104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3757 Introduced , by Rep. Martha Deuter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time during the 6 months following the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or her creditable service accumulated in a downstate firefighter pension fund that is administered by a unit of local government if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with that employer. Provides that the creditable service shall be transferred upon payment of a specified amount. Provides that, at the time of applying for a transfer of creditable service, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may, for the purpose of that transfer, reinstate creditable service that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the downstate police pension fund of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3757 Introduced , by Rep. Martha Deuter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new30 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time during the 6 months following the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or her creditable service accumulated in a downstate firefighter pension fund that is administered by a unit of local government if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with that employer. Provides that the creditable service shall be transferred upon payment of a specified amount. Provides that, at the time of applying for a transfer of creditable service, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may, for the purpose of that transfer, reinstate creditable service that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the downstate police pension fund of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3757 Introduced , by Rep. Martha Deuter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new30 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time during the 6 months following the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or her creditable service accumulated in a downstate firefighter pension fund that is administered by a unit of local government if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with that employer. Provides that the creditable service shall be transferred upon payment of a specified amount. Provides that, at the time of applying for a transfer of creditable service, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may, for the purpose of that transfer, reinstate creditable service that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the downstate police pension fund of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB3757LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b 1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding 5 Sections 3-110.15 and 4-108.9 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new) 7 Sec. 3-110.15. Transfer from Article 4 fund. Until 6 8 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 9 104th General Assembly, a person may transfer to a fund 10 established under this Article up to 8 years of creditable 11 service accumulated in a firefighter pension fund under 12 Article 4 that is administered by a unit of local government, 13 if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action 14 when he or she terminated employment with that employer, upon 15 payment to the fund of an amount to be determined by the board, 16 equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and 17 employer contributions transferred to the fund under Section 18 4-108.9 and the amounts that would have been contributed had 19 such contributions been made at the rates applicable to a 20 police officer under this Article, plus (ii) interest thereon 21 at the actuarially assumed rate, compounded annually, from the 22 date of service to the date of payment. 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3757 Introduced , by Rep. Martha Deuter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new30 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Downstate Police and Downstate Firefighter Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that, at any time during the 6 months following the effective date of the amendatory Act, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or her creditable service accumulated in a downstate firefighter pension fund that is administered by a unit of local government if that active member was not subject to disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with that employer. Provides that the creditable service shall be transferred upon payment of a specified amount. Provides that, at the time of applying for a transfer of creditable service, an active member of a downstate police pension fund may, for the purpose of that transfer, reinstate creditable service that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the downstate police pension fund of a specified amount. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 40 ILCS 5/3-110.15 new 40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY HB3757 LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757- 2 -LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 - 2 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 - 2 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b 1 (40 ILCS 5/4-108.9 new) 2 Sec. 4-108.9. Transfer to Article 3 fund. 3 (a) At any time during the 6 months following the 4 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General 5 Assembly, an active member of an Article 3 police pension fund 6 may apply for transfer to that fund of up to 8 years of his or 7 her creditable service accumulated in a firefighter pension 8 fund under this Article that is administered by a unit of local 9 government if that active member was not subject to 10 disciplinary action when he or she terminated employment with 11 that employer. The creditable service shall be transferred 12 upon payment by the firefighter pension fund to the Article 3 13 fund of an amount equal to: 14 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the 15 applicant on the books of the fund on the date of transfer 16 for the service to be transferred; and 17 (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the 18 amount determined under item (1); and 19 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to 20 reinstate service. 21 Participation in the firefighter pension fund with respect 22 to the transferred creditable service shall terminate on the 23 date of transfer. 24 (b) At the time of applying for transfer of creditable 25 service under this Section, an active member of an Article 3 26 police pension fund may, for the purpose of that transfer, HB3757 - 2 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757- 3 -LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 - 3 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b HB3757 - 3 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b 1 reinstate creditable service that was terminated by receipt of 2 a refund, by payment to the police pension fund of the amount 3 of the refund with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year, 4 compounded annually, from the date of the refund to the date of 5 payment. 6 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 7 Section 8.49 as follows: HB3757 - 3 - LRB104 09576 RPS 19639 b