Full Text of SB1861 96th General Assembly
SB1861 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB1861
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Michael Bond SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/4-106 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106 |
30 ILCS 805/8.33 new |
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Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Includes any person employed in the municipality's fire service as a paramedic or EMT within the definition of "firefighter" for the purposes of the Article. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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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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SB1861 |
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LRB096 03386 AMC 13409 b |
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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 |
| Section 4-106 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/4-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106)
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| Sec. 4-106. Firefighter, firefighters. "Firefighter, | 8 |
| firefighters":
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| (a) In municipalities which have adopted Division 1 of | 10 |
| Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed | 11 |
| in the municipality's fire service
as a firefighter, fire | 12 |
| engineer, paramedic, EMT, marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb | 13 |
| technician
or scuba diver; and in any of these positions where | 14 |
| such person's duties also
include those of a firefighter as | 15 |
| classified by the Civil Service Commission of
that city, and | 16 |
| whose duty is to participate in the work of controlling and
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| extinguishing fires at the location of any such fires.
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| (b) In municipalities which are subject to Division 2.1 of | 19 |
| Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed | 20 |
| by a city in its fire service as a
firefighter, fire engineer, | 21 |
| paramedic, EMT, marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb technician, | 22 |
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scuba diver; and, in any of these positions whose duties | 23 |
| also include those of
a firefighter and are certified in the |
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| same manner as a firefighter in that
city.
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| (c) In municipalities which are subject to neither Division | 3 |
| 1 nor Division
2.1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal | 4 |
| Code, any person who would have
been included as a firefighter | 5 |
| under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above except that
he served as a | 6 |
| de facto and not as a de jure firefighter.
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| (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, | 8 |
| "firefighter"
does not include any person who is actively | 9 |
| participating in the State
Universities Retirement System | 10 |
| under subsection (h) of Section 15-107 with
respect to the | 11 |
| employment for which he or she is a participating employee in
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| that System.
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| (e) This amendatory Act of 1977 does not affect persons | 14 |
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by this Article prior to September 22, 1977.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-576, eff. 3-31-98.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 17 |
| Section 8.33 as follows: | 18 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | 19 |
| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 20 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 21 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 22 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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