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90_SB1816

      40 ILCS 5/5-167.1         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.1
      40 ILCS 5/5-167.2         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.2
      30 ILCS 805/8.22 new
          Amends the Chicago Police Article of  the  Pension  Code.
      Compounds   the   automatic  annual  increase  in  retirement
      annuity, increases it to 3% for all annuitants,  and  removes
      the  30%  maximum  increase  limitation.    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    Sections  5-167.1 and 5-167.2 and to amend the State Mandates
 3    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 5-167.1 and 5-167.2 as follows:
 8        (40 ILCS 5/5-167.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.1)
 9        Sec. 5-167.1.  Automatic increase in annuity;  retirement
10    from service after September 1, 1967.
11        (a)  A policeman who retires from service after September
12    1,  1967 with at least 20 years of service credit shall, upon
13    either the first of the month following the first anniversary
14    of his date of retirement if he is age 60  (age  55  if  born
15    before  January 1, 1945) or over on that anniversary date, or
16    upon the first of the month following his attainment  of  age
17    60 (age 55 if born before January 1, 1945) if it occurs after
18    the  first  anniversary of his retirement date, have his then
19    fixed and payable monthly annuity  increased  by  1 1/2%  and
20    such  first  fixed annuity as granted at retirement increased
21    by an additional 1 1/2% in January of each year thereafter up
22    to a maximum increase of 30%.  Beginning January 1, 1983  for
23    policemen  born before January 1, 1930, and beginning January
24    1, 1988 for policemen born on or after January  1,  1930  but
25    before  January  1,  1940,  and beginning January 1, 1996 for
26    policemen born on or after January 1, 1940 but before January
27    1, 1945, such increases shall be 3% and such policemen  shall
28    not be subject to the 30% maximum increase.
29        Beginning  January  1,  1999,  all annual increases under
30    this subsection shall be at the rate of  3%  of  the  current
31    amount  of  the  annuity,  including  any  previous increases
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 1    granted under this Article, and the  30%  maximum  no  longer
 2    applies.   The change made to this Section by this amendatory
 3    Act of 1998 is not limited to persons in service on or  after
 4    its effective date.
 5        Any  policeman  born before January 1, 1945 who qualifies
 6    for a minimum annuity and retires after September 1, 1967 but
 7    has not received the initial increase under  this  subsection
 8    before  January  1,  1996  is entitled to receive the initial
 9    increase under this subsection on (1) January  1,  1996,  (2)
10    the  first  anniversary  of  the  date  of retirement, or (3)
11    attainment of age 55, whichever occurs last.  The changes  to
12    this  Section  made  by  this  amendatory  Act  of 1995 apply
13    beginning January 1, 1996 and without regard to  whether  the
14    policeman   or   annuitant   terminated  service  before  the
15    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
16        (b)  Subsection (a) of this Section is not applicable  to
17    an employee receiving a term annuity.
18        (c)  To  help  defray  the  cost  of  such  increases  in
19    annuity,  there  shall  be  deducted,  beginning September 1,
20    1967, from each payment of salary to a policeman, 1/2  of  1%
21    of  each  salary payment concurrently with and in addition to
22    the salary deductions otherwise made for annuity purposes.
23        The city, in addition to the contributions otherwise made
24    by it for annuity purposes under  other  provisions  of  this
25    Article,  shall make matching contributions concurrently with
26    such salary deductions.
27        Each such 1/2 of 1% deduction from salary and  each  such
28    contribution  by  the  city  of  1/2 of 1% of salary shall be
29    credited to the Automatic Increase Reserve,  to  be  used  to
30    defray  the  cost  of the 1 1/2% annuity increase provided by
31    this  Section.   Any  balance  in  such  reserve  as  of  the
32    beginning of  each  calendar  year  shall  be  credited  with
33    interest at the rate of 3% per annum.
34        Such  deductions from salary and city contributions shall
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 1    continue while the policeman is in service.
 2        The salary deductions provided in this  Section  are  not
 3    subject  to  refund,  except to the policeman himself, in any
 4    case in which a policeman withdraws  prior  to  qualification
 5    for  minimum  annuity  and  applies for refund or applies for
 6    annuity, and also where a term annuity  becomes  payable.  In
 7    such  cases,  the  total  of  such salary deductions shall be
 8    refunded to the policeman, without interest, and  charged  to
 9    the Automatic Increase Reserve.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-12, eff. 4-20-95.)
11        (40 ILCS 5/5-167.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-167.2)
12        Sec.  5-167.2.  Retirement  before  September 1, 1967.  A
13    retired policeman, qualifying  for  minimum  annuity  or  who
14    retired from service with 20 or more years of service, before
15    September  1,  1967,  shall, in January of the year following
16    the year he attains the age of 65, or in January of the  year
17    1970,  if then more than 65 years of age, have his then fixed
18    and payable monthly annuity increased by an amount  equal  to
19    2%  of  the  original  grant  of  annuity,  for each year the
20    policeman was in receipt of annuity payments after  the  year
21    in  which  he  attains,  or  did  attain  the  age of 63.  An
22    additional  2%  increase  in  such  then  fixed  and  payable
23    original  granted  annuity  shall  accrue  in  each   January
24    thereafter.   Beginning  January  1,  1986,  the rate of such
25    increase shall be 3% instead of  2%.   Beginning  January  1,
26    1999,  all  annual increases under this paragraph shall be at
27    the rate  of  3%  of  the  current  amount  of  the  annuity,
28    including  any previous increases granted under this Article.
