Full Text of HB4960 96th General Assembly
HB4960 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4960
Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Raymond Poe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/7-118 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-118 |
40 ILCS 5/7-137 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137 |
40 ILCS 5/7-172 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172 |
40 ILCS 5/7-175.1 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-175.1 |
40 ILCS 5/7-220 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-220 |
30 ILCS 805/8.34 new |
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Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the provisions defining and specifying the manner of designating a beneficiary. Makes changes in provisions concerning elections to exclude certain employees from participation and eligibility for benefits and provisions concerning amortization of a participating municipality's or participating instrumentality's unfunded obligation. Removes language requiring the Board of Trustees to prepare and send ballot envelopes to the employees and annuitants eligible to vote for employee and annuitant trustees. Provides that the venue for actions brought under the Administrative Review Law shall be any county in which the Board maintains an office or the county in which the member's plaintiff's employing participating municipality or participating instrumentality has its main office. 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 7-118, 7-137, 7-172, 7-175, 7-175.1 and 7-220 as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-118)
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| Sec. 7-118. "Beneficiary" . :
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| (a) "Beneficiary" means: | 10 |
| (1) Any person or persons, trust, or charity designated | 11 |
| as a beneficiary
by an employee, former employee who has | 12 |
| not yet received a retirement annuity
or separation | 13 |
| benefit, or employee annuitant. If no designation is on | 14 |
| file or
no beneficiary so designated survives, the estate | 15 |
| of the employee, former
employee who has not yet received a | 16 |
| retirement annuity or separation benefit,
or employee | 17 |
| annuitant. | 18 |
| (2) Any person or persons, trust, or charity designated | 19 |
| as a beneficiary
by a beneficiary annuitant or, if no | 20 |
| designation is on file or no beneficiary
so designated | 21 |
| survives, the estate of the beneficiary annuitant.
The | 22 |
| surviving spouse of an employee or of an employee
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| annuitant, or if no surviving spouse survives, the person |
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| or persons
designated by a participating employee or | 2 |
| employee annuitant, or if no
person so designated survives, | 3 |
| or if no designation is on file, the
estate of the employee | 4 |
| or employee annuitant. The person or persons
designated by | 5 |
| a beneficiary annuitant, or if no person designated
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| survives, or if no designation is on file, the estate of | 7 |
| the beneficiary
annuitant. | 8 |
| (3) The estate of a surviving spouse annuitant where | 9 |
| the employee
or employee annuitant filed no designation, or | 10 |
| no person designated
survives at the death of a surviving | 11 |
| spouse annuitant. | 12 |
| (b) Designations of
beneficiaries shall be in writing on | 13 |
| forms prescribed by the board and
effective upon filing in the | 14 |
| fund offices. The designation forms shall
provide for | 15 |
| contingent beneficiaries. Divorce, dissolution or annulment
of | 16 |
| marriage revokes the designation of an employee's former spouse | 17 |
| as a
beneficiary on a designation executed before entry of | 18 |
| judgment for divorce,
dissolution or annulment of marriage.
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| (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employee, former | 20 |
| employee who has
not yet received a retirement annuity or | 21 |
| separation benefit, or employee
annuitant may elect to name any | 22 |
| person, trust or charity to be the
primary beneficiary of any | 23 |
| death benefit payable by reason of his death. Such
election | 24 |
| shall state specifically whether it is his intention to exclude | 25 |
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spouse, shall be in writing, and may be revoked at any | 26 |
| time. Such election or
revocation shall take effect upon being |
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| filed in the fund offices.
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| (c) If a surviving spouse annuity is payable to a former | 3 |
| spouse upon
the death of an employee annuitant, the former | 4 |
| spouse, unless designated by
the employee annuitant after | 5 |
| dissolution of the marriage, shall not be the
beneficiary for | 6 |
| the purposes of the $3,000 death benefit
payable under | 7 |
| subparagraph 6 of Section 7-164. This benefit shall be paid
to | 8 |
| the designated beneficiary of the employee annuitant or, if | 9 |
| there is no
designation, then to the estate of the employee | 10 |
| annuitant.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-137) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137)
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| Sec. 7-137. Participating and covered employees.
