rely upon a report of audit or examination of any pension fund made by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions of the Article of this Code governing the pension fund. The acceptance of the report of audit or examination does not bar the Division from making a further audit, examination, and investigation if deemed necessary by the Division.

The Department may implement a flexible system of examinations under which it directs resources as it deems necessary or appropriate. In consultation with the pension fund being examined, the Division may retain attorneys, independent actuaries, independent certified public accountants, and other professionals and specialists as examiners, the cost of which (except in the case of pension funds established under Article 3 or 4) shall be borne by the pension fund that is the subject of the examination.

(b) The Division shall examine or investigate each pension fund established under Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code. The schedule of each examination shall be such that each fund shall be examined once every 3 years.

Each examination shall include the following:

(1) an audit of financial transactions, investment policies, and procedures;

(2) an examination of books, records, documents, files, and other pertinent memoranda relating to financial, statistical, and administrative operations;

(3) a review of policies and procedures maintained for the administration and operation of the pension fund;

(4) a determination of whether or not full effect is being given to the statutory provisions governing the operation of the pension fund;

(5) a determination of whether or not the administrative policies in force are in accord with the purposes of the statutory provisions and effectively protect and preserve the rights and equities of the participants; and

(6) a determination of whether or not proper financial and statistical records have been established and adequate documentary evidence is recorded and maintained in support of the several types of annuity and benefit payments being made; and .

(7) a determination of whether or not the calculations made by the fund for the payment of all annuities and benefits are accurate.

In addition, the Division may conduct investigations, which shall be identified as such and which may include one or more of the items listed in this subsection.

A copy of the report of examination or investigation as prepared by the Division shall be submitted to the secretary of the board of trustees of the pension fund examined or investigated and to the chief executive officer of the municipality. The Director, upon request, shall grant a hearing to the officers or trustees of the pension fund or their duly appointed representatives, upon any facts contained in the report of examination. The hearing shall be conducted before filing the report or making public any information contained in the report. The Director may withhold the report from public inspection for up to 60 days following the hearing.

(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/3-141.1 new)

Sec. 3-141.1. Award of benefits. Prior to the board's determination of benefits, the board shall provide, in writing, the total amount of the annuity for a member and all information used in the calculation of that benefit to the Treasurer of the municipality. If the Treasurer is of the opinion that the calculated annuity is incorrect, the Treasurer shall immediately notify the board. The board shall review the Treasurer's findings, and if the board concurs that an error exists it shall re-determine the annuity so that it is calculated in accordance with the Illinois Pension Code.

(40 ILCS 5/3-143) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-143)

Sec. 3-143. Report by pension board.

(a) The pension board shall report annually to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality on the condition of the pension fund at the end of its most recently completed fiscal year. The report shall be made prior to the council or board meeting held for the levying of taxes for the year for which the report is made.

The pension board shall certify and provide the following information to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality:

(1) the total assets of the fund in its custody at the end of the fiscal year and the current market value of those assets;

(2) the estimated receipts during the next succeeding fiscal year from deductions from the salaries of police officers, and from all other sources;

(3) the estimated amount required during the next succeeding fiscal year to (a) pay all pensions and other obligations provided in this Article, and (b) to meet the annual requirements of the fund as provided in Sections 3-125 and 3-127; and

(4) the total net income received from investment of assets along with the assumed investment return and actual investment return received by the fund during its most recently completed fiscal year , compared to the total net such income, assumed investment return, and actual investment return received during the preceding fiscal year; .

(5) the total number of active employees who are financially contributing to the fund;

(6) the total amount that was disbursed in benefits during the fiscal year, including the number of and total amount disbursed to (i) annuitants in receipt of a regular retirement pension, (ii) recipients being paid a disability pension, and (iii) survivors and children in receipt of benefits;

(7) the funded ratio of the fund;

(8) the unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of the unfunded liability; and

(9) the investment policy of the pension board under the statutory investment restrictions imposed on the fund.

Before the pension board makes its report, the municipality shall have the assets of the fund and their current market value verified by an independent certified public accountant of its choice.

(b) The municipality is authorized to publish the report submitted under this Section. This publication may be made, without limitation, by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or by publication on the municipality's Internet website. If the municipality publishes the report, then that publication must include all of the information submitted by the pension board under subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)

(40 ILCS 5/3-144.5 new)

Sec. 3-144.5. Fraud. Any person, member, trustee, or employee of the board who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of a fund in any attempt to defraud such fund as a result of such act, or intentionally or knowingly defrauds a fund in any manner, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(40 ILCS 5/4-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-134)

Sec. 4-134. Report for tax levy. The board shall report to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality on the condition of the pension fund at the end of its most recently completed fiscal year. The report shall be made prior to the council or board meeting held for appropriating and levying taxes for the year for which the report is made.

(a) The pension board in the report shall certify and provide the following information to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality:

(1) the total assets of the fund and their current market value of those assets;

(2) the estimated receipts during the next succeeding fiscal year from deductions from the salaries or wages of firefighters, and from all other sources;

(3) the estimated amount necessary during the fiscal year to meet the annual actuarial requirements of the pension fund as provided in Sections 4-118 and 4-120;

(4) the total net income received from investment of assets along with the assumed investment return and actual investment return received by the fund during its most recently completed fiscal year , compared to the total net such income, assumed investment return, and actual investment return received during the preceding fiscal year; and

(5) the increase in employer pension contributions that results from the implementation of the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly; .

(6) the total number of active employees who are financially contributing to the fund;

(7) the total amount that was disbursed in benefits during the fiscal year, including the number of and total amount disbursed to (i) annuitants in receipt of a regular retirement pension, (ii) recipients being paid a disability pension, and (iii) survivors and children in receipt of benefits;

(8) the funded ratio of the fund;

(9) the unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of the unfunded liability; and

(10) the investment policy of the pension board under the statutory investment restrictions imposed on the fund.

Before the pension board makes its report, the municipality shall have the assets of the fund and their current market value verified by an independent certified public accountant of its choice.

(b) The municipality is authorized to publish the report submitted under this Section. This publication may be made, without limitation, by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or by publication on the municipality's Internet website. If the municipality publishes the report, then that publication must include all of the information submitted by the pension board under subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)

(40 ILCS 5/4-138.5 new)

Sec. 4-138.5. Fraud. Any person, member, trustee, or employee of the board who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of a fund in any attempt to defraud such fund as a result of such act, or intentionally or knowingly defrauds a fund in any manner, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(40 ILCS 5/22-1004 new)

Sec. 22-1004. Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability report on Articles 3 and 4 funds. Each odd numbered year, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall analyze data submitted by the Public Pension Division of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation pertaining to the pension systems established under Article 3 and Article 4 of this Code. The Commission shall issue a formal report during such years, the content of which is, to the extent practicable, to be similar in nature to that required under Section 22-1003. In addition to providing aggregate analyses of both systems, the report shall analyze the fiscal status and provide forecasting projections for selected individual funds in each system. To the fullest extent practicable, the report shall analyze factors that affect each selected individual fund's unfunded liability and any actuarial gains and losses caused by salary increases, investment returns, employer contributions, benefit increases, change in assumptions, the difference in employer contributions and the normal cost plus interest, and any other applicable factors. In analyzing net investment returns, the report shall analyze the assumed investment return compared to the actual investment return over the preceding 10 fiscal years. The Public Pension Division of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide to the Commission any assistance that the Commission may request with respect to its report under this Section.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.32 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)

Sec. 8.32. 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 95th General Assembly.

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