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92_HB3625 LRB9208973EGfg 1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 5 changing Section 7-132 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/7-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132) 7 Sec. 7-132. Municipalities, instrumentalities and 8 participating instrumentalities included and effective dates. 9 (A) Municipalities and their instrumentalities. 10 (a) The following described municipalities, but not 11 including any with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and the 12 instrumentalities thereof, shall be included within and be 13 subject to this Article beginning upon the effective dates 14 specified by the Board: 15 (1) Except as to the municipalities and 16 instrumentalities thereof specifically excluded under 17 this Article, every county shall be subject to this 18 Article, and all cities, villages and incorporated towns 19 having a population in excess of 5,000 inhabitants as 20 determined by the last preceding decennial or subsequent 21 federal census, shall be subject to this Article 22 following publication of the census by the Bureau of the 23 Census. Within 90 days after publication of the census, 24 the Board shall notify any municipality that has become 25 subject to this Article as a result of that census, and 26 shall provide information to the corporate authorities of 27 the municipality explaining the duties and consequences 28 of participation. The notification shall also include a 29 proposed date upon which participation by the 30 municipality will commence. 31 However, for any city, village or incorporated town -2- LRB9208973EGfg 1 that attains a population over 5,000 inhabitants after 2 having provided social security coverage for its 3 employees under the Social Security Enabling Act, 4 participation under this Article shall not be mandatory 5 but may be elected in accordance with subparagraph (3) or 6 (4) of this paragraph (a), whichever is applicable. 7 (2) School districts, other than those specifically 8 excluded under this Article, shall be subject to this 9 Article, without election, with respect to all employees 10 thereof. 11 (3) Towns and all other bodies politic and 12 corporate which are formed by vote of, or are subject to 13 control by, the electors in towns and are located in 14 towns which are not participating municipalities on the 15 effective date of this Act, may become subject to this 16 Article by election pursuant to Section 7-132.1. 17 (4) Any other municipality (together with its 18 instrumentalities), other than those specifically 19 excluded from participation and those described in 20 paragraph (3) above, may elect to be included either by 21 referendum under Section 7-134 or by the adoption of a 22 resolution or ordinance by its governing body. A copy of 23 such resolution or ordinance duly authenticated and 24 certified by the clerk of the municipality or other 25 appropriate official of its governing body shall 26 constitute the required notice to the board of such 27 action. 28 (b) A municipality that is about to begin participation 29 shall submit to the Board an application to participate, in a 30 form acceptable to the Board, not later than 90 days prior to 31 the proposed effective date of participation. The Board 32 shall act upon the application within 90 days, and if it 33 finds that the application is in conformity with its 34 requirements and the requirements of this Article, -3- LRB9208973EGfg 1 participation by the applicant shall commence on a date 2 acceptable to the municipality and specified by the Board, 3 but in no event more than one year from the date of 4 application. 5 (c) A participating municipality which succeeds to the 6 functions of a participating municipality which is dissolved 7 or terminates its existence shall assume and be transferred 8 the net accumulation balance in the municipality reserve and 9 the municipality account receivable balance of the terminated 10 municipality. 11 (d) In the case of a Veterans Assistance Commission 12 whose employees were being treated by the Fund on January 1, 13 1990 as employees of the county served by the Commission, the 14 Fund may continue to treat the employees of the Veterans 15 Assistance Commission as county employees for the purposes of 16 this Article, unless the Commission becomes a participating 17 instrumentality in accordance with subsection (B) of this 18 Section. 19 (B) Participating instrumentalities. 20 (a) The participating instrumentalities designated in 21 paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be included within and 22 be subject to this Article if: 23 (1) an application to participate, in a form 24 acceptable to the Board and adopted by a two-thirds vote 25 of the governing body, is presented to the Board not 26 later than 90 days prior to the proposed effective date; 27 and 28 (2) the Board finds that the application is in 29 conformity with its requirements, that the applicant has 30 reasonable expectation to continue as a political entity 31 for a period of at least 10 years and has the prospective 32 financial capacity to meet its current and future 33 obligations to the Fund, and that the actuarial soundness 34 of the Fund may be reasonably expected to be unimpaired -4- LRB9208973EGfg 1 by approval of participation by the applicant. 2 The Board shall notify the applicant of its findings 3 within 90 days after receiving the application, and if the 4 Board approves the application, participation by the 5 applicant shall commence on the effective date specified by 6 the Board. 7 (b) The following participating instrumentalities, so 8 long as they meet the requirements of Section 7-108 and the 9 area served by them or within their jurisdiction is not 10 located entirely within a municipality having more than one 11 million inhabitants, may be included hereunder: 12 i. Township School District Trustees. 13 ii. Multiple County and Consolidated Health 14 Departments created under Division 5-25 of the Counties 15 Code or its predecessor law. 16 iii. Public Building Commissions created under the 17 Public Building Commission Act, and located in counties 18 of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants. 19 iv. A multitype, consolidated or cooperative 20 library system created under the Illinois Library System 21 Act. Any library system created under the Illinois 22 Library System Act that has one or more predecessors that 23 participated in the Fund may participate in the Fund upon 24 application. The Board shall establish procedures for 25 implementing the transfer of rights and obligations from 26 the predecessor system to the successor system. 27 v. Regional Planning Commissions created under 28 Division 5-14 of the Counties Code or its predecessor 29 law. 30 vi. Local Public Housing Authorities created under 31 the Housing Authorities Act, located in counties of less 32 than 1,000,000 inhabitants. 33 vii. Illinois Municipal League. 34 viii. Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area -5- LRB9208973EGfg 1 Planning Commission. 2 ix. Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Area 3 Planning Commission. 4 x. Illinois Association of Park Districts. 5 xi. Illinois Supervisors, County Commissioners and 6 Superintendents of Highways Association. 7 xii. Tri-City Regional Port District. 8 xiii. An association, or not-for-profit 9 corporation, membership in which is authorized under 10 Section 85-15 of the Township Code. 11 xiv. Drainage Districts operating under the 12 Illinois Drainage Code. 13 xv. Local mass transit districts created under the 14 Local Mass Transit District Act. 15 xvi. Soil and water conservation districts created 16 under the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law. 17 xvii. Commissions created to provide water supply 18 or sewer services or both under Division 135 or Division 19 136 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code. 20 xviii. Public water districts created under the 21 Public Water District Act. 22 xix. Veterans Assistance Commissions established 23 under Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act 24 that serve counties with a population of less than 25 1,000,000. 26 xx. The governing body of an entity, other than a 27 vocational education cooperative, created under an 28 intergovernmental cooperative agreement established 29 between participating municipalities under the 30 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, which by the terms of 31 the agreement is the employer of the persons performing 32 services under the agreement under the usual common law 33 rules determining the employer-employee relationship. 34 The governing body of such an intergovernmental -6- LRB9208973EGfg 1 cooperative entity established prior to July 1, 1988 may 2 make participation retroactive to the effective date of 3 the agreement and, if so, the effective date of 4 participation shall be the date the required application 5 is filed with the fund. If any such entity is unable to 6 pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then 7 the participating municipalities shall make payment of 8 the required contributions and the payments shall be 9 allocated as provided in the agreement or, if not so 10 provided, equally among them. 11 xxi. The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. 12 xxii. The Waukegan Port District. 13 xxiii. The Fox Waterway Agency created under the 14 Fox Waterway Agency Act. 15 xxiv. The governing body of a charter school 16 chartered by a local school board (other than a charter 17 school located in a city with a population over 18 1,000,000), with respect to those of its employees who 19 are not eligible to participate in any other pension fund 20 or retirement system established under this Code. As a 21 condition of participation, the governing body of the 22 charter school must obtain the agreement of the local 23 school board to assume any remaining obligations of the 24 charter school to the Fund in the event that the charter 25 school is discontinued. 26 (c) The governing boards of special education joint 27 agreements created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code 28 without designation of an administrative district shall be 29 included within and be subject to this Article as 30 participating instrumentalities when the joint agreement 31 becomes effective. However, the governing board of any such 32 special education joint agreement in effect before September 33 5, 1975 shall not be subject to this Article unless the joint 34 agreement is modified by the school districts to provide that -7- LRB9208973EGfg 1 the governing board is subject to this Article, except as 2 otherwise provided by this Section. 3 The governing board of the Special Education District of 4 Lake County shall become subject to this Article as a 5 participating instrumentality on July 1, 1997. 6 Notwithstanding subdivision (a)1 of Section 7-139, on the 7 effective date of participation, employees of the governing 8 board of the Special Education District of Lake County shall 9 receive creditable service for their prior service with that 10 employer, up to a maximum of 5 years, without any employee 11 contribution. Employees may establish creditable service for 12 the remainder of their prior service with that employer, if 13 any, by applying in writing and paying an employee 14 contribution in an amount determined by the Fund, based on 15 the employee contribution rates in effect at the time of 16 application for the creditable service and the employee's 17 salary rate on the effective date of participation for that 18 employer, plus interest at the effective rate from the date 19 of the prior service to the date of payment. Application for 20 this creditable service must be made before July 1, 1998; the 21 payment may be made at any time while the employee is still 22 in service. The employer may elect to make the required 23 contribution on behalf of the employee. 24 The governing board of a special education joint 25 agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code 26 for which an administrative district has been designated, if 27 there are employees of the cooperative educational entity who 28 are not employees of the administrative district, may elect 29 to participate in the Fund and be included within this 30 Article as a participating instrumentality, subject to such 31 application procedures and rules as the Board may prescribe. 32 The Boards of Control of cooperative or joint educational 33 programs or projects created and administered under Section 34 3-15.14 of the School Code, whether or not the Boards act as -8- LRB9208973EGfg 1 their own administrative district, shall be included within 2 and be subject to this Article as participating 3 instrumentalities when the agreement establishing the 4 cooperative or joint educational program or project becomes 5 effective. 6 The governing board of a special education joint 7 agreement entered into after June 30, 1984 and prior to 8 September 17, 1985 which provides for representation on the 9 governing board by less than all the participating districts 10 shall be included within and subject to this Article as a 11 participating instrumentality. Such participation shall be 12 effective as of the date the joint agreement becomes 13 effective. 14 The governing boards of educational service centers 15 established under Section 2-3.62 of the School Code shall be 16 included within and subject to this Article as participating 17 instrumentalities. The governing boards of vocational 18 education cooperative agreements created under the 19 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and approved by the State 20 Board of Education shall be included within and be subject to 21 this Article as participating instrumentalities. If any such 22 governing boards or boards of control are unable to pay the 23 required employer contributions to the fund, then the school 24 districts served by such boards shall make payment of 25 required contributions as provided in Section 7-172. The 26 payments shall be allocated among the several school 27 districts in proportion to the number of students in average 28 daily attendance for the last full school year for each 29 district in relation to the total number of students in 30 average attendance for such period for all districts served. 31 If such educational service centers, vocational education 32 cooperatives or cooperative or joint educational programs or 33 projects created and administered under Section 3-15.14 of 34 the School Code are dissolved, the assets and obligations -9- LRB9208973EGfg 1 shall be distributed among the districts in the same 2 proportions unless otherwise provided. 3 (d) The governing boards of special recreation joint 4 agreements created under Section 8-10b of the Park District 5 Code, operating without designation of an administrative 6 district or an administrative municipality appointed to 7 administer the program operating under the authority of such 8 joint agreement shall be included within and be subject to 9 this Article as participating instrumentalities when the 10 joint agreement becomes effective. However, the governing 11 board of any such special recreation joint agreement in 12 effect before January 1, 1980 shall not be subject to this 13 Article unless the joint agreement is modified, by the 14 districts and municipalities which are parties to the 15 agreement, to provide that the governing board is subject to 16 this Article. 17 If the Board returns any employer and employee 18 contributions to any employer which erroneously submitted 19 such contributions on behalf of a special recreation joint 20 agreement, the Board shall include interest computed from the 21 end of each year to the date of payment, not compounded, at 22 the rate of 7% per annum. 23 (e) Each multi-township assessment district, the board 24 of trustees of which has adopted this Article by ordinance 25 prior to April 1, 1982, shall be a participating 26 instrumentality included within and subject to this Article 27 effective December 1, 1981. The contributions required under 28 Section 7-172 shall be included in the budget prepared under 29 and allocated in accordance with Section 2-30 of the Property 30 Tax Code. 31 (f) Beginning January 1, 1992, each prospective 32 participating municipality or participating instrumentality 33 shall pay to the Fund the cost, as determined by the Board, 34 of a study prepared by the Fund or its actuary, detailing the -10- LRB9208973EGfg 1 prospective costs of participation in the Fund to be expected 2 by the municipality or instrumentality. 3 (Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.) 4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 5 becoming law.