Bill Text: IL HB4080 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if benefits are forfeited because a participant was convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in in connection with his or her service as a member, then the amount of any benefits paid to the participant prior to the forfeiture must be subtracted from the amount of any refund that the participant may be entitled to. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-27 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4080 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB4080-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB4080 Introduced , by Rep. David Harris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/2-156 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-156
Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that if benefits are forfeited because a participant was convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in in connection with his or her service as a member, then the amount of any benefits paid to the participant prior to the forfeiture must be subtracted from the amount of any refund that the participant may be entitled to. Effective immediately.
LRB099 03496 RPS 23504 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB4080 LRB099 03496 RPS 23504 b
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
Section 2-156 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/2-156) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-156)
Sec. 2-156. Felony conviction.
(a) None of the benefits herein provided for shall be paid
to any person who is convicted of any felony relating to or
arising out of or in connection with his or her service as a
member.
If benefits are forfeited under this Section, then the
amount of any benefits paid to the participant under this
Article prior to the forfeiture must be subtracted from the
amount of any refund that the participant may be entitled to
under this Article.
(b) This Section shall not operate to impair any contract
or vested right acquired prior to July 11, 1955 under any law
or laws continued in this Article, nor to preclude the right to
a refund.
All participants entering service subsequent to July 11,
1955 shall be deemed to have consented to the provisions of
this Section as a condition of participation.

HB4080 - 2 - LRB099 03496 RPS 23504 b
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.