State of Illinois
91st General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ Legislation ]
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]


[ Introduced ][ Engrossed ][ Enrolled ]
[ House Amendment 002 ][ House Amendment 003 ]

91_SB1103ham001

 










                                           LRB9102714EGfgam05

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1103

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1103 by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 8    changing  Sections  1-113.5,  2-110,  2-117,  and  7-139.1 as
 9    follows:

10        (40 ILCS 5/1-113.5)
11        Sec.  1-113.5.   Investment   advisers   and   investment
12    services.
13        (a)  The  board of trustees of a pension fund may appoint
14    investment advisers as defined in Section 1-101.4.  The board
15    of any pension fund investing in common  or  preferred  stock
16    under  Section  1-113.4  shall  appoint an investment adviser
17    before making such investments.
18        The investment adviser shall be a fiduciary,  as  defined
19    in  Section  1-101.2,  with  respect  to the pension fund and
20    shall be one of the following:
21             (1)  an  investment  adviser  registered  under  the
 
                            -2-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        federal Investment Advisers Act of  1940  who  meets  any
 2        applicable requirements of the Illinois Securities Law of
 3        1953  or  is registered under and the Illinois Securities
 4        Law of 1953;
 5             (2)  a bank or trust company authorized to conduct a
 6        trust business in Illinois;
 7             (3)  a life insurance company authorized to transact
 8        business in Illinois; or
 9             (4)  an investment company as defined and registered
10        under the federal Investment  Company  Act  of  1940  and
11        registered under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953.
12        (b)  All  investment  advice  and services provided by an
13    investment adviser appointed  under  this  Section  shall  be
14    rendered   pursuant   to   a  written  contract  between  the
15    investment adviser and the board, and in accordance with  the
16    board's investment policy.
17        The contract shall include all of the following:
18             (1)  acknowledgement  in  writing  by the investment
19        adviser that he or she is a fiduciary with respect to the
20        pension fund;
21             (2)  the board's investment policy;
22             (3)  full disclosure of direct  and  indirect  fees,
23        commissions,  penalties,  and any other compensation that
24        may be received  by  the  investment  adviser,  including
25        reimbursement for expenses; and
26             (4)  a   requirement  that  the  investment  adviser
27        submit periodic written reports, on at least a  quarterly
28        basis,  for the board's review at its regularly scheduled
29        meetings.  All returns on investment shall be reported as
30        net returns after payment of all fees,  commissions,  and
31        any other compensation.
32        (c)  Within   30  days  after  appointing  an  investment
33    adviser, the board shall submit a copy of the contract to the
34    Department of Insurance.
 
                            -3-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        (d)  Investment services provided by a person other  than
 2    an investment adviser appointed under this Section, including
 3    but  not limited to services provided by the kinds of persons
 4    listed in items (1) through (4) of subsection (a),  shall  be
 5    rendered  only  after  full  written disclosure of direct and
 6    indirect  fees,  commissions,  penalties,   and   any   other
 7    compensation  that  shall  or  may  be received by the person
 8    rendering those services.
 9        (e)  The board of trustees of  each  pension  fund  shall
10    retain  records of investment transactions in accordance with
11    the rules of the Department of Insurance.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-507, eff. 8-22-97.)

13        (40 ILCS 5/2-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-110)
14        Sec. 2-110.  Service.
15        (A)  "Service" means the period beginning on the day when
16    a person first became a member, and ending on the date  under
17    consideration,   excluding   all   intervening   periods   of
18    nonmembership following resignation or expiration of any term
19    of office.
20        (B)  "Service" includes:
21             (a)  Military  service  during  war  by a person who
22        entered such service while  a  member,  whether  rendered
23        before  or  after  the  expiration of any term of office;
24        plus up to 2 years of military service that need not have
25        immediately followed service as a member,  and  need  not
26        have been served during wartime, provided that the member
27        makes contributions to the System for such service (1) at
28        the  rates  provided  in  Section  2-126  based  upon the
29        member's rate of compensation  on  the  last  date  as  a
30        participant  prior  to  such  military service, or on the
31        first date as a participant after such military  service,
32        whichever  is  greater, plus (2) if payment is made on or
33        after May 1, 1993, an amount determined by the  Board  to
 
