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1     AN ACT in relation to pensions.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 4-109.3, 4-110, 4-110.1, 4-111, and 4-114 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/4-109.3)
7     Sec. 4-109.3. Employee creditable service.
8     (a) As used in this Section:
9     "Final monthly salary" means the monthly salary attached to
10 the rank held by the firefighter at the time of his or her last
11 withdrawal from service under a particular pension fund.
12     "Last pension fund" means the pension fund in which the
13 firefighter was participating at the time of his or her last
14 withdrawal from service.
15     (b) The benefits provided under this Section are available
16 only to a firefighter who:
17         (1) is a firefighter at the time of withdrawal from the
18     last pension fund and for at least the final 3 years of
19     employment prior to that withdrawal;
20         (2) has established service credit with at least one
21     pension fund established under this Article other than the
22     last pension fund;
23         (3) has a total of at least 20 years of service under
24     the various pension funds established under this Article
25     and has attained age 50; and
26         (4) is in service on or after the effective date of
27     this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
28     (c) A firefighter who is eligible for benefits under this
29 Section may elect to receive a retirement pension from each
30 pension fund under this Article in which the firefighter has at
31 least one year of service credit but has not received a refund
32 under Section 4-116 (unless the firefighter repays that refund

 

 

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1 under subsection (g)) or subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1, by
2 applying in writing and paying the contribution required under
3 subsection (i).
4     (d) From each such pension fund other than the last pension
5 fund, in lieu of any retirement pension otherwise payable under
6 this Article, a firefighter to whom this Section applies may
7 elect to receive a monthly pension of 1/12th of 2.5% of his or
8 her final monthly salary under that fund for each month of
9 service in that fund, subject to a maximum of 75% of that final
10 monthly salary.
11     (e) From the last pension fund, in lieu of any retirement
12 pension otherwise payable under this Article, a firefighter to
13 whom this Section applies may elect to receive a monthly
14 pension calculated as follows:
15     The last pension fund shall calculate the retirement
16 pension that would be payable to the firefighter under
17 subsection (a) of Section 4-109 as if he or she had
18 participated in that last pension fund during his or her entire
19 period of service under all pension funds established under
20 this Article (excluding any period of service for which the
21 firefighter has received a refund under Section 4-116, unless
22 the firefighter repays that refund under subsection (g), or for
23 which the firefighter has received a refund under subsection
24 (c) of Section 4-118.1). From this hypothetical pension there
25 shall be subtracted the original amounts of the retirement
26 pensions payable to the firefighter by all other pension funds
27 under subsection (d). The remainder is the retirement pension
28 payable to the firefighter by the last pension fund under this
29 subsection (e).
30     (f) Pensions elected under this Section shall be subject to
31 increases as provided in subsection (d) of Section 4-109.1.
32     (g) A current firefighter may reinstate creditable service
33 in a pension fund established under this Article that was
34 terminated upon receipt of a refund, by payment to that pension
35 fund of the amount of the refund together with interest thereon
36 at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date

 

 

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1 of the refund to the date of payment. A repayment of a refund
2 under this Section may be made in equal installments over a
3 period of up to 10 years, but must be paid in full prior to
4 retirement.
5     (h) As a condition of being eligible for the benefits
6 provided in this Section, a person who is hired to a position
7 as a firefighter on or after July 1, 2004 the effective date of
8 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a firefighter
9 must, within 21 months after being hired, notify the new
10 employer, all of his or her previous employers under this
11 Article, and the Public Pension Division of the Division
12 Department of Insurance of the Department of Financial and
13 Professional Regulation , within one year of being hired, of his
14 or her intent to receive the benefits provided under this
15 Section all periods of service of at least one year under a
16 pension fund established under this Article.
17     (i) In order to receive a pension under this Section or an
18 occupational disease disability pension for which he or she
19 becomes eligible due to the application of subsection (m) of
20 this Section, a firefighter must pay to each pension fund from
21 which he or she has elected to receive a pension under this
22 Section a contribution equal to 1/12th of 1% of monthly salary
23 for each month of service credit that the firefighter has in
24 that fund (other than service credit for which the firefighter
25 has already paid the additional contribution required under
26 subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1), together with interest
27 thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, compounded annually, from
28 the firefighter's first day of employment with that fund or the
29 first day of the fiscal year of that fund that immediately
30 precedes the firefighter's first day of employment with that
31 fund, whichever is earlier.
32     In order for a firefighter who, as of the effective date of
33 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, has not begun
34 to receive a pension under this Section or an occupational
35 disease disability pension under subsection (m) of this Section
36 and who has contributed 1/12th of 1% of monthly salary for each