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| (a) The persons described in this paragraph (a) shall be | 15 |
| included within
and be subject to this Article and eligible to | 16 |
| benefits from this fund,
beginning upon the dates hereinafter | 17 |
| specified:
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| 1. Except as to the employees specifically excluded | 19 |
| under the
provisions of this Article, all persons who are | 20 |
| employees of any
municipality (or instrumentality thereof) | 21 |
| or participating
instrumentality on the effective date of | 22 |
| participation of the
municipality or participating | 23 |
| instrumentality beginning upon such
effective date.
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| 2. Except as to the employees specifically excluded | 25 |
| under the
provisions of this Article, all persons, who |
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| became employees of any
participating municipality (or | 2 |
| instrumentality thereof) or participating
instrumentality | 3 |
| after the effective date of participation of such
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| municipality or participating instrumentality, beginning | 5 |
| upon the date
such person becomes an employee.
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| 3. All persons who file notice with the board as | 7 |
| provided in
paragraph (b) 2 and 3 of this Section, | 8 |
| beginning upon the date of filing
such notice.
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| (b) The following described persons shall not be considered
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| participating employees eligible for benefits from this fund, | 11 |
| but shall
be included within and be subject to this Article | 12 |
| (each of the
descriptions is not exclusive but is cumulative):
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| 1. Any person who occupies an office or is employed in | 14 |
| a position
normally requiring performance of duty during | 15 |
| less than 600 hours a year
for a municipality (including | 16 |
| all instrumentalities thereof) or a
participating | 17 |
| instrumentality. If a school treasurer performs services
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| for more than one school district, the total number of | 19 |
| hours of service
normally required for the several school | 20 |
| districts shall be considered
to determine whether he | 21 |
| qualifies under this paragraph;
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| 2. Any person who holds elective office unless he has | 23 |
| elected while
in that office in a written notice on file | 24 |
| with the board to become a
participating employee;
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| 3. Any person working for a city hospital unless any | 26 |
| such person,
while in active employment, has elected in a |
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| written notice on file with
the board to become a | 2 |
| participating employee and notification thereof is
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| received by the board;
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| 4. Any person who becomes an employee after June 30, | 5 |
| 1979 as a public
service employment program participant | 6 |
| under the federal Comprehensive
Employment and Training | 7 |
| Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in
whole or | 8 |
| in part by funds provided under such Act;
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| 5. Any person who is actively employed by a | 10 |
| municipality on its effective date of participation in the | 11 |
| Fund if that municipality (i) has at least 35 employees on | 12 |
| its effective date of participation; (ii) is located in a | 13 |
| county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants; and (iii) | 14 |
| maintains an independent defined benefit pension plan for | 15 |
| the benefit of its eligible employees, unless the person | 16 |
| files with the board within 90 days after the | 17 |
| municipality's effective date of participation an | 18 |
| irrevocable election to participate.
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| (c) Any person electing to be a participating employee, | 20 |
| pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section may not change such | 21 |
| election,
except as provided in Section 7-137.1.
