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Summary

Amends the Pension Impact Note Act. Requires that a pension impact note for legislation affecting downstate police and downstate firefighter pension funds must demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation on at least 25 municipalities with the pension funds. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes concerning prohibited transactions by fiduciaries of a pension fund established under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article (Article 3 or 4), examinations of pension funds, and witnesses and adds provisions concerning consulting services, prohibitions on gifts for members of a board of trustees of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, fraudulent claims for disability pensions by police officers and firefighters, award of benefits, publication of a notice regarding the fiscal status of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, and a report by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability on pension funds established under Article 3 or 4. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

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The recent changes to Bill SB 2090 clarify how the funding for licensing and regulating various professions is handled. Specifically, it ensures that if the fees collected from a particular profession are not enough to cover their regulatory costs, the remaining expenses will be covered by other revenue sources. This amendment is important because it aims to protect the financial stability of these regulatory processes, making sure that they are adequately funded, regardless of fluctuations in collected fees.

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*LRB09519185AMC45427b* SB2090 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2008 SB2090 Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen.
SB2090 Engrossed LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Susan Garrett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
See Index Amends the Pension Impact Note Act.
Requires that a pension impact note for legislation affecting downstate police and downstate firefighter pension funds must demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation on at least 25 municipalities with the pension funds.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code.
Makes changes concerning prohibited transactions by fiduciaries of a pension fund established under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article (Article 3 or 4), examinations of pension funds, and witnesses and adds provisions concerning consulting services, prohibitions on gifts for members of a board of trustees of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, fraudulent claims for disability pensions by police officers and firefighters, award of benefits, publication of a notice regarding the fiscal status of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, and a report by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability on pension funds established under Article 3 or 4.
Makes other changes.
Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Effective immediately.
LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b CORRECTIONAL FISCAL NOTE ACT BUDGET AND MAY APPLY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT STATE MANDATES NOTE ACT MAY ACT MAY REQUIRE APPLY REIMBURSEMENT A BILL FOR SB2090 LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Section 5.
Section 3.
The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 2105-300 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2105/2105-300) (was 20 ILCS 2105/61e) Sec.
2105-300.
Professions Indirect Cost Fund;
allocations;
analyses.
(a) Appropriations for the direct and allocable indirect costs of licensing and regulating each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry are intended to be payable from the fees and fines that are assessed and collected from that profession, trade, occupation, or industry, to the extent that those fees and fines are sufficient.
In any fiscal year in which the fees and fines generated by a specific profession, trade, occupation, or industry are insufficient to finance the necessary direct and allocable indirect costs of licensing and regulating that profession, trade, occupation, or industry, the remainder of those costs shall be financed from appropriations payable from revenue sources other than fees and fines.
The direct and allocable indirect costs of the Department identified in its cost allocation plans that are not SB2090 Engrossed - 2 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b attributable to the licensing and regulation of a specific profession, trade, or occupation, or industry or group of professions, trades, occupations, or industries shall be financed from appropriations from revenue sources other than fees and fines.
(b) The Professions Indirect Cost Fund is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.
Except as provided in subsection (e), the The Fund may receive transfers of moneys authorized by the Department from the cash balances in special funds that receive revenues from the fees and fines associated with the licensing of regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries by the Department.
Moneys in the Fund shall be invested and earnings on the investments shall be retained in the Fund.
Subject to appropriation, the Department shall use moneys in the Fund to pay the ordinary and necessary allocable indirect expenses associated with each of the regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries.
(c) Before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare a cost allocation analysis to be used in establishing the necessary appropriation levels for each cost purpose and revenue source.
At the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Department shall prepare a cost allocation analysis reflecting the extent of the variation between how the costs were actually financed in that year and the planned cost allocation for that year.
Variations between the planned and actual cost allocations for the prior fiscal year shall be SB2090 Engrossed - 3 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b adjusted into the Department’s planned cost allocation for the next fiscal year.
Each cost allocation analysis shall separately identify the direct and allocable indirect costs of each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry and the costs of the Department’s general public health and safety purposes.
