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91_HB0324

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Pension  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 7-132.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 7-132 as follows:

 7        (40 ILCS 5/7-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132)
 8        Sec.    7-132.  Municipalities,   instrumentalities   and
 9    participating instrumentalities included and effective dates.

10    (A)  Municipalities and their instrumentalities.
11        (a)  The  following  described  municipalities,  but  not
12    including any with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants,  and  the
13    instrumentalities  thereof,  shall  be included within and be
14    subject to this Article beginning upon  the  effective  dates
15    specified by the Board:
16             (1)  Except    as    to   the   municipalities   and
17        instrumentalities  thereof  specifically  excluded  under
18        this Article, every  county  shall  be  subject  to  this
19        Article,  and all cities, villages and incorporated towns
20        having a population in excess  of  5,000  inhabitants  as
21        determined  by the last preceding decennial or subsequent
22        federal  census,  shall  be  subject  to   this   Article
23        following  publication of the census by the Bureau of the
24        Census.  Within 90 days after publication of the  census,
25        the  Board  shall notify any municipality that has become
26        subject to this Article as a result of that  census,  and
27        shall provide information to the corporate authorities of
28        the  municipality  explaining the duties and consequences
29        of participation.  The notification shall also include  a
30        proposed   date   upon   which   participation   by   the
31        municipality will commence.
 
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 1             However,  for any city, village or incorporated town
 2        that attains a population over  5,000  inhabitants  after
 3        having   provided   social   security  coverage  for  its
 4        employees  under  the  Social  Security   Enabling   Act,
 5        participation  under  this Article shall not be mandatory
 6        but may be elected in accordance with subparagraph (3) or
 7        (4) of this paragraph (a), whichever is applicable.
 8             (2)  School districts, other than those specifically
 9        excluded under this Article, shall  be  subject  to  this
10        Article,  without election, with respect to all employees
11        thereof.
12             (3)  Towns  and  all  other   bodies   politic   and
13        corporate  which are formed by vote of, or are subject to
14        control by, the electors in  towns  and  are  located  in
15        towns  which  are not participating municipalities on the
16        effective date of this Act, may become  subject  to  this
17        Article by election pursuant to Section 7-132.1.
18             (4)  Any   other  municipality  (together  with  its
19        instrumentalities),   other   than   those   specifically
20        excluded  from  participation  and  those  described   in
21        paragraph  (3)  above, may elect to be included either by
22        referendum under Section 7-134 or by the  adoption  of  a
23        resolution or ordinance by its governing body.  A copy of
24        such  resolution  or  ordinance  duly  authenticated  and
25        certified  by  the  clerk  of  the  municipality or other
26        appropriate  official  of  its   governing   body   shall
27        constitute  the  required  notice  to  the  board of such
28        action.
29        (b)  A municipality that is about to begin  participation
30    shall submit to the Board an application to participate, in a
31    form acceptable to the Board, not later than 90 days prior to
32    the  proposed  effective  date  of  participation.  The Board
33    shall act upon the application within  90  days,  and  if  it
34    finds   that  the  application  is  in  conformity  with  its
 
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 1    requirements  and   the   requirements   of   this   Article,
 2    participation  by  the  applicant  shall  commence  on a date
 3    acceptable to the municipality and specified  by  the  Board,
 4    but  in  no  event  more  than  one  year  from  the  date of
 5    application.
 6        (c)  A participating municipality which succeeds  to  the
 7    functions  of a participating municipality which is dissolved
 8    or terminates its existence shall assume and  be  transferred
 9    the  net accumulation balance in the municipality reserve and
10    the municipality account receivable balance of the terminated
11    municipality.
12        (d)  In the case  of  a  Veterans  Assistance  Commission
13    whose  employees were being treated by the Fund on January 1,
14    1990 as employees of the county served by the Commission, the
15    Fund may continue to treat  the  employees  of  the  Veterans
16    Assistance Commission as county employees for the purposes of
17    this  Article,  unless the Commission becomes a participating
18    instrumentality in accordance with  subsection  (B)  of  this
19    Section.

20    (B)  Participating instrumentalities.
21        (a)  The  participating  instrumentalities  designated in
22    paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be included within and
23    be subject to this Article if:
24             (1)  an  application  to  participate,  in  a   form
25        acceptable  to the Board and adopted by a two-thirds vote
26        of the governing body, is  presented  to  the  Board  not
27        later  than 90 days prior to the proposed effective date;
28        and
29             (2)  the Board finds  that  the  application  is  in
30        conformity  with its requirements, that the applicant has
31        reasonable expectation to continue as a political  entity
32        for a period of at least 10 years and has the prospective
33        financial   capacity  to  meet  its  current  and  future
34        obligations to the Fund, and that the actuarial soundness
 