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| (d) Any employee who occupied the position of school nurse | 23 |
| in any
participating municipality on August 8, 1961 and | 24 |
| continuously thereafter
until the effective date of the | 25 |
| exercise of the option authorized by
this subparagraph, who on | 26 |
| August 7, 1961 was a member of the Teachers'
Retirement System |
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| of Illinois, by virtue of certification by the
Department of | 2 |
| Registration and Education as a public health nurse, may
elect | 3 |
| to terminate participation in this Fund in order to | 4 |
| re-establish
membership in such System. The election may be | 5 |
| exercised by filing
written notice thereof with the Board or | 6 |
| with the Board of Trustees of
said Teachers' Retirement System, | 7 |
| not later than September 30, 1963, and
shall be effective on | 8 |
| the first day of the calendar month next following
the month in | 9 |
| which the notice was filed. If the written notice is filed
with | 10 |
| such Teachers' Retirement System, that System shall | 11 |
| immediately
notify this Fund, but neither failure nor delay in | 12 |
| notification shall
affect the validity of the employee's | 13 |
| election. If the option is
exercised, the Fund shall notify | 14 |
| such Teachers' Retirement System of
such fact and transfer to | 15 |
| that system the amounts contributed by the
employee to this | 16 |
| Fund, including interest at 3% per annum, but excluding
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| contributions applicable to social security coverage during | 18 |
| the period
beginning August 8, 1961 to the effective date of | 19 |
| the employee's
election. Participation in this Fund as to any | 20 |
| credits on or after
August 8, 1961 and up to the effective date | 21 |
| of the employee's election
shall terminate on such effective | 22 |
| date.
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| (e) Any participating municipality or participating | 24 |
| instrumentality,
other than a school district or special | 25 |
| education joint agreement created
under Section 10-22.31 of the | 26 |
| School Code, may, by a resolution or
ordinance duly adopted by |
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| its governing body, elect to exclude from
participation and | 2 |
| eligibility for benefits all persons who are employed
after the | 3 |
| effective date of such resolution or ordinance and who occupy | 4 |
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office or are employed in a position normally requiring | 5 |
| performance of duty
for less than 1000 hours per year for the | 6 |
| participating municipality
(including all instrumentalities | 7 |
| thereof) or participating instrumentality
except for persons | 8 |
| employed in a position normally requiring performance of
duty | 9 |
| for 600 hours or more per year (i) by such participating | 10 |
| municipality
or participating instrumentality prior to the | 11 |
| effective date of the
resolution or ordinance and , (ii) by any | 12 |
| participating municipality or
participating instrumentality | 13 |
| prior to January 1, 1982 and (iii) by a
participating | 14 |
| municipality or participating instrumentality, which had not
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| adopted such a resolution when the person was employed, and the | 16 |
| function
served by the employee's position is assumed by | 17 |
| another participating
municipality or participating | 18 |
| instrumentality. A participating municipality or
participating | 19 |
| instrumentality included in and subject to this Article after
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| January 1, 1982 may adopt such resolution or ordinance only | 21 |
| prior to the
date it becomes included in and subject to this | 22 |
| Article. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a participating | 23 |
| municipality or participating
instrumentality which is formed | 24 |
| solely to succeed to the functions of a
participating | 25 |
| municipality or participating instrumentality shall be
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| considered to have adopted any such resolution or ordinance |
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| which may have
been applicable to the employees performing such | 2 |
| functions. The election
made by the resolution or ordinance | 3 |
| shall take effect at the time specified
in the resolution or | 4 |
| ordinance, and once effective shall be irrevocable.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-933, eff. 8-13-04.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-172) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172)
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| Sec. 7-172. Contributions by participating municipalities | 8 |
| and
participating instrumentalities.
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| (a) Each participating municipality and each participating
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| instrumentality shall make payment to the fund as follows:
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| 1. municipality contributions in an amount determined | 12 |
| by applying
the municipality contribution rate to each | 13 |
| payment of earnings paid to
each of its participating | 14 |
| employees;
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| 2. an amount equal to the employee contributions | 16 |
| provided by paragraphs
(a) and (b) of Section 7-173, | 17 |
| whether or not the employee contributions are
withheld as | 18 |
| permitted by that Section;
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| 3. all accounts receivable, together with interest | 20 |
| charged thereon,
as provided in Section 7-209;
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| 4. if it has no participating employees with current | 22 |
| earnings, an
amount payable which, over a closed period of | 23 |
| 20 years for participating municipalities and 10 years for | 24 |
| participating instrumentalities beginning with the year
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| following an award of benefit, will amortize, at the |
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| effective rate for
that year, any unfunded obligation. The | 2 |
| unfunded obligation shall be computed as provided in | 3 |
| paragraph 2 of subsection (b) negative balance in its | 4 |
| municipality reserve resulting
from the award . This amount | 5 |
| when established will be payable as a
separate contribution | 6 |
| whether or not it later has participating employees. | 7 |
| 5. if it has fewer than 7 participating employees or a | 8 |
| negative balance in its municipality reserve, the greater | 9 |
| of (A) an amount payable that, over a period of 20 years, | 10 |
| will amortize at the effective rate for that year any | 11 |
| unfunded obligation, computed as provided in paragraph 2 of | 12 |
| subsection (b) or (B) the amount required by paragraph 1 of | 13 |
| this subsection (a).
