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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5786
Introduced , by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/6-128 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-128 |
30 ILCS 805/8.32 new |
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Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code to
base retirement benefits on the highest consecutive 36 months, rather
than 4 years, of salary within the last 10 years of service.
Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB5786 |
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| AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 6-128 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/6-128)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-128)
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| Sec. 6-128. Alternative annuity for future entrants.
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| (a) A future entrant who withdraws on or after July 21, |
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| 1959,
after completing at least 23 years of service, and for |
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| whom the annuity
otherwise provided in this Article is less |
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| than that stated in this
Section, has a right to receive |
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| annuity as follows:
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| If he is age 53 or more on withdrawal, his annuity after |
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| withdrawal,
shall be equal to 50% of his average salary.
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| An employee who reaches compulsory retirement age and who |
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| has less
than 23 years of service shall be entitled to a |
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| minimum annuity equal to
an amount determined by the product of |
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| (1) his years of service and (2)
2% of his average salary.
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| An employee who remains in service after qualifying for |
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| annuity under this
Section shall have added to this annuity an |
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| additional 1% of average salary
for each completed year of |
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| service or fraction thereof rendered until July 21,
1959, and |
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| an additional 1% for a total of 2% of average salary from July
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| 21, 1959. Each future entrant who has completed 23 years of |
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| service before
reaching age 53 shall have added to this annuity |
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| 1% of average salary for
each completed year of service or |
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| fraction thereof in excess of 23 years up to
age 53.
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| (b) In lieu of the annuity provided in the foregoing |
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| provisions of this
Section any future entrant who withdraws |
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| from the service either (i) after
December 31, 1983 with at |
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| least 22 years of service credit and having
attained age 52 in |
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| the service, or (ii) after December 31, 1984 with at
least 21 |
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| years of service credit and having attained age 51 in the |
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| service,
or (iii) after December 31, 1985 with at least 20 |
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| years of service credit
and having attained age 50 in the |
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| service, or (iv) after December 31,
1990 with at least 20 years |
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| of service regardless of age, may elect to
receive an annuity, |
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| to begin not earlier than upon attainment of age 50
if under |
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| that age at withdrawal, computed as follows: an annuity equal
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| to 50% of average salary, plus additional annuity equal to 2% |
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| of
average salary for each completed year of service or |
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| fraction thereof
rendered after his completion of the minimum |
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| number of years of service
required for him to be eligible |
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| under this subsection (b). However, the
annuity provided under |
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| this subsection (b) may not exceed 75% of
average salary.
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| (c) In lieu of the annuity provided in any other provision |
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| of this
Section, a future entrant who withdraws from service |
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| after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd |
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| General Assembly
with at least 20 years of service may elect to |
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| receive an annuity, to begin no
earlier than upon attainment of |
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| age 50 if under that age at withdrawal, equal
to 50% of average |
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| salary plus 2.5% of average salary for each completed year of
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| service or fraction thereof over 20, but not to exceed 75% of |
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| average salary.
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| (d) For the purpose of this Section, "average salary" |
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| means :
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| (1) for persons who terminate service before the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly, the average
of the highest 4 consecutive years of |
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| salary within the last 10 years of
service ; or .
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| (2) for persons in service on or after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, |
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| the average
of the highest 36 consecutive months of salary |
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| within the last 10 years of
service.
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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 8.32 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) |
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| Sec. 8.32. 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 95th General Assembly. |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |