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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2822
Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Heather Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Illinois Pension Code.
Allows a designated domestic partner to qualify as a surviving spouse for
purposes of survivor and death benefits. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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SB2822 |
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LRB096 17842 AMC 33210 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
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| Section 1-155 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/1-155 new) |
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| Sec. 1-155. Domestic partner eligibility. |
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| (a) Beginning July 1, 2010, an unmarried participant of any |
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| pension fund or retirement system created under this Code may |
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| designate a domestic
partner by filing a written designation |
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| with the pension fund or retirement system in the manner |
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| prescribed
by the pension fund or retirement system. The |
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| pension fund or retirement system may require reasonable |
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| evidence that the person designated meets the definition of |
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| domestic partner set forth in subsection (c).
Such a
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| designation is revocable at any time, but may not be made or |
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| changed more than
once in any 12-month period. The marriage of |
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| a participant automatically revokes
any designation of a |
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| domestic partner previously made by that participant.
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| (b) The designated domestic partner of a participant shall |
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| be eligible to
receive survivor and death benefits under this |
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| Code in the same manner
and subject to the same conditions as a |
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| surviving spouse. For the purposes
of determining eligibility |