The analyses shall determine whether the direct and allocable indirect costs of each regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry and the costs of the Department’s general public health and safety purposes are sufficiently financed from their respective funding sources.
The Department shall prepare the cost allocation analyses in consultation with the respective regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries and shall make copies of the analyses available to them in a timely fashion.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the The Department may direct the State Comptroller and Treasurer to transfer moneys from the special funds that receive fees and fines associated with regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries into the Professions Indirect Cost Fund in accordance with the Department’s cost allocation analysis plan for the applicable fiscal year.
For a given fiscal year, the Department shall not direct the transfer of moneys under this subsection from a special fund associated with a specific regulated profession, trade, occupation, or industry (or group of professions, trades, occupations, or SB2090 Engrossed - 4 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b industries) in an amount exceeding the allocable indirect costs associated with that profession, trade, occupation, or industry (or group of professions, trades, occupations, or industries) as provided in the cost allocation analysis for that fiscal year and adjusted for allocation variations from the prior fiscal year.
No direct costs identified in the cost allocation plan shall be used as a basis for transfers into the Professions Indirect Cost Fund or for expenditures from the Fund.
(e) No transfer may be made to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund under this Section from the Public Pension Regulation Fund.
(Source:
P.A.
94-91, eff.
7-1-05.) Section 5.
(a) The pension impact note shall be factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be (except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)), and shall provide a reliable estimate of the impact of the bill on any public pension systems to be effected by it, in dollars where appropriate, and, in addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure.
(a) The pension impact note shall be factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall provide a reliable estimate of the impact of the bill on any public pension systems to be effected by it, in dollars where appropriate, and, in addition, it shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure.
If, after careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar estimate is possible, the note shall contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no dollar estimate can be given.
If, after careful investigation, it is SB2090 Engrossed - 5 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b determined that no dollar estimate is possible, the note shall contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons why no dollar estimate can be given.
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(b) The pension impact note for any legislation or amendment that would result in an increase in benefits, a modification of how benefits are disbursed, or increase costs SB2090 - 2 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b to a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 of the Illinois Pension Code must demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation being considered on at least 25 municipalities with such pension funds.
(b) The pension impact note for any legislation or amendment that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability determines would result in an increase in benefits or increased costs to a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4 of the Illinois Pension Code may demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation being considered on selected individual municipalities with such pension funds.
Every 2 years, beginning with the year in which this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly takes effect, a statewide association representing municipalities shall submit a list of 25 municipal funds to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to be used for the fulfillment of the requirements of this Section.
79-1397.) Section 10.
79-1397.) Section 7.
The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing Sections 1-110, 1-113.5, 1A-104, 1A-112, 1-113.5, 3-115, 3-136, 4-112, and 4-123.1 and by adding Sections 1-125, 3-141.1, 3-143.1, 3-146, 3-151, 4-130.1, 4-134.1, 4-136, 22-1004 as follows:
The State Finance Act is amended by changing Section 8f as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/8f) Sec.
8f.
Public Pension Regulation Fund.
The Public Pension Regulation Fund is created in the State Treasury.
Except as otherwise provided in the Illinois Pension Code, all money received by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, as successor to the Illinois Department of Insurance, under the Illinois Pension Code shall be paid into the Fund.
Moneys in the Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under Section SB2090 Engrossed - 6 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b 2105-300 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
The State Treasurer promptly shall invest the money in the Fund, and all earnings that accrue on the money in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
No money may be transferred from this Fund to any other fund.
The General Assembly may make appropriations from this Fund for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Public Pension Division of the Illinois Department of Insurance.
(Source:
P.A.
94-91, eff.
7-1-05.) Section 10.
The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing Sections 1-110, 1-113.5, 1A-104, 3-143, and 4-134 and by adding Sections 1-125, 3-141.1, 3-144.5, 4-138.5, and 22-1004 as follows:
(1) Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from a SB2090 - 3 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund for more than adequate consideration.
(1) Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund for more than adequate consideration.
(2) Lending of money or other extension of credit from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund with the provision of excessive security or an unreasonably high rate of interest.
SB2090 Engrossed - 7 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit from the retirement system or pension fund to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund with the provision of excessive security or an unreasonably high rate of interest.
