Bill Text: IL HB5919 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Police and Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if at any time the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance finds that a pension has been calculated using compensation that should not have been included in salary or final average salary, then the beneficiary of that pension shall pay back to the fund an amount equal to the benefit incurred by using that compensation. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5919 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5919-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 changing
5Sections 3-144.2, 3-148, and 4-139 and by adding Section
64-138.10 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/3-144.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-144.2)
8 Sec. 3-144.2. Mistake in benefit.
9 (a) If the Fund mistakenly sets any benefit at an incorrect
10amount, it shall recalculate the benefit as soon as may be
11practicable after the mistake is discovered.
12 (b) If the benefit was mistakenly set too low, the Fund
13shall make a lump sum payment to the recipient of an amount
14equal to the difference between the benefits that should have
15been paid and those actually paid, plus interest at the
16prescribed rate from the date the unpaid amounts accrued to the
17date of payment.
18 (c) If the benefit was mistakenly set too high, the Fund
19may recover the amount overpaid from the recipient thereof,
20including interest at the prescribed rate from the date of
21overpayment to the date of recovery, either directly or by
22deducting such amount from the remaining benefits payable to
23the recipient. If the overpayment is recovered by deductions

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1from the remaining benefits payable to the recipient, the
2monthly deduction shall not exceed 10% of the corrected monthly
3benefit amount, unless otherwise agreed to by the recipient of
4the benefit.
5 However, if (i) the amount of the benefit was mistakenly
6set too high, and (ii) the error was undiscovered for 3 years
7or longer, and (iii) the error was not the result of incorrect
8information supplied by the affected participant or
9beneficiary, then upon discovery of the mistake the benefit
10shall be adjusted to the correct level, but the recipient of
11the benefit need not repay to the Fund the excess amounts
12received in error.
13 (d) In the event of any conflict between this Section and
14the Administrative Review Law, including but not limited to any
15period established under that Law having the effect of limiting
16the time in which a mistake in benefit may be corrected, this
17Section is intended to control.
18 The amount of any overpayment, due to fraud,
19misrepresentation or error, of any pension or benefit granted
20under this Article may be deducted from future payments to the
21recipient of such pension or benefit.
22(Source: P.A. 82-623.)
23 (40 ILCS 5/3-148) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-148)
24 Sec. 3-148. Administrative review. Except as provided in
25Section 3-144.2, pertaining to the correction of mistakes in

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1benefits, the The provisions of the Administrative Review Law,
2and all amendments and modifications thereof and the rules
3adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all
4proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative
5decisions of the retirement board provided for under this
6Article. The term "administrative decision" is as defined in
7Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
8(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
9 (40 ILCS 5/4-138.10 new)
10 Sec. 4-138.10. Mistake in benefit.
11 (a) If the Fund mistakenly sets any benefit at an incorrect
12amount, it shall recalculate the benefit as soon as may be
13practicable after the mistake is discovered.
14 (b) If the benefit was mistakenly set too low, the Fund
15shall make a lump sum payment to the recipient of an amount
16equal to the difference between the benefits that should have
17been paid and those actually paid, plus interest at the
18prescribed rate from the date the unpaid amounts accrued to the
19date of payment.
20 (c) If the benefit was mistakenly set too high, the Fund
21may recover the amount overpaid from the recipient thereof,
22including interest at the prescribed rate from the date of
23overpayment to the date of recovery, either directly or by
24deducting such amount from the remaining benefits payable to
25the recipient. If the overpayment is recovered by deductions

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1from the remaining benefits payable to the recipient, the
2monthly deduction shall not exceed 10% of the corrected monthly
3benefit amount, unless otherwise agreed to by the recipient of
4the benefit.
5 However, if (i) the amount of the benefit was mistakenly
6set too high, and (ii) the error was undiscovered for 3 years
7or longer, and (iii) the error was not the result of incorrect
8information supplied by the affected participant or
9beneficiary, then upon discovery of the mistake the benefit
10shall be adjusted to the correct level, but the recipient of
11the benefit need not repay to the Fund the excess amounts
12received in error.
13 (d) In the event of any conflict between this Section and
14the Administrative Review Law, including but not limited to any
15period established under that Law having the effect of limiting
16the time in which a mistake in benefit may be corrected, this
17Section is intended to control.
18 (40 ILCS 5/4-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-139)
19 Sec. 4-139. Administrative review. Except as provided in
20Section 4-138.10, pertaining to the correction of mistakes in
21benefits, the The provisions of the Administrative Review Law,
22and all amendments and modifications thereof and the rules
23adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all
24proceedings for the judicial review of final administrative
25decisions of the retirement board provided for under this

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1Article. The term "administrative decision" is as defined in
2Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
3(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.
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