29    The change made to this Section by  this  amendatory  Act  of
30    1998  is  not  limited  to persons in service on or after its
31    effective date.
32        The provisions of the preceding paragraph of this Section
33    apply only to a retired policeman eligible for such increases
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 1    in his annuity who contributes to the Fund a sum equal to  $5
 2    for each full year of credited service upon which his annuity
 3    was computed.  All such sums contributed shall be placed in a
 4    Supplementary  Payment  Reserve  and  shall  be  used for the
 5    purposes of such Fund account.
 6        Beginning with the monthly annuity payment due  in  July,
 7    1982,  the  fixed and granted monthly annuity payment for any
 8    policeman who retired from the service, before  September  1,
 9    1976,  at age 50 or over with 20 or more years of service and
10    entitled to an annuity on January 1, 1974, shall be not  less
11    than $400.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the
12    change  made  in  this Section by this amendatory Act of 1982
13    shall apply retroactively to July 1, 1982.
14        Beginning with the monthly annuity payment due on January
15    1, 1986, the fixed and granted monthly  annuity  payment  for
16    any  policeman who retired from the service before January 1,
17    1986, at age 50 or over with 20 or more years of service,  or
18    any  policeman who retired from service due to termination of
19    disability and who is entitled to an annuity  on  January  1,
20    1986, shall be not less than $475.
21        Beginning with the monthly annuity payment due on January
22    1,  1992,  the  fixed and granted monthly annuity payment for
23    any policeman who retired from the service before January  1,
24    1992, at age 50 or over with 20 or more years of service, and
25    for any policeman who retired from service due to termination
26    of disability and who is entitled to an annuity on January 1,
27    1992, shall be not less than $650.
28        Beginning with the monthly annuity payment due on January
29    1,  1993,  the  fixed and granted monthly annuity payment for
30    any policeman who retired from the service before January  1,
31    1993, at age 50 or over with 20 or more years of service, and
32    for any policeman who retired from service due to termination
33    of disability and who is entitled to an annuity on January 1,
34    1993, shall be not less than $750.
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 1        Beginning with the monthly annuity payment due on January
 2    1,  1994,  the  fixed and granted monthly annuity payment for
 3    any policeman who retired from the service before January  1,
 4    1994, at age 50 or over with 20 or more years of service, and
 5    for any policeman who retired from service due to termination
 6    of disability and who is entitled to an annuity on January 1,
 7    1994, shall be not less than $850.
 8        The  difference  in amount between the original fixed and
 9    granted monthly annuity of any such policeman on the date  of
10    his  retirement  from  the  service  and  the monthly annuity
11    provided for in the immediately preceding paragraph shall  be
12    paid  as  a  supplement  in  the  manner  set  forth  in  the
13    immediately following paragraph.
14        To  defray  the annual cost of the increases indicated in
15    the preceding part  of  this  Section,  the  annual  interest
16    income accruing from investments held by this Fund, exclusive
17    of gains or losses on sales or exchanges of assets during the
18    year,  over  and  above 4% a year shall be used to the extent
19    necessary and available to finance the cost of such increases
20    for the following year and such amount shall  be  transferred
21    as  of the end of each year beginning with the year 1969 to a
22    Fund account designated as the Supplementary Payment  Reserve
23    from the Interest and Investment Reserve set forth in Section
24    5-167.2.
25        In  the  event  the  funds  in  the Supplementary Payment
26    Reserve in any year arising from:  (1)  the  interest  income
27    accruing  in  the preceding  year above 4% a year and (2) the
28    contributions by retired persons are insufficient to make the
29    total  payments  to  all  persons  entitled  to  the  annuity
30    specified in this Section and (3) any interest earnings  over
31    4%  a  year  beginning  with  the  year  1969  which were not
32    previously used to finance  such  increases  and  which  were
33    transferred to the Prior Service Annuity Reserve, may be used
34    to  the  extent necessary and available to provide sufficient
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 1    funds to finance such increases for the current year and such
 2    sums shall be transferred  from  the  Prior  Service  Annuity
 3    Reserve.   In  the  event  the  total  money available in the
 4    Supplementary  Payment  Reserve   from   such   sources   are
 5    insufficient  to  make  the  total  payments  to  all persons
 6    entitled to such increases  for  the  year,  a  proportionate
 7    amount  computed  as  the ratio of the money available to the
 8    total of the total payments specified for that year shall  be
 9    paid to each person for that year.
10        The  Fund  shall  be  obligated  for  the  payment of the
11    increases in  annuity as provided for in this Section only to
12    the extent that the assets for such purpose are available.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-849; 87-1265.)
14        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
15    Section 8.22 as follows:
16        (30 ILCS 805/8.22 new)
17        Sec.  8.22.  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 1998.
21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.

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