Bill Text: IL HB0740 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the preservation of pension rights.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB0740 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB0740-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0740 Introduced , by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/22-601 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-601
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the preservation of pension rights.
LRB104 04634 RPS 14661 b
A BILL FOR
HB0740 LRB104 04634 RPS 14661 b
AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
changing Section 22-601 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/22-601) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-601)
Sec. 22-601. Preservation of pension rights. The The
provisions of "An Act authorizing municipal corporations to
preserve civil service and pension rights of their employees
inducted into or enlisting in the land or naval forces of the
United States, or ordered to active duty in the military or
naval forces of the State", approved March 26, 1941, and all
subsequent amendments and modifications thereof, to the extent
applicable, shall apply to preserve pension rights of
employees subject to this Code.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2034.)