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92_HB2691ham001 LRB9202367LDtmam 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2691 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2691 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 5 adding Section 5-129.1 and changing Section 5-144 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/5-129.1 new) 7 Sec. 5-129.1. Withdrawal at mandatory retirement age - 8 amount of annuity. 9 (a) In lieu of any annuity provided in the other 10 provisions of this Article, a policeman who is required to 11 withdraw from service due to attainment of mandatory 12 retirement age and has less than 20 years of service credit 13 may elect to receive an annuity equal to 30% of average 14 salary for the first 10 years of service plus 2% of average 15 salary for each completed year of service or fraction thereof 16 in excess of 10, but not to exceed a maximum of 48% of 17 average salary. 18 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "average salary" 19 means the average of the highest 4 consecutive years of 20 salary within the last 10 years of service, or such shorter 21 period as may be used to calculate a minimum retirement 22 annuity under Section 5-132. -2- LRB9202367LDtmam 1 (c) For the purpose of qualifying for the annual 2 increases provided in Section 5-167.1, a policeman whose 3 retirement annuity is calculated under this Section shall be 4 deemed to qualify for a minimum annuity. 5 (40 ILCS 5/5-144) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-144) 6 Sec. 5-144. Death from injury in the performance of acts 7 of duty; compensation annuity and supplemental annuity. 8 (a) Beginning January 1, 1986, and without regard to 9 whether or not the annuity in question began before that 10 date, if the annuity for the widow of a policeman whose 11 death, on or after January 1, 1940, results from injury 12 incurred in the performance of an act or acts of duty, is not 13 equal to the sum hereinafter stated, "compensation annuity" 14 equal to the difference between the annuity and an amount 15 equal to 75% of the policeman's salary attached to the 16 position he held by certification and appointment as a result 17 of competitive civil service examination that would 18 ordinarily have been paid to him as though he were in active 19 discharge of his duties shall be payable to the widow until 20 the policeman, had he lived, would have attained age 63. The 21 total amount of the widow's annuity and children's awards 22 payable to the family of such policeman shall not exceed the 23 amounts stated in Section 5-152. 24 The provisions of this Section, as amended by Public Act 25 84-1104, including the reference to the date upon which the 26 deceased policeman would have attained age 63, shall apply to 27 all widows of policemen whose death occurs on or after 28 January 1, 1940 due to injury incurred in the performance of 29 an act of duty, regardless of whether such death occurred 30 prior to September 17, 1969. For those widows of policemen 31 that died prior to September 17, 1969, who became eligible 32 for compensation annuity by the action of Public Act 84-1104, 33 such compensation annuity shall begin and be calculated from -3- LRB9202367LDtmam 1 January 1, 1986. The provisions of this amendatory Act of 2 1987 are intended to restate and clarify the intent of Public 3 Act 84-1104, and do not make any substantive change. 4 (b) Upon termination of the compensation annuity, 5 "supplemental annuity" shall become payable to the widow, 6 equal to the difference between the annuity for the widow and 7 an amount equal to 75%50%of the annual salary (including 8 all salary increases and longevity raises) that the policeman 9 would have been receiving when he attained age 63 if the 10 policeman had continued in service at the same rank (whether 11 career service or exempt) that he last held in the police 12 department. The increase in supplemental annuity resulting 13 from this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly199514 applies without regard to whether the deceased policeman was 15 in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory 16 Act and is payable from January 1, 20021996or the date upon 17 which the supplemental annuity begins, whichever is later. 18 (c) Neither compensation nor supplemental annuity shall 19 be paid unless the death of the policeman was a direct result 20 of the injury, or the injury was of such character as to 21 prevent him from subsequently resuming service as a 22 policeman; nor shall compensation or supplemental annuity be 23 paid unless the widow was the wife of the policeman when the 24 injury occurred. 25 (Source: P.A. 89-12, eff. 4-20-95.) 26 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 27 Section 8.26 as follows: 28 (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new) 29 Sec. 8.26. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 30 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 31 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 32 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. -4- LRB9202367LDtmam 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.".