or SB2090 - 4 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with the retirement system or pension fund in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the retirement system or pension fund.
or (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with the retirement system SB2090 Engrossed - 8 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b or pension fund in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the retirement system or pension fund.
88-535.) SB2090 - 5 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (40 ILCS 5/1-113.5) Sec.
88-535.) (40 ILCS 5/1-113.5) Sec.
(a) The board of trustees of a pension fund may appoint investment advisers as defined in Section 1-101.4.
SB2090 Engrossed - 9 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (a) The board of trustees of a pension fund may appoint investment advisers as defined in Section 1-101.4.
No contract to provide such consulting services may SB2090 - 6 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b be renewed or extended.
No contract to provide such consulting services may be renewed or extended.
At the end of the term of a contract, however, the contractor is eligible to compete for a new contract.
At the end of the term of a contract, however, the contractor is eligible to compete for a new SB2090 Engrossed - 10 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b contract.
SB2090 - 7 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b The contract shall include all of the following:
The contract shall include all of the following:
(1) acknowledgement in writing by the investment adviser that he or she is a fiduciary with respect to the pension fund;
(1) acknowledgement in writing by the investment SB2090 Engrossed - 11 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b adviser that he or she is a fiduciary with respect to the pension fund;
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each investment adviser and SB2090 - 8 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b consultant providing services on the effective date or subject to an existing contract for the provision of services must disclose to the board of trustees all direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation paid by or on behalf of the investment adviser or consultant in connection with the provision of those services and shall update that disclosure promptly after a modification of those payments or an additional payment.
Within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, each investment adviser and consultant providing services on the effective date or subject to an existing contract for the provision of services must SB2090 Engrossed - 12 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b disclose to the board of trustees all direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and other compensation paid by or on behalf of the investment adviser or consultant in connection with the provision of those services and shall update that disclosure promptly after a modification of those payments or an additional payment.
(d) Investment services provided by a person other than an investment adviser appointed under this Section, including but not limited to services provided by the kinds of persons listed in items (1) through (4) of subsection (a), shall be rendered SB2090 - 9 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b only after full written disclosure of direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and any other compensation that shall or may be received by the person rendering those services.
(d) Investment services provided by a person other than an investment adviser appointed under this Section, including but not limited to services provided by the kinds of persons listed in items (1) through (4) of subsection (a), shall be rendered only after full written disclosure of direct and indirect fees, commissions, penalties, and any other compensation that shall SB2090 Engrossed - 13 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b or may be received by the person rendering those services.
(1) "Board" means (i) the board of trustees of a pension fund created under Article 3 or 4 of this Code.
"Gift" means a gift as defined in Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
(2) "Gift" means a gift as defined in Section 1-5 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
"Prohibited source" means a person or entity who:
(3) "Prohibited source" is a person or entity who:
or (iv) is registered or required to be registered with the Secretary of State under the Lobbyist SB2090 - 10 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b Registration Act, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source does not become a prohibited source merely because a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its board of directors.
or (iv) is registered or required to be registered with the Secretary of State under the Lobbyist Registration Act, except that an entity not otherwise a prohibited source does not become a prohibited source merely because a registered lobbyist is one of its members or serves on its board of directors.
(b) No board member shall solicit or accept any gift from a prohibited source or from an officer, agent, or employee of a prohibited source.
SB2090 Engrossed - 14 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (b) No trustee of a board created under Article 3 or 4 of this Code shall intentionally solicit or accept any gift from any prohibited source as prescribed in Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, including the exceptions contained in Section 10-15 of that Act, other than paragraphs (4) and (5) of that Section.
No prohibited source or officer, agent, or employee of a prohibited source shall offer to a board member or employee any gift.
Solicitation or acceptance of educational materials, however, is not prohibited.
(c) Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
For the purposes of this Section, references to "State employee" and "employee" in Article 10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act shall include a trustee of a board created under Article 3 or 4 of this Code.
(c) A municipality may adopt or maintain policies or ordinances that are more restrictive than those set forth in this Section and may continue to follow any existing policies or ordinances that are more restrictive or are in addition to those set forth in this Section.
(d) Violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.
However, in lieu of making an examination and investigation, the Division may accept and rely upon a report of audit or examination of any pension fund made by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions of the Article of this Code governing the pension fund.
