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91_HB0365

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Pension  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 6-111 and to amend the State Mandates Act.

 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 6-111 as follows:

 7        (40 ILCS 5/6-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-111)
 8        Sec.  6-111. Salary.  "Salary": Subject to Section 6-211,
 9    the annual salary of a fireman, as follows:
10        (a)  For age and service annuity,  minimum  annuity,  and
11    disability  benefits, the actual amount of the annual salary,
12    except as otherwise provided in this Article.;
13        (b)  For prior service annuity, widow's annuity,  widow's
14    prior  service  annuity  and child's annuity to and including
15    August 31, 1957, the amount of the  annual  salary  up  to  a
16    maximum of $3,000.;
17        (c)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 6-141.1, for
18    widow's  annuity,  beginning September 1, 1957, the amount of
19    annual salary up to a maximum of $6,000.
20        (d)  Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
21    Act of the 91st General Assembly (and for any period prior to
22    that  date  for  which  contributions  have  been  paid under
23    subsection (e) of this Section), the salary of a fireman,  as
24    calculated  for any purpose under this Article, shall include
25    any  duty  availability  pay  received  by  the  fireman  (i)
26    pursuant  to  a  collective  bargaining  agreement  or   (ii)
27    pursuant   to   an   appropriation  ordinance  in  an  amount
28    equivalent to the amount of duty availability pay received by
29    other firemen pursuant to a collective bargaining  agreement,
30    and  references  in this Article to the salary attached to or
31    appropriated  for  the   permanent   assigned   position   or
 
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 1    classified  career  service  rank,  grade, or position of the
 2    fireman shall be deemed to  include  that  duty  availability
 3    pay.
 4        (e)  An  active  or  former  fireman  who  received  duty
 5    availability  pay  at  any  time  after December 31, 1994 and
 6    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  91st
 7    General  Assembly  and  who  either  (1)  retired during that
 8    period or (2) had attained age 46 and at least  16  years  of
 9    service  by  the  effective  date  of this amendatory Act may
10    elect to have that duty  availability  pay  included  in  the
11    calculation  of  his  or  her  salary for any portion of that
12    period for which the pay was received, by applying in writing
13    and paying to the Fund, no later than December 31, 2001,  the
14    corresponding employee contribution, without interest.
15        In  the  case of an applicant who is receiving an annuity
16    at the time the application and contribution are received  by
17    the Fund, the annuity shall be recalculated and the resulting
18    increase  shall  become  payable  on the next annuity payment
19    date following the date the contribution is received  by  the
20    Fund.
21        In  the  case of an active or former fireman who (i) dies
22    before January 1, 2002 without making an election under  this
23    subsection  and  (ii)  was eligible to make an election under
24    this subsection at the time of  death  (or  would  have  been
25    eligible  had  the death occurred after the effective date of
26    this amendatory Act), any surviving spouse, child, or  parent
27    of  the  fireman  who  is eligible to receive a benefit under
28    this Article based on the  fireman's  salary  may  make  that
29    election  and  pay the required contribution on behalf of the
30    deceased fireman.  If the death occurs  within  the  30  days
31    immediately  preceding  January  1,  2002,  the  deadline for
32    application and payment is extended to January 31, 2002.
33        Any duty availability pay  for  which  the  corresponding
34    employee contribution has not been paid shall not be included
 
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 1    in the calculation of salary.
 2        (f)  The  changes to this Section made by this amendatory
 3    Act of the 91st General Assembly are not limited  to  firemen
 4    in  service on or after the effective date of this amendatory
 5    Act.
 6    (Source: P.A. 83-1362.)

 7        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
 8    Section 8.23 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 805/8.23 new)
10        Sec.  8.23.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
11    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
12    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
13    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.

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