Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any moneys received by an elected official from the State of Illinois for service in that capacity shall be deemed earnings unless specifically excluded. Changes the provisions defining and specifying the manner of designating a beneficiary. With respect to persons establishing service credit for periods spent on a leave of absence, removes a provision requiring application within 2 years. Removes obsolete language relating to the payment of federal social security contributions to the Fund. Provides that an employee whose disability determination or medical examination results are at issue before the Board may request that the portion of the Board meeting or committee hearing concerning the disability determination or medical examination be closed to the public. Provides that if a retiring employee has accumulated nonconcurrent service with more than one participating municipality or participating instrumentality, aggregate municipality charges shall be prorated among all nonfinal employers based on service credit and projected earnings with those employers and, for the final employer, municipality charges shall be based on the remaining cost of the employee's pension. Makes a technical correction. Provides that each county with current or former elected county officers participating in the alternative annuity program shall have a separate employer contribution rate computed for those elected officers, and provides that those officers shall be treated as a separate unit within the Fund. In the provisions relating to employer pick-up of employee contributions, requires pick-up of employee contributions under the alternative program for elected county officers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Pension Code. Accelerates the initial annual increase in retirement pension to the January following the first anniversary of retirement. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for a one-time increase in certain retirement and survivor's annuities. Declares it to be the public policy of this State and the intention of the General Assembly to protect annuitants against significant decreases in the purchasing power of retirement and survivor's annuities. Directs the retirement system to review and report on significant changes in purchasing power. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Raises the maximum allowable service retirement pension from 75% to 80% of average salary. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Limits what the Board may reimburse for the cost of health care insurance coverage to 75% of the cost for recipients of a service retirement, disability retirement, or survivor's pension and removes other provisions limiting the reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of State Police may revoke the Firearm Owner's Identification Card of a person who fails to report the loss or theft of a firearm to the Department within 72 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the possession of each firearm in violation of various laws concerning the unlawful use of weapons, unlawful use or possession of firearms by a felon, unlawful possession of firearms or firearm ammunition, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon constitutes a single and separate violation. Provides that the exemption from the waiting period for the sale of a firearm to a law enforcement officer applies only if the seller knew that the person to whom he or she was selling the firearm was a law enforcement officer. Provides that the application for the purchase of a firearm shall be in writing and shall state: (1) the name of the purchaser, (2) the purchaser's address, (3) that the purchaser has a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card, and (4) that the firearm may be sold only to the person who initially made the written application for the firearm. Provides that if a person who possesses a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card and who acquires a firearm thereafter loses the firearm, or if the firearm is stolen, the person must report the loss or theft to the Department of State Police within 72 hours after obtaining knowledge of the loss or theft. Provides that the failure to report the loss or theft is a petty offense for a first violation and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent violation. Effective immediately.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a change in the required contribution for transfer of credits to IMRF from a downstate police pension fund for certain police chiefs who participate in IMRF. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides for a one-time increase in certain retirement and survivor's annuities. Declares it to be the public policy of this State and the intention of the General Assembly to protect annuitants against significant decreases in the purchasing power of retirement and survivor's annuities. Directs the retirement system to review and report on significant changes in purchasing power. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "taxing district".
Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Pension Code. Provides that salary received on or after July 1, 1999 for overtime, summer school, and other optional service shall be included in the calculation of salary for pension purposes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.