Full Text of HB1568 102nd General Assembly
HB1568sam002 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Robert F. Martwick Filed: 4/7/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1568
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1568 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Department of Revenue Law of the
Civil | 5 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | 6 | | 2505-306 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 2505/2505-306 new) | 8 | | Sec. 2505-306. Retiring investigators; purchase of service | 9 | | firearm and badge. The Director shall establish a program to | 10 | | allow a Department investigator who is honorably retiring in | 11 | | good standing to purchase either one or both of the following: | 12 | | (1) any badge previously issued to the investigator by the | 13 | | Department; or (2) if the investigator has a currently valid | 14 | | Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the service firearm | 15 | | issued or previously issued to the investigator by the | 16 | | Department. The cost of the firearm shall be the replacement |
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| 1 | | value of the firearm and not the firearm's fair market value.
| 2 | | Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | 3 | | changing Section 1-160 as follows:
| 4 | | (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
| 5 | | Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires. | 6 | | (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who, | 7 | | on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a | 8 | | participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension | 9 | | fund established under this Code, other than a retirement | 10 | | system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, | 11 | | 7, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision | 12 | | of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any | 13 | | self-managed plan established under this Code or to any | 14 | | participant of the retirement plan established under Section | 15 | | 22-101; except that this Section applies to a person who | 16 | | elected to establish alternative credits by electing in | 17 | | writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011, | 18 | | under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything | 19 | | to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section, | 20 | | a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section | 21 | | 7-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement | 22 | | system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be | 23 | | deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior | 24 | | to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund |
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| 1 | | subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by | 2 | | Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are | 3 | | intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective | 4 | | date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of | 5 | | Section 1-103.1 of this Code. | 6 | | This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a | 7 | | noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the | 8 | | implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 | 9 | | for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection | 10 | | (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided | 11 | | under this Section and the applicable provisions of that | 12 | | Article. | 13 | | This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a | 14 | | member or participant under Article 16 on or after the | 15 | | implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 | 16 | | for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection | 17 | | (b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided | 18 | | under this Section and the applicable provisions of that | 19 | | Article. | 20 | | This Section does not apply to a person who elects under | 21 | | subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits | 22 | | under Section 1-161. | 23 | | This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a | 24 | | member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6 | 25 | | months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in | 26 | | Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c) |
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| 1 | | of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this | 2 | | Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under | 3 | | which he or she is a member or participant. | 4 | | (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise | 5 | | provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual) | 6 | | salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings | 7 | | calculated under the Article applicable to the member or | 8 | | participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive | 9 | | years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of | 10 | | service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under | 11 | | the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months | 12 | | (or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a | 13 | | person who first becomes a member or participant of any | 14 | | retirement system or pension fund to which this Section | 15 | | applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final | 16 | | average salary" shall be substituted for the following: | 17 | | (1) (Blank). | 18 | | (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average | 19 | | annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last | 20 | | 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of | 21 | | withdrawal". | 22 | | (3) In Article 13, "average final salary". | 23 | | (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation". | 24 | | (5) In Article 17, "average salary". | 25 | | (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by | 26 | | him at the date of retirement or discharge". |
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| 1 | | A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State | 2 | | of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom | 3 | | the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the | 4 | | member's final average salary shall use the higher of the | 5 | | following for the purpose of determining the member's final | 6 | | average salary: | 7 | | (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first | 8 | | paragraph of this subsection; or | 9 | | (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement | 10 | | System of the State of Illinois using the average of the | 11 | | monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total | 12 | | salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable | 13 | | to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8 | 14 | | years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) | 15 | | of service in which the total salary or earnings | 16 | | calculated under the Article was the highest by the number | 17 | | of months (or years) of service in that period. | 18 | | (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under | 19 | | this Code (including without limitation the calculation of | 20 | | benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings, | 21 | | salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or | 22 | | participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed | 23 | | $106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be | 24 | | increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all | 25 | | previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted | 26 | | percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer |
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| 1 | | price index-u
for the 12 months ending with the September | 2 | | preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments. | 3 | | For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u" | 4 | | means
the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of | 5 | | the United States
Department of Labor that measures the | 6 | | average change in prices of goods and
services purchased by | 7 | | all urban consumers, United States city average, all
items, | 8 | | 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual | 9 | | adjustment
shall be determined by the Public Pension Division | 10 | | of the Department of Insurance and made available to the | 11 | | boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November | 12 | | 1 of each year. | 13 | | (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
| 14 | | annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age | 15 | | 67 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is | 16 | | subject to this Section, for a member or participant under | 17 | | Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under | 18 | | Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the | 19 | | election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section) | 20 | | and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise | 21 | | eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article. | 22 | | A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60, | 23 | | with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to | 24 | | this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who | 25 | | first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or | 26 | | after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) |
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| 1 | | of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years | 2 | | of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the | 3 | | requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive | 4 | | the lower retirement annuity provided
in subsection (d) of | 5 | | this Section. | 6 | | (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant | 7 | | subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective | 8 | | date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other | 9 | | provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a | 10 | | retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written | 11 | | application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least | 12 | | 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the | 13 | | requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, | 14 | | whichever is applicable. | 15 | | (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who | 16 | | is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to | 17 | | service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a | 18 | | member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a | 19 | | member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, | 20 | | 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection | 21 | | (d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service | 22 | | credit shall be reduced by one-half
of 1% for each full month | 23 | | that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to | 24 | | service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a | 25 | | member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a | 26 | | member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, |
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| 1 | | 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection | 2 | | (d-15) of this Section). | 3 | | (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or | 4 | | Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) | 5 | | of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 | 6 | | years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for | 7 | | each full month that the member's age is under age 65. | 8 | | (d-10) Each person who first became a member or | 9 | | participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or | 10 | | after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 ( the effective | 11 | | date of Public Act 100-23) this amendatory Act of the 100th | 12 | | General Assembly shall make an irrevocable election either: | 13 | | (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age | 14 | | provided in subsections (c-5)
and (d-5) of this Section, | 15 | | the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member | 16 | | or participant agreeing to the increases in employee | 17 | | contributions for age and service annuities provided in | 18 | | subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for | 19 | | service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section | 20 | | 11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or | 21 | | (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection | 22 | | (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall | 23 | | continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in | 24 | | subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee | 25 | | contributions for age and service annuity as provided in | 26 | | subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service |
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| 1 | | under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of | 2 | | this Code (for service under Article 11). | 3 | | The election provided for in this subsection shall be made | 4 | | between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person | 5 | | subject to this subsection who makes the required election | 6 | | shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this | 7 | | subsection who fails for any reason to make the required | 8 | | election within the time specified in this subsection shall be | 9 | | deemed to have made the election under item (ii). | 10 | | (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or | 11 | | participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and | 12 | | prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election | 13 | | either: | 14 | | (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age | 15 | | specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the | 16 | | eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or | 17 | | participant agreeing to the increase in employee | 18 | | contributions for service annuities specified in | 19 | | subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or | 20 | | (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection | 21 | | (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not | 22 | | be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in | 23 | | subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be | 24 | | subject to the increase in employee contributions for | 25 | | service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section | 26 | | 12-150. |
