STROGER. (O'MALLEY) 70 ILCS 2605/5.9 from Ch. 42, par. 324s Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Permits the district's board of trustees to transfer appropriations among departments after March 1 of a fiscal year, rather than after the first half of a fiscal year. FISCAL NOTE (DCCA) The proposed legislation will have no effect on the total amount of appropriations and would not increase the tax levy. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE HB 1641 fails to create a State mandate. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Adds reference to: 55 ILCS 5/3-7002 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7002 55 ILCS 5/3-7005 from Ch. 34, par. 3-7005 55 ILCS 5/3-15012 from Ch. 34, par. 3-15012 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Sheriff may, in his or her discretion and with the advice and consent of the county board, appoint 2 additional members to the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board. Provides that the political affiliation of the Board shall be such that no more than one-half of the members plus one additional member may be affiliated with the same political party. Provides that at least 40% of the members must be present to constitute a quorum. Changes the title of the chief executive director and administrative officer of the Department of Corrections in counties with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants from Executive Director to Director. Effective immediately. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the House concur in Senate Amendment No. 3. Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows: Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 375/3 from Ch. 127, par. 523 35 ILCS 200/18-185 40 ILCS 5/1-113 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-113 40 ILCS 5/5-152.1 40 ILCS 5/7-132 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132 40 ILCS 5/7-171 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-171 40 ILCS 5/8-138 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-138 40 ILCS 5/8-138.3 new 40 ILCS 5/8-150.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-150.1 40 ILCS 5/8-154 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-154 40 ILCS 5/8-159 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-159 40 ILCS 5/8-226 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-226 40 ILCS 5/9-121.15 new 40 ILCS 5/9-220.1 new 40 ILCS 5/11-133.2 new 40 ILCS 5/11-134 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-134 40 ILCS 5/11-145.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-145.1 40 ILCS 5/11-149 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-149 40 ILCS 5/11-154 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-154 40 ILCS 5/11-215 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-215 40 ILCS 5/14-103.04 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.0 40 ILCS 5/14-104 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104 40 ILCS 5/14-104.10 new 40 ILCS 5/14-105.7 new 40 ILCS 5/15-106 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-106 40 ILCS 5/15-112 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-112 40 ILCS 5/15-113.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.2 40 ILCS 5/15-113.3 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.3 40 ILCS 5/15-113.4 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.4 40 ILCS 5/15-113.5 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.5 40 ILCS 5/15-113.7 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.7 40 ILCS 5/15-125 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-125 40 ILCS 5/15-136.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-136.2 40 ILCS 5/15-143 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-143 40 ILCS 5/15-153.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-153.2 40 ILCS 5/15-157 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157 40 ILCS 5/15-167.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-167.2 40 ILCS 5/15-168.1 new 40 ILCS 5/15-185 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-185 40 ILCS 5/15-190 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-190 40 ILCS 5/15-191 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-191 40 ILCS 5/16-140 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-140 40 ILCS 5/16-163 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-163 30 ILCS 805/8.21 new Amends the General Provisions Article of the Pension Code to require that pension funds subject to the investment restrictions of Section 1-113 carry their investments at cost or at a value determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting procedures approved by the board. Expands the authority of the Cook County pension fund to invest in securities of foreign and domestic corporations. Amends the State Employee Article. Allows a person who rendered contractual services to a member of the General Assembly as a worker providing constituent services to persons in the member's district to establish creditable service for up to 8 years of those contractual services. Allows participation by employees of the Illinois Development Finance Authority. Authorizes purchase of credit for prior service with the Authority or its predecessor agency; requires the applicant to pay both employee and employer contributions plus interest. Allows certain former members of the General Assembly staff to transfer credits from the State Employees' Retirement System to the Cook County pension fund. Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Pension Code to extend the parent's annuity to parents of police officers who died before August 9, 1996. Amends the Cook County Article of the Pension Code to allow a member of the General Assembly to establish service credit for up to 24 months during each of which he or she worked for at least one but fewer than 15 days, by purchasing service credit for the number of days needed to bring the total of days worked up to 15. Requires payment of both employee and employer contributions plus interest. Amends the Chicago Municipal and Laborer Articles of the Pension Code. Increases the minimum retirement annuity. Provides for retirement at age 50 with 30 years of service. Eliminates the age discount for employees who retire at age 55 with 25 years of service. Increases the minimum widow's annuity and allows certain widows to elect to receive 50% of the deceased employee's retirement annuity instead of a widow's annuity. Increases the child's annuity and removes the combined family maximum for certain persons currently eligible for child's annuities. Removes the maximum dollar amount limitation on widow's annuities for widows of employees who died before January 23, 1987; requires repayment of any refund of excess widow's annuity contributions, plus interest. Allows certain periods for which contributions have been paid to be counted as service for ordinary disability purposes. Provides a program of early retirement incentives for employees who retire on or before July 2, 1998. Makes other changes. Amends the State Universities Article of the Pension Code. Increases the System's authority to issue bonds, allowing up to $20,000,000 to be outstanding at any one time. Limits existing benefits by: (i) excluding certain earnings after June 30, 1997 from the calculation of the final rate of earnings; (ii) imposing additional requirements on return to service following a leave of absence; (iii) requiring a return to service within one year after discharge in order to obtain credit for military service; (iv) removing a provision allowing beneficiaries to elect to receive death benefits in multiple payments; and (v) limiting credit for unused sick leave. (Article 13, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution may prevent these limitations from applying to certain current or former members.) Changes the definition of "effective rate of interest" by adding additional factors to be included in determining the rate, including the desirability of minimizing volatility in the rate from year to year; states that the change is a clarification of existing law. Changes provisions relating to the calculation of interest when purchasing military service credit. Grants the Secretary of the Board the power to issue subpoenas. Allows annuitants and beneficiaries to authorize withholding from their annuities and benefits. Allows the System to pay benefits to the trustee of a trust created for the benefit of a minor or person under legal disability; provides that the System is not responsible for determining the validity of the trust and must conclusively rely on the representations of the trustee. Extends the deadline for early retirement without discount to September 1, 2002. Allows a person formerly employed by the University of Illinois athletic association to become a participant. Allows certain university firefighters and police officers to have their benefits based on their salary on the last day of service as a firefighter or police officer. Also makes technical changes. