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90_HB0151
40 ILCS 5/7-109.3 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3
30 ILCS 805/8.21 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal (IMRF) Article of the
Pension Code to make noncommissioned county correctional
officers eligible for the sheriff's law enforcement employee
formula. Amends the State Mandates Act to require
implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing
2 Section 7-109.3 and to amend the State Mandates Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
6 changing Section 7-109.3 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
8 Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
9 (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" means:
10 (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than
11 special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the
12 office of the sheriff.
13 (2) A person who has elected to participate in this
14 Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is
15 employed by a participating municipality to perform
16 police duties.
17 (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full
18 time basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that
19 such officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement
20 employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service
21 in that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a
22 sheriff's law enforcement employee, only if the board of
23 commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption
24 of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
25 may not be rescinded.
26 (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
27 established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
28 on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or
29 participating instrumentality to perform police duties at
30 an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
31 employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee
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1 status for its airport police employees by adoption of an
2 affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may
3 not be rescinded.
4 (5) A person who participates in the Fund and is
5 employed by a participating municipality as a
6 noncommissioned county correctional officer.
7 (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement
8 employee prior to the time for which he is granted military
9 leave or authorized leave of absence shall receive service
10 credit in that capacity. Sheriff's law enforcement employees
11 shall not be entitled to out of State service credit under
12 Section 7-139.
13 (Source: P.A. 86-273; 87-850.)
14 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
15 Section 8.21 as follows:
16 (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
17 Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
18 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
19 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
20 amendatory Act of 1997.
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.