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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Section 22-306 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/22-306)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306)
7    Sec. 22-306. The corporate authorities of any city or the
8village may provide by ordinance that in case of an accident
9resulting in an injury to or death of a policeman or fireman in
10the employ of such city or village while in the performance of
11his duties, the officer at the head of the department or such
12other officer as may be designated may secure and provide
13proper medical care and hospital treatment for any such
14policeman or fireman. The city or village may incur the
15expense aforesaid and appropriate and pay for the same.
16    For a city with a population of more than 1,000,000
17inhabitants, an ordinance providing policeman and fireman
18medical care and hospital treatment under this Section shall
19provide:
20        (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee
21    whether he or she is entitled to benefits under this
22    Section within a reasonable period of time after the
23    accident causing the injury; and

 

 

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1        (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured
2    employee with benefits under this Section prior to issuing
3    the required notice in paragraph (1).
4    If any such accident shall be due to the negligence of some
5person or corporation that would be liable in damages
6therefor, the city or village may recover any expense of
7medical care and hospital treatment expended by it from the
8person or corporation liable.
9    The corporate authorities of any city or village may
10provide by ordinance for the payment by said city or village of
11all or any part of the cost of a hospital plan or
12medical-surgical plan, or both, for the dependents of any
13policeman or fireman killed in the line of duty or who dies as
14the result of duty connected injuries, and for any policeman
15or fireman and his dependents, provided his retirement is
16caused by a duty injury or occupational disease disability and
17for any policeman and fireman and his dependents, provided he
18has reached compulsory retirement age or has served in the
19employ of the city or village for at least 20 years.
20"Dependent" as used in this paragraph shall mean the wife of
21the policeman or fireman and his minor children less than 20
22years of age and living at home and dependent on the policeman
23or fireman for support.
24    This amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly applies
25only to a city that is a home rule unit with a population of
26more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is a limitation under

 

 

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1subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
2Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
3powers and functions exercised by the State.
4    This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any city or
5village which is a home rule unit.
6(Source: P.A. 77-754.)
 
7    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
8Section 8.45 as follows:
 
9    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
10    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
118 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
12the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
13Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.