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91_HB1073
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing
2 Sections 7-109.3 and 7-132 and to amend the State Mandates
3 Act.
4 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5 represented in the General Assembly:
6 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
7 changing Sections 7-109.3 and 7-132 as follows:
8 (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)
9 Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees".
10 (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" means:
11 (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than
12 special deputies, employed on a full time basis in the
13 office of the sheriff.
14 (2) A person who has elected to participate in this
15 Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this Code, and who is
16 employed by a participating municipality to perform
17 police duties.
18 (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full
19 time basis by a Forest Preserve District, provided that
20 such officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's law enforcement
21 employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service
22 in that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a
23 sheriff's law enforcement employee, only if the board of
24 commissioners of the District have so elected by adoption
25 of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
26 may not be rescinded.
27 (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
28 established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
29 on a full-time basis by a participating municipality or
30 participating instrumentality to perform police duties at
31 an airport, but only if the governing authority of the
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1 employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee
2 status for its airport police employees by adoption of an
3 affirmative resolution. Such approval, once given, may
4 not be rescinded.
5 (5) A person not eligible to participate in a fund
6 established under Article 3 of this Code who is employed
7 on a full-time basis by a participating city, village, or
8 incorporated town to perform police duties.
9 (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement
10 employee and is granted military leave or authorized leave of
11 absence shall receive service credit in that capacity.
12 Sheriff's law enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
13 out of State service credit under Section 7-139.
14 (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
15 (40 ILCS 5/7-132) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-132)
16 Sec. 7-132. Municipalities, instrumentalities and
17 participating instrumentalities included and effective dates.
18 (A) Municipalities and their instrumentalities.
19 (a) The following described municipalities, but not
20 including any with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants, and the
21 instrumentalities thereof, shall be included within and be
22 subject to this Article beginning upon the effective dates
23 specified by the Board:
24 (1) Except as to the municipalities and
25 instrumentalities thereof specifically excluded under
26 this Article, every county shall be subject to this
27 Article, and all cities, villages and incorporated towns
28 having a population in excess of 5,000 inhabitants as
29 determined by the last preceding decennial or subsequent
30 federal census, shall be subject to this Article
31 following publication of the census by the Bureau of the
32 Census. Within 90 days after publication of the census,
33 the Board shall notify any municipality that has become
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1 subject to this Article as a result of that census, and
2 shall provide information to the corporate authorities of
3 the municipality explaining the duties and consequences
4 of participation. The notification shall also include a
5 proposed date upon which participation by the
6 municipality will commence.
7 However, for any city, village or incorporated town
8 that attains a population over 5,000 inhabitants after
9 having provided social security coverage for its
10 employees under the Social Security Enabling Act,
11 participation under this Article shall not be mandatory
12 (except as provided in subdivision (A)(a-5) of this
13 Section) but may be elected in accordance with
14 subparagraph (3) or (4) of this paragraph (a), whichever
15 is applicable.
16 (2) School districts, other than those specifically
17 excluded under this Article, shall be subject to this
18 Article, without election, with respect to all employees
19 thereof.
20 (3) Towns and all other bodies politic and
21 corporate which are formed by vote of, or are subject to
22 control by, the electors in towns and are located in
23 towns which are not participating municipalities on the
24 effective date of this Act, may become subject to this
25 Article by election pursuant to Section 7-132.1.
26 (4) Any other municipality (together with its
27 instrumentalities), other than those specifically
28 excluded from participation and those described in
29 paragraph (3) above, may elect to be included either by
30 referendum under Section 7-134 or by the adoption of a
31 resolution or ordinance by its governing body. A copy of
32 such resolution or ordinance duly authenticated and
33 certified by the clerk of the municipality or other
34 appropriate official of its governing body shall
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1 constitute the required notice to the board of such
2 action.
3 (a-5) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
4 Section, a city, village, or incorporated town with a
5 population of less than 1,000,000 that (i) does not otherwise
6 participate in the Fund and (ii) employs one or more
7 full-time police officers who do not participate in an
8 Article 3 police pension fund shall begin to participate in
9 this Fund with respect to those police officers no later than
10 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 the 91st General Assembly. A city, village, or incorporated
12 town required to participate in the Fund with respect to its
13 full-time police officers under this subdivision (a-5) need
14 not participate in the Fund with respect to its other
15 officers and employees. Participation in this Fund by a
16 city, village, or incorporated town with a population of less
17 than 1,000,000 with respect to its full-time police officers
18 who do not participate in an Article 3 police pension fund is
19 a matter of exclusive State power; this subdivision (a-5) is
20 a denial and limitation of home rule power under subsection
21 (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
22
23 (b) A municipality that is about to begin participation
24 shall submit to the Board an application to participate, in a
25 form acceptable to the Board, not later than 90 days prior to
26 the proposed effective date of participation. The Board
27 shall act upon the application within 90 days, and if it
28 finds that the application is in conformity with its
29 requirements and the requirements of this Article,
30 participation by the applicant shall commence on a date
31 acceptable to the municipality and specified by the Board,
32 but in no event more than one year from the date of
33 application.
