Bill Text: IL SB1670 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a police officer who previously participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) for service as a member of the police department of a municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police pension fund upon its creation under the Downstate Police Article shall, for the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits under that Article, be deemed to have become a police officer and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding whether that start date was before January 1, 2011. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-01-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0627 [SB1670 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB1670-Chaptered.html

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Public Act 101-0627
SB1670 Enrolled LRB101 08803 RPS 53891 b
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 adding
Section 3-111.5 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/3-111.5 new)
Sec. 3-111.5. Membership date; previous IMRF service with
the same municipality. A police officer who previously
participated in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
for service as a member of the police department of a
municipality and was transferred to that municipality's police
pension fund upon its creation under this Article shall, for
the purposes of determining the applicable tier of benefits
under this Article, be deemed to have become a police officer
and member of that municipality's police pension fund on the
date that he or she first participated in IMRF as a member of
the police department of that municipality, notwithstanding
whether that start date was before January 1, 2011.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.43 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)

Sec. 8.43. 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 101st General Assembly.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.