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Pending IMRF Legislation: Senate Bills

The 96th General Assembly began in January 2009.

Below are the bills introduced in the Illinois Senate that affect IMRF. View pending House Bills. View bills signed into law during this General Assembly.

As legislation is introduced, the IMRF Board will take a position on the bill. The Board's position does not directly affect the movement of the bill; the legislation must be passed by the Illinois legislature to become law.

Contact your legislator to make your opinion known regarding IMRF or other legislation. Visit the Illinois General Assembly website click the link called “Legislator Lookup.”

Bill number &
IMRF Position Paper

Bill description /
Link to
General Assembly

Bill
Sponsor		 IMRF
Board Position
3663 Allows cumulative sick leave service credit for members working for any educational employer Senator Noland Oppose
3405

IMRF Board of Trustees Technical Proposals

Signed into law as on July 21, 2010 as Public Act 96-1084
3404 Internal Revenue Code Conformity and Board Reporting Senator Raoul Support
3162 Disclosures of Fund-of-Funds Investments Senator Harmon Support
2822 Would allow a designated domestic partner to qualify for surviving spouse benefits Senator Steans Neutral
2554

IMRF Board of Trustees Legislative Proposals

This bill has been signed into law on July 23, 2010 as PA 96-1258
2525 Senator Martinez Support
2356 Changes the definition of a SLEP employee to include a state's attorney or special investigators at the Office of the State's Attorney. Senator Dillard Oppose
2246 Provides that the total retirement annuity shall never exceed $100,000/year. Applies only to a person who first becomes a participant on or after the effective date. Senator Lauzen Oppose
2212 Provides that the Division of Insurance may retain attorneys, independent actuaries, independent certified public accountants, and specialists as examiners as deemed necessary by the Director of Insurance Senator Garrett Neutral
2126 Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the extension limitation may not be less than 2% with respect to levy year 2009 (as amended) Senator Viverito Support
2110 Provides a window to allow an additional 24 months of retroactive service credit to be established for an active participating employee who was enrolled in a reciprocal pension system prior to IMRF. Senator Harmon Oppose
1946

Modifies benefits and creates second tier for most Illinois public pension systems, including IMRF’s Regular and Elected County Official plan.

This bill has been signed into law as PA 96-0889
1913 Makes country probation officers eligible for the SLEP plan. Senator Jacobs Oppose
1827 Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the pension code to allow a firefighter who was employed with a village meeting specific criteria who was excluded from downstate firefighter participation because he or she earned IMRF credit to also elect to establish creditable service for those periods with a downstate firefighter fund. Senator Noland Neutral
1751 Allows certain annuitants to hold elective office without participating in IMRF or losing their retirement annuities. Senator Bivins Oppose
1656 Proposes multiple pension ethics reform provisions. Senator Raoul Support
1648 Provides that an elected or appointed coroner may elect to participate in IMRF as a SLEP employee. Allows conversion of prior service Senator DeLeo Neutral
1611 (as amended)

Adds the United Counties Council to the list of entities permitted to participate in IMRF, only if the Council has a ruling from the IRS that it is a governmental entity.

Signed into law on August 17, 2009 as PA 96-0551
1542 Allows participants of a downstate police pension fund to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service to IMRF and allows participants of IMRF to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service to downstate police pension fund. Senator Koehler Oppose
1513 Exempts, from the definition of "aggregate extension" all contributions to a pension fun created under Article 3, 4 or 7 of the Illinois Pension Code. Senator Clayborne Support
1440

Amends the Illinois pension code to comply with IRS rules about rollovers. Explicitly allows rollovers - provides that each pension fund or retirement system operating under the Illinois Pension Code may, at the request of any person entitled to receive a refund, lump-sum benefit, or other non-periodic distribution from the pension fund or retirement system pay the distribution directly to any entity that: 1) is designated in writing by the person, 2) is qualified under federal law to accept an eligible rollover distribution from a qualified plan, and 3) has agreed to accept the distribution.

Signed into law on August 18, 2009 as PA 96-0586
1292 Requires each retirement system to establish a policy with the goal of increasing the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of its fiduciaries (including its consulting and senior staff), update the goals annually, and submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly by September 1 of each year. Senator Martinez No Position
1272

Adds the Will County Governmental League to the list of entities permitted to participate in IMRF as a participating instrumentality, but only if the League has a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service that it is a governmental entity.

Signed into law on August 10, 2009 as PA 96-0211
364

Proposes multiple pension ethics reform provisions.

Signed into law on April 4, 2009 as PA 96-0006
299 Provides that if an employee was in the service of more than one school district, the sick leave days from all such employers shall be credited. Senator Noland Oppose
153 Provides that each school board employing an employee who is an elected trustee of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund shall make available to the elected trustee at least 20 days of paid leave of absence per year for the purpose of attending meetings. Senator Garrett Support

 

 

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