34 (c) A participating municipality which succeeds to the
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1 functions of a participating municipality which is dissolved
2 or terminates its existence shall assume and be transferred
3 the net accumulation balance in the municipality reserve and
4 the municipality account receivable balance of the terminated
5 municipality.
6 (d) In the case of a Veterans Assistance Commission
7 whose employees were being treated by the Fund on January 1,
8 1990 as employees of the county served by the Commission, the
9 Fund may continue to treat the employees of the Veterans
10 Assistance Commission as county employees for the purposes of
11 this Article, unless the Commission becomes a participating
12 instrumentality in accordance with subsection (B) of this
13 Section.
14 (B) Participating instrumentalities.
15 (a) The participating instrumentalities designated in
16 paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be included within and
17 be subject to this Article if:
18 (1) an application to participate, in a form
19 acceptable to the Board and adopted by a two-thirds vote
20 of the governing body, is presented to the Board not
21 later than 90 days prior to the proposed effective date;
22 and
23 (2) the Board finds that the application is in
24 conformity with its requirements, that the applicant has
25 reasonable expectation to continue as a political entity
26 for a period of at least 10 years and has the prospective
27 financial capacity to meet its current and future
28 obligations to the Fund, and that the actuarial soundness
29 of the Fund may be reasonably expected to be unimpaired
30 by approval of participation by the applicant.
31 The Board shall notify the applicant of its findings
32 within 90 days after receiving the application, and if the
33 Board approves the application, participation by the
34 applicant shall commence on the effective date specified by
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1 the Board.
2 (b) The following participating instrumentalities, so
3 long as they meet the requirements of Section 7-108 and the
4 area served by them or within their jurisdiction is not
5 located entirely within a municipality having more than one
6 million inhabitants, may be included hereunder:
7 i. Township School District Trustees.
8 ii. Multiple County and Consolidated Health
9 Departments created under Division 5-25 of the Counties
10 Code or its predecessor law.
11 iii. Public Building Commissions created under the
12 Public Building Commission Act, and located in counties
13 of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
14 iv. A multitype, consolidated or cooperative
15 library system created under the Illinois Library System
16 Act. Any library system created under the Illinois
17 Library System Act that has one or more predecessors that
18 participated in the Fund may participate in the Fund upon
19 application. The Board shall establish procedures for
20 implementing the transfer of rights and obligations from
21 the predecessor system to the successor system.
22 v. Regional Planning Commissions created under
23 Division 5-14 of the Counties Code or its predecessor
24 law.
25 vi. Local Public Housing Authorities created under
26 the Housing Authorities Act, located in counties of less
27 than 1,000,000 inhabitants.
28 vii. Illinois Municipal League.
29 viii. Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area
30 Planning Commission.
31 ix. Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan Area
32 Planning Commission.
33 x. Illinois Association of Park Districts.
34 xi. Illinois Supervisors, County Commissioners and
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1 Superintendents of Highways Association.
2 xii. Tri-City Regional Port District.
3 xiii. An association, or not-for-profit
4 corporation, membership in which is authorized under
5 Section 85-15 of the Township Code.
6 xiv. Drainage Districts operating under the
7 Illinois Drainage Code.
8 xv. Local mass transit districts created under the
9 Local Mass Transit District Act.
10 xvi. Soil and water conservation districts created
11 under the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Law.
12 xvii. Commissions created to provide water supply
13 or sewer services or both under Division 135 or Division
14 136 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
15 xviii. Public water districts created under the
16 Public Water District Act.
17 xix. Veterans Assistance Commissions established
18 under Section 9 of the Military Veterans Assistance Act
19 that serve counties with a population of less than
20 1,000,000.
21 xx. The governing body of an entity, other than a
22 vocational education cooperative, created under an
23 intergovernmental cooperative agreement established
24 between participating municipalities under the
25 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, which by the terms of
26 the agreement is the employer of the persons performing
27 services under the agreement under the usual common law
28 rules determining the employer-employee relationship.
29 The governing body of such an intergovernmental
30 cooperative entity established prior to July 1, 1988 may
31 make participation retroactive to the effective date of
32 the agreement and, if so, the effective date of
33 participation shall be the date the required application
34 is filed with the fund. If any such entity is unable to
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1 pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then
2 the participating municipalities shall make payment of
3 the required contributions and the payments shall be
4 allocated as provided in the agreement or, if not so
5 provided, equally among them.
6 xxi. The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency.
7 xxii. The Waukegan Port District.
