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| Public Act 100-0354 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||
Section 7-109.3 as follows:
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(40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
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Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
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(a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:
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(1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than | ||||
special deputies,
employed on a full time basis in the | ||||
office of the sheriff.
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(2) A person who has elected to participate in this | ||||
Fund under Section
3-109.1 of this Code, and who is | ||||
employed by a participating municipality
to perform police | ||||
duties.
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(3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time | ||||
basis by a Forest
Preserve District, provided that such | ||||
officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's
law enforcement | ||||
employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in
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that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's | ||||
law enforcement
employee, only if the board of | ||||
commissioners of the District have so
elected by adoption | ||||
of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
may | ||||
not be rescinded.
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(4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund | ||
established under
Article 3 of this Code who is employed on | ||
a full-time basis by a
participating municipality or | ||
participating instrumentality to perform
police duties at | ||
an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
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employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee | ||
status for its
airport police employees by adoption of an | ||
affirmative resolution. Such
approval, once given, may not | ||
be rescinded.
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(5) A person who (i) is employed by a participating | ||
municipality that has both 30 or more full-time police | ||
officers and 50 or more full-time firefighters and has not | ||
established a fund under
Article 3 or Article 4 of this | ||
Code and (ii) is employed on a full-time basis by that
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participating municipality to perform
police duties or | ||
firefighting and EMS duties; but only if the governing | ||
authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law | ||
enforcement employee status for its
police officer or | ||
firefighter employees by adoption of an affirmative | ||
resolution. The resolution must specify that SLEP status | ||
shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or | ||
after the adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall | ||
be irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the | ||
establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the | ||
municipality. | ||
(b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement employee | ||
and is granted
military leave or authorized leave of absence | ||
shall receive service credit in
that capacity. Sheriff's law | ||
enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
out-of-State | ||
service credit under Section 7-139.
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(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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