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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4940   </title>
<shortdesc>PENSION-GARS-SALARY LIMITATION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Darlene J. Senger-Elizabeth Coulson-Mike Fortner-William B. Black</sponsors>
<sponsorhead2>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead2><altsponsors>(Sen. Michael Bond)</altsponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
<synopsistitle></synopsistitle>
<reference>25 ILCS 155/3</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 63, par. 343</aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-139.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the System to make a quarterly report to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, which shall include (1) the name and current salary, according to data in the possession of the System, for each participant in the System who (A) first became a member of the System before August 22, 1994; (B) has not begun receiving a retirement annuity under this Article; and (C) is employed in a position covered by a participating system under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act and the name of his or her current employer and (2) beginning with the second quarterly report after the effective date, the name of each participant who has begun receiving a retirement annuity under the Article since the preceding quarterly report and, if the salary used to calculate his or her proportional annuity under the Article is higher than his or her highest salary for annuity purposes would have been if he or she were not exempted from the earnings limitation, the salary level used to calculate his or her proportional annuity and the name of his or her employer under the other participating system. Amends the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act to require that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability submit a quarterly report to the General Assembly that contains information submitted to the Commission by the General Assembly Retirement System. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/14/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Darlene J. Senger</action>
<statusdate>1/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/9/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to State Government Administration Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee;  014-001-000</action>
<statusdate>3/3/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/10/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Arrive in Senate</action>
<statusdate>3/11/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2010</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>3/15/2010</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Assignments</action>
<statusdate>1/11/2011</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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