Public Act 102-0202
 
HB1777 EnrolledLRB102 16663 RPS 22064 b

    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
changing Section 22-306 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/22-306)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-306)
    Sec. 22-306. The corporate authorities of any city or the
village may provide by ordinance that in case of an accident
resulting in an injury to or death of a policeman or fireman in
the employ of such city or village while in the performance of
his duties, the officer at the head of the department or such
other officer as may be designated may secure and provide
proper medical care and hospital treatment for any such
policeman or fireman. The city or village may incur the
expense aforesaid and appropriate and pay for the same.
    For a city with a population of more than 1,000,000
inhabitants, an ordinance providing policeman and fireman
medical care and hospital treatment under this Section shall
provide:
        (1) a requirement to notify an injured employee
    whether he or she is entitled to benefits under this
    Section within a reasonable period of time after the
    accident causing the injury; and
        (2) a requirement that the city provide the injured
    employee with benefits under this Section prior to issuing
    the required notice in paragraph (1).
    If any such accident shall be due to the negligence of some
person or corporation that would be liable in damages
therefor, the city or village may recover any expense of
medical care and hospital treatment expended by it from the
person or corporation liable.
    The corporate authorities of any city or village may
provide by ordinance for the payment by said city or village of
all or any part of the cost of a hospital plan or
medical-surgical plan, or both, for the dependents of any
policeman or fireman killed in the line of duty or who dies as
the result of duty connected injuries, and for any policeman
or fireman and his dependents, provided his retirement is
caused by a duty injury or occupational disease disability and
for any policeman and fireman and his dependents, provided he
has reached compulsory retirement age or has served in the
employ of the city or village for at least 20 years.
"Dependent" as used in this paragraph shall mean the wife of
the policeman or fireman and his minor children less than 20
years of age and living at home and dependent on the policeman
or fireman for support.
    This amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly applies
only to a city that is a home rule unit with a population of
more than 1,000,000 inhabitants and is a limitation under
subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
powers and functions exercised by the State.
    This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any city or
village which is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 77-754.)
 
    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.45 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new)
    Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.