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| (b) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 15 |
| determined
for each calendar year for all participating | 16 |
| municipalities together
with all instrumentalities thereof. | 17 |
| The municipality contribution rate
shall be determined for | 18 |
| participating instrumentalities as if they were
participating | 19 |
| municipalities. The municipality contribution rate shall
be | 20 |
| the sum of the following percentages:
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| 1. The percentage of earnings of all the participating | 22 |
| employees of all
participating municipalities and | 23 |
| participating instrumentalities which, if paid
over the | 24 |
| entire period of their service, will be sufficient when | 25 |
| combined with
all employee contributions available for the | 26 |
| payment of benefits, to provide
all annuities for |
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| participating employees, and the $3,000 death benefit
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| payable under Sections 7-158 and 7-164, such percentage to | 3 |
| be known as the
normal cost rate.
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| 2. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 5 |
| employees of each
participating municipality and | 6 |
| participating instrumentalities necessary
to adjust for | 7 |
| the difference between the present value of all benefits,
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| excluding temporary and total and permanent disability and | 9 |
| death benefits, to
be provided for its participating | 10 |
| employees and the sum of its accumulated
municipality | 11 |
| contributions and the accumulated employee contributions | 12 |
| and the
present value of expected future employee and | 13 |
| municipality contributions
pursuant to subparagraph 1 of | 14 |
| this paragraph (b). This adjustment shall be
spread over | 15 |
| the remainder of the period that is allowable under | 16 |
| generally
accepted accounting principles.
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| 3. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 18 |
| employees of all
municipalities and participating | 19 |
| instrumentalities necessary to provide
the present value | 20 |
| of all temporary and total and permanent disability
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| benefits granted during the most recent year for which | 22 |
| information is
available.
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| 4. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 24 |
| employees of all
participating municipalities and | 25 |
| participating instrumentalities
necessary to provide the | 26 |
| present value of the net single sum death
benefits expected |
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| to become payable from the reserve established under
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| Section 7-206 during the year for which this rate is fixed.
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| 5. The percentage of earnings necessary to meet any | 4 |
| deficiency
arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve.
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| (c) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 6 |
| computed for
each participating municipality or participating | 7 |
| instrumentality
for its sheriff's law enforcement employees.
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| A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 9 |
| computed for the
sheriff's law enforcement employees of each | 10 |
| forest preserve district that
elects to have such employees. | 11 |
| For the period from January 1, 1986 to
December 31, 1986, such | 12 |
| rate shall be the forest preserve district's regular
rate plus | 13 |
| 2%.
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| In the event that the Board determines that there is an | 15 |
| actuarial
deficiency in the account of any municipality with | 16 |
| respect to a person who
has elected to participate in the Fund | 17 |
| under Section 3-109.1 of this Code,
the Board may adjust the | 18 |
| municipality's contribution rate so as to make up
that | 19 |
| deficiency over such reasonable period of time as the Board may | 20 |
| determine.
