PEN CD-ART 3 & 4-FINANCING

Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if a pension fund has a reserve of less than the accrued liabilities of the fund, the board of the pension fund, in making its annual report to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality, shall designate the amount, calculated as a level percentage of payroll, needed annually to insure the accumulation of the reserve to the level of the fund's accrued liabilities over a period of 40 years from July 1, 2009 (was, from July 1, 1993). Amends the Downstate Fire Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning financing of funds through taxes, provides that the annual actuarial requirements of the pension fund are equal to (1) the normal cost of the pension fund, or 17.5% of the salaries and wages to be paid to firefighters for the year involved, whichever is greater, plus (2) the annual amount necessary to amortize the fund's unfunded accrued liabilities over a period of 40 years from July 1, 2009 (was, from July 1, 1993). Effective immediately.