Bill Text: IL HB1236 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the General Assembly to persons who become participants before January 1, 2014 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the General Assembly. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1236 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1236-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB1236 Introduced , by Rep. Ron Sandack SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/2-101 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101
40 ILCS 5/2-105 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105
Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Restricts participation in the General Assembly Retirement System by members of the General Assembly to persons who become participants before January 1, 2014 and provides that, beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new participants who are members of the General Assembly. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Sections 2-101 and 2-105 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/2-101) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-101)
Sec. 2-101. Creation of system. A retirement system is
created to provide retirement annuities, survivor's annuities
and other benefits for certain members of the General Assembly,
certain elected state officials, and their beneficiaries.
The system shall be known as the "General Assembly
Retirement System". All its funds and property shall be a trust
separate from all other entities, maintained for the purpose of
securing payment of annuities and benefits under this Article.
Participation in the retirement system created under this
Article by members of the General Assembly is restricted to
persons who become participants before January 1, 2014.
Beginning on that date, the System shall not accept any new
participants who are members of the General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
(40 ILCS 5/2-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-105)
Sec. 2-105. Member. "Member": Members of the General

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Assembly of this State, including persons who enter military
service while a member of the General Assembly, and any person
serving as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State,
Treasurer, Comptroller, or Attorney General for the period of
service in such office.
Any person who has served for 10 or more years as Clerk or
Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or any combination thereof,
may elect to become a member of this system while thenceforth
engaged in such service by filing a written election with the
board. Any person so electing shall be deemed an active member
of the General Assembly for the purpose of validating and
transferring any service credits earned under any of the funds
and systems established under Articles 3 through 18 of this
Code.
However, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Article, a member of the General Assembly shall not be deemed a
member for the purposes of this Article unless he or she became
a participant of the System before January 1, 2014.
(Source: P.A. 85-1008.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.