093_HB2138
LRB093 07363 LRD 07525 b
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 adding Section 10-109 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/10-109 new)
7 Sec. 10-109. Felony conviction.
8 None of the benefits provided in this Article shall be
9 paid to any person who is convicted of any felony relating to
10 or arising out of or in connection with his or her service as
11 an employee.
12 This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or
13 vested right heretofore acquired under any law or laws
14 continued in this Article, nor to preclude the right to a
15 refund.
16 This Section does not in any way limit the application of
17 Section 9-235 to persons covered under this Article, but is a
18 restatement and clarification of existing law. All persons
19 who entered service after July 11, 1955 shall be deemed to
20 have consented to the provisions of this Section or Section
21 9-235 as a condition of coverage.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.