Full Text of HB2422 96th General Assembly
HB2422 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB2422
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/6-210.1 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-210.1 |
40 ILCS 5/6-210.2 |
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40 ILCS 5/8-172.1 |
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30 ILCS 805/8.33 new |
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Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a fireman who was employed by the Chicago Fire Department and either (i) did not participate in a pension fund under the Code or (ii) participated in the pension fund established under the Chicago Municipal Article, terminated that service, and received a refund to establish the service under the Chicago Firefighter Article. Makes other changes. 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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| AN ACT concerning 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 | 5 |
| Sections 6-210.1, 6-210.2, and 8-172.1 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/6-210.1)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-210.1)
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| Sec. 6-210.1. Credit for former employment with the fire | 8 |
| department.
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| (a) Any fireman who (1) accumulated service credit in the | 10 |
| Article 8 fund for
service as an employee of the Chicago Fire | 11 |
| Department and (2) has terminated
that Article 8 service credit | 12 |
| and received a refund of contributions therefor,
may establish | 13 |
| service credit in this Fund for all or any part of that period | 14 |
| of
service under the Article 8 fund by making written | 15 |
| application to the Board by
January 1, 2010 2005 and paying to | 16 |
| this Fund (i) employee contributions based upon
the actual | 17 |
| salary received and the rates in effect for members of this | 18 |
| Fund at
the time of such service, plus (ii) interest thereon | 19 |
| calculated as follows:
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| (1) For applications received by the Board before July | 21 |
| 14, 1995, interest shall be calculated
on the amount of | 22 |
| employee contributions determined under item (i) above, at | 23 |
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rate of 4% per annum, compounded annually, from the |
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| date of termination of such
service to the date of payment.
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| (2) For applications received by the Board on or after | 3 |
| July 14, 1995, interest shall be calculated
on the amount | 4 |
| of employee contributions determined under item (i) above, | 5 |
| at the
rate of 4% per annum, compounded annually, from the | 6 |
| first date of the period
for which credit is being | 7 |
| established under this subsection (a) to the date of
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| payment.
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| A fireman who (1) retired on or after January 16, 2004 and | 10 |
| on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 11 |
| 93rd General Assembly and (2) files an application to establish | 12 |
| service credit under this subsection (a) before January 1, | 13 |
| 2005, shall have his or her pension recalculated prospectively | 14 |
| to include the service credit established under this subsection | 15 |
| (a).
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| (b) A fireman who, at any time during the period 1970 | 17 |
| through 1983, was
an employee of the Chicago Fire Department | 18 |
| but did not participate in any
pension fund subject to this | 19 |
| Code with respect to that employment may establish
service | 20 |
| credit in this Fund for all or any part of that employment by | 21 |
| making
written application to the Board by January 1, 2010 2005
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| and paying to
this Fund (i)
employee contributions based upon | 23 |
| the actual salary received and the rates in
effect for members | 24 |
| of this Fund at the time of that employment, plus (ii)
interest | 25 |
| thereon calculated at the rate of 4% per annum, compounded | 26 |
| annually,
from the first date of the employment for which |
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| credit is being established
under this subsection (b) to the | 2 |
| date of payment.
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| (c) (Blank). A fireman may pay the contributions required | 4 |
| for service credit under
this Section established on or after | 5 |
| July 14, 1995 in the form of payroll deductions, in accordance | 6 |
| with
such procedures and limitations as may be established by | 7 |
| Board rule and any
applicable rules or ordinances of the | 8 |
| employer.
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| (d) Employer contributions shall be transferred as | 10 |
| provided in Sections
6-210.2 and 8-172.1. The employer shall | 11 |
| not be responsible for making any
additional employer | 12 |
| contributions for any credit established under this
Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04; 93-917, eff. 8-12-04.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/6-210.2)
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| Sec. 6-210.2. City contributions for paramedics. | 16 |
| Municipality credits
computed and credited under Article 8 for | 17 |
| all firemen who (1) accumulated
service credit in the Article 8 | 18 |
| fund for service as a paramedic, (2) have
terminated that | 19 |
| Article 8 service credit and received a refund of
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| contributions, and (3) are participants in this Article 6 fund | 21 |
| on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th 93rd | 22 |
| General Assembly shall be
transferred by the Article 8 fund to | 23 |
| this Fund, together with interest at the
rate of 11% per annum, | 24 |
| compounded annually, to the date of the transfer, as
provided | 25 |
| in Section 8-172.1 of this Code. These city contributions shall |
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| be
credited to the individual fireman only if he or she pays | 2 |
| for prior service as
a paramedic in full to this Fund.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/8-172.1)
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| Sec. 8-172.1. Transfer of city contributions for | 6 |
| paramedics.
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| (a) Municipality credits computed and credited under this | 8 |
| Article 8 for all
persons who (1) accumulated service credit in | 9 |
| this Article 8 fund for service
as a paramedic, (2) have | 10 |
| terminated that Article 8 service credit and received
a refund | 11 |
| of contributions, and (3) are participants in the Article 6 | 12 |
| fund on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | 13 |
| 93rd General Assembly shall
be transferred by this Article 8 | 14 |
| fund to the Article 6 fund together with
interest at the rate | 15 |
| of 11% per annum, compounded annually, to the date of
transfer. | 16 |
| The city shall not be responsible for making any additional | 17 |
| employer
contributions to the Fund to replace the amounts | 18 |
| transferred under this
Section.
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| (b) Municipality credits computed and credited under this | 20 |
| Article 8 for all
persons who (1) accumulated service credit in | 21 |
| this Article 8 fund for service
as a paramedic, (2) have | 22 |
| terminated that Article 8 service credit and received
a refund | 23 |
| of contributions, and (3) are not participants in the Article 6 | 24 |
| fund
on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 25 |
| General Assembly shall
be used as provided in Section 8-172.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.) | 2 |
| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 3 |
| Section 8.33 as follows: | 4 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | 5 |
| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 6 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 7 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 8 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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