However, in lieu of making an examination and investigation, the Division may accept and rely upon a report of audit or examination of any SB2090 Engrossed - 15 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b pension fund made by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to the provisions of the Article of this Code governing the pension fund.
The Department may implement a flexible system of SB2090 - 11 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b examinations under which it directs resources as it deems necessary or appropriate.
The Department may implement a flexible system of examinations under which it directs resources as it deems necessary or appropriate.
(3) a review of policies and procedures maintained for the administration and operation of the pension fund;
(3) a review of policies and procedures maintained for SB2090 Engrossed - 16 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b the administration and operation of the pension fund;
(5) a determination of whether or not the administrative policies in force are in accord with the purposes of the statutory provisions and effectively SB2090 - 12 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b protect and preserve the rights and equities of the participants;
(5) a determination of whether or not the administrative policies in force are in accord with the purposes of the statutory provisions and effectively protect and preserve the rights and equities of the participants;
The Director, upon request, shall grant a hearing to the officers or trustees of the pension fund or their duly appointed representatives, upon any facts contained in the report of examination.
The Director, upon request, shall grant a hearing to the officers or trustees of the pension fund or their duly SB2090 Engrossed - 17 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b appointed representatives, upon any facts contained in the report of examination.
8-22-97.) SB2090 - 13 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (40 ILCS 5/1A-112) Sec.
8-22-97.) (40 ILCS 5/3-141.1 new) Sec.
1A-112.
Fees.
(a) Every pension fund that is required to file an annual statement under Section 1A-109 shall pay to the Department an annual compliance fee.
In the case of a pension fund under Article 3 or 4 of this Code, the annual compliance fee shall be 0.02% (2 basis points) of the total assets of the pension fund, as reported in the most current annual statement of the fund, but not more than $8,000.
In the case of all other pension funds and retirement systems, the annual compliance fee shall be $8,000.
(b) The annual compliance fee shall be due on June 30 for the following State fiscal year, except that the fee payable in 1997 for fiscal year 1998 shall be due no earlier than 30 days following the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
(c) Any information obtained by the Division that is available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act and is either compiled in published form or maintained on a computer processible medium shall be furnished upon the written request of any applicant and the payment of a reasonable information services fee established by the Director, sufficient to cover the total cost to the Division of compiling, processing, maintaining, and generating the information.
The information may be furnished by means of published copy or on a computer processed or computer processible medium.
SB2090 - 14 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b No fee may be charged to any person for information that the Division is required by law to furnish to that person.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all fees and penalties collected by the Department under this Code shall be deposited into the Public Pension Regulation Fund.
(e) Fees collected under subsection (c) of this Section and money collected under Section 1A-107 shall be deposited into the Department’s Statistical Services Revolving Fund and credited to the account of the Public Pension Division.
This income shall be used exclusively for the purposes set forth in Section 1A-107.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 408.2 of the Illinois Insurance Code, no surplus funds remaining in this account shall be deposited in the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund.
All money in this account that the Director certifies is not needed for the purposes set forth in Section 1A-107 of this Code shall be transferred to the Public Pension Regulation Fund.
(f) Nothing in this Code prohibits the General Assembly from appropriating funds from the General Revenue Fund to the Department for the purpose of administering or enforcing this Code.
(g) No transfers may be made from the Public Pension Regulation Fund that would reduce the available resources in the Fund.
(Source:
P.A.
93-32, eff.
7-1-03.) SB2090 - 15 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (40 ILCS 5/3-115) (from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
3-115) Sec.
3-115.
Certificate of disability.
(a) A disability pension shall not be paid unless there is filed with the board certificates of the police officer’s disability, subscribed and sworn to by the police officer if not under legal disability, or by a representative if the officer is under legal disability, and by the police surgeon (if there be one) and 3 practicing physicians selected by the board.
The board may require other evidence of disability.
Medical examination of a police officer retired for disability shall be made at least once each year prior to attainment of age 50, as verification of the continuance of disability for service as a police officer.
No examination shall be required after age 50.
(b) It is unlawful for any police officer to do any of the following:
(1)Intentionally present or cause to be presented any false or fraudulent claim for disability pension.
(2)Intentionally make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining a disability pension.
(3)Intentionally make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent material statement in the course of an investigation of fraud.
(4)Intentionally assist, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person or other entity to commit any of the acts SB2090 - 16 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b set forth in this Section.
For the purposes of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection (b), the term "statement" includes any writing, notice, proof of injury, bill for services, hospital or doctor records and reports, X-ray, or test results.
