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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB0466 Introduced 1/23/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/4-110 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110 |
| Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a disability pension.
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| | | PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
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| | SB0466 | | LRB098 04663 EFG 34691 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
5 | | Section 4-110 as follows:
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6 | | (40 ILCS 5/4-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110)
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7 | | Sec. 4-110. Disability pension - Line of duty. If a |
8 | | firefighter, as the
the
result of sickness, accident or injury |
9 | | incurred in or resulting from the
performance of an act of duty |
10 | | or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty,
is found, |
11 | | pursuant to Section 4-112, to be physically or mentally |
12 | | permanently
disabled for service in the fire department, so as |
13 | | to render necessary his or
her being placed on disability |
14 | | pension, the firefighter shall be entitled to
a disability |
15 | | pension equal to the greater of (1) 65% of the monthly
salary |
16 | | attached to the rank held by him or her in the fire department |
17 | | at the
date he or she is removed from the municipality's fire |
18 | | department payroll or
(2) the retirement pension that the |
19 | | firefighter would be eligible to receive
if he or she retired |
20 | | (but not including any automatic annual increase in that
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21 | | retirement pension). A firefighter shall be considered "on |
22 | | duty" while on
any assignment approved by the chief of the fire |
23 | | department, even though away
from the municipality he or she |