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| (d) The Board may establish a separate municipality | 22 |
| contribution
rate for all employees who are program | 23 |
| participants employed under the
federal Comprehensive | 24 |
| Employment Training Act by all of the
participating | 25 |
| municipalities and instrumentalities. The Board may also
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| provide that, in lieu of a separate municipality rate for these
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| employees, a portion of the municipality contributions for such | 2 |
| program
participants shall be refunded or an extra charge | 3 |
| assessed so that the
amount of municipality contributions | 4 |
| retained or received by the fund
for all CETA program | 5 |
| participants shall be an amount equal to that which
would be | 6 |
| provided by the separate municipality contribution rate for all
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| such program participants. Refunds shall be made to prime | 8 |
| sponsors of
programs upon submission of a claim therefor and | 9 |
| extra charges shall be
assessed to participating | 10 |
| municipalities and instrumentalities. In
establishing the | 11 |
| municipality contribution rate as provided in paragraph
(b) of | 12 |
| this Section, the use of a separate municipality contribution
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| rate for program participants or the refund of a portion of the
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| municipality contributions, as the case may be, may be | 15 |
| considered.
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| (e) Computations of municipality contribution rates for | 17 |
| the
following calendar year shall be made prior to the | 18 |
| beginning of each
year, from the information available at the | 19 |
| time the computations are
made, and on the assumption that the | 20 |
| employees in each participating
municipality or participating | 21 |
| instrumentality at such time will continue
in service until the | 22 |
| end of such calendar year at their respective rates
of earnings | 23 |
| at such time.
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| (f) Any municipality which is the recipient of State | 25 |
| allocations
representing that municipality's contributions for | 26 |
| retirement annuity
purposes on behalf of its employees as |
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| provided in Section 12-21.16 of
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| shall pay the allocations so
received to the Board for such | 3 |
| purpose. Estimates of State allocations to
be received during | 4 |
| any taxable year shall be considered in the
determination of | 5 |
| the municipality's tax rate for that year under Section
7-171. | 6 |
| If a special tax is levied under Section 7-171, none of the
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| proceeds may be used to reimburse the municipality for the | 8 |
| amount of State
allocations received and paid to the Board. Any | 9 |
| multiple-county or
consolidated health department which | 10 |
| receives contributions from a county
under Section 11.2 of "An | 11 |
| Act in relation to establishment and maintenance
of county and | 12 |
| multiple-county health departments", approved July 9, 1943,
as | 13 |
| amended, or distributions under Section 3 of the Department of | 14 |
| Public
Health Act, shall use these only for municipality | 15 |
| contributions by the
health department.
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| (g) Municipality contributions for the several purposes | 17 |
| specified
shall, for township treasurers and employees in the | 18 |
| offices of the
township treasurers who meet the qualifying | 19 |
| conditions for coverage
hereunder, be allocated among the | 20 |
| several school districts and parts of
school districts serviced | 21 |
| by such treasurers and employees in the
proportion which the | 22 |
| amount of school funds of each district or part of
a district | 23 |
| handled by the treasurer bears to the total amount of all
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| school funds handled by the treasurer.
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| From the funds subject to allocation among districts and | 26 |
| parts of
districts pursuant to the School Code, the trustees |
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| shall withhold the
proportionate share of the liability for | 2 |
| municipality contributions imposed
upon such districts by this | 3 |
| Section, in respect to such township treasurers
and employees | 4 |
| and remit the same to the Board.
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| The municipality contribution rate for an educational | 6 |
| service center shall
initially be the same rate for each year | 7 |
| as the regional office of
education or school district
which | 8 |
| serves as its administrative agent. When actuarial data become
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| available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in | 10 |
| subparagraph
(i) of this Section.
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| The municipality contribution rate for a public agency, | 12 |
| other than a
vocational education cooperative, formed under the | 13 |
| Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act shall initially be the | 14 |
| average rate for the municipalities
which are parties to the | 15 |
| intergovernmental agreement. When actuarial data
become | 16 |
| available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in
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| subparagraph (i) of this Section.