Any police officer violating this subsection (b) is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Any police officer convicted of any violation of this Section shall be ordered to pay complete restitution to any entity so defrauded in addition to any fine or sentence imposed as a result of the conviction.
Any person convicted of fraud related to a disability pension pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the Criminal Code of 1961 and shall be ineligible to receive or retain any compensation, disability, or medical benefits as defined in this Act, the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act if the compensation, disability, or medical benefits were owed or received as a result of fraud for which the recipient of the compensation, disability, or medical benefit was convicted.
This subsection (b) applies to acts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
Any person convicted of fraud who knowingly obtains, attempts to obtain, or causes to be obtained any benefits under this Code by the making of a false claim or who knowingly misrepresents any material fact shall be civilly SB2090 - 17 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b liable to the payor of benefits or assignee in an amount equal to 3 times the value of the benefits wrongfully obtained or twice the value of the benefits attempted to be obtained, plus reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the payor or assignee who successfully brings a claim under this subsection (b).
This subsection (b) applies to acts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
(Source:
P.A.
83-1440.) (40 ILCS 5/3-136) (from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
3-136) Sec.
3-136.
Witnesses.
To subpoena witnesses.
(a) To compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the administration of this Article, in the manner provided by law for the taking of testimony in the circuit courts of this State.
The president, or any board member, may administer oaths to witnesses.
(b) If not otherwise a party to a hearing involving an officer or member of the police department, the employer municipality shall be permitted to appear as a matter of right.
(Source:
P.A.
83-1440.) (40 ILCS 5/3-141.1 new) Sec.
Unless the municipal treasurer is already responsible for calculating the amount of benefit payments expended from the Fund, no benefit shall be SB2090 - 18 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b awarded until the municipality, in a timely manner, reviews and verifies all benefit calculations.
Prior to the board’s determination of benefits, the board shall provide, in writing, the total amount of the annuity for a member and all information used in the calculation of that benefit to the Treasurer of the municipality.
The verification process shall not exceed a period of 60 days.
If the Treasurer is of the opinion that the calculated annuity is incorrect, the Treasurer shall immediately notify the board.
(40 ILCS 5/3-143.1 new) Sec.
The board shall review the Treasurer’s findings, and if the Board concurs that an error exists it shall re-determine the annuity so that it is calculated in accordance with the Illinois Pension Code.
3-143.1.
(40 ILCS 5/3-143) (from Ch.
Public notice;
publication.
At the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall, at its own expense, publish within a local newspaper of general circulation in the municipality a notice that includes the fiscal status of the pension fund, all amounts dispersed in benefits during the fiscal year, and the total number of recipients who received or are in receipt of the benefits.
The information provided shall at a minimum include (1) the assets of the fund along with their current market value;
(2) the amount of unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of unfunded liability;
(3) the actual investment return experienced by the fund during the fiscal year;
and (4) the required tax levy actuarially recommended to meet the financial obligations of the fund.
(40 ILCS 5/4-112) (from Ch.
4-112) Sec.
3-143) Sec.
4-112.
3-143.
Determination of disability;
Report by pension board.
restoration to active service;
(a) The pension board shall report annually to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality on the condition of the pension fund at the end of its most recently completed fiscal year.
disability cannot constitute cause for discharge.
The report shall be made prior to the council or board meeting held for the levying of taxes for the SB2090 Engrossed - 18 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b year for which the report is made.
(a) A disability pension shall not be paid until disability has been established by the board by examinations of the SB2090 - 19 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b firefighter at pension fund expense by 3 physicians selected by the board and such other evidence as the board deems necessary.
The pension board shall certify and provide the following information to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality:
The 3 physicians selected by the board need not agree as to the existence of any disability or the nature and extent of a disability.
(1) the total assets of the fund in its custody at the end of the fiscal year and the current market value of those assets;
Medical examination of a firefighter receiving a disability pension shall be made at least once each year prior to attainment of age 50 in order to verify continuance of disability.
(2) the estimated receipts during the next succeeding fiscal year from deductions from the salaries of police officers, and from all other sources;
No examination shall be required after age 50.
(3) the estimated amount required during the next succeeding fiscal year to (a) pay all pensions and other obligations provided in this Article, and (b) to meet the annual requirements of the fund as provided in Sections 3-125 and 3-127;
No physical or mental disability that constitutes, in whole or in part, the basis of an application for benefits under this Article may be used, in whole or in part, by any municipality or fire protection district employing firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics as cause for discharge.
and (4) the total net income received from investment of assets along with the assumed investment return and actual investment return received by the fund during its most recently completed fiscal year, compared to the total net such income, assumed investment return, and actual investment return received during the preceding fiscal year;.
Upon satisfactory proof to the board that a firefighter on the disability pension has recovered from disability, the board shall terminate the disability pension.
(5) the total number of active employees who are financially contributing to the fund;
The firefighter shall report to the marshal or chief of the fire department, who shall thereupon order immediate reinstatement into active service, and the municipality shall immediately return the firefighter to its payroll, in the same rank or grade held at the date he or she was placed on disability pension.
(6) the total amount that was disbursed in benefits during the fiscal year, including the number of and total SB2090 Engrossed - 19 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b amount disbursed to (i) annuitants in receipt of a regular retirement pension, (ii) recipients being paid a disability pension, and (iii) survivors and children in receipt of benefits;
If the firefighter must file a civil action against the municipality to enforce his or her mandated return to payroll under this paragraph, then the firefighter is entitled to recovery of reasonable court costs and attorney’s fees.
(7) the funded ratio of the fund;
(b) The firefighter shall be entitled to 10 days notice SB2090 - 20 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b before any hearing or meeting of the board at which the question of his or her disability is to be considered, and shall have the right to be present at any such hearing or meeting, and to be represented by counsel;
(8) the unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of the unfunded liability;
however, the board shall not have any obligation to provide such fireman with counsel.
and (9) the investment policy of the pension board under the statutory investment restrictions imposed on the fund.
(c) It is unlawful for any firefighter to do any of the following:
Before the pension board makes its report, the municipality shall have the assets of the fund and their current market value verified by an independent certified public accountant of its choice.
(1) Intentionally present or cause to be presented any false or fraudulent claim for disability pension.
(b) The municipality is authorized to publish the report submitted under this Section.
(2) Intentionally make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent material statement or material representation for the purpose of obtaining a disability pension.
This publication may be made, without limitation, by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or by publication on the municipality’s Internet website.
(3) Intentionally make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent material statement in the course of an investigation of fraud.
If the municipality publishes the report, then that publication must include all of the information submitted by the pension board under subsection (a).
(4) Intentionally assist, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person or other entity to commit any of the acts set forth in this Section.
(Source:
For the purposes of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection (c), the term "statement" includes any writing, notice, proof of injury, bill for services, hospital or doctor records and reports, X-ray, or test results.
Any firefighter violating this subsection (c) is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Any firefighter convicted of any violation of this Section shall be ordered to pay complete restitution to SB2090 - 21 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b any entity so defrauded in addition to any fine or sentence imposed as a result of the conviction.
Any person convicted of fraud related to a disability pension pursuant to this subsection (c) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the Criminal Code of 1961 and shall be ineligible to receive or retain any compensation, disability, or medical benefits as defined in this Act, the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act, the Line of Duty Compensation Act, and the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act if the compensation, disability, or medical benefits were owed or received as a result of fraud for which the recipient of the compensation, disability, or medical benefit was convicted.
This subsection (c) applies to acts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
Any person convicted of fraud who knowingly obtains, attempts to obtain, or causes to be obtained any benefits under this Code by the making of a false claim or who knowingly misrepresents any material fact shall be civilly liable to the payor of benefits or assignee in an amount equal to 3 times the value of the benefits wrongfully obtained or twice the value of the benefits attempted to be obtained, plus reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the payor or assignee who successfully brings a claim under this subsection (c).
This subsection (c) applies to acts occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
SB2090 - 22 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (Source:
95-681, eff.
90-507, eff.
10-11-07.) (40 ILCS 5/4-123.1) (from Ch.
8-22-97.) (40 ILCS 5/3-144.5 new) Sec.
3-144.5.
Fraud.
Any person, member, trustee, or SB2090 Engrossed - 20 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b employee of the board who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of a fund in any attempt to defraud such fund as a result of such act, or intentionally or knowingly defrauds a fund in any manner, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(40 ILCS 5/4-134) (from Ch.
4-123.1) Sec.
4-134) Sec.
4-123.1.
4-134.
Witnesses.
Report for tax levy.
To subpoena witnesses.
The board shall report to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality on the condition of the pension fund at the end of its most recently completed fiscal year.
(a) To compel witnesses to attend and testify before it upon all matters connected with the administration of this Article, in the manner provided by law for the taking of testimony before the circuit court.
The report shall be made prior to the council or board meeting held for appropriating and levying taxes for the year for which the report is made.
The president, or any member of the Board, may administer oaths to such witnesses.
The pension board in the report shall certify and provide the following information to the city council or board of trustees of the municipality:
(b) If not otherwise a party to a hearing involving an officer or member of the fire department, the employer municipality shall be permitted to appear as a matter of right.
