Bill Text: IL SB2821 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a Section relating to a person who first becomes a fireman on or after January 1, 2011: (1) deletes provisions specifying the amount of annuity for a surviving child or parent; (2) provides for payment of a specified survivor's annuity to the surviving spouse of an active fireman with at least 10 years of actual service; and (3) provides for payment of a minimum widow's annuity to every surviving spouse, regardless of whether the deceased fireman was in service or had less than 10 years of actual service. Specifies that the changes relating to the newly defined annuities apply without regard to whether the death of the deceased fireman may have occurred prior to the effective date. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2821 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB2821-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB2821 Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. John G. Mulroe SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/6-229
Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a Section relating to a person who first becomes a fireman on or after January 1, 2011: (1) deletes provisions specifying the amount of annuity for a surviving child or parent; (2) provides for payment of a specified survivor's annuity to the surviving spouse of an active fireman with at least 10 years of actual service; and (3) provides for payment of a minimum widow's annuity to every surviving spouse, regardless of whether the deceased fireman was in service or had less than 10 years of actual service. Specifies that the changes relating to the newly defined annuities apply without regard to whether the death of the deceased fireman may have occurred prior to the effective date. 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
Section 6-229 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/6-229)
Sec. 6-229. Provisions applicable to new hires.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
the provisions of this Section apply to a person who first
becomes a fireman under this Article on or after January 1,
2011.
(b) A fireman age 55 or more who has 10 or more years of
service in that capacity shall be entitled at his option to
receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a
fireman computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such
service by his or her final average salary.
The retirement annuity of a fireman who is retiring after
attaining age 50 with 10 or more years of creditable service
shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each month that the
fireman's age is under age 55.
The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (b)
shall be 75% of final average salary.
For the purposes of this subsection (b), "final average

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salary" means the average monthly salary obtained by dividing
the total salary of the fireman during the 96 consecutive
months of service within the last 120 months of service in
which the total salary was the highest by the number of months
of service in that period.
Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under this
Code (including without limitation the calculation of benefits
and employee contributions), the annual salary 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.
(c) Subject to subsection (d), but notwithstanding
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, for a
person who first becomes a fireman under this Article on or
after January 1, 2011, the annuity to which the surviving
spouse is , children, or parents are entitled under this
subsection (c) shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
fireman's retirement annuity earned pension at the date of the
fireman's death.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
monthly annuity of a surviving spouse survivor of a person who

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first becomes a fireman under this Article on or after January
1, 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 after attainment of
age 60 by the recipient of the survivor's pension and each
January 1 thereafter by 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted
percentage increase in the consumer price index-u for the 12
months ending with 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 a 12-month period ending in
September is zero or, when compared with the preceding period,
decreases, then the annuity shall not be increased.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of
this Section:
(1) Any surviving spouse of a deceased fireman shall be
paid an amount no less than the amount of the minimum
widow's annuity, as provided for in Section 6-128.4.
(2) If the deceased fireman was an active fireman at
the time of his or her death and had completed at least 10
years of creditable service, the surviving spouse shall be
entitled to an amount equal to 66 2/3% of the retirement
annuity that the deceased fireman would have been eligible
to receive under subsection (b) of this Section, based upon
the actual service accrued through the day before the
fireman's death and as if the fireman had attained age 55
on the day before his or her death and retired on that day.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the

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monthly annuity provided for in this subsection (d) of a
surviving spouse of a person who first becomes a fireman under
this Article on or after January 1, 2011 shall be increased on
the January 1 after attainment of age 60 by the recipient of
the survivor's annuity and on each January 1 thereafter by 3%
or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the
consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with 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 a 12-month
period ending in September is zero or, when compared with the
preceding period, decreases, then the annuity shall not be
increased.
The provisions of this subsection (d) apply without regard
to whether the death of the deceased fireman may have occurred
prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly.
(e) For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 99th
General Assembly apply without regard to whether the fireman
was in service on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.