103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3137
 
Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Katie Stuart
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
40 ILCS 5/7-109.3  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3
30 ILCS 805/8.47 new

     Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) status for a  person who is not eligible to participate in a downstate firefighter fund and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution and that the resolution shall be irrevocable. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
  


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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY
					
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 7-109.3 as follows:
 



6    (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)



7    Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees". 

8    (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:

9        (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than 
10    special deputies,
employed on a full time basis in the 
11    office of the sheriff.

12        (2) A person who has elected to participate in this 
13    Fund under Section
3-109.1 of this Code, and who is 
14    employed by a participating municipality
to perform police 
15    duties.

16        (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time 
17    basis by a Forest
Preserve District, provided that such 
18    officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's
law enforcement 
19    employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in

20    that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's 
21    law enforcement
employee, only if the board of 
22    commissioners of the District have so
elected by adoption 
23    of an affirmative resolution.  Such election, once made,

 
 
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1    may not be rescinded.

2        (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund 
3    established under
Article 3 of this Code who is employed 
4    on a full-time basis by a
participating municipality or 
5    participating instrumentality to perform
police duties at 
6    an airport, but only if the governing authority of the

7    employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee 
8    status for its
airport police employees by adoption of an 
9    affirmative resolution.  Such
approval, once given, may not 
10    be rescinded.

11        (5) A person first hired on or after January 1, 2011 
12    who (i) is employed by a participating municipality that 
13    has both 30 or more full-time police officers and  50 or 
14    more full-time firefighters and has not established a fund 
15    under
Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code and (ii) is 
16    employed on a full-time basis by that
participating 
17    municipality to perform
police duties or firefighting and 
18    EMS duties; but only if the governing authority of that 
19    municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement 
20    employee status for its
police officer or firefighter 
21    employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The 
22    resolution  must specify that SLEP status shall be 
23    applicable   to such employment occurring on or after the 
24    adoption of the resolution.  Such resolution shall be 
25    irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon  the 
26    establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the 
 
 
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1    municipality. 
2        (6)    A person who is not eligible to participate in a 
3    fund established under Article 4 and is employed on a 
4    full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform 
5    duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), 
6    emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or 
7    advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if 
8    the governing authority of that municipality has approved 
9    sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such 
10    employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution.   The 
11    resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be 
12    applicable to such employment occurring on or after the 
13    adoption of the resolution.  Such resolution shall be 
14    irrevocable. 
15    (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement 
16employee and is granted
military leave or authorized leave of 
17absence shall receive service credit in
that capacity.  
18Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to

19out-of-State service credit under Section 7-139.

20(Source: P.A. 100-354, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)

 
21    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
22Section 8.47 as follows:
 
23    (30 ILCS 805/8.47 new)
24    Sec. 8.47. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 
 
 
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18 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for 
2the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory 
3Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
5becoming law.