Bill Text: IL SB1236 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Local Government Officer Compensation Act and Counties Code. Provides that an elected officer of a unit of local government, including county board members, shall not receive a salary or other compensation from the unit of local government if the member is receiving pension benefits from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund for the elected official's service in that same elected position and, if a current officer is receiving benefits, then reduces the official's salary and compensation to zero at the beginning of the official's next term. Limits home rule powers. Further amends the Counties Code. Provides that a chairman of a county board who is chosen by the board may be removed, for cause or without cause, upon a motion adopted by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the board and the chairman removed maintains his or her status as a member of the county board. Includes procedures to replace the chairman. Provides that a vendor wishing to contract with a county for goods and services in an amount greater than $30,000 shall disclose to the county, prior to a county board's vote on the contract, any familial relationship between the vendor and specified county officials. Requires the county board to notify newly elected countywide officials elected in or after November 2016 of the option for an auditor to conduct a transitional audit at the county's expense (limiting home rule powers). Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides for removal of officers of a forest preserve district board and procedures to replace the officers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-5)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0544 [SB1236 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1236-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1236 Introduced 2/6/2019, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/7-137.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137.1
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person who holds elective office as a member of a county board, notwithstanding whether he or she has not elected to participate in the Fund with respect to that office or has revoked his or her election to participate with respect to that office, shall be disqualified from receiving a retirement annuity until he or she no longer holds that elective office. Provides that the changes apply without regard to whether the person is in service on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Makes a conforming change.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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
Section 7-137.1 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/7-137.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-137.1)
Sec. 7-137.1. Elected officials.
(a) A person holding an elective office who has elected to
participate in the Fund while in that office may revoke that
election and cease participating in the Fund by notifying the
Board in writing before January 1, 1992.
Upon such revocation, the person shall forfeit all
creditable service earned while holding that office, and the
Board shall refund to the person, without interest, all
employee contributions paid for the forfeited creditable
service. The Board shall also refund or credit to the employing
municipality, without interest, the employer contributions
relating to the forfeited service, except those for death and
disability.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this
Section, notwithstanding Notwithstanding the provisions of
Sections 7-141 and 7-144, beginning January 1, 1992, a person
who holds an elective office and has not elected to participate

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in the Fund with respect to that office (or has revoked his
election to participate with respect to that office under
subsection (a) of this Section) shall not be disqualified from
receiving a retirement annuity by reason of holding such
office, provided that the annuity is not based on any credits
received for participating while holding that office.
(c) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly, a person who holds elective
office as a member of a county board, notwithstanding whether
he or she has not elected to participate in the Fund with
respect to that office or has revoked his or her election to
participate with respect to that office under subsection (a) of
this Section, shall be disqualified from receiving a retirement
annuity until he or she no longer holds that elective office.
Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, the changes made by this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly apply without
regard to whether the person is in service on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 87-740.)