PEN CD-GARS-FELONY INDICTMENT

Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, if a member or annuitant is indicted for or charged with a felony, then the Board shall suspend the payment to that person of any benefit provided under the General Assembly Article of the Code from the date of that indictment or charging to the date of conviction, entry of a plea of guilty, or acquittal or dismissal of charges for that offense. Provides that, if a member or annuitant is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony, other than a felony already requiring pension forfeiture under the General Assembly Article, then none of the benefits provided as a result of participation in the General Assembly Retirement System shall be paid to that person. Provides that a member or annuitant whose benefit payments are suspended and who is subsequently acquitted of or has charges dismissed for all offenses requiring suspension of those payments is entitled to all of the suspended payments that were due him or her and all earnings attributable to those payments. Effective immediately.