Bill Text: IL HB4701 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a police officer who previously participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) for service as a member of the police department of a municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police pension fund upon its creation under the Downstate Police Article shall, for the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits under that Article, be deemed to have become a police officer and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding whether that start date was before January 1, 2011. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4701 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4701-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
5Section 3-111.5 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/3-111.5 new)
7 Sec. 3-111.5. Membership date; previous IMRF service with
8the same municipality. A police officer who previously
9participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
10for service as a member of the police department of a
11municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police
12pension fund upon its creation under this Article shall, for
13the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits
14under this Article, be deemed to have become a police officer
15and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the
16date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of
17the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding
18whether that start date was before January 1, 2011.
19 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
20Section 8.42 as follows:
21 (30 ILCS 805/8.42 new)

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1 Sec. 8.42. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
2of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
4the 100th General Assembly.
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.
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