Full Text of HB1280 98th General Assembly
HB1280 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB1280 Introduced , by Rep. Darlene J. Senger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 40 ILCS 5/4-106 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106 | 40 ILCS 5/4-106.2 new | | 40 ILCS 5/7-109 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109 | 40 ILCS 5/7-172 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172 | 30 ILCS 805/8.37 new | |
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Amends the Downstate Firefighter and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows the chief
of certain municipal fire departments to elect to participate in IMRF rather
than in the municipality's firefighter pension fund. Makes related 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Sections 4-106, 7-109, and 7-172 and by adding Section 4-106.2 | 6 | | as follows:
| 7 | | (40 ILCS 5/4-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106)
| 8 | | Sec. 4-106. Firefighter, firefighters. "Firefighter, | 9 | | firefighters":
| 10 | | (a) In municipalities which have adopted Division 1 of | 11 | | Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed | 12 | | in the municipality's fire service
as a firefighter, fire | 13 | | engineer, marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb technician
or scuba | 14 | | diver; and in any of these positions where such person's duties | 15 | | also
include those of a firefighter as classified by the Civil | 16 | | Service Commission of
that city, and whose duty is to | 17 | | participate in the work of controlling and
extinguishing fires | 18 | | at the location of any such fires.
| 19 | | (b) In municipalities which are subject to Division 2.1 of | 20 | | Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed | 21 | | by a city in its fire service as a
firefighter, fire engineer, | 22 | | marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb technician, or
scuba diver; | 23 | | and, in any of these positions whose duties also include those |
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| 1 | | of
a firefighter and are certified in the same manner as a | 2 | | firefighter in that
city.
| 3 | | (c) In municipalities which are subject to neither Division | 4 | | 1 nor Division
2.1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal | 5 | | Code, any person who would have
been included as a firefighter | 6 | | under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above except that
he served as a | 7 | | de facto and not as a de jure firefighter.
| 8 | | (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 9 | | "firefighter"
does not include any person who is actively | 10 | | participating in the State
Universities Retirement System | 11 | | under subsection (h) of Section 15-107 with
respect to the | 12 | | employment for which he or she is a participating employee in
| 13 | | that System.
| 14 | | Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 15 | | "firefighter"
does not include any person who has elected under | 16 | | Section 4-106.2
to participate in the Illinois Municipal | 17 | | Retirement Fund rather than in a fund established under this | 18 | | Article, with
respect to the employment for which he or she is | 19 | | a participating employee in
the Illinois Municipal Retirement | 20 | | Fund. | 21 | | (e) This amendatory Act of 1977 does not affect persons | 22 | | covered
by this Article prior to September 22, 1977.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 90-576, eff. 3-31-98.)
| 24 | | (40 ILCS 5/4-106.2 new) | 25 | | Sec. 4-106.2. Participation by chief. Any person who is |
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| 1 | | employed as chief
of the fire department of a "participating | 2 | | municipality" as defined in Section 7-106 of this
Code may | 3 | | elect to participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 4 | | rather
than in a fund created under this Article. The election | 5 | | shall be
filed in writing with the Board of the Illinois | 6 | | Municipal Retirement Fund. | 7 | | An election under this Section is irrevocable with respect | 8 | | to the person's employment within that fire department, without | 9 | | regard to whether the person continues to be employed as chief | 10 | | of the fire department or is employed in some other rank or | 11 | | capacity within the fire department.
| 12 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109)
| 13 | | Sec. 7-109. Employee.
| 14 | | (1) "Employee" means any person who:
| 15 | | (a) 1. Receives earnings as payment for the performance | 16 | | of personal
services or official duties out of the | 17 | | general fund of a municipality,
or out of any special | 18 | | fund or funds controlled by a municipality, or by
an | 19 | | instrumentality thereof, or a participating | 20 | | instrumentality, including,
in counties, the fees or | 21 | | earnings of any county fee office; and
| 22 | | 2. Under the usual common law rules applicable in | 23 | | determining the
employer-employee relationship, has | 24 | | the status of an employee with a
municipality, or any | 25 | | instrumentality thereof, or a participating
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| 1 | | instrumentality, including aldermen, county | 2 | | supervisors and other
persons (excepting those | 3 | | employed as independent contractors) who are
paid | 4 | | compensation, fees, allowances or other emolument for | 5 | | official
duties, and, in counties, the several county | 6 | | fee offices.
