Bill Text: IL HB5684 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Police, the Chicago Police, and the Chicago Municipal Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for automatic annual increases in widow's annuities or surviving spouse pensions payable to the surviving spouses of police officers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-09 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5684 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5684-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5684 Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. John A. Fritchey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/3-112 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-112
40 ILCS 5/5-132.3 new
40 ILCS 5/8-150.2 new
30 ILCS 805/8.34 new
Amends the Downstate Police, the Chicago Police, and the Chicago Municipal Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for automatic annual increases in widow's annuities or surviving spouse pensions payable to the surviving spouses of police officers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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
Sections 3-112, 5-132.3, and 8-150.2 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/3-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-112)
Sec. 3-112. Pension to survivors.
(a) Upon the death of a police officer entitled to a
pension under Section 3-111, the surviving spouse shall be
entitled to the pension to which the police officer was then
entitled. Upon the death of the surviving spouse, or upon the
remarriage of the surviving spouse if that remarriage
terminates the surviving spouse's eligibility under Section
3-121, the police officer's unmarried children who are under
age 18 or who are dependent because of physical or mental
disability shall be entitled to equal shares of such pension.
If there is no eligible surviving spouse and no eligible child,
the dependent parent or parents of the officer shall be
entitled to receive or share such pension until their death or
marriage or remarriage after the death of the police officer.
(b) Upon the death of a police officer while in service,
having at least 20 years of creditable service, or upon the
death of a police officer who retired from service with at

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least 20 years of creditable service, whether death occurs
before or after attainment of age 50, the pension earned by the
police officer as of the date of death as provided in Section
3-111 shall be paid to the survivors in the sequence provided
in subsection (a) of this Section.
(c) Upon the death of a police officer while in service,
having at least 10 but less than 20 years of service, a pension
of 1/2 of the salary attached to the rank or ranks held by the
officer for one year immediately prior to death shall be
payable to the survivors in the sequence provided in subsection
(a) of this Section. If death occurs as a result of the
performance of duty, the 10 year requirement shall not apply
and the pension to survivors shall be payable after any period
of service.
(d) Beginning July 1, 1987, a minimum pension of $400 per
month shall be paid to all surviving spouses, without regard to
the fact that the death of the police officer occurred prior to
that date. If the minimum pension established in Section
3-113.1 is greater than the minimum provided in this
subsection, the Section 3-113.1 minimum controls.
(e) The pension of the surviving spouse of a police officer
who dies (i) on or after January 1, 2001, (ii) without having
begun to receive either a retirement pension payable under
Section 3-111 or a disability pension payable under Section
3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6, and (iii) as a result of
sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or resulting from the

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performance of an act of duty shall not be less than 100% of
the salary attached to the rank held by the deceased police
officer on the last day of service, notwithstanding any
provision in this Article to the contrary.
(f) The pension of a surviving spouse payable on January 1,
2010 shall be recalculated and increased to reflect the amount
that the surviving spouse would have received in January 2010
had the surviving spouse been receiving an increase of 3% of
the originally granted pension for each year he or she received
pension payments. The pension of a surviving spouse that begins
after January 1, 2010 shall be increased on the January 1 next
occurring after the pension begins, by an amount equal to 3% of
the originally granted pension.
On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
under this subsection (f), each surviving spouse annuity shall
be increased by 3% of the pension payable at the time of the
increase, including any increases previously granted under
this Article.
(Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
(40 ILCS 5/5-132.3 new)
Sec. 5-132.3. Automatic annual increase in widow's
annuity.
(a) A widow's annuity payable on January 1, 2010 shall be
recalculated and increased to reflect the amount that the widow
would have received in January 2010 had the widow been

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receiving an increase of 3% of the originally granted annuity
for each year he or she received a widow's annuity. A widow's
annuity that begins after January 1, 2010 shall be increased on
the January 1 next occurring after the annuity begins, by an
amount equal to 3% of the originally granted annuity.
On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
under this Section, the widow's annuity shall be increased by
an amount equal to 3% of the amount of the widow's annuity
payable at the time of the increase, including any increases
previously granted under this Article.
(b) Limitations on the maximum amount of the widow's
annuity imposed under Section 5-148 do not apply to the annual
increases provided under this Section.
(c) The increases provided under this Section also apply to
compensation annuities and supplemental annuities payable
under Section 5-144. The increases provided under this Section
do not apply to term annuities.
(40 ILCS 5/8-150.2 new)
Sec. 8-150.2. Automatic annual increase in widow's
annuity.
(a) A widow's annuity payable to the widow of a police
officer on January 1, 2010 shall be recalculated and increased
to reflect the amount that the widow would have received in
January 2010 had the widow been receiving an increase of 3% of
the originally granted annuity for each year he or she received

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a widow's annuity. A widow's annuity payable to the widow of a
police officer that begins after January 1, 2010 shall be
increased on the January 1 next occurring after the annuity
begins, by an amount equal to 3% of the originally granted
annuity.
On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
under this Section, the widow's annuity shall be increased by
an amount equal to 3% of the amount of the widow's annuity
payable at the time of the increase, including any increases
previously granted under this Article.
(b) Limitations on the maximum amount of widow's annuity
imposed under Section 8-154 do not apply to the annual
increases provided under this Section.
(c) The increases provided under this Section also apply to
compensation annuities and supplemental annuities payable
under Section 8-151. The increases provided under this Section
do not apply to term annuities.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.34 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.34 new)
Sec. 8.34. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 96th General Assembly.

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.