96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1861


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Michael Bond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














40 ILCS 5/4-106
  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106



30 ILCS 805/8.33 new










    Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Includes any person employed in the municipality's fire service as a paramedic or EMT within the definition of "firefighter" for the purposes of the Article. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. 
















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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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    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 changing 
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Section 4-106 as follows:
 



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    (40 ILCS 5/4-106)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-106)



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    Sec. 4-106. Firefighter, firefighters. "Firefighter, 
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firefighters":

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    (a) In municipalities which have adopted Division 1 of 
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Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed 
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in the municipality's fire service
as a firefighter, fire 
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engineer, paramedic, EMT, marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb 
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technician
or scuba diver; and in any of these positions where 
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such person's duties also
include those of a firefighter as 
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classified by the Civil Service Commission of
that city, and 
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whose duty is to participate in the work of controlling and

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extinguishing fires at the location of any such fires.

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    (b) In municipalities which are subject to Division 2.1 of 
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Article 10 of the
Illinois Municipal Code, any person employed 
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by a city in its fire service as a
firefighter, fire engineer, 
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paramedic, EMT, marine engineer, fire pilot, bomb technician, 
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or
scuba diver; and, in any of these positions whose duties 
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also include those of
a firefighter and are certified in the 
 


 






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same manner as a firefighter in that
city.

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    (c) In municipalities which are subject to neither Division 
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1 nor Division
2.1 of Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal 
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Code, any person who would have
been included as a firefighter 
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under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above except that
he served as a 
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de facto and not as a de jure firefighter.

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    (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, 
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"firefighter"
does not include any person who is actively 
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participating in the State
Universities Retirement System 
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under subsection (h) of Section 15-107 with
respect to the 
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employment for which he or she is a participating employee in

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that System.

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    (e) This amendatory Act of 1977 does not affect persons 
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covered
by this Article prior to September 22, 1977.

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(Source: P.A. 90-576, eff. 3-31-98.)

 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.33 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
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    Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly.