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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Pension  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 4-108 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 4-108 as follows:

 7        (40 ILCS 5/4-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-108)
 8        Sec. 4-108.  Creditable service.
 9        (a)  Creditable   service   is   the  time  served  as  a
10    firefighter  of  a  municipality.  In  computing   creditable
11    service,   furloughs   and  leaves  of  absence  without  pay
12    exceeding 30 days in any one year shall not be  counted,  but
13    leaves  of  absence  for  illness  or  accident regardless of
14    length, and periods of disability  for  which  a  firefighter
15    received  no  disability pension payments under this Article,
16    shall be counted.
17        (b)  Furloughs and leaves of absence of 30 days  or  less
18    in  any one year may be counted as creditable service, if the
19    firefighter makes the contribution to  the  fund  that  would
20    have  been  required  had  he  or she not been on furlough or
21    leave of absence.  To qualify for  this  creditable  service,
22    the  firefighter  must  pay the required contributions to the
23    fund not more than 90 days subsequent to the  termination  of
24    the  furlough  or  leave  of  absence, to the extent that the
25    municipality has not made such contribution  on  his  or  her
26    behalf.
27        (c)  Creditable service includes:
28             (1)  Service in the military, naval or air forces of
29        the  United  States  entered  upon when the person was an
30        active firefighter, provided that, upon  applying  for  a
31        permanent  pension,  and  in accordance with the rules of
 
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 1        the board the firefighter pays into the fund  the  amount
 2        that  would  have  been  contributed had he or she been a
 3        regular contributor during such period of service, if and
 4        to the extent that the municipality which the firefighter
 5        served made no such contributions in his or  her  behalf.
 6        The  total  amount  of  such creditable service shall not
 7        exceed 5 years, except that any firefighter who  on  July
 8        1,  1973 had more than 5 years of such creditable service
 9        shall receive the total amount thereof as of that date.
10             (1.5)  In  addition  to   any   creditable   service
11        established  under  paragraph (1) of this subsection (c),
12        creditable service may be granted for up to 24 months  of
13        service  in  the  armed  forces  of the United States for
14        which credit is not available under paragraph (1).
15             In order to receive creditable service for  military
16        service  under  this  paragraph (1.5), a firefighter must
17        (i) apply to the fund in writing and provide evidence  of
18        the  military  service that is satisfactory to the board;
19        (ii) obtain the written approval of the municipality; and
20        (iii) make contributions to the fund  equal  to  (A)  the
21        employee  contributions that would have been required had
22        the service been rendered as a firefighter, plus  (B)  an
23        amount  determined  by  the  board  to  be  equal  to the
24        employer's normal cost of the benefits accrued  for  that
25        military  service, plus (C) interest on items (A) and (B)
26        from the date of the military service  (or  the  date  of
27        first  membership  in  the fund, if later) to the date of
28        payment.  If payment is made during  the  6-month  period
29        that  begins  3  months  after the effective date of this
30        amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the required
31        interest shall be calculated at  the  rate  of  2.5%  per
32        year,   compounded   annually;  otherwise,  the  required
33        interest shall be calculated at the rate of 6% per  year,
34        compounded annually.
 
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 1             (2)  Service  prior to July 1, 1976 by a firefighter
 2        initially excluded from participation by  reason  of  age
 3        who   elected   to  participate  and  paid  the  required
 4        contributions for such service.
 5             (3)  Up to 8 years of service by a firefighter as an
 6        officer in a statewide firefighters' association when  he
 7        is  on  a leave of absence from a municipality's payroll,
 8        provided that (i) the firefighter has at least  10  years
 9        of  creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) the
10        firefighter contributes to the fund the  amount  that  he
11        would  have  contributed had he remained an active member
12        of  the  fund,  and  (iii)  the  employee  or   statewide
13        firefighter association contributes to the fund an amount
14        equal   to   the   employer's  required  contribution  as
15        determined by the board.
16             (4)  Time  spent  as  an  on-call  fireman   for   a
17        municipality,  calculated  at  the  rate  of  one year of
18        creditable service for each 5 years of time spent  as  an
19        on-call fireman, provided that (i) the firefighter has at
20        least  18  years  of  creditable  service  as  an  active
21        firefighter, (ii) the firefighter spent at least 14 years
22        as an on-call firefighter for the municipality, (iii) the
23        firefighter applies for such creditable service within 30
24        days  after  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25        1989, (iv) the firefighter contributes to  the   Fund  an
26        amount representing employee contributions for the number
27        of   years  of  creditable  service  granted  under  this
28        subdivision (4), based on  the  salary  and  contribution
29        rate  in  effect for the firefighter at the date of entry
30        into the Fund, to be determined by the board, and (v) not
31        more than 3 years of creditable service  may  be  granted
32        under this subdivision (4).
33             Creditable   service   shall  not  under  any  other
34        circumstances  include  time   spent   as   a   volunteer
 
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 1        firefighter, whether or not any compensation was received
 2        therefor.  The  change made in this Section by Public Act
 3        83-0463 is intended to be a restatement and clarification
 4        of existing law,  and  does  not  imply  that  creditable
 5        service  was  previously  allowed  under this Article for
 6        time spent as a volunteer firefighter.
 7             (5)  Time served between July 1, 1976  and  July  1,
 8        1988  in the position of protective inspection officer or
 9        administrative  assistant  for  fire  services,   for   a
10        municipality  with  a  population  under  10,000  that is
11        located in a county with a population over 3,000,000  and
12        that  maintains  a  firefighters' pension fund under this
13        Article, if the position  included  firefighting  duties,
14        notwithstanding  that  the  person  may  not have held an
15        appointment as a firefighter, provided  that  application
16        is  made  to  the  pension  fund within 30 days after the
17        effective date of this amendatory Act of  1991,  and  the
18        corresponding  contributions  are  paid for the number of
19        years of service  granted,  based  upon  the  salary  and
20        contribution  rate  in  effect for the firefighter at the
21        date of entry into the pension fund, as determined by the
22        Board.
23             (6)  Service before  becoming  a  participant  by  a
24        firefighter  initially  excluded  from  participation  by
25        reason  of  age  who  becomes  a  participant  under  the
26        amendment to Section 4-107 made by this amendatory Act of
27        1993   and  pays  the  required  contributions  for  such
28        service.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-52, eff. 6-30-95.)

30        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
31    Section 8.23 as follows:

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

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.

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