Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, for policemen born on or after January 1, 1955 but before January 1, 1960, beginning on January 1, 2011, automatic annual increases shall be 3% and such policemen shall not be subject to the 30% maximum increase. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner in a Department of Corrections facility who is serving a sentence for the offense of domestic battery or aggravated domestic battery committed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall receive no good conduct credit and shall serve the entire sentence imposed by the court.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that retiree members of the city health care plans shall pay no higher premium, and shall receive no lower level of benefits, than the active employee members with the same Medicare status. Pre-empts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the minimum retirement annuity to $1,300 (was, $1,050). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the retirement formula. Bases the annuity on final salary (or salary during the last year of service, if greater), rather than on the average of the 4 highest years of service during the last 10. Increases the accrual rate from 2.5% to 5% of that salary for years in excess of 20. Increases the maximum annuity from 75% to 80% of that salary. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a Veterans Administration hospital for participation in an EMS system. Defines "Veterans Administration hospital" to mean a health care facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that has been certified by a nationally recognized certifying body approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and that has applied for participation in an EMS system. Effective immediately.

Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that whenever a State or local law enforcement agency becomes aware that an inhabitable property has been contaminated by its use as a clandestine methamphetamine drug lab, the agency shall report the contamination to the Department of State Police and to the local public health officer. Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain a list of inhabitable property that has been reported as contaminated, and the list must be made available to the public through a website. Provides that the property shall be removed from the list when the contamination has been removed. Provides that once an inhabitable property has been removed from the list, a property owner, landlord, or real estate agent is not required to report or otherwise disclose the past contamination.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that any federal disability benefit awarded to a veteran for a service-connected disability pursuant to 38 U.S.C 11 is exempt from claims of creditors and from judgment, attachment, levy, seizure by or under any legal or equitable process, or distress for rent. Effective immediately.

Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that certain disabled police officers who are receiving a disability pension on the effective date of the amendatory Act and who apply within 60 days after that effective date and annually thereafter while the pension remains payable shall be eligible to receive an annual noncompounded increase in his or her disability pension equal to 3% of the original pension. Deletes language providing that within 60 days after accepting an initial application, the Fund shall pay to the disabled police officer, in a lump sum without interest, the amounts resulting from the annual increases that have accrued retroactively. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that credit for certain service other than service under the Article may be granted only to a person who first became a participant in the fund before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.