HB2088ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy

Filed: 3/16/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2088

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2088 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing Section 2-105 as follows:

(40 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105)

Sec. 2-105. Member. "Member": Members of the General Assembly of this State including persons who enter military service while a member of the General Assembly and any person serving as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, or Attorney General for the period of service in such office, unless the person has elected in accordance with this Article not to participate in the system.

Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, any Any person who has served for 10 or more years as Clerk or Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or any combination thereof, may elect to become a member of this system while thenceforth engaged in such service by filing a written election with the board. Any person so electing shall be deemed an active member of the General Assembly for the purpose of validating and transferring any service credits earned under any of the funds and systems established under Articles 3 through 18 of this Code.

A person who, on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, first becomes a member of the system may irrevocably elect whether to participate in the system.

(Source: P.A. 85-1008.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".