8 xxiii. The Fox Waterway Agency created under the
9 Fox Waterway Agency Act.
10 (c) The governing boards of special education joint
11 agreements created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code
12 without designation of an administrative district shall be
13 included within and be subject to this Article as
14 participating instrumentalities when the joint agreement
15 becomes effective. However, the governing board of any such
16 special education joint agreement in effect before September
17 5, 1975 shall not be subject to this Article unless the joint
18 agreement is modified by the school districts to provide that
19 the governing board is subject to this Article, except as
20 otherwise provided by this Section.
21 The governing board of the Special Education District of
22 Lake County shall become subject to this Article as a
23 participating instrumentality on July 1, 1997.
24 Notwithstanding subdivision (a)1 of Section 7-139, on the
25 effective date of participation, employees of the governing
26 board of the Special Education District of Lake County shall
27 receive creditable service for their prior service with that
28 employer, up to a maximum of 5 years, without any employee
29 contribution. Employees may establish creditable service for
30 the remainder of their prior service with that employer, if
31 any, by applying in writing and paying an employee
32 contribution in an amount determined by the Fund, based on
33 the employee contribution rates in effect at the time of
34 application for the creditable service and the employee's
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1 salary rate on the effective date of participation for that
2 employer, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
3 of the prior service to the date of payment. Application for
4 this creditable service must be made before July 1, 1998; the
5 payment may be made at any time while the employee is still
6 in service. The employer may elect to make the required
7 contribution on behalf of the employee.
8 The governing board of a special education joint
9 agreement created under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code
10 for which an administrative district has been designated, if
11 there are employees of the cooperative educational entity who
12 are not employees of the administrative district, may elect
13 to participate in the Fund and be included within this
14 Article as a participating instrumentality, subject to such
15 application procedures and rules as the Board may prescribe.
16 The Boards of Control of cooperative or joint educational
17 programs or projects created and administered under Section
18 3-15.14 of the School Code, whether or not the Boards act as
19 their own administrative district, shall be included within
20 and be subject to this Article as participating
21 instrumentalities when the agreement establishing the
22 cooperative or joint educational program or project becomes
23 effective.
24 The governing board of a special education joint
25 agreement entered into after June 30, 1984 and prior to
26 September 17, 1985 which provides for representation on the
27 governing board by less than all the participating districts
28 shall be included within and subject to this Article as a
29 participating instrumentality. Such participation shall be
30 effective as of the date the joint agreement becomes
31 effective.
32 The governing boards of educational service centers
33 established under Section 2-3.62 of the School Code shall be
34 included within and subject to this Article as participating
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1 instrumentalities. The governing boards of vocational
2 education cooperative agreements created under the
3 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and approved by the State
4 Board of Education shall be included within and be subject to
5 this Article as participating instrumentalities. If any such
6 governing boards or boards of control are unable to pay the
7 required employer contributions to the fund, then the school
8 districts served by such boards shall make payment of
9 required contributions as provided in Section 7-172. The
10 payments shall be allocated among the several school
11 districts in proportion to the number of students in average
12 daily attendance for the last full school year for each
13 district in relation to the total number of students in
14 average attendance for such period for all districts served.
15 If such educational service centers, vocational education
16 cooperatives or cooperative or joint educational programs or
17 projects created and administered under Section 3-15.14 of
18 the School Code are dissolved, the assets and obligations
19 shall be distributed among the districts in the same
20 proportions unless otherwise provided.
21 (d) The governing boards of special recreation joint
22 agreements created under Section 8-10b of the Park District
23 Code, operating without designation of an administrative
24 district or an administrative municipality appointed to
25 administer the program operating under the authority of such
26 joint agreement shall be included within and be subject to
27 this Article as participating instrumentalities when the
28 joint agreement becomes effective. However, the governing
29 board of any such special recreation joint agreement in
30 effect before January 1, 1980 shall not be subject to this
31 Article unless the joint agreement is modified, by the
32 districts and municipalities which are parties to the
33 agreement, to provide that the governing board is subject to
34 this Article.
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1 If the Board returns any employer and employee
2 contributions to any employer which erroneously submitted
3 such contributions on behalf of a special recreation joint
4 agreement, the Board shall include interest computed from the
5 end of each year to the date of payment, not compounded, at
6 the rate of 7% per annum.
7 (e) Each multi-township assessment district, the board
8 of trustees of which has adopted this Article by ordinance
9 prior to April 1, 1982, shall be a participating
10 instrumentality included within and subject to this Article
11 effective December 1, 1981. The contributions required under
12 Section 7-172 shall be included in the budget prepared under
13 and allocated in accordance with Section 2-30 of the Property
14 Tax Code.
15 (f) Beginning January 1, 1992, each prospective
16 participating municipality or participating instrumentality
17 shall pay to the Fund the cost, as determined by the Board,
18 of a study prepared by the Fund or its actuary, detailing the
19 prospective costs of participation in the Fund to be expected
20 by the municipality or instrumentality.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
22 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23 Section 8.23 as follows:
24 (30 ILCS 805/8.23 new)
25 Sec. 8.23. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
26 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
27 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
28 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.