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 1        of the Fund may be reasonably expected to  be  unimpaired
 2        by approval of participation by the applicant.
 3        The  Board  shall  notify  the  applicant of its findings
 4    within 90 days after receiving the application,  and  if  the
 5    Board   approves   the   application,  participation  by  the
 6    applicant shall commence on the effective date  specified  by
 7    the Board.
 8        (b)  The  following  participating  instrumentalities, so
 9    long as they meet the requirements of Section 7-108  and  the
10    area  served  by  them  or  within  their jurisdiction is not
11    located entirely within a municipality having more  than  one
12    million inhabitants, may be included hereunder:
13             i.  Township School District Trustees.
14             ii.  Multiple   County   and   Consolidated   Health
15        Departments  created  under Division 5-25 of the Counties
16        Code or its predecessor law.
17             iii.  Public Building Commissions created under  the
18        Public  Building  Commission Act, and located in counties
19        of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
20             iv.  A  multitype,   consolidated   or   cooperative
21        library  system created under the Illinois Library System
22        Act.  Any  library  system  created  under  the  Illinois
23        Library System Act that has one or more predecessors that
24        participated in the Fund may participate in the Fund upon
25        application.   The  Board  shall establish procedures for
26        implementing the transfer of rights and obligations  from
27        the predecessor system to the successor system.
28             v.  Regional   Planning  Commissions  created  under
29        Division 5-14 of the Counties  Code  or  its  predecessor
30        law.
31             vi.  Local  Public Housing Authorities created under
32        the Housing Authorities Act, located in counties of  less
33        than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
34             vii.  Illinois Municipal League.
 
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 1             viii.  Northeastern   Illinois   Metropolitan   Area
 2        Planning Commission.
 3             ix.  Southwestern    Illinois    Metropolitan   Area
 4        Planning Commission.
 5             x.  Illinois Association of Park Districts.
 6             xi.  Illinois Supervisors, County Commissioners  and
 7        Superintendents of Highways Association.
 8             xii.  Tri-City Regional Port District.
 9             xiii.  An     association,     or     not-for-profit
10        corporation,  membership  in  which  is  authorized under
11        Section 85-15 of the Township Code.
12             xiv.  Drainage   Districts   operating   under   the
13        Illinois Drainage Code.
14             xv.  Local mass transit districts created under  the
15        Local Mass Transit District Act.
16             xvi.  Soil  and water conservation districts created
17        under the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law.
18             xvii.  Commissions created to provide  water  supply
19        or  sewer services or both under Division 135 or Division
20        136 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
21             xviii.  Public water  districts  created  under  the
22        Public Water District Act.
23             xix.  Veterans  Assistance  Commissions  established
24        under  Section  9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act
25        that serve  counties  with  a  population  of  less  than
26        1,000,000.
27             xx.  The  governing  body of an entity, other than a
28        vocational  education  cooperative,  created   under   an
29        intergovernmental   cooperative   agreement   established
30        between    participating    municipalities    under   the
31        Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, which by the terms  of
32        the  agreement  is the employer of the persons performing
33        services under the agreement under the usual  common  law
34        rules  determining  the  employer-employee  relationship.
 
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 1        The   governing   body   of   such  an  intergovernmental
 2        cooperative entity established prior to July 1, 1988  may
 3        make  participation  retroactive to the effective date of
 4        the  agreement  and,  if  so,  the  effective   date   of
 5        participation  shall be the date the required application
 6        is filed with the fund.  If any such entity is unable  to
 7        pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then
 8        the  participating  municipalities  shall make payment of
 9        the required contributions  and  the  payments  shall  be
10        allocated  as  provided  in  the  agreement or, if not so
11        provided, equally among them.
12             xxi.  The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency.
13             xxii.  The Waukegan Port District.
14             xxiii.  The Fox Waterway Agency  created  under  the
15        Fox Waterway Agency Act.
16             xxiv.  The Illinois Municipal Gas Agency.
17        (c)  The  governing  boards  of  special  education joint
18    agreements created under Section 10-22.31 of the School  Code
19    without  designation  of  an administrative district shall be
20    included  within  and  be  subject   to   this   Article   as
21    participating  instrumentalities  when  the  joint  agreement
22    becomes  effective.  However, the governing board of any such
23    special education joint agreement in effect before  September
24    5, 1975 shall not be subject to this Article unless the joint
25    agreement is modified by the school districts to provide that
26    the  governing  board  is  subject to this Article, except as
27    otherwise provided by this Section.
28        The governing board of the Special Education District  of
29    Lake  County  shall  become  subject  to  this  Article  as a
30    participating    instrumentality    on    July    1,    1997.
31    Notwithstanding subdivision (a)1 of  Section  7-139,  on  the
32    effective  date  of participation, employees of the governing
33    board of the Special Education District of Lake County  shall
34    receive  creditable service for their prior service with that
 
