Bill Text: IL HB3116 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Creates the Public Pension Abuse Abatement Act. Authorizes and directs the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State with any other state to end abuse of public pension programs. Provides that the compacting states shall agree that no governmental employer under the jurisdiction of any state shall pay wages or salary to any public pension fund annuitant unless that annuitant elects to suspend his or her pension for the duration of his or her employment. Sets out provisions of the compact concerning definitions, the effective date, and construction and severability. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3116 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB3116-Introduced.html


97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3116

Introduced , by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act

Creates the Public Pension Abuse Abatement Act. Authorizes and directs the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State with any other state to end abuse of public pension programs. Provides that the compacting states shall agree that no governmental employer under the jurisdiction of any state shall pay wages or salary to any public pension fund annuitant unless that annuitant elects to suspend his or her pension for the duration of his or her employment. Sets out provisions of the compact concerning definitions, the effective date, and construction and severability. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning State government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public
5Pension Abuse Abatement Act.
6 Section 5. Public Pension Abuse Abatement Compact. The
7Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact
8on behalf of this State with any other state or states legally
9joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
10
PUBLIC PENSION ABUSE ABATEMENT COMPACT
11 The compacting states solemnly agree:
12
ARTICLE I:
13
FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
14 (a) It is common practice and a form of pension abuse for
15an individual to receive a public retirement annuity and then
16return to work and receive wages or salary from a governmental
17employer while continuing to receive their retirement annuity.
18This practice allows for an individual to receive multiple
19streams of revenue from governmental employers.
20 (b) The purpose of a retirement annuity is to provide
21retirement income and security to an individual at the end of
22his or her lifespan. It is not the purpose of a retirement
23annuity to supplement an individual's salary.

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1 (c) The goal of this compact is to end the practice of an
2individual receiving a retirement annuity based upon public
3service and then returning to work and receiving wages or
4salary from a public employer.
5 (d) Each compacting state agrees to enact the following
6hiring policy:
7 No governmental employer under the jurisdiction of any
8 state that agrees to this compact shall pay wages or salary
9 to any public pension fund annuitant unless that public
10 pension fund annuitant elects to suspend his or her pension
11 for the duration of his or her employment.
12
ARTICLE II:
13
DEFINITIONS
14 As used in this compact, unless the context clearly
15requires a different construction:
16 "Public retirement annuity" means a retirement annuity
17paid to an individual that is based on service with a
18governmental employer.
19 "Governmental employer" means an employer financed through
20public funds, the employees of which are eligible to
21participate in a public pension plan.
22 "Public pension fund annuitant" means an individual
23receiving a public retirement annuity.
24
ARTICLE III:
25
EFFECTIVE DATE
26 This compact shall enter into force and become effective

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1and binding when it has been enacted by the legislature of any
2state of the Union and thereafter shall enter into force and
3become effective and binding as to any other state when enacted
4by its legislature.
5
ARTICLE IV:
6
CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY
7 The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed
8and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or
9provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the
10constitution of any participating state or of the United
11States, or the applicability of this compact to any government,
12agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity
13of the remainder of this compact and its applicability to any
14government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be
15affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the
16constitution of any state participating therein, the compact
17shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining
18states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as
19to all severable matters.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.
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