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| 1 | | The election provided for in this subsection shall be made | 2 | | between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to | 3 | | this subsection who makes the required election shall remain | 4 | | bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection | 5 | | who fails for any reason to make the required election within | 6 | | the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have | 7 | | made the election under item (ii). | 8 | | (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall | 9 | | be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring | 10 | | either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with | 11 | | respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this | 12 | | Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who | 13 | | first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or | 14 | | after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i) | 15 | | of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 ( the | 16 | | effective date of Public Act 100-23) this amendatory Act of | 17 | | the 100th General Assembly , age 65 with respect to service | 18 | | under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons who: (i) are | 19 | | subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or (ii) made the | 20 | | election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of this Section) | 21 | | or the first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever | 22 | | is later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or | 23 | | one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not | 24 | | less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months | 25 | | ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever | 26 | | is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the |
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| 1 | | annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price | 2 | | index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding | 3 | | each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the | 4 | | annuity shall not be increased. | 5 | | For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the | 6 | | changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly are applicable | 8 | | without regard to whether the employee was in active service | 9 | | on or after August 6, 2021 ( the effective date of Public Act | 10 | | 102-263) this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly . | 11 | | For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the | 12 | | changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 this | 13 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly are applicable | 14 | | without regard to whether the employee was in active service | 15 | | on or after July 6, 2017 ( the effective date of Public Act | 16 | | 100-23) this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly . | 17 | | (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an | 18 | | otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or | 19 | | participant who first became a member or participant on or | 20 | | after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the | 21 | | retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the | 22 | | date of death. In the case of the death of a member or | 23 | | participant who has not retired and who first became a member | 24 | | or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a | 25 | | survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the | 26 | | applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be |
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| 1 | | 66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A | 2 | | child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the | 3 | | amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any | 4 | | survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each | 5 | | January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the | 6 | | annuity if
the deceased member died while receiving a | 7 | | retirement annuity or (2) in
other cases, on each January 1 | 8 | | occurring after the first anniversary
of the commencement of | 9 | | the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or | 10 | | one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not | 11 | | less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months | 12 | | ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever | 13 | | is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the | 14 | | annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price | 15 | | index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding | 16 | | each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the | 17 | | annuity shall not be increased. | 18 | | (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the | 19 | | person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire | 20 | | protection service of a department, a conservation police | 21 | | officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an arson | 22 | | investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer, | 23 | | investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
Illinois | 24 | | Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of | 25 | | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a | 26 | | security employee of the Department of Innovation and |
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| 1 | | Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and | 2 | | subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the | 3 | | requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity | 4 | | calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of | 5 | | the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person | 6 | | has withdrawn from service with not less than 20
years of | 7 | | eligible creditable service and has attained age 60, | 8 | | regardless of whether
the attainment of age 60 occurs while | 9 | | the person is
still in service. | 10 | | (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person | 11 | | is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State, | 12 | | conservation police officer, investigator for the Department | 13 | | of Revenue or the
Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the | 14 | | Office of the Attorney
General, Commerce Commission police | 15 | | officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in | 16 | | subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person | 17 | | who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an | 18 | | annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in | 19 | | lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the | 20 | | person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years | 21 | | of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, | 22 | | regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while | 23 | | the person is still in service. | 24 | | (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant | 25 | | of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section | 26 | | on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity |
