Full Text of SB0021 94th General Assembly
SB0021ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Richard T. Bradley
Filed: 5/30/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 21
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 21 on page 1, in | 3 |
| line 5, by changing "Section 5-174" to "Sections 5-174, 6-111, | 4 |
| and 6-211"; and
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| on page 3, below line 21, by inserting the following:
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| "(40 ILCS 5/6-111)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-111)
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| Sec. 6-111. Salary. "Salary": Subject to Section 6-211, the | 8 |
| annual salary
of a fireman, as follows:
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| (a) For age and service annuity, minimum annuity, and | 10 |
| disability
benefits, the actual amount of the annual salary, | 11 |
| except as otherwise
provided in this Article.
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| (b) For prior service annuity, widow's annuity, widow's | 13 |
| prior
service annuity and child's annuity to and including | 14 |
| August 31, 1957,
the amount of the annual salary up to a | 15 |
| maximum of $3,000.
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| (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6-141.1, for | 17 |
| widow's annuity,
beginning September 1, 1957, the amount of | 18 |
| annual salary up to a maximum of
$6,000.
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| (d) "Salary" means the actual amount of the annual salary | 20 |
| attached to the
permanent career service rank held by the | 21 |
| fireman, except as provided in
subsection (e).
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| (e) In the case of a fireman who holds an exempt position | 23 |
| above career
service rank:
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| (1) For the purpose of computing employee and city |
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| contributions,
"salary" means the actual salary attached | 2 |
| to the exempt rank position held
by the fireman.
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| (2) For the purpose of computing benefits: "salary" | 4 |
| means the actual
salary attached to the exempt rank | 5 |
| position held by the fireman, if (i) the
contributions | 6 |
| specified in Section 6-211 have been made, (ii) the fireman | 7 |
| has
held one or more exempt positions for at least 5 | 8 |
| consecutive years (or for at least 2 consecutive years in | 9 |
| the case of a fireman who retired due to attainment
of | 10 |
| compulsory retirement age before December 1, 2004) and has | 11 |
| held
the rank of battalion chief or field officer for at | 12 |
| least 5 years during the
exempt period (or for at least 2 | 13 |
| years in the case of a fireman who retired due to | 14 |
| attainment
of compulsory retirement age before December 1, | 15 |
| 2004) , and (iii) the fireman was born before 1955; | 16 |
| otherwise, "salary"
means the salary attached to the | 17 |
| permanent career service rank held by the
fireman, as | 18 |
| provided in subsection (d).
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| (f) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 20 |
| of the 93rd
General Assembly, and for any prior periods for | 21 |
| which contributions have been
paid under subsection (g) of this | 22 |
| Section, all salary payments made to any
active or former | 23 |
| fireman who holds or previously held the permanent assigned
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| position or classified career service rank, grade, or position | 25 |
| of ambulance
commander shall be included as salary for all | 26 |
| purposes under this Article.
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| (g) Any active or former fireman who held the permanent | 28 |
| assigned position or
classified career service rank, grade, or | 29 |
| position of ambulance commander may
elect to have the full | 30 |
| amount of the salary attached to that permanent
assigned | 31 |
| position or classified career service rank, grade, or position
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| included
in the calculation of his or her salary for any period | 33 |
| during which the fireman
held the permanent assigned position | 34 |
| or classified career service rank, grade,
or position of |
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| ambulance commander by applying in writing and making all
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| employee and employer contributions, without interest, related | 3 |
| to the actual
salary payments corresponding to the permanent | 4 |
| assigned position or classified
career service rank, grade, or | 5 |
| position of ambulance commander for all periods
beginning on or | 6 |
| after January 1, 1995. All applicable contributions must be
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| paid in full to the Fund before January 1, 2006 before the | 8 |
| payment of any
benefit under this subsection (g) will be made.
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| Any former fireman or widow of a fireman who (i) held the | 10 |
| permanent assigned
position or classified career service rank, | 11 |
| grade, or position of ambulance
commander, (ii) is in receipt | 12 |
| of annuity on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the | 13 |
| 93rd General Assembly, and (iii) pays to the Fund
contributions | 14 |
| under this subsection (g) for salary payments at the permanent
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| assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or | 16 |
| position of
ambulance commander shall have his or her annuity | 17 |
| recalculated to reflect the
ambulance commander salary and the | 18 |
| resulting increase shall become payable on
the next annuity | 19 |
| payment date following the date the contribution is received
by | 20 |
| the Fund.
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| In the case of an active or former fireman who (i) dies | 22 |
| before January 1,
2006 without making an election under this | 23 |
| subsection and (ii) was eligible to
make an election under this | 24 |
| subsection at the time of death (or would have been
eligible | 25 |
| had the death occurred after the effective date of this | 26 |
| amendatory
Act), any surviving spouse, child, or parent of the | 27 |
| fireman who is eligible
to receive a benefit under this Article | 28 |
| based on the fireman's salary may make
that election and pay | 29 |
| the required contributions on behalf of the deceased
fireman. | 30 |
| If the death occurs within the 30 days immediately preceding | 31 |
| January
1, 2006, the deadline for application and payment is | 32 |
| extended to January 31,
2006.
