Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Filed: 3/27/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 419

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 419 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Section 4-108.5 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/4-108.5)
7    Sec. 4-108.5. Service for providing certain fire
8protection services.
9    (a) A firefighter for a participating municipality who was
10employed as an active firefighter providing fire protection for
11a village or incorporated town with a population of greater
12than 10,000 but less than 11,000 located in a county with a
13population of greater than 600,000 and less than 700,000, as
14estimated by the United States Census on July 1, 2004, may
15elect to establish creditable service for periods of that
16employment in which the firefighter provided fire protection

 

 

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1services for the participating municipality if, by May 1, 2007,
2the firefighter (i) makes written application to the Board and
3(ii) pays into the pension fund the amount that the person
4would have contributed had deductions from salary been made for
5this purpose at the time the service was rendered, plus
6interest thereon at 6% per annum compounded annually from the
7time the service was rendered until the date of payment.
8    (b) Time spent providing fire protection on a part-time
9basis for a village or incorporated town with a population of
10greater than 10,000 but less than 11,000 located in a county
11with a population of greater than 600,000 and less than
12700,000, as estimated by the United States Census on July 1,
132004, shall be calculated at the rate of one year of creditable
14service for each 5 years of time spent providing such fire
15protection, if the firefighter (i) has at least 5 years of
16creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) has at least
175 years of such service with a qualifying village or
18incorporated town, (iii) applies for the creditable service
19within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 94th General Assembly, and (iv) contributes to the Fund
21an amount representing employee contributions for the number of
22years of creditable service granted under this subsection (b)
23based on the salary and contribution rate in effect for the
24firefighter at the date of entry into the fund, as determined
25by the Board. The amount of creditable service granted under
26this subsection (b) may not exceed 3 years.

 

 

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1    (c) This subsection applies only to a person who was first
2employed by a municipality in 2008 to provide fire protection
3services on a full-time basis as a firefighter or fire chief,
4but was prevented from participating in a pension fund under
5this Article until 2015 by reason of the employing
6municipality's delay in establishing a pension fund as required
7under this Article. Such a person may elect to establish
8creditable service for periods of such employment by that
9municipality during which he or she did not participate, by
10applying to the board in writing and paying to the pension fund
11the employee contributions that he or she would have made had
12deductions from salary been made for employee contributions at
13the time the service was rendered, together with interest
14thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, compounded annually, from
15the time the service was rendered to the date of payment;
16except that the granting of such creditable service is
17contingent upon the consent of the governing body of the
18municipality and payment to the pension fund by the
19municipality of the corresponding employer contributions, plus
20interest.
21    For the purposes of Sections 4-109, 4-109.1, and 4-114, and
22notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, for a
23person who establishes creditable service under this
24subsection (c), the date upon which the person first became a
25participating firefighter under this Article shall be deemed to
26be no later than the first day of employment for which such

 

 

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1creditable service has been granted.
2(Source: P.A. 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.".