| 7 | | (b) Serves as a township treasurer appointed under the | 8 | | School
Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, and
who | 9 | | receives for such services regular compensation as | 10 | | distinguished
from per diem compensation, and any regular | 11 | | employee in the office of
any township treasurer whether or | 12 | | not his earnings are paid from the
income of the permanent | 13 | | township fund or from funds subject to
distribution to the | 14 | | several school districts and parts of school
districts as | 15 | | provided in the School Code, or from both such sources; or | 16 | | is the chief executive officer, chief educational officer, | 17 | | chief fiscal officer, or other employee of a Financial | 18 | | Oversight Panel established pursuant to Article 1H of the | 19 | | School Code, other than a superintendent or certified | 20 | | school business official, except that such person shall not | 21 | | be treated as an employee under this Section if that person | 22 | | has negotiated with the Financial Oversight Panel, in | 23 | | conjunction with the school district, a contractual | 24 | | agreement for exclusion from this Section.
| 25 | | (c) Holds an elective office in a municipality, | 26 | | instrumentality
thereof or participating instrumentality.
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| 1 | | (2) "Employee" does not include persons who:
| 2 | | (a) Are eligible for inclusion under any of the | 3 | | following laws:
| 4 | | 1. "An Act in relation to an Illinois State | 5 | | Teachers' Pension and
Retirement Fund", approved May | 6 | | 27, 1915, as amended;
| 7 | | 2. Articles 15 and 16 of this Code.
| 8 | | However, such persons shall be included as employees to | 9 | | the extent of
earnings that are not eligible for inclusion | 10 | | under the foregoing laws
for services not of an | 11 | | instructional nature of any kind.
| 12 | | However, any member of the armed forces who is employed | 13 | | as a teacher
of subjects in the Reserve Officers Training | 14 | | Corps of any school and who
is not certified under the law | 15 | | governing the certification of teachers
shall be included | 16 | | as an employee.
| 17 | | (b) Are designated by the governing body of a | 18 | | municipality in which a
pension fund is required by law to | 19 | | be established for policemen or
firemen, respectively, as | 20 | | performing police or fire protection duties,
except that | 21 | | when such persons are the heads of the police or fire
| 22 | | department and are not eligible to be included within any | 23 | | such pension
fund, they shall be included within this | 24 | | Article; provided, that such
persons shall not be excluded | 25 | | to the extent of concurrent service and
earnings not | 26 | | designated as being for police or fire protection duties.
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| 1 | | However, (i) any head of a police department who was a | 2 | | participant under this
Article immediately before October | 3 | | 1, 1977 and did not elect, under Section
3-109 of this Act, | 4 | | to participate in a police pension fund shall be an
| 5 | | "employee", and (ii) any chief of police who elects to | 6 | | participate in this
Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this | 7 | | Code, regardless of whether such person
continues to be | 8 | | employed as chief of police or is employed in some other
| 9 | | rank or capacity within the police department, shall be an | 10 | | employee under
this Article for so long as such person is | 11 | | employed to perform police
duties by a participating | 12 | | municipality and has not lawfully rescinded that
election , | 13 | | and (iii) any chief of a fire department who elects to | 14 | | participate in this
Fund under Section 4-106.2 of this | 15 | | Code, regardless of whether the person
continues to be | 16 | | employed as chief of the fire department or is employed in | 17 | | some other
rank or capacity within the fire department, | 18 | | shall be an employee under
this Article for so long as the | 19 | | person is employed within the fire department by the | 20 | | participating municipality . | 21 | | (c) After August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public | 22 | | Act 97-609), are contributors to or eligible to contribute | 23 | | to a Taft-Hartley pension plan established on or before | 24 | | June 1, 2011 and are employees of a theatre, arena, or | 25 | | convention center that is located in a municipality located | 26 | | in a county with a population greater than 5,000,000, and |
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| 1 | | to which the participating municipality is required to | 2 | | contribute as the person's employer based on earnings from | 3 | | the municipality. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect | 4 | | service credit or creditable service for any period of | 5 | | service prior to August 26, 2011, and this paragraph shall | 6 | | not apply to individuals who are participating in the Fund | 7 | | prior to August 26, 2011.
