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91_HB0367

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Illinois Pension Code by changing
 2    Sections 6-128, 6-140, 6-144, and  6-151  and  to  amend  the
 3    State Mandates 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 6-128, 6-140, 6-144, and 6-151 as follows:

 8        (40 ILCS 5/6-128) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-128)
 9        Sec. 6-128. Alternative annuity for future entrants.
10        (a)  A  future entrant who withdraws on or after July 21,
11    1959, after completing at least 23 years of service, and  for
12    whom  the  annuity otherwise provided in this Article is less
13    than that stated in this Section,  has  a  right  to  receive
14    annuity as follows:
15        If  he is age 53 or more on withdrawal, his annuity after
16    withdrawal, shall be equal  to  50%  of  his  average  salary
17    determined  by  striking  an average of 4 consecutive highest
18    years  of  salary  within  the  last  10  years  of   service
19    immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.
20        An employee who reaches compulsory retirement age and who
21    has  less  than  23  years  of service shall be entitled to a
22    minimum annuity equal to an amount determined by the  product
23    of (1) his years of service and (2) 2% of his average salary
24    for the 4 consecutive highest years of salary within the last
25    10  years  of  service  immediately  prior  to  his  reaching
26    compulsory retirement age.
27        An  employee  who remains in service after qualifying for
28    annuity under this Section shall have added to  this  annuity
29    an additional 1% of average salary for each completed year of
30    service or fraction thereof rendered until July 21, 1959, and
31    an  additional  1%  for  a total of 2% of average salary from
 
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 1    July 21, 1959.  Each future  entrant  who  has  completed  23
 2    years  of  service before reaching age 53 shall have added to
 3    this annuity 1% of average salary for each completed year  of
 4    service  or  fraction thereof in excess of 23 years up to age
 5    53. "Salary" as  referred  to  in  this  paragraph  shall  be
 6    determined  by  striking  an  average  of  the  4 consecutive
 7    highest years of salary within the last 10 years  of  service
 8    immediately preceding withdrawal.
 9        (b)  In  lieu  of  the  annuity provided in the foregoing
10    provisions of this Section any future entrant  who  withdraws
11    from  the  service either (i) after December 31, 1983 with at
12    least 22 years of service credit and having attained  age  52
13    in the service, or (ii) after December 31, 1984 with at least
14    21  years of service credit and having attained age 51 in the
15    service, or (iii) after December 31, 1985 with  at  least  20
16    years  of  service  credit  and having attained age 50 in the
17    service, or (iv) after December 31, 1990  with  at  least  20
18    years  of  service regardless of age, may elect to receive an
19    annuity, to begin not earlier than upon attainment of age  50
20    if  under  that  age  at withdrawal, computed as follows:  an
21    annuity equal to 50% of the average salary for the 4  highest
22    consecutive  years  of  the  last  10  years of service, plus
23    additional annuity equal to 2% of  such  average  salary  for
24    each  completed  year of service or fraction thereof rendered
25    after his completion  of  the  minimum  number  of  years  of
26    service required for him to be eligible under this subsection
27    (b).  However, the annuity provided under this subsection (b)
28    may  not  exceed  80%  75% of such average salary (75% if the
29    last day of service is before January 1, 2000).
30        (c)  For the purpose of this  Section,  "average  salary"
31    means  the  average  of  the  highest  4 consecutive years of
32    salary within the last 10 years of service.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-1488.)
 
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 1        (40 ILCS 5/6-140) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-140)
 2        Sec. 6-140.  Death in line of duty.
 3        (a)  The annuity for the widow of a fireman  whose  death
 4    results  from the performance of an act or acts of duty shall
 5    be an amount equal to the following specified percentage  50%
 6    of  the  current  annual  salary  attached  to the classified
 7    position to which the fireman was certified at  the  time  of
 8    his  death:   (i)  50%  if the death occurs before January 1,
 9    1973; (ii) and 75% if the death occurs thereof after December
10    31, 1972 and before January 1, 2000;, and (iii)  80%  if  the
11    death  occurs  after December 31, 1999.  The annuity it shall
12    be payable to the widow until  the  fireman,  had  he  lived,
13    would   have  attained  the  age  prescribed  for  compulsory
14    retirement.
15        Thereafter the widow shall receive annuity of  an  amount
16    equal  to  40%  of  the current annual salary attached to the
17    classified position to which the fireman was certified at the
18    time of his death.  The benefits  provided  in  this  Section
19    shall  be  paid  to  all widows who qualified to receive said
20    benefits before the effective date of this amendatory Act and
21    to those widows who qualify after the effective date.
22        (b)  Unless the performance of an act  or  acts  of  duty
23    results directly in the death of the fireman, or prevents him
24    from   subsequently  resuming  active  service  in  the  fire
25    department, the annuity herein provided shall  not  be  paid;
26    nor  shall  such  annuities  be paid unless the widow was the
27    wife of the fireman at the time of the act or  acts  of  duty
28    which resulted in his death.
29    (Source: P. A. 77-1580.)

30        (40 ILCS 5/6-144) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-144)
31        Sec.  6-144.  Maximum  annuity to fireman.  No annuity in
32    excess of 80% (75% if the  last  day  of  service  is  before
33    January  1,  2000)  of  the  highest  salary  received by the
 
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 1    fireman concerned shall be granted or paid to him  except  to
 2    the  extent  that the annuity may exceed that amount such 75%
 3    under the provisions of Section 6-164 of this Article.
 4    (Source: P. A. 77-1353.)

 5        (40 ILCS 5/6-151) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-151)
 6        Sec. 6-151.  Duty disability.
 7        (a)  An active fireman who is or becomes disabled  on  or
 8    after  the effective date as the result of a specific injury,
 9    or of cumulative injuries, or of specific  sickness  incurred
10    in  or  resulting from an act or acts of duty, shall have the
11    right to receive duty disability benefit during any period of
12    such disability for which he does not receive or have a right
13    to receive salary, equal to 80% 75% of his salary at the time
14    the disability is allowed (75% if the disability  is  allowed
15    before January 1, 2000).  However, beginning January 1, 1994,
16    no  duty  disability benefit that has been payable under this
17    Section for at least 10 years shall be less than 50%  of  the
18    current  salary  attached  from  time to time to the rank and
19    grade held by the fireman at the time of his removal from the
20    Department  payroll,  regardless  of  whether  that   removal
21    occurred  before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    1993.
23        (b)  Whenever an active fireman is or becomes so  injured
24    or  sick,  as  to  require medical or hospital attention, the
25    chief officer of the fire department of the city shall  file,
26    or  cause  to be filed, with the board a report of the nature
27    and cause of his disability, together with the certificate or
28    report  of  the  physician  attending  or  treating,  or  who
29    attended or treated the fireman, and a copy of  any  hospital
30    record concerning the disability.  Any injury or sickness not
31    reported to the board in time to permit the board's physician
32    to examine the fireman before his recovery, and any injury or
33    sickness  for  which  a  physician's  report  or  copy of the
 
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 1    hospital record is not on file with the board  shall  not  be
 2    considered for the payment of duty disability benefit.
 3        (c)  Such fireman shall also receive a child's disability
 4    benefit  of $30 per month on account of each unmarried child,
 5    the issue of the fireman or legally adopted by him  prior  to
 6    the  date  of disability, who is less than 18 years of age or
 7    handicapped and dependent upon the fireman for support.   The
 8    total  amount  of child's disability benefit shall not exceed
 9    25% of his salary at the time the disability is allowed.
10        (d)  The first payment  of  duty  disability  or  child's
11    disability  benefit  shall  be  made not later than one month
12    after the benefit is granted.  Each subsequent payment  shall
13    be made not later than one month after the date of the latest
14    payment.
15        Duty  disability  benefit  shall  be  payable  during the
16    period of the disability until the fireman reaches the age of
17    compulsory retirement.  Child's disability benefit  shall  be
18    paid  to such a fireman during the period of disability until
19    such child or children attain age 18  or  marries,  whichever
20    event  occurs  first;  except  that attainment of age 18 by a
21    child who is so physically or mentally handicapped as  to  be
22    dependent  upon the fireman for support, shall not render the
23    child ineligible for child's disability benefit.  The fireman
24    shall thereafter receive such annuity  or  annuities  as  are
25    provided  for him in accordance with other provisions of this
26    Article.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-528.)

28        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
29    Section 8.23 as follows:

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

 3        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 4    becoming law.

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