Bill Text: IL SB2404 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides for transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund according to a specified schedule beginning in FY 2016 and continuing until FY 2045 or until the retirement funds have achieved a 100% funding ratio, whichever is earlier. Amends the General Assembly, State Employee, State Universities and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the manner in which the annual required State contribution is calculated so that the affected systems are 100% funded by 2045. Provides that employee contributions to the retirement systems are increased an additional 1% on July 1, 2013 and 2% on July 1, 2014. Provides that the State is contractually obligated to each retirement plan participant and retiree to provide funding to the retirement systems according to the specified amortization schedule beginning in FY 2016 and continuing until FY 2045 or until the retirement funds have achieved a 100% funding ratio, whichever is earlier, in addition to the annual required State contribution certified by the Board for each fiscal year. Provides that each retirement system has the right to bring a mandamus action against the State to compel the State to make any installment of the annual required State contribution certified by the Board and the transfers required under the Budget Stabilization Act. Further provides that if a retirement system fails to bring a mandamus action against the State to compel the State to make any required installment, then any participant or retiree may bring such a mandamus action. Effective July 1, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 41-2)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2404 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB2404-Amended.html

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Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 5/9/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2404
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2404, AS AMENDED,
in Section 25, by replacing Sec. 20 with the following:
"(30 ILCS 122/20)
Sec. 20. Pension Stabilization Fund.
(a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be
used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated
retirement systems as provided in Section 25.
(b) For each fiscal year when the General Assembly's
appropriations and transfers or diversions as required by law
from general funds do not exceed 99% of the estimated general
funds revenues pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 10, the
Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund as
provided by this Section a total amount equal to 0.5% of the
estimated general funds revenues to the Pension Stabilization
Fund.

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(c) For each fiscal year through State fiscal year 2019,
when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
98% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
subsection (b) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
total amount equal to 1.0% of the estimated general funds
revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(c-10) In State fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the State Comptroller shall order transferred and
the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000,000 from the
General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
(c-15) The transfers made pursuant to subsection (c-10) of
this Section shall continue through State fiscal year 2045 or
until each of the designated retirement systems, as defined in
Section 25, has achieved the funding ratio prescribed by law
for that retirement system, whichever occurs first.
(d) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total amount
to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section into the
Pension Stabilization Fund on the first day of each month of
that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible; except that
the final transfer of the fiscal year shall be made as soon as
practical after the August 31 following the end of the fiscal
year.
Until State fiscal year 2020, before Before the final
transfer for a fiscal year is made, the Comptroller shall

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reconcile the estimated general funds revenues used in
calculating the other transfers under this Section for that
fiscal year with the actual general funds revenues for that
fiscal year. The final transfer for the fiscal year shall be
adjusted so that the total amount transferred under this
Section for that fiscal year is equal to the percentage
specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section, whichever
is applicable, of the actual general funds revenues for that
fiscal year. The actual general funds revenues for the fiscal
year shall be calculated in a manner consistent with subsection
(c) of Section 10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)".