 

 

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1 month of service credit that the firefighter has in that fund
2 (other than service credit for which the firefighter has
3 already paid the additional contribution required under
4 subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1), together with the required
5 interest thereon, to receive a pension under this Section or an
6 occupational disease disability pension for which he or she
7 becomes eligible due to the application of subsection (m) of
8 this Section, the firefighter must, within one year after the
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
10 Assembly, make an additional contribution equal to 11/12ths of
11 1% of monthly salary for each month of service credit that the
12 firefighter has in that fund (other than service credit for
13 which the firefighter has already paid the additional
14 contribution required under subsection (c) of Section
15 4-118.1), together with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per
16 annum, compounded annually, from the firefighter's first day of
17 employment with that fund or the first day of the fiscal year
18 of that fund that immediately precedes the firefighter's first
19 day of employment with the fund, whichever is earlier. A
20 firefighter who, as of the effective date of this amendatory
21 Act of the 93rd General Assembly, has not begun to receive a
22 pension under this Section or an occupational disease
23 disability pension under subsection (m) of this Section and who
24 has contributed 1/12th of 1% of monthly salary for each month
25 of service credit that the firefighter has in that fund (other
26 than service credit for which the firefighter has already paid
27 the additional contribution required under subsection (c) of
28 Section 4-118.1), together with the required interest thereon,
29 in order to receive a pension under this Section or an
30 occupational disease disability pension under subsection (m)
31 of this Section, may elect, within one year after the effective
32 date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to
33 forfeit the benefits provided under this Section and receive a
34 refund of that contribution. time the service was rendered to
35 the date of payment.
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1 under Section 4-109 may reenter active service under this
2 Article. Subject to the provisions of Section 4-117, the
3 firefighter may receive credit for service performed after the
4 reentry if the firefighter (1) applies to receive credit for
5 that service, (2) suspends his or her pensions under this
6 Section, and (3) makes the contributions required under
7 subsection (i).
8     (k) A firefighter who is newly hired or promoted to a
9 position as a firefighter shall not be denied participation in
10 a fund under this Article based on his or her age.
11     (l) If a firefighter who elects to make contributions under
12 subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension benefits
13 provided under this Section becomes entitled to a disability
14 pension under Section 4-110, the last pension fund is
15 responsible to pay that disability pension and the amount of
16 that disability pension shall be based only on the
17 firefighter's service with the last pension fund.
18     (m) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 4-110.1 to the
19 contrary, if a firefighter who elects to make contributions
20 under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension
21 benefits provided under this Section becomes entitled to an
22 occupational disease disability pension under Section 4-110.1,
23 each pension fund to which the firefighter has made
24 contributions under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 must pay
25 a portion of that occupational disease disability pension equal
26 to the proportion that the firefighter's service credit with
27 that pension fund for which the contributions under subsection
28 (c) of Section 4-118.1 have been made bears to the
29 firefighter's total service credit with all of the pension
30 funds for which the contributions under subsection (c) of
31 Section 4-118.1 have been made. A firefighter who has made
32 contributions under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for at
33 least 5 years of creditable service shall be deemed to have met
34 the 5-year creditable service requirement under Section
35 4-110.1, regardless of whether the firefighter has 5 years of
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1     (n) If a firefighter who elects to make contributions under
2 subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension benefits
3 provided under this Section becomes entitled to a disability
4 pension under Section 4-111, the last pension fund is
5 responsible to pay that disability pension, provided that the
6 firefighter has at least 7 years of creditable service with the
7 last pension fund.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
9     (40 ILCS 5/4-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110)
10     Sec. 4-110. Disability pension - Line of duty. If a
11 firefighter, as the result of sickness, accident or injury
12 incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty
13 or from the cumulative effects of acts of duty, is found,
14 pursuant to Section 4-112, to be physically or mentally
15 permanently disabled for service in the fire department, so as
16 to render necessary his or her being placed on disability
17 pension, the firefighter shall be entitled to a disability
18 pension equal to the greater of (1) 65% of the monthly salary
19 attached to the rank held by him or her in the fire department
20 at the date he or she is removed from the municipality's fire
21 department payroll or (2) the retirement pension that the
22 firefighter would be eligible to receive if he or she retired
23 (but not including any automatic annual increase in that
24 retirement pension). A firefighter shall be considered "on
25 duty" while on any assignment approved by the chief of the fire
26 department, even though away from the municipality he or she
27 serves as a firefighter, if the assignment is related to the
28 fire protection service of the municipality.
29     Such firefighter shall also be entitled to a child's
30 disability benefit of $20 a month on account of each unmarried
31 child less than 18 years of age and dependent upon the
32 firefighter for support, either the issue of the firefighter or
33 legally adopted by him or her. The total amount of child's
34 disability benefit payable to the firefighter, when added to
35 his or her disability pension, shall not exceed 75% of the

