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90_HB3569

      40 ILCS 5/17-127          from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-127
      40 ILCS 5/22-1001         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-1001
      40 ILCS 5/22-1003         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-1003
          Amends the Illinois Pension Code  to  provide  additional
      State   funding   for  the  Chicago  Teachers  Pension  Fund.
      Increases the annual State contribution to the  Fund  over  a
      7-year phase-in period beginning in fiscal year 2000, so that
      by  fiscal  year  2007,  the  annual  State  contribution  is
      sufficient, with the other revenues available to the Fund, to
      meet the normal cost and amortize the unfunded liabilities of
      the Fund over a period of 40 years.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to provide additional State funding for the Public
 2    School  Teachers'  Pension  and  Retirement  Fund of Chicago,
 3    amending a named Act.
 4        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended by
 7    changing Sections 17-127, 22-1001, and 22-1003 as follows:
 8        (40 ILCS 5/17-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-127)
 9        Sec. 17-127. Financing; revenues for the Fund.
10        (a)  The revenues for the  Fund  shall  consist  of:  (1)
11    amounts  paid  into the Fund by contributors thereto and from
12    employer contributions and State appropriations in accordance
13    with this Article; (2) amounts contributed to the Fund by  an
14    Employer; (3) amounts contributed to the Fund pursuant to any
15    law   now   in   force   or  hereafter  to  be  enacted;  (4)
16    contributions from any other source; and (5) the earnings  on
17    investments.
18        (b)  The  General  Assembly finds that for many years the
19    State has contributed to the Fund an annual  amount  that  is
20    between  20%  and  30%  of  the  amount  of  the annual State
21    contribution to the Article 16  retirement  system,  and  the
22    General  Assembly  declares that it is its goal and intention
23    to continue this level of contribution to the Fund  in  State
24    fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 the future.
25        (c)  Beginning  in  State  fiscal  year  2000,  the State
26    contribution, as a  percentage  of  the  applicable  employee
27    payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments over a
28    7-year  phase-in  period until the following funding level is
29    achieved.  Beginning in State fiscal year 2007, the State  of
30    Illinois shall make annual contributions to the Fund that are
31    sufficient,  in  combination  with  the  the  other  revenues
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 1    available  to  the Fund, to meet the normal cost and amortize
 2    the unfunded liability of the Fund over 40  years  (beginning
 3    in  fiscal  year  2007)  as  a  level  percentage of payroll,
 4    determined under the projected  unit  credit  actuarial  cost
 5    method.
 6    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  12-4-97;  90-566, eff. 1-2-98;
 7    revised 1-8-98.)
 8        (40 ILCS 5/22-1001) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-1001)
 9        Sec. 22-1001. Submission of information.  By March  1  of
10    each  year,  the retirement systems created under Articles 2,
11    14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 of this Code  shall  each  submit  the
12    following information to the Pension Laws Commission:
13        (1)  the  most  recent actuarial valuation computed using
14    the  projected  unit  credit  actuarial   cost   method   for
15    retirement and ancillary benefits.
16        (2)  a  full  disclosure  of  the provisions of the plan;
17    economic, mortality, termination, and demographic assumptions
18    used  for  the  valuation;  methods  used  to  determine  the
19    actuarial values; the impact of significant  changes  in  the
20    actuarial assumptions and methods; the most recent experience
21    review;  and other information affecting the plan's actuarial
22    status.
23        (3)  the State's share of the amount  necessary  to  fund
24    the  normal  cost  plus  interest  on  the  unfunded  accrued
25    liability  for  the  next  fiscal  year  as determined by the
26    projected unit credit computations.
27        (4)  a five-year history  of  the  system's  liabilities,
28    assets (valued at cost), and unfunded liabilities.
29        (5)  the  July  1  market  value  of  system assets and a
30    five-year history of annual and annualized investment returns
31    of the system's total  portfolio  and  each  segment  of  the
32    portfolio; and
33        (6)  measures  of  financial  status,  including ten-year
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 1    trends  of:  unfunded  liabilities,  funded   ratios,   quick
 2    liability  ratios, current reserves, and other solvency tests
 3    requested by the Commission.
 4        For plan years ending prior to  December  31,  1984,  the
 5    historical  data submitted by the retirement systems pursuant
 6    to items (4) and (6) above may be  based  on  a  cost  method
 7    other  than  the projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
 8    In submitting the data, the retirement systems shall  specify
 9    the method used.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-113, eff. 7-7-95.)
11        (40 ILCS 5/22-1003) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-1003)
12        Sec.  22-1003.  The Pension Laws Commission shall receive
13    the information specified  in  Section  22-1001  and  Section
14    22-1002  of  this  Act.   Commission  staff shall examine the
15    information and submit a report of the  analysis  thereof  to
16    the  General  Assembly.  The report shall also include either
17    an  analysis  of  the  effect  of  the   different   economic
18    assumptions  used  by  the  6  the 5 systems, or supplemental
19    valuations using the same economic assumptions for all 6  all
20    5  systems.   The  Commission shall compare (1) each system's
21    required actuarial funding computed using the projected  unit
22    credit  actuarial  cost  method,  and  (2) the required State
23    contribution levels established by Public  Act  88-593.   The
24    report shall also identify the amount of the required funding
25    for  each  system  expected  to come from (i) budgeted annual
26    appropriations and (ii) continuing appropriations  under  the
27    State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
28        The   Commission   shall   also   compute  multiple  year
29    projections showing the effect on system liabilities and  the
30    State's  annual  cost  (1)  if  the systems were to be funded
31    according to actuarial recommendations  that  the  Commission
32    deems  reasonable,  (2)  if  each  system  were  to be funded
33    according to recommendations made by  the  system's  actuary,
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 1    and  (3)  if  the  systems were to be funded according to the
 2    required State contribution levels established by Public  Act
 3    88-593;   including  (i)  comparisons  of  State  costs  with
 4    projected benefit payments, payroll, and  the  general  funds
 5    budget,  and (ii) comparisons of unfunded liabilities, funded
 6    ratios,  solvency  tests,  and  projected  reserves.      The
 7    Commission may conduct additional analyses and projections as
 8    it deems useful.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-113, eff. 7-7-95.)
10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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