| 8 | | (3) All persons, including, without limitation, public | 9 | | defenders and
probation officers, who receive earnings from | 10 | | general or special funds
of a county for performance of | 11 | | personal services or official duties
within the territorial | 12 | | limits of the county, are employees of the county
(unless | 13 | | excluded by subsection (2) of this Section) notwithstanding | 14 | | that
they may be appointed by and are subject to the direction | 15 | | of a person or
persons other than a county board or a county | 16 | | officer. It is hereby
established that an employer-employee | 17 | | relationship under the usual
common law rules exists between | 18 | | such employees and the county paying
their salaries by reason | 19 | | of the fact that the county boards fix their
rates of | 20 | | compensation, appropriate funds for payment of their earnings
| 21 | | and otherwise exercise control over them. This finding and this
| 22 | | amendatory Act shall apply to all such employees from the date | 23 | | of
appointment whether such date is prior to or after the | 24 | | effective date of
this amendatory Act and is intended to | 25 | | clarify existing law pertaining
to their status as | 26 | | participating employees in the Fund.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11; 97-609, eff. 8-26-11; | 2 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
| 3 | | (40 ILCS 5/7-172) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-172)
| 4 | | Sec. 7-172. Contributions by participating municipalities | 5 | | and
participating instrumentalities.
| 6 | | (a) Each participating municipality and each participating
| 7 | | instrumentality shall make payment to the fund as follows:
| 8 | | 1. municipality contributions in an amount determined | 9 | | by applying
the municipality contribution rate to each | 10 | | payment of earnings paid to
each of its participating | 11 | | employees;
| 12 | | 2. an amount equal to the employee contributions | 13 | | provided by paragraph
(a) of Section 7-173, whether or not | 14 | | the employee contributions are
withheld as permitted by | 15 | | that Section;
| 16 | | 3. all accounts receivable, together with interest | 17 | | charged thereon,
as provided in Section 7-209;
| 18 | | 4. if it has no participating employees with current | 19 | | earnings, an
amount payable which, over a closed period of | 20 | | 20 years for participating municipalities and 10 years for | 21 | | participating instrumentalities, will amortize, at the | 22 | | effective rate for
that year, any unfunded obligation. The | 23 | | unfunded obligation shall be computed as provided in | 24 | | paragraph 2 of subsection (b); | 25 | | 5. if it has fewer than 7 participating employees or a |
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| 1 | | negative balance in its municipality reserve, the greater | 2 | | of (A) an amount payable that, over a period of 20 years, | 3 | | will amortize at the effective rate for that year any | 4 | | unfunded obligation, computed as provided in paragraph 2 of | 5 | | subsection (b) or (B) the amount required by paragraph 1 of | 6 | | this subsection (a).
| 7 | | (b) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 8 | | determined
for each calendar year for all participating | 9 | | municipalities together
with all instrumentalities thereof. | 10 | | The municipality contribution rate
shall be determined for | 11 | | participating instrumentalities as if they were
participating | 12 | | municipalities. The municipality contribution rate shall
be | 13 | | the sum of the following percentages:
| 14 | | 1. The percentage of earnings of all the participating | 15 | | employees of all
participating municipalities and | 16 | | participating instrumentalities which, if paid
over the | 17 | | entire period of their service, will be sufficient when | 18 | | combined with
all employee contributions available for the | 19 | | payment of benefits, to provide
all annuities for | 20 | | participating employees, and the $3,000 death benefit
| 21 | | payable under Sections 7-158 and 7-164, such percentage to | 22 | | be known as the
normal cost rate.
