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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-214 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/5-214) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-214)
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7 | Sec. 5-214. Credit for other service. Any participant in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | this fund (other
than a member of the fire department of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | city) who has rendered service
as a member of the police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | department of the city for a period of 3 years
or more is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | entitled to credit for the various purposes of this Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | for
service rendered prior to becoming a member or subsequent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | thereto for the
following periods:
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14 | (a) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | department assigned or
detailed to investigative, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | protective, security or police work for the park
district | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of the city, the department of the Port of Chicago or the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | sanitary
district in which the city is located.
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19 | (b) As a temporary police officer in the city or while | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | serving in the
office of the mayor or in the office of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | corporation counsel, as a
member of the city council of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | the city, as an employee of the Policemen's
Annuity and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Benefit Fund created by this Article, as the head
of an |
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1 | organization whose membership consists of members of the | ||||||
2 | police
department, the Public Vehicle License Commission | ||||||
3 | and the board of election
commissioners of the city, | ||||||
4 | provided that, in each of these cases and for all periods | ||||||
5 | specified in this item (b), including those beginning | ||||||
6 | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
7 | 97th General Assembly, the police officer is on leave and | ||||||
8 | continues to remain in sworn status, subject to the | ||||||
9 | professional standards of the public employer or those | ||||||
10 | terms established in statute.
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11 | (c) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||
12 | department of the city and assigned or detailed to | ||||||
13 | perform: (1) performing safety or investigative work as an | ||||||
14 | employee for the County of Cook, the State of Illinois, or | ||||||
15 | the federal government; or (2) county in which
such city | ||||||
16 | is principally located or for the State of Illinois or for | ||||||
17 | the
federal government, on leave of absence from the | ||||||
18 | department of police, or
while performing investigative | ||||||
19 | work for the department while employed as a civilian
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20 | employee of the police department of the city . | ||||||
21 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board | ||||||
22 | shall reconsider an application for credit for service for | ||||||
23 | any active policeman assigned or detailed to perform | ||||||
24 | safety or investigative work as an employee for the County | ||||||
25 | of Cook, if such application under this item (c) that was | ||||||
26 | submitted after January 1, 1992 and before April 1, 2008 |
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1 | and was denied.
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2 | The changes made to this item (c) by this amendatory | ||||||
3 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly requiring an applicant | ||||||
4 | to have been on a leave of absence from the police | ||||||
5 | department of the city in order to obtain the requested | ||||||
6 | service credit while assigned or detailed to perform | ||||||
7 | safety or investigative work as an employee for the County | ||||||
8 | of Cook or assigned or detailed to perform investigative | ||||||
9 | work for the department while employed as a civilian | ||||||
10 | employee of the police department of the city are | ||||||
11 | operative beginning January 1, 2021. | ||||||
12 | In this item (c), "investigative work" requires a | ||||||
13 | systematic inquiry into the obtainment and examination of | ||||||
14 | facts and evidence and does not include the simple | ||||||
15 | gathering of information.
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16 | (d) While on leave of absence from the police | ||||||
17 | department of the city
and serving as the chief of police | ||||||
18 | of a police department outside the city.
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19 | No credit shall be granted in this fund, however, for this | ||||||
20 | service if (1) the
policeman has credit therefor in any other | ||||||
21 | annuity and benefit fund , or (2) the policeman has not, within | ||||||
22 | 5 years after the date his application has been approved, but | ||||||
23 | prior to his date of retirement, contributed
unless he | ||||||
24 | contributes to this fund the amount he would have contributed
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25 | with interest had he remained an active member of the police | ||||||
26 | department
in the position he occupied as a result of a civil |
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1 | service competitive
examination, certification and appointment | ||||||
2 | by the Civil Service Board; or
in the case of a city operating | ||||||
3 | under the provisions of a personnel ordinance
the position he | ||||||
4 | occupied as a result of a personnel ordinance competitive
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5 | examination certification and appointment under the authority | ||||||
6 | of a Municipal
Personnel ordinance.
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7 | Concurrently with such contributions, the city shall | ||||||
8 | contribute the amounts
provided by this Article. No credit | ||||||
9 | shall be allowed for any period of
time for which | ||||||
10 | contributions by the policeman have not been paid. It is the | ||||||
11 | sole responsibility of the policeman to ensure that all sums | ||||||
12 | contributed by the policeman have been received by the fund | ||||||
13 | for the service credit for which the policeman has applied. | ||||||
14 | The period
of service rendered by such policeman prior to the | ||||||
15 | date he became a member
of the police department of the city or | ||||||
16 | while detailed, assigned or on leave
of absence and employed | ||||||
17 | in any of the departments set forth hereinabove
in this | ||||||
18 | Section for which such policeman has contributed to this fund | ||||||
19 | shall
be credited to him as service for all the purposes of | ||||||
20 | this Article, except
that he shall not have any of the rights | ||||||
21 | conferred by the provisions of
Sections 5-127 and 5-162 of | ||||||
22 | this Article.
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23 | The changes in this Section made by Public Act 86-273 | ||||||
24 | shall apply to members
of the fund who have not begun receiving | ||||||
25 | a pension under this Article on August
23, 1989, without | ||||||
26 | regard to whether employment is terminated before that date.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 100-1173, eff. 6-1-19 .)
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2 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
3 | Section 8.45 as follows:
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4 | (30 ILCS 805/8.45 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 8.45. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and | ||||||
6 | 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for | ||||||
7 | the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory | ||||||
8 | Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
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