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| Any portion of the compensation received for service as an | 34 |
| ambulance
commander for which the corresponding contributions |
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| have not been paid
shall not be included in the calculation of | 2 |
| salary.
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| (h) Beginning January 1, 1999, with respect to a fireman | 4 |
| who is licensed by
the State as an Emergency Medical | 5 |
| Technician, references in this Article to the
fireman's salary | 6 |
| or the salary attached to or appropriated for the permanent
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| assigned position or classified career service rank, grade, or | 8 |
| position of the
fireman shall be deemed to include any | 9 |
| additional compensation payable to the
fireman by virtue of | 10 |
| being licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician, as
provided | 11 |
| under a collective bargaining agreement with the city.
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| (i) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 |
| of the 93rd
General Assembly (and for any period prior to that | 14 |
| date for which contributions
have been paid under subsection | 15 |
| (j) of this Section), the salary of a fireman,
as calculated | 16 |
| for any purpose under this Article, shall include any duty
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| availability pay received by the fireman (i) pursuant to a | 18 |
| collective
bargaining agreement or (ii) pursuant to an | 19 |
| appropriation ordinance in an
amount equivalent to the amount | 20 |
| of duty availability pay received by other
firemen pursuant to | 21 |
| a collective bargaining agreement, and references in this
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| Article to the salary attached to or appropriated for the | 23 |
| permanent assigned
position or classified career service rank, | 24 |
| grade, or position of the fireman
shall be deemed to include | 25 |
| that duty availability pay.
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| (j) An active or former fireman who received duty | 27 |
| availability pay at any
time after December 31, 1994 and before | 28 |
| the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General | 29 |
| Assembly and who either (1) retired during that period
or (2) | 30 |
| had attained age 46 and at least 16 years of service by the | 31 |
| effective
date of this amendatory Act may elect to have that | 32 |
| duty availability pay
included in the calculation of his or her | 33 |
| salary for any portion of that period
for which the pay was | 34 |
| received, by applying in writing and paying to the Fund,
before |
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| January 1, 2006, the corresponding employee contribution,
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| without interest.
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| In the case of an applicant who is receiving an annuity at | 4 |
| the time the
application and contribution are received by the | 5 |
| Fund, the annuity shall be
recalculated and the resulting | 6 |
| increase shall become payable on the next
annuity payment date | 7 |
| following the date the contribution is received by the
Fund.
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| In the case of an active or former fireman who (i) dies | 9 |
| before January 1,
2006 without making an election under this | 10 |
| subsection and (ii) was eligible to
make an election under this | 11 |
| subsection at the time of death (or would have been
eligible | 12 |
| had the death occurred after the effective date of this | 13 |
| amendatory
Act), any surviving spouse, child, or parent of the | 14 |
| fireman who is eligible to
receive a benefit under this Article | 15 |
| based on the fireman's salary may make
that election and pay | 16 |
| the required contribution on behalf of the deceased
fireman. If | 17 |
| the death occurs within the 30 days immediately preceding | 18 |
| January
1, 2006, the deadline for application and payment is | 19 |
| extended to January 31,
2006.
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| Any duty availability pay for which the corresponding | 21 |
| employee contribution
has not been paid shall not be included | 22 |
| in the calculation of salary.
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| (k) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act | 24 |
| of the 93rd
General Assembly are not limited to firemen in | 25 |
| service on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/6-211)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-211)
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| Sec. 6-211. Permanent and temporary positions; exempt | 29 |
| positions above
career service rank.
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| (a) Except as specified in subsection (b), no annuity, | 31 |
| pension or
other benefit shall be paid to a fireman or widow, | 32 |
| under this Article, based
upon any salary paid by virtue of a | 33 |
| temporary appointment, and all
contributions, annuities and |
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| benefits shall be related to the salary which
attaches to the | 2 |
| permanent position of the fireman.
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| Any fireman temporarily serving in a position or rank other | 4 |
| than that to
which he has received permanent appointment shall | 5 |
| be considered, while so
serving, as though he were in his | 6 |
| permanent position or rank, except that no
increase in any | 7 |
| pension, annuity or other benefit hereunder shall accrue to
him | 8 |
| by virtue of any service performed by him subsequent to | 9 |
| attaining the
compulsory retirement age provided by law or | 10 |
| ordinance.
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| This Section does not apply to any person certified to the
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| fire department by the civil service commission of the city, | 13 |
| during the period
of probationary service.
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| A fireman who holds a position at the will of the Fire | 15 |
| Commissioner or other
appointing authority, whether or not such | 16 |
| position is an "exempt" position,
shall be deemed to hold a | 17 |
| temporary position.
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| (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 19 |
| of the 93rd
General Assembly, for service in an exempt position | 20 |
| above career service rank,
employee contributions shall be | 21 |
| based on the actual full salary attached to the
exempt rank | 22 |
| position held by the fireman.