| 23 | | 2. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 24 | | employees of each
participating municipality and | 25 | | participating instrumentalities necessary
to adjust for | 26 | | the difference between the present value of all benefits,
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| 1 | | excluding temporary and total and permanent disability and | 2 | | death benefits, to
be provided for its participating | 3 | | employees and the sum of its accumulated
municipality | 4 | | contributions and the accumulated employee contributions | 5 | | and the
present value of expected future employee and | 6 | | municipality contributions
pursuant to subparagraph 1 of | 7 | | this paragraph (b). This adjustment shall be
spread over | 8 | | the remainder of the period that is allowable under | 9 | | generally
accepted accounting principles.
| 10 | | 3. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 11 | | employees of all
municipalities and participating | 12 | | instrumentalities necessary to provide
the present value | 13 | | of all temporary and total and permanent disability
| 14 | | benefits granted during the most recent year for which | 15 | | information is
available.
| 16 | | 4. The percentage of earnings of the participating | 17 | | employees of all
participating municipalities and | 18 | | participating instrumentalities
necessary to provide the | 19 | | present value of the net single sum death
benefits expected | 20 | | to become payable from the reserve established under
| 21 | | Section 7-206 during the year for which this rate is fixed.
| 22 | | 5. The percentage of earnings necessary to meet any | 23 | | deficiency
arising in the Terminated Municipality Reserve.
| 24 | | (c) A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 25 | | computed for
each participating municipality or participating | 26 | | instrumentality
for its sheriff's law enforcement employees.
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| 1 | | A separate municipality contribution rate shall be | 2 | | computed for the
sheriff's law enforcement employees of each | 3 | | forest preserve district that
elects to have such employees. | 4 | | For the period from January 1, 1986 to
December 31, 1986, such | 5 | | rate shall be the forest preserve district's regular
rate plus | 6 | | 2%.
| 7 | | In the event that the Board determines that there is an | 8 | | actuarial
deficiency in the account of any municipality with | 9 | | respect to a person who
has elected to participate in the Fund | 10 | | under Section 3-109.1 of this Code,
the Board may adjust the | 11 | | municipality's contribution rate so as to make up
that | 12 | | deficiency over such reasonable period of time as the Board may | 13 | | determine.
| 14 | | (c-5) In the event that the Board determines that there is | 15 | | an 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 4-106.2 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. | 21 | | (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
| 26 | | provide that, in lieu of a separate municipality rate for these
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| 1 | | 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
| 7 | | 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
| 13 | | rate for program participants or the refund of a portion of the
| 14 | | municipality contributions, as the case may be, may be | 15 | | considered.
| 16 | | (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.
| 24 | | (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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| 1 | | provided in Section 12-21.16 of
the Illinois Public Aid Code | 2 | | 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
| 7 | | 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.
| 16 | | (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
| 24 | | school funds handled by the treasurer.
| 25 | | From the funds subject to allocation among districts and | 26 | | parts of
districts pursuant to the School Code, the trustees |
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| 1 | | 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.
| 5 | | 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
| 9 | | available, a separate rate shall be established as provided in | 10 | | subparagraph
(i) of this Section.
| 11 | | 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
| 17 | | subparagraph (i) of this Section.
| 18 | | (h) Each participating municipality and participating
| 19 | | 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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| 1 | | 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, for
periods of service by employees | 6 | | from whose earnings no deductions were made
for employee | 7 | | contributions to the fund, may be charged to the municipality
| 8 | | reserve for the municipality or participating instrumentality.
| 9 | | (i) Contributions by participating instrumentalities shall | 10 | | be
determined as provided herein except that the percentage | 11 | | derived under
subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of this Section, | 12 | | and the amount payable
under subparagraph 4 of paragraph (a) of | 13 | | this Section, shall be based on
an amortization period of 10 | 14 | | years.