(1) the total assets of the fund and their current market value of those assets;
(2) the estimated receipts during the next succeeding fiscal year from deductions from the salaries or wages of firefighters, and from all other sources;
(3) the estimated amount necessary during the fiscal year to meet the annual actuarial requirements of the pension fund as provided in Sections 4-118 and 4-120;
(4) the total net income received from investment of assets along with the assumed investment return and actual SB2090 Engrossed - 21 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b investment return received by the fund during its most recently completed fiscal year, compared to the total net such income, assumed investment return, and actual investment return received during the preceding fiscal year;
and (5) the increase in employer pension contributions that results from the implementation of the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly;.
(6) the total number of active employees who are financially contributing to the fund;
(7) the total amount that was disbursed in benefits during the fiscal year, including the number of and total amount disbursed to (i) annuitants in receipt of a regular retirement pension, (ii) recipients being paid a disability pension, and (iii) survivors and children in receipt of benefits;
(8) the funded ratio of the fund;
(9) the unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of the unfunded liability;
and (10) the investment policy of the pension board under the statutory investment restrictions imposed on the fund.
Before the pension board makes its report, the municipality shall have the assets of the fund and their current market value verified by an independent certified public accountant of its choice.
SB2090 Engrossed - 22 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b (b) The municipality is authorized to publish the report submitted under this Section.
This publication may be made, without limitation, by publication in a local newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or by publication on the municipality’s Internet website.
If the municipality publishes the report, then that publication must include all of the information submitted by the pension board under subsection (a).
84-1039.) (40 ILCS 5/4-130.1 new) Sec.
93-689, eff.
4-130.1.
7-1-04.) (40 ILCS 5/4-138.5 new) Sec.
Award of benefits.
4-138.5.
Unless the municipal treasurer is already responsible for calculating the amount of benefit payments expended from the Fund, no benefit shall be awarded until the municipality, in a timely manner, reviews and verifies all benefit calculations.
Fraud.
The verification process shall not exceed a period of 60 days.
Any person, member, trustee, or employee of the board who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of a fund in any attempt to defraud such fund as a result of such act, or intentionally or knowingly defrauds a fund in any manner, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(40 ILCS 5/4-134.1 new) Sec.
4-134.1.
Public notice;
publication.
At the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall, at its own expense, publish within a local newspaper of general circulation in the SB2090 - 23 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b municipality a notice that includes the fiscal status of the pension fund, all amounts dispersed in benefits during the fiscal year, and the total number of recipients who received or are in receipt of the benefits.
The information provided shall at a minimum include (1) the assets of the fund along with their current market value;
(2) the amount of unfunded liability carried by the fund, along with an actuarial explanation of unfunded liability;
(3) the actual investment return experienced by the fund during the fiscal year;
and (4) the required tax levy actuarially recommended to meet the financial obligations of the fund.
Report on Article 3 and 4 funds.
Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability report on Article 3 and 4 funds.
The Commission shall issue a formal report during such years, the content of which is, to the extent practicable, to be similar in nature to that required under Section 22-1003.
The SB2090 Engrossed - 23 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b Commission shall issue a formal report during such years, the content of which is, to the extent practicable, to be similar in nature to that required under Section 22-1003.
In addition to providing aggregate analyses of both systems, the report shall analyze the fiscal status and provide forecasting projections for fifteen funds in each system.
In addition to providing aggregate analyses of both systems, the report shall analyze the fiscal status and provide forecasting projections for selected individual funds in each system.
For purposes of the analysis, a statewide association representing SB2090 - 24 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b municipalities shall submit a list of municipal funds to the Commission.
To the fullest extent practicable, the report shall analyze factors that affect each selected individual fund’s unfunded liability and any actuarial gains and losses caused by salary increases, investment returns, employer contributions, benefit increases, change in assumptions, the difference in employer contributions and the normal cost plus interest, and any other applicable factors.
In analyzing net investment returns, the report shall analyze the assumed investment return compared to the actual investment return over the preceding 10 fiscal years.
The Public Pension Division of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide to the Commission any assistance that the Commission may request with respect to its report under this Section.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the SB2090 Engrossed - 24 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.
SB2090 - 25 - LRB095 19185 AMC 45427 b INDEX Statutes amended in order of appearance 25 ILCS 55/3 from Ch.
63, par.
42.43 40 ILCS 5/1-110 from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
1-110 40 ILCS 5/1-113.5 40 ILCS 5/1-125 new 40 ILCS 5/1A-104 40 ILCS 5/1A-112 40 ILCS 5/3-115 from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
3-115 40 ILCS 5/3-136 from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
3-136 40 ILCS 5/3-141.1 new 40 ILCS 5/3-143.1 new 40 ILCS 5/4-112 from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
4-112 40 ILCS 5/4-123.1 from Ch.
108 1/2, par.
4-123.1 40 ILCS 5/4-130.1 new 40 ILCS 5/4-134.1 new 40 ILCS 5/22-1004 new 30 ILCS 805/8.32 new
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Referred to Rules Committee