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Pension Code to allow trustees to hold non-elected State office. Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article to provide that employees of the governing board of the Special Education District of Lake County must begin participating in the Fund as of July 1, 1997. Provides that current employees shall receive free credit for up to 5 years of their prior service with that employer, but employee contributions must be paid in order to receive credit for the remainder of that prior service. Provides that the school districts participating in a special education joint agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code that is a participating instrumentality may include their proportionate share of the employer contribution for current or prior service in the districts' IMRF tax levy. Also amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to exclude from the aggregate extension any amounts levied by school districts that participate in the Special Education District of Lake County to pay for their share of the District's IMRF costs. Amends the Downstate Teacher Article to extend to January 1, 1998 the deadline for certain surviving spouses who were married for at least 12 months, but not the 12 months immediately preceding the member's death, to apply for benefits as a dependent beneficiary. Amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow employees of the Board of Public Accounting Examiners to participate in the State Universities Retirement System. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 to provide health benefits for those employees. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 97-03-06 H FIRST READING 97-03-06 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-03-11 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 97-03-19 H FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS 97-03-19 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED STEPHENS 97-03-19 H COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE 97-03-20 H DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 008-007-000 HEXC 97-03-20 H PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE 97-04-14 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-04-14 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 97-04-14 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT 97-04-16 H SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE 97-04-16 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE 97-04-18 H THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 109-007-000 97-04-23 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 97-04-23 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-24 97-04-24 S CHIEF SPONSOR O'MALLEY 97-04-24 S FIRST READING 97-04-24 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 97-04-24 S ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE 97-05-06 S DO PASS 007-000-000 SLGV 97-05-06 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-07 97-05-07 S SECOND READING 97-05-07 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-08 97-05-09 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-05-09 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-O'MALLEY 97-05-09 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 97-05-09 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-05-09 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY 97-05-09 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 97-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-O'MALLEY 97-05-13 S RULES REFERS TO SLGV 97-05-13 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY 97-05-13 S RULES REFERS TO SLGV 97-05-14 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-05-14 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY 97-05-14 S AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL 97-05-14 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY 97-05-14 S RULES REFERS TO SLGV 97-05-15 S AMENDMENT NO. 01-O'MALLEY 97-05-15 S HELD IN COMMITTEE SLGV 97-05-15 S AMENDMENT NO. 02-O'MALLEY 97-05-15 S HELD IN COMMITTEE SLGV 97-05-15 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY 97-05-15 S BE ADOPTED SLGV/009-000-000 97-05-15 S RECALLED TO SECOND READING 97-05-15 S AMENDMENT NO. 03-O'MALLEY 97-05-15 S ADOPTED 97-05-15 S PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-16 97-05-16 S THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 97-05-16 S TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 5-4(A) SA'S 01,02 97-05-16 S THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 97-05-16 H ARRIVE IN HOUSE 97-05-16 H PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 03 97-05-20 H MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR 03/STROGER 97-05-20 H PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 03 97-05-21 H HSE NON-CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 03 97-05-21 S SECRETARYS DESK - NON-CONCURRENCE 03 97-05-22 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-05-22 S MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - SEN AMEND NO 03/O'MALLEY 97-05-23 S SEN REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 03 97-05-23 S SEN REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-23 S SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/O'MALLEY, 97-05-23 S BUTLER, 97-05-23 S RAUSCHENBERGER, 97-05-23 S BOWLES, TROTTER 97-05-28 H HSE ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST 97-05-28 H HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/STROGER, 97-05-28 H BURKE, CURRIE, 97-05-28 H CHURCHILL AND 97-05-28 H RUTHERFORD 97-05-31 H HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/STROGER 97-05-31 H CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO 1ST/HRUL 97-05-31 H BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/003-002-000 97-05-31 S FILED WITH SECRETARY 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-31 S RULES REFERS TO SINS 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-31 S SINS TO RULES 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-31 S RULES REFERS TO SEXC 97-05-31 S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-05-31 S BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SEXC/013-000-000 97-05-31 H HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/087-030-000 97-06-01 S SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/O'MALLEY 97-06-01 S 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED 97-06-01 S SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/053-001-001 97-06-01 H BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST 97-06-01 H PASSED BOTH HOUSES 97-06-27 H SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 97-08-22 H GOVERNOR APPROVED 97-08-22 H EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-22 97-08-22 H PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0511 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary