100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3908

 

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Rep. Deb Conroy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/7-137  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137
40 ILCS 5/7-137.3 new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits participation by a person who is an elected or appointed official of a forest preserve district and is first so elected or appointed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a person who is an elected or appointed official of a forest preserve district shall not be considered a participating employee, unless (1) the person was first elected or appointed to that office before the effective date of the amendatory Act; (2) the person has elected to become a participating employee; and (3) the person has submitted logs evidencing that he or she has met a specified hourly standard. Contains provisions specifying the manner of documenting and submitting the time spent on official government business. Provides that an elected or appointed official of a forest preserve district who fails to submit time sheets or fails to conduct official government business for either 600 or 1,000 hours (whichever is applicable) with respect to that position shall not be permitted to continue participation in the Fund as an elected or appointed official of a forest preserve district. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 7-137 and by adding Section 7-137.3 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/7-137)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137)
7    Sec. 7-137. Participating and covered employees.
8    (a) The persons described in this paragraph (a) shall be
9included within and be subject to this Article and eligible to
10benefits from this fund, beginning upon the dates hereinafter
11specified:
12        1. Except as to the employees specifically excluded
13    under the provisions of this Article, all persons who are
14    employees of any municipality (or instrumentality thereof)
15    or participating instrumentality on the effective date of
16    participation of the municipality or participating
17    instrumentality beginning upon such effective date.
18        2. Except as to the employees specifically excluded
19    under the provisions of this Article, all persons, who
20    became employees of any participating municipality (or
21    instrumentality thereof) or participating instrumentality
22    after the effective date of participation of such
23    municipality or participating instrumentality, beginning

 

 

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1    upon the date such person becomes an employee.
2        3. All persons who file notice with the board as
3    provided in paragraph (b) 2 and 3 of this Section,
4    beginning upon the date of filing such notice.
5    (b) The following described persons shall not be considered
6participating employees eligible for benefits from this fund,
7but shall be included within and be subject to this Article
8(each of the descriptions is not exclusive but is cumulative):
9        1. Any person who occupies an office or is employed in
10    a position normally requiring performance of duty during
11    less than 600 hours a year for a municipality (including
12    all instrumentalities thereof) or a participating
13    instrumentality. If a school treasurer performs services
14    for more than one school district, the total number of
15    hours of service normally required for the several school
16    districts shall be considered to determine whether he
17    qualifies under this paragraph;
18        2. Except as provided in items 2.5, and 2.6, 2.7, and
19    2.8, any person who holds elective office unless he has
20    elected while in that office in a written notice on file
21    with the board to become a participating employee;
22        2.5. Except as provided in item 2.6, any person who
23    holds elective office as a member of a county board,
24    unless:
25            (i) the person was first elected as a member of a
26        county board before the effective date of this

 

 

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1        amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly;
2            (ii) the person has elected while in that office,
3        in a written notice on file with the board, to become a
4        participating employee;
5            (iii) the county board has filed the resolution
6        required by subsection (a) of Section 7-137.2 of this
7        Article; and
8            (iv) the person has submitted the required time
9        sheets evidencing that the person has met the hourly
10        standard as required by subsection (b) of Section
11        7-137.2 of this Article;
12        2.6. Any person who is an elected member of a county
13    board and is first so elected on or after the effective
14    date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly;
15        2.7. Any person who is an elected or appointed official
16    of a forest preserve district, unless:
17            (i) the person was first elected or appointed to
18    that office before the effective date of this amendatory
19    Act of the 100th General Assembly;
20            (ii) the person has elected while in that office,
21    in a written notice on file with the board, to become a
22    participating employee; and
23            (iii) the person has submitted the required time
24        sheets evidencing that the person has met the hourly
25        standard as required by Section 7-137.3;
26        2.8. Any person who is an elected or appointed official

 

 

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1    of a forest preserve district and is first so elected or
2    appointed on or after the effective date of this amendatory
3    Act of the 100th General Assembly;
4        3. Any person working for a city hospital unless any
5    such person, while in active employment, has elected in a
6    written notice on file with the board to become a
7    participating employee and notification thereof is
8    received by the board;
9        4. Any person who becomes an employee after June 30,
10    1979 as a public service employment program participant
11    under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training
12    Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are paid in whole or
13    in part by funds provided under such Act;
14        5. Any person who is actively employed by a
15    municipality on its effective date of participation in the
16    Fund if that municipality (i) has at least 35 employees on
17    its effective date of participation; (ii) is located in a
18    county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants; and (iii)
19    maintains an independent defined benefit pension plan for
20    the benefit of its eligible employees, unless the person
21    files with the board within 90 days after the
22    municipality's effective date of participation an
23    irrevocable election to participate.
24    (c) Any person electing to be a participating employee,
25pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section may not change such
26election, except as provided in Section 7-137.1.

 

 

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1    (d) Any employee who occupied the position of school nurse
2in any participating municipality on August 8, 1961 and
3continuously thereafter until the effective date of the
4exercise of the option authorized by this subparagraph, who on
5August 7, 1961 was a member of the Teachers' Retirement System
6of Illinois, by virtue of certification by the Department of
7Registration and Education as a public health nurse, may elect
8to terminate participation in this Fund in order to
9re-establish membership in such System. The election may be
10exercised by filing written notice thereof with the Board or
11with the Board of Trustees of said Teachers' Retirement System,
12not later than September 30, 1963, and shall be effective on
13the first day of the calendar month next following the month in
14which the notice was filed. If the written notice is filed with
15such Teachers' Retirement System, that System shall
16immediately notify this Fund, but neither failure nor delay in
17notification shall affect the validity of the employee's
18election. If the option is exercised, the Fund shall notify
19such Teachers' Retirement System of such fact and transfer to
20that system the amounts contributed by the employee to this
21Fund, including interest at 3% per annum, but excluding
22contributions applicable to social security coverage during
23the period beginning August 8, 1961 to the effective date of
24the employee's election. Participation in this Fund as to any
25credits on or after August 8, 1961 and up to the effective date
26of the employee's election shall terminate on such effective

 

 

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1date.
2    (e) Any participating municipality or participating
3instrumentality, other than a school district or special
4education joint agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the
5School Code, may, by a resolution or ordinance duly adopted by
6its governing body, elect to exclude from participation and
7eligibility for benefits all persons who are employed after the
8effective date of such resolution or ordinance and who occupy
9an office or are employed in a position normally requiring
10performance of duty for less than 1000 hours per year for the
11participating municipality (including all instrumentalities
12thereof) or participating instrumentality except for persons
13employed in a position normally requiring performance of duty
14for 600 hours or more per year (i) by such participating
15municipality or participating instrumentality prior to the
16effective date of the resolution or ordinance and (ii) by a
17participating municipality or participating instrumentality,
18which had not adopted such a resolution when the person was
19employed, and the function served by the employee's position is
20assumed by another participating municipality or participating
21instrumentality. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
22participating municipality or participating instrumentality
23which is formed solely to succeed to the functions of a
24participating municipality or participating instrumentality
25shall be considered to have adopted any such resolution or
26ordinance which may have been applicable to the employees

 

 

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1performing such functions. The election made by the resolution
2or ordinance shall take effect at the time specified in the
3resolution or ordinance, and once effective shall be
4irrevocable.
5(Source: P.A. 99-900, eff. 8-26-16.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/7-137.3 new)
7    Sec. 7-137.3. Participation by an elected or appointed
8official of a forest preserve district. An elected or appointed
9official of a forest preserve district who participates in the
10Fund with respect to that position shall monthly submit, to the
11authorized agent or his or her designee, time sheets
12documenting the time spent on official government business as
13an elected or appointed official of a forest preserve district.
14The time sheets shall be (1) submitted on paper or
15electronically, or both, and (2) maintained by the forest
16preserve district for 5 years. An elected or appointed official
17of a forest preserve district who fails to submit time sheets
18or fails to conduct official government business with respect
19to that position for either 600 hours or 1000 hours (whichever
20is applicable) annually shall not be permitted to continue
21participation in the Fund as an elected or appointed official
22of a forest preserve district. The Fund may request that the
23governing body certify that an elected or appointed official of
24a forest preserve district is permitted to continue
25participation with respect to that position.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.