| 15 | | (j) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 16 | | the additional unfunded liability accruing as a result of this | 17 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
shall be amortized | 18 | | over a period of 30 years beginning on January 1 of the
second | 19 | | calendar year following the calendar year in which this | 20 | | amendatory Act takes effect, except that the employer may | 21 | | provide for a longer amortization period by adopting a | 22 | | resolution or ordinance specifying a 35-year or 40-year period | 23 | | and submitting a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution | 24 | | to the fund no later than June 1 of the calendar year following | 25 | | the calendar year in which this amendatory Act takes effect.
| 26 | | (k) If the amount of a participating employee's reported |
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| 1 | | earnings for any of the 12-month periods used to determine the | 2 | | final rate of earnings exceeds the employee's 12 month reported | 3 | | earnings with the same employer for the previous year by the | 4 | | greater of 6% or 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer | 5 | | Price Index-U, as established by the United States Department | 6 | | of Labor for the preceding September, the participating | 7 | | municipality or participating instrumentality that paid those | 8 | | earnings shall pay to the Fund, in addition to any other | 9 | | contributions required under this Article, the present value of | 10 | | the increase in the pension resulting from the portion of the | 11 | | increase in salary that is in excess of the greater of 6% or | 12 | | 1.5 times the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index-U, as | 13 | | determined by the Fund. This present value shall be computed on | 14 | | the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the | 15 | | most recent actuarial valuation of the Fund that is available | 16 | | at the time of the computation. | 17 | | Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required | 18 | | under this subsection (k), the fund shall calculate the amount | 19 | | of the payment and bill the participating municipality or | 20 | | participating instrumentality for that amount. The bill shall | 21 | | specify the calculations used to determine the amount due. If | 22 | | the participating municipality or participating | 23 | | instrumentality disputes the amount of the bill, it may, within | 24 | | 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the fund in writing | 25 | | for a recalculation. The application must specify in detail the | 26 | | grounds of the dispute. Upon receiving a timely application for |
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| 1 | | recalculation, the fund shall review the application and, if | 2 | | appropriate, recalculate the amount due.
The participating | 3 | | municipality and participating instrumentality contributions | 4 | | required under this subsection (k) may be paid in the form of a | 5 | | lump sum within 90 days after receipt of the bill. If the | 6 | | participating municipality and participating instrumentality | 7 | | contributions are not paid within 90 days after receipt of the | 8 | | bill, then interest will be charged at a rate equal to the | 9 | | fund's annual actuarially assumed rate of return on investment | 10 | | compounded annually from the 91st day after receipt of the | 11 | | bill. Payments must be concluded within 3 years after receipt | 12 | | of the bill by the participating municipality or participating | 13 | | instrumentality. | 14 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this | 15 | | subsection (k), the fund shall exclude earnings increases | 16 | | resulting from overload or overtime earnings. | 17 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this | 18 | | subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings increases | 19 | | attributable to standard employment promotions resulting in | 20 | | increased responsibility and workload. | 21 | | This subsection (k) does not apply to earnings increases | 22 | | paid to individuals under contracts or collective bargaining | 23 | | agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before January 1, | 24 | | 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609), earnings | 25 | | increases paid to members who are 10 years or more from | 26 | | retirement eligibility, or earnings increases resulting from |
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| 1 | | an increase in the number of hours required to be worked. | 2 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under this | 3 | | subsection (k), the fund shall also exclude earnings | 4 | | attributable to personnel policies adopted before January 1, | 5 | | 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-609) as long as those | 6 | | policies are not applicable to employees who begin service on | 7 | | or after January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act | 8 | | 97-609). | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1084, eff. 7-16-10; 96-1140, eff. 7-21-10; | 10 | | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-609, eff. 1-1-12; 97-933, eff. | 11 | | 8-10-12.)
| 12 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 13 | | Section 8.37 as follows: | 14 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) | 15 | | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 16 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 17 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 18 | | the 98th General Assembly.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.
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