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| For service in an exempt position above career service | 24 |
| rank, benefit
computations under this Article shall be based on | 25 |
| the actual full salary
attached to the exempt rank position | 26 |
| held by the fireman if and only if:
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| (1) employee contributions have been paid on the actual | 28 |
| full salary
attached to the exempt rank position held by | 29 |
| the fireman for all service
on or after January 1, 1994 in | 30 |
| an exempt position above career service rank;
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| (2) the fireman has held one or more exempt positions | 32 |
| for at least 5
consecutive years (or, in the case of a | 33 |
| fireman who retired due to attainment
of compulsory | 34 |
| retirement age before December 1, 2004
2003 , held one or |
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| more exempt
positions for a consecutive period of at least | 2 |
| 2 years
3 years and 9 months and made
the payment required | 3 |
| under subsection (c) for a period of at least 5 years) and
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| has held the rank of battalion chief or field officer for | 5 |
| at least 5 years (at
least 2 years
3 years and 9 months in | 6 |
| the case of a fireman who retired due to
attainment of | 7 |
| compulsory retirement age before December 1, 2004
2003 ) | 8 |
| during the
exempt period; and
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| (3) the fireman was born before 1955.
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| (c) For service prior to the effective date of this | 11 |
| amendatory Act of the
94th
93rd General Assembly in an exempt | 12 |
| position above career service rank for
which contributions have | 13 |
| been paid only on the salary attached to the fireman's
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| permanent career service rank, a fireman may make the | 15 |
| contributions required
under subsection (b) by paying to the | 16 |
| Fund before the later of the date of
retirement or 6 months | 17 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 18 |
| General Assembly , but
in no event later than July 1, 2006
2005 , | 19 |
| an amount equal to the difference between
the employee | 20 |
| contributions actually made for that service and the employee
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| contributions that would have been made based on the actual | 22 |
| full salary
attached to the exempt rank position held by the | 23 |
| fireman on or after January 1,
1994, plus interest thereon at | 24 |
| the rate of 4% per year, compounded annually,
from the date of | 25 |
| the service to the date of payment (or to the date of
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| retirement if retirement is before the effective date of this | 27 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly ).
In the case of a | 28 |
| fireman who retired in an exempt rank position after January
1, | 29 |
| 1994 and before January 1, 1999 and in the case of a fireman | 30 |
| who retired due
to attaining compulsory retirement age before | 31 |
| December 1, 2004
2003 , the payment
under this subsection (c) | 32 |
| shall be for a period of at least 5 years.
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| If a fireman dies while eligible to make the contributions | 34 |
| required under
subsection (b) but before the contributions are |
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| paid, the fireman's widow may
elect to make the contributions.
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| (d) Subsection (e) of Section 6-111 and the changes made to | 3 |
| this Section
by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | 4 |
| Assembly apply to a fireman who
retires (or becomes disabled) | 5 |
| on or after January 1, 1994. In the case of a
benefit payable | 6 |
| on the effective date of this amendatory Act, the resulting
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| increase in benefit shall begin to accrue with the first | 8 |
| benefit payment
period commencing after the required | 9 |
| contributions are paid.
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| (e) If a fireman or his survivors do not qualify to have | 11 |
| benefits computed
on the full amount of salary received for | 12 |
| service in an exempt position as
provided in subsection (b), | 13 |
| benefits shall be computed on the basis of the
salary attached | 14 |
| to the permanent career service rank, and a refund of any
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| employee contributions paid on the difference between the | 16 |
| actual salary and
the salary attached to the permanent career | 17 |
| service rank shall be payable to
the fireman upon termination | 18 |
| of service, or to the fireman's widow or estate
upon the | 19 |
| fireman's death.
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| (f) The tax levy computed under Section 6-165 shall be | 21 |
| based on employee
contributions, including the payments of | 22 |
| employee contributions under
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of | 23 |
| this Section 6-211.
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| (g) The city shall pay to the Fund on an annual basis, in | 25 |
| addition to
the usual city contributions, an amount at least | 26 |
| equal to the sum of (1) the
increase in normal cost resulting | 27 |
| from subsection (e) of Section 6-111 and
the changes made to | 28 |
| this Section by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
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| Assembly, plus (2) amortization (over a period of 30 years from | 30 |
| the effective
date of this amendatory Act) of the initial | 31 |
| unfunded liability resulting from
subsection (e) of Section | 32 |
| 6-111 and the changes made to this Section by this
amendatory | 33 |
| Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The payment required under | 34 |
| this
subsection shall be no less than $400,000 per year. |
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| Payment shall begin with
the first calendar year commencing | 2 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory
Act and shall be in | 3 |
| addition to the tax levy otherwise calculated under Section
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| 6-165. The city may increase that tax levy by the amount of the | 5 |
| payment
required under this subsection, or it may utilize any | 6 |
| funds appropriated for
this purpose.
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| (h) The changes to this Section and Section 6-111 made by | 8 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply to | 9 |
| otherwise qualified persons who retired due
to attaining | 10 |
| compulsory retirement age before December 1, 2004, | 11 |
| notwithstanding Section 1-103.1 of this Code. A person affected | 12 |
| by these changes may repay any refund received under subsection | 13 |
| (e) of this Section, and the resulting
increase in benefit | 14 |
| shall begin to accrue with the first benefit payment
period | 15 |
| commencing after the required contributions are paid.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)".
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