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| 1 | | or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a | 2 | | member or participant under any other system or fund created | 3 | | by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for | 4 | | those members or participants exempted from the provisions of | 5 | | this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the | 6 | | person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that | 7 | | system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon | 8 | | termination of that employment, the person's retirement | 9 | | annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be | 10 | | recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the | 11 | | applicable Article of this Code. | 12 | | If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement | 13 | | system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after | 14 | | January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or | 15 | | retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a | 16 | | contractual basis a position to provide services to a | 17 | | governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then | 18 | | that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an | 19 | | active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that | 20 | | contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or | 21 | | retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension | 22 | | fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an | 23 | | annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her | 24 | | contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before | 25 | | accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit | 26 | | such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and |
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| 1 | | required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that | 2 | | contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or | 3 | | retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate, | 4 | | be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code. | 5 | | (i) (Blank). | 6 | | (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of | 7 | | this Section and any other provision of this Code, the | 8 | | provisions of this Section shall control.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; | 10 | | 102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; revised 9-28-21.) | 11 | | Section 15. The Law Enforcement Intern Training Act is | 12 | | amended by adding Section 24 as follows: | 13 | | (50 ILCS 708/24 new) | 14 | | Sec. 24. Transfer credits from public institutions of | 15 | | higher education. | 16 | | (a) As used in this Section, "public institutions of | 17 | | higher education" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the | 18 | | Board of Higher Education Act. | 19 | | (b) The Board shall collaborate with the Illinois | 20 | | Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to | 21 | | create a report with recommendations to the General Assembly | 22 | | for establishing minimum requirements for credits that may | 23 | | transfer from public institutions of higher education to | 24 | | satisfy the requirements of law enforcement and correctional |
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| 1 | | intern courses under this Act. | 2 | | (c) The report shall be submitted to the General Assembly | 3 | | no later than July 1, 2023. | 4 | | Section 20. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 3-6042 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/3-6042 new) | 7 | | Sec. 3-6042. Retiring employee; purchase of service | 8 | | firearm and badge. Each Sheriff shall establish a program to | 9 | | allow an employee of the Sheriff's Department who is honorably | 10 | | retiring in good standing to purchase either one or both of the | 11 | | following: (1) any badge previously issued to the employee by | 12 | | the Sheriff's Department; or (2) if the employee has a | 13 | | currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, the | 14 | | service firearm issued or previously issued to the employee by | 15 | | the Sheriff's Department. The badge must be permanently and | 16 | | conspicuously marked in such a manner that the individual who | 17 | | possesses the badge is not mistaken for an actively serving | 18 | | law enforcement officer. The cost of the firearm shall be the | 19 | | replacement value of the firearm and not the firearm's fair | 20 | | market value. | 21 | | Section 25. The Illinois Gambling Act is amended by adding | 22 | | Section 5.4 as follows: |
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| 1 | | (230 ILCS 10/5.4 new) | 2 | | Sec. 5.4. Retiring investigators; purchase of service | 3 | | firearm and badge. The Board shall establish a program to | 4 | | allow an investigator appointed under paragraph (20.6) of | 5 | | subsection (c) of Section 4 who is honorably retiring in good | 6 | | standing to purchase either one or both of the following: (1) | 7 | | any badge previously issued to the investigator by the Board; | 8 | | or (2) if the investigator has a currently valid Firearm | 9 | | Owner's Identification Card, the service firearm issued or | 10 | | previously issued to the investigator by the Board. The badge | 11 | | must be permanently and conspicuously marked in such a manner | 12 | | that the individual who possesses the badge is not mistaken | 13 | | for an actively serving law enforcement officer. The cost of | 14 | | the firearm shall be the replacement value of the firearm and | 15 | | not the firearm's fair market value. | 16 | | Section 30. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | 17 | | adding Section 3-2-10.5 as follows: | 18 | | (730 ILCS 5/3-2-10.5 new) | 19 | | Sec. 3-2-10.5. Retiring security employees and parole | 20 | | agents; purchase of service firearm and badge. The Director | 21 | | shall establish a program to allow a security employee or | 22 | | parole agent of the Department who is honorably retiring in | 23 | | good standing to purchase either one or both of the following: | 24 | | (1) any badge previously issued to the security employee or |
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| 1 | | parole agent by the Department; or (2) if the security | 2 | | employee or parole agent has a currently valid Firearm Owner's | 3 | | Identification Card, the service firearm issued or previously | 4 | | issued to the security employee or parole agent by the | 5 | | Department. The badge must be permanently and conspicuously | 6 | | marked in such a manner that the individual who possesses the | 7 | | badge is not mistaken for an actively serving law enforcement | 8 | | officer. The cost of the firearm shall be the replacement | 9 | | value of the firearm and not the firearm's fair market value. | 10 | | Section 35. The Probation and Probation Officers Act is | 11 | | amended by adding Section 15.2 as follows: | 12 | | (730 ILCS 110/15.2 new) | 13 | | Sec. 15.2. Retiring probation officer; purchase of service | 14 | | firearm and badge. Each department shall establish a program | 15 | | to allow a probation officer of the department who is | 16 | | honorably retiring in good standing to purchase either one or | 17 | | both of the following: (1) any badge previously issued to the | 18 | | probation officer by the department; or (2) if the probation | 19 | | officer has a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification | 20 | | Card, the service firearm issued or previously issued to the | 21 | | probation officer by the department. The badge must be | 22 | | permanently and conspicuously marked in such a manner that the | 23 | | individual who possesses the badge is not mistaken for an | 24 | | actively serving law enforcement officer. The cost of the |
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| 1 | | firearm shall be the replacement value of the firearm and not | 2 | | the firearm's fair market value.
| 3 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 | | becoming law, except that Section 15 takes effect January 1, | 5 | | 2023.".
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