Bill Text: IL HB0161 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal (IMRF) Article of the Pension Code. Makes park police eligible for the sheriff's law enforcement employee formula. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0161 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0161-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
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5 | Section 7-109.3 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
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7 | Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
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8 | (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:
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9 | (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | special deputies,
employed on a full time basis in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | office of the sheriff.
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12 | (2) A person who has elected to participate in this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Fund under Section
3-109.1 of this Code, and who is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | employed by a participating municipality
to perform police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | duties.
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16 | (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | basis by a Forest
Preserve District, provided that such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's
law enforcement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in
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20 | that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | law enforcement
employee, only if the board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | commissioners of the District have so
elected by adoption | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
may |
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1 | not be rescinded.
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2 | (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund | ||||||
3 | established under
Article 3 of this Code who is employed on | ||||||
4 | a full-time basis by a
participating municipality or | ||||||
5 | participating instrumentality to perform
police duties at | ||||||
6 | a park or an airport, but only if the governing
authority | ||||||
7 | of the employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement | ||||||
8 | employee
status for its airport police employees by | ||||||
9 | adoption of an affirmative
resolution. Such approval, once | ||||||
10 | given, may not be rescinded.
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11 | (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement employee | ||||||
12 | and is granted
military leave or authorized leave of absence | ||||||
13 | shall receive service credit in
that capacity. Sheriff's law | ||||||
14 | enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
out-of-State | ||||||
15 | service credit under Section 7-139.
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16 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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17 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
18 | Section 8.33 as follows:
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19 | (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
21 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
22 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
23 | the 96th General Assembly.
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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