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 1    employer, up to a maximum of 5 years,  without  any  employee
 2    contribution.  Employees may establish creditable service for
 3    the  remainder  of their prior service with that employer, if
 4    any,  by  applying  in  writing  and   paying   an   employee
 5    contribution  in  an  amount determined by the Fund, based on
 6    the employee contribution rates in  effect  at  the  time  of
 7    application  for  the  creditable  service and the employee's
 8    salary rate on the effective date of participation  for  that
 9    employer,  plus  interest at the effective rate from the date
10    of the prior service to the date of payment.  Application for
11    this creditable service must be made before July 1, 1998; the
12    payment may be made at any time while the employee  is  still
13    in  service.   The  employer  may  elect to make the required
14    contribution on behalf of the employee.
15        The  governing  board  of  a  special   education   joint
16    agreement  created  under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code
17    for which an administrative district has been designated,  if
18    there are employees of the cooperative educational entity who
19    are  not  employees of the administrative district, may elect
20    to participate in  the  Fund  and  be  included  within  this
21    Article  as  a participating instrumentality, subject to such
22    application procedures and rules as the Board may prescribe.
23        The Boards of Control of cooperative or joint educational
24    programs or projects created and administered  under  Section
25    3-15.14 of the School Code, whether or not the Boards  act as
26    their  own  administrative district, shall be included within
27    and   be   subject   to   this   Article   as   participating
28    instrumentalities  when  the   agreement   establishing   the
29    cooperative  or  joint educational program or project becomes
30    effective.
31        The  governing  board  of  a  special   education   joint
32    agreement  entered  into  after  June  30,  1984 and prior to
33    September 17, 1985 which provides for representation  on  the
34    governing  board by less than all the participating districts
 
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 1    shall be included within and subject to  this  Article  as  a
 2    participating  instrumentality.   Such participation shall be
 3    effective  as  of  the  date  the  joint  agreement   becomes
 4    effective.
 5        The  governing  boards  of  educational  service  centers
 6    established  under Section 2-3.62 of the School Code shall be
 7    included within and subject to this Article as  participating
 8    instrumentalities.    The   governing  boards  of  vocational
 9    education   cooperative   agreements   created   under    the
10    Intergovernmental  Cooperation  Act and approved by the State
11    Board of Education shall be included within and be subject to
12    this Article as participating instrumentalities.  If any such
13    governing boards or boards of control are unable to  pay  the
14    required  employer contributions to the fund, then the school
15    districts  served  by  such  boards  shall  make  payment  of
16    required contributions as provided  in  Section  7-172.   The
17    payments   shall   be  allocated  among  the  several  school
18    districts in proportion to the number of students in  average
19    daily  attendance  for  the  last  full  school year for each
20    district in relation to  the  total  number  of  students  in
21    average attendance for such period for all districts served.
22    If  such  educational  service  centers, vocational education
23    cooperatives or cooperative or joint educational programs  or
24    projects  created  and  administered under Section 3-15.14 of
25    the School Code are dissolved,  the  assets  and  obligations
26    shall   be  distributed  among  the  districts  in  the  same
27    proportions unless otherwise provided.
28        (d)  The governing boards  of  special  recreation  joint
29    agreements  created  under Section 8-10b of the Park District
30    Code, operating  without  designation  of  an  administrative
31    district  or  an  administrative  municipality  appointed  to
32    administer  the program operating under the authority of such
33    joint agreement shall be included within and  be  subject  to
34    this  Article  as  participating  instrumentalities  when the
 
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 1    joint agreement becomes effective.   However,  the  governing
 2    board  of  any  such  special  recreation  joint agreement in
 3    effect before January 1, 1980 shall not be  subject  to  this
 4    Article  unless  the  joint  agreement  is  modified,  by the
 5    districts  and  municipalities  which  are  parties  to   the
 6    agreement,  to provide that the governing board is subject to
 7    this Article.
 8        If  the  Board  returns   any   employer   and   employee
 9    contributions  to  any  employer  which erroneously submitted
10    such contributions on behalf of a  special  recreation  joint
11    agreement, the Board shall include interest computed from the
12    end  of  each year to the date of payment, not compounded, at
13    the rate of 7% per annum.
14        (e)  Each multi-township assessment district,  the  board
15    of  trustees  of  which has adopted this Article by ordinance
16    prior  to  April  1,   1982,   shall   be   a   participating
17    instrumentality  included  within and subject to this Article
18    effective December 1, 1981. The contributions required  under
19    Section  7-172 shall be included in the budget prepared under
20    and allocated in accordance with Section 2-30 of the Property
21    Tax Code.
22        (f)  Beginning  January   1,   1992,   each   prospective
23    participating  municipality  or participating instrumentality
24    shall pay to the Fund the cost, as determined by  the  Board,
25    of a study prepared by the Fund or its actuary, detailing the
26    prospective costs of participation in the Fund to be expected
27    by the municipality or instrumentality.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)

29        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.

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