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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois  Pension  Code  by  changing
 2    Section 6-164 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 6-164 as follows:

 7        (40 ILCS 5/6-164) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-164)
 8        Sec.  6-164.  Automatic annual increase; retirement after
 9    September 1, 1959.
10        (a)  A fireman  qualifying  for  a  minimum  annuity  who
11    retires  from  service  after  September  1, 1959 shall, upon
12    either the first of the month following the first anniversary
13    of his date of retirement if he is age 60  (age  55  if  born
14    before  January 1, 1945) or over on that anniversary date, or
15    upon the first of the month following his attainment  of  age
16    60  (age  55  if  born before January 1, 1945) if that occurs
17    after the first anniversary of his retirement date, have  his
18    then  fixed  and payable monthly annuity increased by 1 1/2%,
19    and  such  first  fixed  annuity  as  granted  at  retirement
20    increased by an additional 1 1/2% in  January  of  each  year
21    thereafter  up  to a maximum increase of 30%.  Beginning July
22    1,  1982  for  firemen  born  before  January  1,  1930,  and
23    beginning January 1, 1990 for firemen born after December 31,
24    1929 and before January 1, 1940,  and  beginning  January  1,
25    1996  for  firemen  born  after  December 31, 1939 but before
26    January 1, 1945, and beginning January 1,  2000  for  firemen
27    born  after  December  31,  1944 but before  January 1, 1960,
28    such increases shall be 3% and  such  firemen  shall  not  be
29    subject  to  the  30%  maximum increase.  The changes to this
30    Section made by this  amendatory  Act  of  the  91st  General
31    Assembly  apply  without  regard  to  whether  the fireman or
 
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 1    annuitant terminated service before  the  effective  date  of
 2    this amendatory Act.
 3        Any fireman born before January 1, 1945 who qualifies for
 4    a minimum annuity and retires after September 1, 1967 but has
 5    not  received  the  initial  increase  under  this subsection
 6    before January 1, 1996 is entitled  to  receive  the  initial
 7    increase  under  this  subsection on (1) January 1, 1996, (2)
 8    the first anniversary of  the  date  of  retirement,  or  (3)
 9    attainment  of age 55, whichever occurs last.  The changes to
10    this Section made  by  this  amendatory  Act  of  1995  apply
11    beginning January 1, 1996 and apply without regard to whether
12    the  fireman  or  annuitant  terminated  service  before  the
13    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
14        (b)  Subsection  (a) of this Section is not applicable to
15    an employee receiving a term annuity.
16        (c)  To  help  defray  the  cost  of  such  increases  in
17    annuity, there shall  be  deducted,  beginning  September  1,
18    1959,  from each payment of salary to a fireman, 1/8 of 1% of
19    each  such  salary  payment  and  an  additional  1/8  of  1%
20    beginning on  September  1,  1961,  and  September  1,  1963,
21    respectively, concurrently with and in addition to the salary
22    deductions otherwise made for annuity purposes.
23        Each  such  additional  1/8  of  1% deduction from salary
24    which shall, on September 1, 1963, result in a total increase
25    of 3/8 of 1% of salary, shall be credited  to  the  Automatic
26    Increase   Reserve,   to   be   used,   together   with  city
27    contributions as provided in this Article, to defray the cost
28    of the 1  1/2%  annuity  increments  herein  specified.   Any
29    balance  in such reserve as of the beginning of each calendar
30    year shall be credited with interest at the rate  of  3%  per
31    annum.
32        The  salary  deductions  provided in this Section are not
33    subject to refund, except to the fireman himself, in any case
34    in which a  fireman  withdraws  prior  to  qualification  for
 
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 1    minimum  annuity  and  applies  for  refund,  or  applies for
 2    annuity, and also where a term annuity  becomes  payable.  In
 3    such  cases,  the  total  of  such salary deductions shall be
 4    refunded to the fireman, without interest, and charged to the
 5    aforementioned reserve.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95.)

 7        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
 8    Section 8.24 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 805/8.24 new)
10        Sec.  8.24.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
11    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
12    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
13    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.

14        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
15    becoming law.

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