 

 

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1 amount of salary which the firefighter was receiving at the
2 date of retirement.
3     Benefits payable on account of a child under this Section
4 shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the child's
5 attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by reason
6 of a physical or mental disability but shall continue to be
7 paid as long as such dependency continues. Individuals over the
8 age of 18 and adjudged to be disabled persons pursuant to
9 Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons
10 receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public Aid
11 Code, shall be eligible to receive benefits under this Act.
12     If a firefighter dies while still disabled and receiving a
13 disability pension under this Section, the disability pension
14 shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's survivors in the
15 sequence provided in Section 4-114 but shall, from the date of
16 death, become subject to the requirements, including
17 limitations on amount, that are provided for pensions to
18 survivors under Section 4-114. A pension previously granted
19 under Section 4-114 to a survivor of a firefighter who died
20 while receiving a disability pension under this Section shall
21 be deemed to be a continuation of the pension provided under
22 this Section and shall be deemed to be in the nature of
23 worker's compensation payments. The changes to this Section
24 made by this amendatory Act of 1995 are intended to be
25 retroactive and are not limited to persons in service on or
26 after its effective date.
27 (Source: P.A. 91-466, eff. 8-6-99.)
 
28     (40 ILCS 5/4-110.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-110.1)
29     Sec. 4-110.1. Occupational disease disability pension.
30 The General Assembly finds that service in the fire department
31 requires firefighters in times of stress and danger to perform
32 unusual tasks; that firefighters are subject to exposure to
33 extreme heat or extreme cold in certain seasons while
34 performing their duties; that they are required to work in the
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1 carcinogenic, poisonous, toxic or chemical gases from fires;
2 and that these conditions exist and arise out of or in the
3 course of employment.
4     An active firefighter with 5 or more years of creditable
5 service who is found, pursuant to Section 4-112, unable to
6 perform his or her duties in the fire department by reason of
7 heart disease, stroke, tuberculosis, or any disease of the
8 lungs or respiratory tract, resulting from service as a
9 firefighter, is entitled to an occupational disease disability
10 pension during any period of such disability for which he or
11 she has no right to receive salary.
12     Any active firefighter who has completed 5 or more years of
13 service and is unable to perform his or her duties in the fire
14 department by reason of a disabling cancer, which develops or
15 manifests itself during a period while the firefighter is in
16 the service of the fire department, shall be entitled to
17 receive an occupational disease disability benefit during any
18 period of such disability for which he or she does not have a
19 right to receive salary. In order to receive this occupational
20 disease disability benefit, (i) the type of cancer involved
21 must be a type which may be caused by exposure to heat,
22 radiation or a known carcinogen as defined by the International
23 Agency for Research on Cancer and (ii) the cancer must (and is
24 rebuttably presumed to) arise as a result of service as a
25 firefighter.
26     A firefighter who enters the service after August 27, 1971
27 shall be examined by one or more practicing physicians
28 appointed by the board. If the examination discloses impairment
29 of the heart, lungs or respiratory tract, or the existence of
30 any cancer, the firefighter shall not be entitled to the
31 occupational disease disability pension unless and until a
32 subsequent examination reveals no such impairment or cancer.
33     The occupational disease disability pension shall be equal
34 to the greater of (1) 65% of the salary attached to the rank
35 held by the firefighter in the fire service at the time of his
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1 or (2) the retirement pension that the firefighter would be
2 eligible to receive if he or she retired (but not including any
3 automatic annual increase in that retirement pension).
4     The firefighter is also entitled to a child's disability
5 benefit of $20 a month for each natural or legally adopted
6 unmarried child less than age 18 dependent upon the firefighter
7 for support. The total child's disability benefit when added to
8 the occupational disease disability pension shall not exceed
9 75% of the firefighter's salary at the time of the grant of
10 occupational disease disability pension.
11     The occupational disease disability pension is payable to
12 the firefighter during the period of the disability. If the
13 disability ceases before the death of the firefighter, the
14 disability pension payable under this Section shall also cease
15 and the firefighter thereafter shall receive such pension
16 benefits as are provided in accordance with other provisions of
17 this Article.
18     If a firefighter dies while still disabled and receiving a
19 disability pension under this Section, the disability pension
20 shall continue to be paid to the firefighter's survivors in the
21 sequence provided in Section 4-114 but shall, from the date of
22 death, become subject to the requirements, including
23 limitations on amount, that are provided for pensions to
24 survivors under Section 4-114. A pension previously granted
25 under Section 4-114 to a survivor of a firefighter who died
26 while receiving a disability pension under this Section shall
27 be deemed to be a continuation of the pension provided under
28 this Section and shall be deemed to be in the nature of
29 worker's occupational disease compensation payments. The
30 changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1995 are
31 intended to be retroactive and are not limited to persons in
32 service on or after its effective date.
33     The child's disability benefit shall terminate if the
34 disability ceases while the firefighter is alive or when the
35 child or children attain age 18 or marry, whichever event
36 occurs first, except that benefits payable on account of a