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| (h) Each participating municipality and participating
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| instrumentality shall make the contributions in the amounts | 20 |
| provided in
this Section in the manner prescribed from time to | 21 |
| time by the Board and
all such contributions shall be | 22 |
| obligations of the respective
participating municipalities and | 23 |
| participating instrumentalities to this
fund. The failure to | 24 |
| deduct any employee contributions shall not
relieve the | 25 |
| participating municipality or participating instrumentality
of | 26 |
| its obligation to this fund. Delinquent payments of |
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| contributions
due under this Section may, with interest, be | 2 |
| recovered by civil action
against the participating | 3 |
| municipalities or participating
instrumentalities. | 4 |
| Municipality contributions, other than the amount
necessary | 5 |
| for employee contributions and Social Security contributions, | 6 |
| for
periods of service by employees from whose earnings no | 7 |
| deductions were made
for employee contributions to the fund, | 8 |
| may be charged to the municipality
reserve for the municipality | 9 |
| or participating instrumentality.
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| (i) Contributions by participating instrumentalities shall | 11 |
| be
determined as provided herein except that the percentage | 12 |
| derived under
subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of this Section, | 13 |
| and the amount payable
under subparagraph 5 of paragraph (a) of | 14 |
| this Section, shall be based on
an amortization period of 10 | 15 |
| years.
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| (j) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 17 |
| the additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of this | 18 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
shall be amortized | 19 |
| over a period of 30 years beginning on January 1 of the
second | 20 |
| calendar year following the calendar year in which this | 21 |
| amendatory Act takes effect, except that the employer may | 22 |
| provide for a longer amortization period by adopting a | 23 |
| resolution or ordinance specifying a 35-year or 40-year period | 24 |
| and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution | 25 |
| to the fund no later than June 1 of the calendar year following | 26 |
| the calendar year in which this amendatory Act takes effect.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06 .)
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-175.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-175.1)
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| Sec. 7-175.1. Election of employee and annuitant trustees.
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| (a) The board shall prepare and send ballots and ballot | 5 |
| envelopes to the
employees and annuitants eligible to vote as | 6 |
| of September of that
year. The ballots shall contain the names | 7 |
| of all candidates in alphabetical
order and an appropriate | 8 |
| place where a name may be written in on
the ballot.
The ballot | 9 |
| envelope shall have on the outside a form of certificate | 10 |
| stating
that the person voting the ballot is a participating | 11 |
| employee or annuitant
entitled to vote.
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| (b) Employees and annuitants, upon receipt of the ballot, | 13 |
| shall vote the
ballot and place it in the ballot envelope, seal | 14 |
| the envelope , execute the
certificate thereon , and return the | 15 |
| ballot to the Fund.
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| (c) The board shall set a final date for ballot return, and | 17 |
| ballots
received prior to that date in a ballot envelope with a
| 18 |
| properly executed certificate and properly voted, shall be | 19 |
| valid ballots.
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| (d) The board shall set a day for counting the ballots and
| 21 |
| name judges and clerks of election to conduct the count of | 22 |
| ballots, and shall
make any rules and regulations necessary for | 23 |
| the conduct of the
count.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-220) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-220)
| 2 |
| Sec. 7-220. Administrative review. The provisions of the | 3 |
| Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and
| 4 |
| modifications thereof and the rules adopted
pursuant thereto | 5 |
| shall apply to and govern all proceedings for the judicial
| 6 |
| review of final administrative decisions of the retirement | 7 |
| board provided
for under this Article. The term "administrative | 8 |
| decision" is as defined in
Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil | 9 |
| Procedure. The venue for actions brought under the | 10 |
| Administrative Review Law shall be any county in which the | 11 |
| Board maintains an office or the county in which the member's | 12 |
| plaintiff's employing participating municipality or | 13 |
| participating instrumentality has its main office.
| 14 |
| (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
| 15 |
| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 16 |
| Section 8.34 as follows: | 17 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.34 new) | 18 |
| Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 19 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 20 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 21 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
| 22 |
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 |
| becoming law.
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