SB3690 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 23852 RPS 33045 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3690

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

40 ILCS 5/7-174.5 new
30 ILCS 805/8.46 new

Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that each participating municipality or instrumentality that employs an employee who is an elected trustee shall make available to the elected trustee at least 20 days of paid leave of absence per year for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board of Trustees, committee meetings of the Board of Trustees, and seminars regarding issues for which the Board of Trustees is responsible. Provides that the Fund may reimburse affected participating municipalities and instrumentalities for the actual cost of hiring a substitute employee during such leaves of absence. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding Section 7-174.5 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/7-174.5 new)

Sec. 7-174.5. Leaves of absence for trustees. Each participating municipality or instrumentality that employs an employee who is an elected trustee shall make available to the elected trustee at least 20 days of paid leave of absence per year for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board of Trustees, committee meetings of the Board of Trustees, and seminars regarding issues for which the Board of Trustees is responsible. The Fund may reimburse affected participating municipalities and instrumentalities for the actual cost of hiring a substitute employee during such leaves of absence.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.46 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.46 new)

Sec. 8.46. 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 102nd General Assembly.