Bill Text: IL HB1574 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) status for a person who is not eligible to participate in a downstate firefighter fund and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution and that the resolution shall be irrevocable. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart [HB1574 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB1574-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1574 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/7-109.3 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3
30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) status for a person who is not eligible to participate in a downstate firefighter fund and is employed on a full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if the governing authority of that municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. Provides that the resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be applicable to such employment occurring on or after the adoption of the resolution and that the resolution shall be irrevocable. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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A BILL FOR
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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 7-109.3 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
(a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:
(1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than
special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the
office of the sheriff.
(2) A person who has elected to participate in this
Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is
employed by a participating municipality to perform police
duties.
(3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time
basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that such
officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement
employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in
that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's
law enforcement employee, only if the board of
commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption
of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,

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may not be rescinded.
(4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or
participating instrumentality to perform police duties at
an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee
status for its airport police employees by adoption of an
affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may not
be rescinded.
(5) A person first hired on or after January 1, 2011
who (i) is employed by a participating municipality that
has both 30 or more full-time police officers and 50 or
more full-time firefighters and has not established a fund
under Article 3 or Article 4 of this Code and (ii) is
employed on a full-time basis by that participating
municipality to perform police duties or firefighting and
EMS duties; but only if the governing authority of that
municipality has approved sheriff's law enforcement
employee status for its police officer or firefighter
employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The
resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be
applicable to such employment occurring on or after the
adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall be
irrevocable, but shall automatically terminate upon the
establishment of an Article 3 or 4 fund by the

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municipality.
(6) A person who is not eligible to participate in a
fund established under Article 4 and is employed on a
full-time basis by a participating municipality to perform
duties as a paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT),
emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or
advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT); but only if
the governing authority of that municipality has approved
sheriff's law enforcement employee status for such
employees by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The
resolution must specify that SLEP status shall be
applicable to such employment occurring on or after the
adoption of the resolution. Such resolution shall be
irrevocable.
(b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement
employee and is granted military leave or authorized leave of
absence shall receive service credit in that capacity.
Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
out-of-State service credit under Section 7-139.
(Source: P.A. 100-354, eff. 8-25-17; 100-1097, eff. 8-26-18.)
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.49 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.49 new)
Sec. 8.49. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and

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