                            -4-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        be  equal  to  the employer's normal cost of the benefits
 2        accrued for such military service, plus (3)  interest  at
 3        the  effective  rate from the date of first membership in
 4        the System to the date of payment.
 5             The amendment to this  subdivision  (B)(a)  made  by
 6        this  amendatory  Act  of 1993 shall apply to persons who
 7        are  active  contributors  to  the  System  on  or  after
 8        November  30,  1992.   A  person  who   was   an   active
 9        contributor  to the System on November 30, 1992 but is no
10        longer  an  active  contributor  may  apply  to  purchase
11        military credit under this subdivision (B)(a)  within  60
12        days  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
13        1993; if  the  person  is  an  annuitant,  the  resulting
14        increase  in  annuity  shall begin to accrue on the first
15        day of  the  month  following  the  month  in  which  the
16        required  payment  is received by the System.  The change
17        in  the  required  contribution  for  purchased  military
18        credit made by this amendatory  Act  of  1993  shall  not
19        entitle  any  person to a refund of contributions already
20        paid.
21             (b)  Service as a judge of a court  of  this  State,
22        but  credit  for such service is subject to the following
23        conditions: (1) such person shall have been a member  for
24        at  least  4  years  and  contributed  to  the system for
25        service as a judge subsequent to July  8,  1947,  at  the
26        rates herein provided, including interest at 2% per annum
27        to  the  date  of  payment  based on the salary in effect
28        during such service; (2) the member was not  an  eligible
29        member  of nor entitled to credit for such service in any
30        other retirement system in the State maintained in  whole
31        or  in  part  by public contributions; and (3) the last 4
32        years of service  prior  to  retirement  on  annuity  was
33        rendered while a member.
34             (c)  Service   as  a  participating  employee  under
 
                            -5-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
 2        17 or 18 of the Illinois Pension Code.  Credit  for  such
 3        service  may be established by a member and, if permitted
 4        by  the  credit  transfer  Section  of  the   appropriate
 5        Article,  by a former member who is not yet an annuitant,
 6        and is subject to the following conditions:  (1) that the
 7        credits accrued under the above mentioned  Articles  have
 8        been  transferred to this system; and (2) that the member
 9        has contributed to this system an amount equal to (i) the
10        contribution rate in effect for participants at the  date
11        of  membership  in  this  system multiplied by the salary
12        then in effect for members of the  General  Assembly  for
13        each   year   of   service  for  which  credit  is  being
14        transferred, plus (ii) the State's share  of  the  normal
15        cost of benefits under this system expressed as a percent
16        of  payroll,  as determined by the system's actuary as of
17        the date of the participant's membership in this  system,
18        multiplied  by  the  salary then in effect for members of
19        the General Assembly, for each year of service for  which
20        credit is being transferred, plus (iii) interest on items
21        (i)  and  (ii) above at 6% per annum compounded annually,
22        from the date of membership to the date of payment by the
23        participant, less (iv) the  amount  transferred  to  this
24        system on behalf of the participant on account of service
25        rendered  while  a  participant under the above mentioned
26        Articles.
27             (d)  Service, before October 1, 1975, as an  officer
28        elected  by  the people of Illinois, for which creditable
29        service is required to  be  transferred  from  the  State
30        Employees'  Retirement  System  to  this  system  by this
31        amendatory Act of 1975.
32             (e)  Service rendered prior to January 1, 1964, as a
33        justice of the peace or police magistrate or as  a  civil
34        referee in the Municipal Court of Chicago, but credit for
 
                            -6-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        such service may not be granted until the member has paid
 2        to  the  system  an  amount equal to (1) the contribution
 3        rate for participants at the date of membership  in  this
 4        system  multiplied  by  the  salary  then  in  effect for
 5        members of the General Assembly for each year of  service
 6        for  which  credit  is  being  transferred,  plus (2) the
 7        State's share of the normal cost of benefits  under  this
 8        system  expressed  as a percent of payroll, as determined
 9        by  the  system's  actuary  as  of  the   date   of   the
10        participant's   membership  in this system, multiplied by
11        the salary then in effect  for  members  of  the  General
12        Assembly,  for  each  year of service for which credit is
13        allowed, plus, (3) interest on (1) and (2)  above  at  6%
14        per annum compounded annually from the date of membership
15        to  the  date  of  payment  by  the  member.   However, a
16        participant may not receive more than 6 years  of  credit
17        for  such service nor may any member receive credit under
18        this paragraph for service  for  which  credit  has  been
19        granted  in  any  other public pension fund or retirement
20        system in the State.
21             (f)  Service before January 16, 1981, as an  officer
22        elected  by  the people of Illinois, for which creditable
23        service  is  transferred  from   the   State   Employees'
24        Retirement System to this system.
25        (C)  Service  during  any  fraction  of  a month shall be
26    considered as a month of service.
27          Service includes the total period of time for  which  a
28    participant is elected as a member or officer, even though he
29    or   she  does  not  complete  the  term  because  of  death,
30    resignation, judicial decision, or operation of law, provided
31    that the contributions required under this Article  for  such
32    entire period of office have been made by or on behalf of the
33    participant.  In  the  case  of  a  participant  appointed or
34    elected to fill a vacancy, service includes the total  period
 
                            -7-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1    from  January  1  of  the  year  in  which his or her service
 2    commences to the end of the term in which the vacancy occurs,
 3    provided  the  participant  contributes  in  the   year    of
 4    appointment  an  amount equal to the contributions that would
 5    have been required had the participant  received  salary  for
 6    the  entire  year.  The  foregoing  provisions  relating to a
 7    participant appointed or elected to fill a vacancy shall  not
 8    apply   if   the  participant  was  a  member  of  the  other
 9    legislative chamber at the time of appointment or election.
10        (D)  Notwithstanding  the  other   provisions   of   this
11    Section,  if  application  to  transfer  or establish service
12    credit under paragraph (c) or (e) of subsection (B)  of  this
13    Section is made between January 1, 1992 and February 1, 1993,
14    or  in  the case of a participant who was serving as Attorney
15    General on May 1, 1999, if application is  made  between  the
16    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 91st General
17    Assembly and July 1, 2000, the contribution required for such
18    credit shall be an amount equal to (1) the contribution  rate
19    in  effect for participants at the date of membership in this
20    system multiplied by the salary then in effect for members of
21    the General Assembly for  each  year  of  service  for  which
22    credit  is being granted, plus (2) interest thereon at 6% per
23    annum compounded annually, from the date of membership to the
24    date  of  payment  by  the  member,  less  (3)   any   amount
25    transferred to this system on behalf of the member on account
26    of such service credit.
27        The  amendment  to  this  subsection  (D)  made  by  this
28    amendatory  Act  of the 91st General Assembly applies without
29    regard to whether the applicant is in service on or after its
30    effective date, so long as the applicant has not yet begun to
31    receive a retirement annuity under this Article.  The  change
32    in the required contribution made by this amendatory Act does
33    not  entitle  any person to a refund of contributions already
34    paid.
 
                            -8-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1    (Source: P.A. 86-27; 86-1028; 87-794; 87-1265.)

