Amends the School Code with regard to the Chicago school district. Provides that no fingerprint images shall be required as part of the initial criminal background investigation conducted concerning incoming local school council members. Provides that these local school council members shall be required to submit their full name, sex, race, date of birth, and social security number. Provides that if the initial criminal background investigation indicates that the person has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit certain enumerated offenses, he or she shall be required to provide fingerprint images, and the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall furnish records of convictions, until expunged, to the president of the school board.
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Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Allows members of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund who elected to participate in the Fund under specified provisions concerning Chiefs of Police to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service under the Chicago Municipal Article with the Chicago Aviation Police to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund as sheriff's law enforcement employee service. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Increases the death benefit from $3,000 to $5,000. Authorizes the Fund to pay interest on separation benefits. Changes the vesting requirement for a retirement annuity from 8 years to 5 years. Makes a corresponding change in one part of the retirement formula. Changes the service requirement for being a member of the Board of Trustees, from 8 years to 5 years. Authorizes employers to increase disability benefits from 50% to 60% of earnings, with the resulting costs to be paid by the employer and employees. Deletes provisions limiting the retroactive payment of retirement benefits. Removes a provision limiting unused sick leave credit to credit from an employer with which the employee is in service within the 60 days before retirement. Allows an employee to receive a full pension after 30 years of service (rather than 35 years of service). Provides that no more than 24 months (rather than 12 months) of creditable service may be credited for unused sick leave. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Downstate Police and IMRF Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Creates additional liability for former employers of police chiefs who elect to transfer service credits from downstate police pension funds to 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 Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Changes the manner of computing the refund payable upon the death of a retired teacher. Also allows certain teachers who are certified but not appointed to establish certain optional service credits. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an offender committed to the Department of Corrections who commits a battery or aggravated battery while incarcerated in a facility of the Department of Corrections shall serve his or her sentence for the battery or aggravated battery concurrently with the sentence for the offense or offenses for which he or she was incarcerated at the time of the commission of the battery or aggravated battery. Provides that the sentence for the battery or aggravated battery shall run from the time of the commission of the battery or aggravated battery.
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.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "taxing district".
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the tax exemption for property used for religious purposes.