 

 

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1 child under this Section shall not be reduced or terminated by
2 reason of the child's attainment of age 18 if he or she is then
3 dependent by reason of a physical or mental disability but
4 shall continue to be paid as long as such dependency continues.
5 Individuals over the age of 18 and adjudged as a disabled
6 person pursuant to Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975,
7 except for persons receiving benefits under Article III of the
8 Illinois Public Aid Code, shall be eligible to receive benefits
9 under this Act.
10 (Source: P.A. 91-466, eff. 8-6-99.)
 
11     (40 ILCS 5/4-111)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-111)
12     Sec. 4-111. Disability pension - Not in duty. A firefighter
13 having at least 7 years of creditable service who becomes
14 disabled as a result of any cause other than an act of duty,
15 and who is found, pursuant to Section 4-112, to be physically
16 or mentally permanently disabled so as to render necessary his
17 or her being placed on disability pension, shall be granted a
18 disability pension of 50% of the monthly salary attached to the
19 rank held by the firefighter in the fire service at the date he
20 or she is removed from the municipality's fire department
21 payroll. If a firefighter dies while still disabled and
22 receiving a disability pension under this Section, the
23 disability pension shall continue to be paid to the
24 firefighter's survivors in the sequence provided in Section
25 4-114 if that disability pension is greater than the survivors
26 pension provided under subsection (a) of Section 4-114.
27 (Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
 
28     (40 ILCS 5/4-114)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-114)
29     Sec. 4-114. Pension to survivors. If a firefighter who is
30 not receiving a disability pension under Section 4-110 or
31 4-110.1 dies (1) as a result of any illness or accident, or (2)
32 from any cause while in receipt of a disability pension under
33 this Article, or (3) during retirement after 20 years service,
34 or (4) while vested for or in receipt of a pension payable

 

 