 2        (40 ILCS 5/2-117) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-117)
 3        Sec. 2-117.  Participants - Election not to participate.
 4        (a)  Every person who was a member on November  1,  1947,
 5    or  in  military  service  on  such  date,  is subject to the
 6    provisions of this system beginning upon  such  date,  unless
 7    prior  to  such date he or she filed with the board a written
 8    notice of election not to participate.
 9        Every person who becomes a member after November 1, 1947,
10    and who is then  not  a  participant  becomes  a  participant
11    beginning  upon  the date of becoming a member unless, within
12    24 months from that date, he or she has filed with the  board
13    a written notice of election not to participate.
14        (b)  A  member who has filed notice of an election not to
15    participate (and a former member who has  not  yet  begun  to
16    receive a retirement annuity under this Article) may become a
17    participant  with  respect to the period for which the member
18    elected not to participate upon filing with the board, before
19    July 1, 2000 April 1,  1993,  a  written  rescission  of  the
20    election  not  to  participate.   Upon contributing an amount
21    equal to the contributions he or she would  have  made  as  a
22    participant  from November 1, 1947, or the date of becoming a
23    member, whichever  is  later,  to  the  date  of  becoming  a
24    participant,  with interest at the rate of 4% per annum until
25    the contributions are paid,  the  participant  shall  receive
26    credit  for  service  as  a  member  prior to the date of the
27    rescission, both before and  after  November  1,  1947.   The
28    required  contributions  shall be made before commencement of
29    the retirement annuity; otherwise no credit for service prior
30    to the date of participation shall be granted.
31    (Source: P.A. 86-273; 87-1265.)

32        (40 ILCS 5/7-139.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.1)
 
                            -9-            LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1        Sec. 7-139.1. General Assembly transfers and credits.
 2        (a)  Any active member of the General Assembly Retirement
 3    System (and until July 1, 2000 February 1, 1993,  any  former
 4    member  of that System who has not yet retired) may apply for
 5    transfer of his credits and  creditable  service  accumulated
 6    under  this  Fund  to the General Assembly Retirement System.
 7    Also, any active member of the  State  Employees'  Retirement
 8    System  of Illinois who is an officer of the General Assembly
 9    may apply for a similar transfer  from  this  Fund,  provided
10    that  such  member  received  credit  under  this  Fund as an
11    elected county officer.  Such credits and creditable  service
12    shall  be transferred forthwith.  Payment by this Fund to the
13    General Assembly Retirement System or  the  State  Employees'
14    Retirement  System  shall  be made at the same time and shall
15    consist of:
16             (1)  the amounts accumulated to the  credit  of  the
17        applicant,  including  interest, on the books of the Fund
18        on the date of transfer, but excluding any additional  or
19        optional  credits, which credits shall be refunded to the
20        applicant; and
21             (2)  municipality  credits  computed  and   credited
22        under  Section 7-139, including interest, on the books of
23        the Fund on the date the member terminated service  under
24        the Fund.
25    Participation  in  this  Fund  as  to any credits transferred
26    under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.
27        (b)  An active member of the General Assembly  Retirement
28    System  (and  until July 1, 2000 February 1, 1993, any former
29    member of that System  who  has  not  yet  retired)  who  has
30    service  credits  and  creditable  service under the Fund may
31    establish additional service credits and  creditable  service
32    for periods during which he was an elected official and could
33    have  elected  to  participate but did not so elect.  Service
34    credits and creditable service may be established by  payment
 
                            -10-           LRB9102714EGfgam05
 1    to  the fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would
 2    have made if he had elected to participate, plus interest  to
 3    the  date of payment.  The limitations in subparagraph (c) of
 4    Section 7-139 of this Article shall  not  apply  to  payments
 5    made under this Section.
 6        (c)  An  active member of the General Assembly Retirement
 7    System (and until July 1, 2000 February 1, 1993,  any  former
 8    member  of that System who has not yet retired) may reinstate
 9    service and service credits  terminated  upon  receipt  of  a
10    separation  benefit,  by payment to the Fund of the amount of
11    the separation benefit plus interest thereon to the  date  of
12    payment.
13    (Source: P.A. 87-794.)

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

[ Top ]