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92_HB0199
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1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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
5 changing Section 4-109.2 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/4-109.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2)
7 Sec. 4-109.2. Minimum pension.
8 (a) Beginning January 1, 1984, the minimum disability
9 pension granted under Section 4-110 or 4-111, the minimum
10 surviving spouse's pension, and the minimum retirement
11 pension granted to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
12 creditable service, shall be $300 per month, without regard
13 to whether the death, disability or retirement of the
14 firefighter occurred prior to that date.
15 Beginning July 1, 1987, the minimum retirement pension
16 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
17 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
18 4-110 or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension
19 shall be $400 per month, without regard to whether the death,
20 retirement or disability of the firefighter occurred prior to
21 that date.
22 Beginning July 1, 1993, the minimum retirement pension
23 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
24 service and the minimum surviving spouse's pension shall be
25 $475 per month, without regard to whether the firefighter was
26 in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory
27 Act of 1993.
28 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, the minimum retirement
29 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
30 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
31 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
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1 surviving spouse's pension shall be $600 per month, without
2 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
3 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
4 Assembly.
5 In the case of a pensioner whose pension began before the
6 effective date of this amendatory Act and is subject to
7 increase under this subsection (b), the pensioner shall be
8 entitled to a lump sum payment of the amount of that increase
9 accruing from January 1, 1999 (or the date the pension began,
10 if later) to the effective date of this amendatory Act.
11 (c) Beginning January 1, 2000, the minimum retirement
12 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
13 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
14 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
15 surviving spouse's pension shall be $800 per month, without
16 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
17 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
18 Assembly.
19 (d) Beginning January 1, 2001, the minimum retirement
20 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
21 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
22 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
23 surviving spouse's pension shall be $1000 per month, without
24 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
25 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
26 Assembly.
27 (e) The minimum retirement pension payable to a
28 firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable service, the
29 minimum disability pension payable under Section 4-110,
30 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension
31 that are specified in subsection (d) shall each be increased
32 by 3% on January 1, 2002 and by an additional 3% (compounded)
33 on each January 1 thereafter. These increases apply without
34 regard to whether the retired, disabled, or deceased
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1 firefighter was in service on or after the effective date of
2 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
3 (Source: P.A. 91-466, eff. 8-6-99.)
4 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
5 Section 8.25 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new)
7 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
8 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
9 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
10 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.