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1 under subsection (b) of Section 4-109, or (5) while a deferred
2 pensioner, having made all required contributions, a pension
3 shall be paid to his or her survivors, based on the monthly
4 salary attached to the firefighter's rank on the last day of
5 service in the fire department, as follows:
6         (a)(1) To the surviving spouse, a monthly pension of
7     40% of the monthly salary, and to the guardian of any minor
8     child or children including a child which has been
9     conceived but not yet born, 12% of such monthly salary for
10     each such child until attainment of age 18 or until the
11     child's marriage, whichever occurs first. Beginning July
12     1, 1993, the monthly pension to the surviving spouse shall
13     be 54% of the monthly salary for all persons receiving a
14     surviving spouse pension under this Article, regardless of
15     whether the deceased firefighter was in service on or after
16     the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1993.
17         (2) Beginning July 1, 2004, unless the amount provided
18     under paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) is greater, the
19     total monthly pension payable under this paragraph (a),
20     including any amount payable on account of children, to the
21     surviving spouse of a firefighter who died (i) while
22     receiving a retirement pension, (ii) while he or she was a
23     deferred pensioner with at least 20 years of creditable
24     service, or (iii) while he or she was in active service
25     having at least 20 years of creditable service, regardless
26     of age, including any amount payable on account of
27     children, shall be no less than 100% of the monthly
28     retirement pension earned by that the deceased firefighter
29     at the time of death, regardless of whether death occurs
30     before or after attainment of age 50, was receiving at the
31     time of death, including any increases under Section
32     4-109.1. This minimum applies to all such surviving spouses
33     who are eligible to receive a surviving spouse pension,
34     regardless of whether the deceased firefighter was in
35     service on or after the effective date of this amendatory
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1     limitation on maximum pension under paragraph (d) or any
2     other provision of this Article.
3         (3) If the pension paid on and after July 1, 2004 to
4     the surviving spouse of a firefighter who died on or after
5     July 1, 2004 and before the effective date of this
6     amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly was less than
7     the minimum pension payable under paragraph (1) or (2) of
8     this subsection (a), the fund shall pay a lump sum equal to
9     the difference within 90 days after the effective date of
10     this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
11     The pension to the surviving spouse shall terminate in the
12 event of the surviving spouse's remarriage prior to July 1,
13 1993; remarriage on or after that date does not affect the
14 surviving spouse's pension, regardless of whether the deceased
15 firefighter was in service on or after the effective date of
16 this amendatory Act of 1993.
17     The surviving spouse's pension shall be subject to the
18 minimum established in Section 4-109.2.
19     (b) Upon the death of the surviving spouse leaving one or
20 more minor children, to the duly appointed guardian of each
21 such child, for support and maintenance of each such child
22 until the child reaches age 18 or marries, whichever occurs
23 first, a monthly pension of 20% of the monthly salary.
24     (c) If a deceased firefighter leaves no surviving spouse or
25 unmarried minor children under age 18, but leaves a dependent
26 father or mother, to each dependent parent a monthly pension of
27 18% of the monthly salary. To qualify for the pension, a
28 dependent parent must furnish satisfactory proof that the
29 deceased firefighter was at the time of his or her death the
30 sole supporter of the parent or that the parent was the
31 deceased's dependent for federal income tax purposes.
32     (d) The total pension provided under paragraphs (a), (b)
33 and (c) of this Section shall not exceed 75% of the monthly
34 salary of the deceased firefighter (1) when paid to the
35 survivor of a firefighter who has attained 20 or more years of
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1 retirement pension under this Article, or (2) when paid to the
2 survivor of a firefighter who dies as a result of illness or
3 accident, or (3) when paid to the survivor of a firefighter who
4 dies from any cause while in receipt of a disability pension
5 under this Article, or (4) when paid to the survivor of a
6 deferred pensioner. For all other survivors of deceased
7 firefighters, the total pension provided under paragraphs (a),
8 (b) and (c) of this Section shall not exceed 50% of the
9 retirement annuity the firefighter would have received on the
10 date of death.
11     The maximum pension limitations in this paragraph (d) do
12 not control over any contrary provision of this Article
13 explicitly establishing a minimum amount of pension or granting
14 a one-time or annual increase in pension.
15     (e) If a firefighter leaves no eligible survivors under
16 paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), the board shall refund to the
17 firefighter's estate the amount of his or her accumulated
18 contributions, less the amount of pension payments, if any,
19 made to the firefighter while living.
20     (f) An adopted child is eligible for the pension provided
21 under paragraph (a) if the child was adopted before the
22 firefighter attained age 50.
23     (g) If a judgment of dissolution of marriage between a
24 firefighter and spouse is judicially set aside subsequent to
25 the firefighter's death, the surviving spouse is eligible for
26 the pension provided in paragraph (a) only if the judicial
27 proceedings are filed within 2 years after the date of the
28 dissolution of marriage and within one year after the
29 firefighter's death and the board is made a party to the
30 proceedings. In such case the pension shall be payable only
31 from the date of the court's order setting aside the judgment
32 of dissolution of marriage.
33     (h) Benefits payable on account of a child under this
34 Section shall not be reduced or terminated by reason of the
35 child's attainment of age 18 if he or she is then dependent by
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1 be paid as long as such dependency continues. Individuals over
2 the age of 18 and adjudged as a disabled person pursuant to
3 Article XIa of the Probate Act of 1975, except for persons
4 receiving benefits under Article III of the Illinois Public Aid
5 Code, shall be eligible to receive benefits under this Act.
6     (i) Beginning January 1, 2000, the pension of the surviving
7 spouse of a firefighter who dies on or after January 1, 1994 as
8 a result of sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or
9 resulting from the performance of an act of duty or from the
10 cumulative effects of acts of duty shall not be less than 100%
11 of the salary attached to the rank held by the deceased
12 firefighter on the last day of service, notwithstanding
13 subsection (d) or any other provision of this Article.
14     (j) Beginning July 1, 2004, the pension of the surviving
15 spouse of a firefighter who dies on or after January 1, 1988 as
16 a result of sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or
17 resulting from the performance of an act of duty or from the
18 cumulative effects of acts of duty shall not be less than 100%
19 of the salary attached to the rank held by the deceased
20 firefighter on the last day of service, notwithstanding
21 subsection (d) or any other provision of this Article.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
23     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
24 Section 8.28 as follows:
 
25     (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
26     Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
27 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
28 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
29 the 93rd General Assembly.
 
30     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.