Bill Text: IL SB1505 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Provisions, State Employees, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for the purposes of determining whether a person is a Tier 1 or Tier 2 member, a person who participated in the Judges Retirement System prior to January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system under the State Employees, State Universities, or Downstate Teacher Articles. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1505 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1505-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB1505 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. John G. Mulroe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/1-160
40 ILCS 5/14-103.41
40 ILCS 5/15-108.1
40 ILCS 5/16-106.41
Amends the General Provisions, State Employees, and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that for the purposes of determining whether a person is a Tier 1 or Tier 2 member, a person who participated in the Judges Retirement System prior to January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system under the State Employees, State Universities, or Downstate Teacher Articles. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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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 1-160, 14-103.41, 15-108.1, and 16-106.41 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/1-160)
Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
(a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
15 or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of
this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed
plan established under this Code, to any person with respect to
service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
7, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
under Section 22-101. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section, for purposes of this Section, a person who
participated in a retirement system under Article 15 prior to
January 1, 2011 shall be deemed a person who first became a
member or participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any
retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section. The

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changes made to this Section by Public Act 98-596 are a
clarification of existing law and are intended to be
retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public
Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-103.1
of this Code.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section,
for purposes of this Section, a person who participated in a
retirement system under Article 18 prior to January 1, 2011
shall be deemed a person who first became a member or
participant prior to January 1, 2011 under any retirement
system under Article 14 or 16.
This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 for
that Article, unless that person elects under subsection (b) of
Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided under
this Section and the applicable provisions of that Article.
This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161 for
that Article, unless that person elects under subsection (b) of
Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided under
this Section and the applicable provisions of that Article.
This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits under
Section 1-161.

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This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
which he or she is a member or participant.
(b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
years) of service in which the total salary or earnings
calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
(1) In Article 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
enforcement employees), "final rate of earnings".
(2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
withdrawal".
(3) In Article 13, "average final salary".

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(4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
(5) In Article 17, "average salary".
(6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him
at the date of retirement or discharge".
(b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
(c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age

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67 (beginning January 1, 2015, age 65 with respect to service
under Article 12 of this Code that is subject to this Section)
and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
A member or participant who has attained age 62 (beginning
January 1, 2015, age 60 with respect to service under Article
12 of this Code that is subject to this Section) and has at
least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
of this Section.
(c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other provision
of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a retirement
annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written application
if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least 10 years of
service credit and is otherwise eligible under the requirements
of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code, whichever is
applicable.
(d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
is retiring after attaining age 62 (beginning January 1, 2015,
age 60 with respect to service under Article 12 of this Code
that is subject to this Section) with at least 10 years of
service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
month that the member's age is under age 67 (beginning January

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1, 2015, age 65 with respect to service under Article 12 of
this Code that is subject to this Section).
(d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5) of
this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10 years
of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each
full month that the member's age is under age 65.
(d-10) Each person who first became a member or participant
under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or after January
1, 2011 and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 100th General Assembly shall make an irrevocable
election either:
(i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
participant agreeing to the increases in employee
contributions for age and service annuities provided in
subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section 11-170 of
this Code (for service under Article 11); or
(ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
(d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service

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under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
this Code (for service under Article 11).
The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person subject
to this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection who
fails for any reason to make the required election within the
time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have made
the election under item (ii).
(e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either
on or after the attainment of age 67 (beginning January 1,
2015, age 65 with respect to service under Article 12 of this
Code that is subject to this Section and beginning on the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly, age 65 with respect to service under Article 8 or
Article 11 for eligible persons who: (i) are subject to
subsection (c-5) of this Section; or (ii) made the election
under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of this Section) or the
first anniversary of the annuity start date, whichever is
later. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
is less, of the originally granted retirement annuity. If the
annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price

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index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
annuity shall not be increased.
For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
100th General Assembly are applicable without regard to whether
the employee was in active service on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
(f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
participant who first became a member or participant on or
after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
participant who has not retired and who first became a member
or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
66 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the annuity
if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.

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Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
increased.
(g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire protection
service of a department, a security employee of the Department
of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a
security employee of the Department of Innovation and
Technology, as those terms are defined in subsection (b) and
subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets the
requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity
calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of
the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person
has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of
eligible creditable service and has attained age 60, regardless
of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is
still in service.
(h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity

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or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
member or participant under any other system or fund created by
this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
termination of that employment, the person's retirement
annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
applicable Article of this Code.
If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
contractual basis a position to provide services to a
governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then that
person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an active
employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and

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required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
(i) (Blank).
(j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
provisions of this Section shall control.
(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17;
100-563, eff. 12-8-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1166, eff.
1-4-19.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-103.41)
Sec. 14-103.41. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A member of
this System who first became a member or participant before
January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system or
pension fund established under this Code other than a
retirement system or pension fund established under Article 2,
3, 4, 5, or 6, or 18 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
(40 ILCS 5/15-108.1)
Sec. 15-108.1. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A
participant or an annuitant of a retirement annuity under this
Article, other than a participant in the self-managed plan
under Section 15-158.2, who first became a participant or

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member before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement
system or pension fund established under this Code, other than
a retirement system or pension fund established under Articles
2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, or 18 of this Code. "Tier 1 member" includes a
person who first became a participant under this System before
January 1, 2011 and who accepts a refund and is subsequently
reemployed by an employer on or after January 1, 2011.
(Source: P.A. 98-92, eff. 7-16-13.)
(40 ILCS 5/16-106.41)
Sec. 16-106.41. Tier 1 member. "Tier 1 member": A member
under this Article who first became a member or participant
before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal retirement system
or pension fund established under this Code other than a
retirement system or pension fund established under Article 2,
3, 4, 5, or 6, or 18 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.