  3. First Reading

  4. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.

  5. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  6. Arrived in House

  7. Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000

  8. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  9. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Garrett

  10. Recalled to Second Reading

  11. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Pensions and Investments; 006-000-000

  12. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Pensions and Investments

  13. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008

  14. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland

  15. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  16. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

  17. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

  18. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  19. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter

  20. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008

  22. Second Reading

  23. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

  24. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin

  25. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2008

  26. Do Pass as Amended Pensions and Investments; 009-000-000

  27. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  28. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Pensions and Investments

  29. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  30. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

  31. Assigned to Pensions and Investments

  32. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine

  33. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

  34. Referred to Rules

  35. First Reading

  36. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett

Sponsors

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46003
Democrat 9000
Republican 1000
Total 56003
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Halvorson — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Brady — Yea
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Munoz — Not Voting
Jacobs — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Not Voting
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Millner — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 2090 do?
Amends the Pension Impact Note Act. Requires that a pension impact note for legislation affecting downstate police and downstate firefighter pension funds must demonstrate the fiscal impact of the legislation on at least 25 municipalities with the pension funds. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes concerning prohibited transactions by fiduciaries of a pension fund established under the Downstate Police or Downstate Firefighter Article (Article 3 or 4), examinations of pension funds, and witnesses and adds provisions concerning consulting services, prohibitions on gifts for members of a board of trustees of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, fraudulent claims for disability pensions by police officers and firefighters, award of benefits, publication of a notice regarding the fiscal status of a pension fund established under Article 3 or 4, and a report by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability on pension funds established under Article 3 or 4. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 2090?
SB 2090 is sponsored by Susan Garrett.
What is the current status of SB 2090?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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