SB2520ham004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Robert S. Molaro

Filed: 5/31/2008

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2520

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2520, AS AMENDED, with reference to page and line numbers if House Amendment No. 1, on page 1, line 9, after "5-214.2", by inserting ", 6-151.2,"; and

on page 18, immediately below line 4, by inserting the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding Section 6-151.2 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/6-151.2 new)

Sec. 6-151.2. Disability benefits; terminally ill. Notwithstanding any other provision of Sections 6-151, 6-151.1, and 6-154, an active fireman who is certified to be terminally ill by a Board-appointed physician may, upon such certification, make application with the Board for a determination that the participant is eligible to receive a disability benefit, even though, at the time, the participant has the right to receive salary. However, an active fireman may not receive any such disability benefit payments at the same time the participant receives salary.".