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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 2540   </title>
<shortdesc>PEN CD-ART 3-DISABILITY INCR</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. Don Harmon)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>40 ILCS 5/3-114.1</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that certain disabled police officers who are receiving a disability pension on the effective date of the amendatory Act and who apply within 60 days after that effective date and annually thereafter while the pension remains payable shall be eligible to receive an annual noncompounded increase in his or her disability pension equal to 3% of the original pension. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Floor Amendment No. 1</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>Deletes language providing that within 60 days after accepting an initial application, the Fund shall pay to the disabled police officer, in a lump sum without interest, the amounts resulting from the annual increases that have accrued retroactively.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
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<statusdate>2/20/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/25/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Personnel and Pensions Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/5/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate Personnel and Pensions Committee;  009-001-000</action>
<statusdate>3/5/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/17/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/26/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/1/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee;  005-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/1/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>4/1/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>4/2/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2009</action>
<statusdate>4/3/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>4/15/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>4/22/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Assigned to Pensions and Investments</action>
<statusdate>4/30/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>To Pensions &amp; Investments Subcommittee on Pension Benefit Enhancements</action>
<statusdate>5/8/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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