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90_SB0302

      40 ILCS 5/3-111.1         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-111.1
      40 ILCS 5/3-114.4         from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.4
      30 ILCS 805/8.21 new
          Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Pension  Code.
      Reduces the age requirement for the automatic annual increase
      in  duty  disability  pension from 60 to 55.  Provides that a
      police officer who returns to active  duty  for  at  least  5
      years  after  receiving a duty disability pension is entitled
      to receive creditable service for the period  for  which  the
      duty  disability  pension  was paid; no contribution from the
      police officer is required.  Amends the State Mandates Act to
      require  implementation  without  reimbursement.    Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Pension Code by changing
 2    Sections 3-111.1 and 3-114.4 and to amend the State  Mandates
 3    Act.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 7    changing Sections 3-111.1 and 3-114.4 as follows:
 8        (40 ILCS 5/3-111.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-111.1)
 9        Sec. 3-111.1.  Increase in pension.
10        (a)  Except  as  provided  in subsection (e), the monthly
11    pension of a police officer who retires after July  1,  1971,
12    and prior to January 1, 1986, shall be increased, upon either
13    the first of the month following the first anniversary of the
14    date  of retirement if the officer is 60 years of age or over
15    at retirement date, or  upon  the  first  day  of  the  month
16    following  attainment  of age 60 if it occurs after the first
17    anniversary of retirement, by 3% of  the  originally  granted
18    pension  and  by  an  additional 3% of the originally granted
19    pension in January of each year thereafter.
20        (b)  The monthly pension of a police officer who  retired
21    from  service  with 20 or more years of service, on or before
22    July 1, 1971, shall be  increased  in  January  of  the  year
23    following the year of attaining age 65 or in January of 1972,
24    if  then over age 65, by 3% of the originally granted pension
25    for each year the police officer received  pension  payments.
26    In  each  January  thereafter,  he  or  she  shall receive an
27    additional increase of 3% of the original pension.
28        (c)  The monthly pension of a police officer who  retires
29    on  disability  under  Section  3-114.2  or  is  retired  for
30    disability   shall  be  increased  in  January  of  the  year
31    following the year of attaining age 60, by 3% of the original
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 1    grant of pension for each year he  or  she  received  pension
 2    payments.    In  each  January thereafter, the police officer
 3    shall receive an additional increase of 3%  of  the  original
 4    pension.
 5        The  monthly  pension  of a police officer who retires on
 6    disability under Section 3-114.1 shall be  increased  (i)  in
 7    January of the year following the year of attaining age 55 or
 8    (ii) on January 1, 1998, whichever occurs later, by 3% of the
 9    original  grant  of  pension for each year he or she received
10    pension payments.  In each  January  thereafter,  the  police
11    officer  shall  receive  an  additional increase of 3% of the
12    original pension.  The changes made  to  this  subsection  by
13    this  amendatory  Act  of  1997 are not limited to persons in
14    service on or after the effective  date  of  this  amendatory
15    Act.
16        (d)  The  monthly pension of a police officer who retires
17    after January 1, 1986, shall be increased,  upon  either  the
18    first  of  the  month  following the first anniversary of the
19    date of retirement if the officer is 55 years of age or  over
20    at  the  retirement  date, or upon the first day of the month
21    following attainment of age 55 if it occurs after  the  first
22    anniversary  of  retirement,  by 3% of the originally granted
23    pension for each full year that has elapsed since the pension
24    began, and by an additional  3%  of  the  originally  granted
25    pension in January of each year thereafter.
26        (e)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of subsection (a),
27    upon the first day of  the  month  following  (1)  the  first
28    anniversary  of the date of retirement, or (2) the attainment
29    of age 55, or (3) July 1, 1987, whichever occurs latest,  the
30    monthly  pension  of a police officer who retired on or after
31    January 1, 1977 and on or before January 1, 1986, and did not
32    receive an increase under subsection (a) before July 1, 1987,
33    shall be increased by 3% of the  originally  granted  monthly
34    pension for each full year that has elapsed since the pension
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 1    began,  and  by  an  additional  3% of the originally granted
 2    pension in each January thereafter.  The  increases  provided
 3    under  this  subsection are in lieu of the increases provided
 4    in subsection (a).
 5        (f)  Notwithstanding  the  other   provisions   of   this
 6    Section, beginning with increases granted on or after July 1,
 7    1993,   the   second  and  all  subsequent  automatic  annual
 8    increases granted under subsection (a), (b), (d), or  (e)  of
 9    this  Section  shall  be  calculated  as  3% of the amount of
10    pension payable at the time of the  increase,  including  any
11    increases  previously granted under this Section, rather than
12    3% of the originally granted pension amount.  Section 1-103.1
13    does not apply to this subsection (f).
14    (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
15        (40 ILCS 5/3-114.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.4)
16        Sec. 3-114.4.  Return to active duty after disability.
17        (a)  A police officer who receives a  disability  pension
18    under  Sections  3-114.1 or 3-114.2 for more than 2 years and
19    who returns to active  duty  must  remain  in  active  police
20    service  for  at least 5 years before becoming eligible for a
21    disability pension greater than  the  pension  paid  for  the
22    prior disability.
23        (b)  A  police  officer who returns to active duty for at
24    least 5 years after receiving a duty disability pension under
25    Section 3-114.1  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  creditable
26    service  for the period for which the duty disability pension
27    was  paid.   No  contribution  from  the  police  officer  is
28    required for creditable service granted under this subsection
29    (b).
30    (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
31        Section 10.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
32    Section 8.21 as follows:
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 1        (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
 2        Sec.  8.21.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
 3    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
 4    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 5    amendatory Act of 1997.
 6        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 7    becoming law.

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