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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2020 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.140 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.230 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Police Article, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, any line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year (instead of $400 per month), without regard to whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred before July 1, 2025. In provisions concerning an annual increase in the line-of-duty disability pension, removes requirements that an applicant must file an affidavit stating that the applicant has not earned any income from gainful employment during the most recently concluded tax year; have service credit in the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty; and have been receiving a line-of-duty disability pension for a period which, when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund, equals at least 20 years. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, provides that the minimum line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB104 12159 RPS 22259 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2020 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.140 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.230 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Police Article, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, any line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year (instead of $400 per month), without regard to whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred before July 1, 2025. In provisions concerning an annual increase in the line-of-duty disability pension, removes requirements that an applicant must file an affidavit stating that the applicant has not earned any income from gainful employment during the most recently concluded tax year; have service credit in the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty; and have been receiving a line-of-duty disability pension for a period which, when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund, equals at least 20 years. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, provides that the minimum line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. LRB104 12159 RPS 22259 b LRB104 12159 RPS 22259 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2020 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Paul Faraci SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.140 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.230 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
4	4	40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1
5	5	40 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2
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7	7	Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Police Article, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, any line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year (instead of $400 per month), without regard to whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred before July 1, 2025. In provisions concerning an annual increase in the line-of-duty disability pension, removes requirements that an applicant must file an affidavit stating that the applicant has not earned any income from gainful employment during the most recently concluded tax year; have service credit in the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty; and have been receiving a line-of-duty disability pension for a period which, when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund, equals at least 20 years. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, provides that the minimum line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
17	17	5 changing Sections 3-114.1 and 4-109.2 as follows:
18	18	6 (40 ILCS 5/3-114.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1)
19	19	7 Sec. 3-114.1. Disability pension; line pension - Line of
20	20	8 duty.
21	21	9 (a) If a police officer as the result of sickness,
22	22	10 accident or injury incurred in or resulting from the
23	23	11 performance of an act of duty, is found to be physically or
24	24	12 mentally disabled for service in the police department, so as
25	25	13 to render necessary his or her suspension or retirement from
26	26	14 the police service, the police officer shall be entitled to a
27	27	15 disability retirement pension equal to the greatest of (1) 65%
28	28	16 of the salary attached to the rank on the police force held by
29	29	17 the officer at the date of suspension of duty or retirement,
30	30	18 (2) the retirement pension that the police officer would be
31	31	19 eligible to receive if he or she retired (but not including any
32	32	20 automatic annual increase in that retirement pension), or (3)
33	33	21 the pension provided under subsection (d), if applicable.
34	34	22 A police officer shall be considered "on duty" while on
35	35	23 any assignment approved by the chief of the police department
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40	40	40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.140 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.230 ILCS 805/8.49 new 40 ILCS 5/3-114.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1 40 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2 30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
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42	42	40 ILCS 5/4-109.2 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2
43	43	30 ILCS 805/8.49 new
44	44	Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the Downstate Police Article, provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, any line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year (instead of $400 per month), without regard to whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred before July 1, 2025. In provisions concerning an annual increase in the line-of-duty disability pension, removes requirements that an applicant must file an affidavit stating that the applicant has not earned any income from gainful employment during the most recently concluded tax year; have service credit in the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty; and have been receiving a line-of-duty disability pension for a period which, when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund, equals at least 20 years. In the Downstate Firefighter Article, provides that the minimum line-of-duty disability pension shall be at least $40,000 per year. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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74	74	1 of the municipality he or she serves, whether the assignment
75	75	2 is within or outside the municipality.
76	76	3 (b) If a police officer on disability pension dies while
77	77	4 still disabled, the disability pension shall continue to be
78	78	5 paid to his or her survivors in the sequence provided in
79	79	6 Section 3-112.
80	80	7 (c) Until July 1, 2025, From and after July 1, 1987, any
81	81	8 pension payable under this Section shall be at least $400 per
82	82	9 month, without regard to the fact that the disability or death
83	83	10 of the police officer occurred prior to that date.
84	84	11 Beginning July 1, 2025, any pension payable under this
85	85	12 Section shall be at least $40,000 per year, without regard to
86	86	13 whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred
87	87	14 before July 1, 2025.
88	88	15 If the minimum pension established in Section 3-113.1 is
89	89	16 greater than the minimum provided in this Section, the Section
90	90	17 3-113.1 minimum controls.
91	91	18 (d) A disabled police officer who (1) is receiving a
92	92	19 pension under this Section on or after the effective date of
93	93	20 this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly this
94	94	21 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, and (2) annually
95	95	22 files with the Fund, within 30 days after that effective date
96	96	23 and annually thereafter while the pension remains payable, a
97	97	24 written application for the benefits of this subsection,
98	98	25 regardless of whether the recipient is engaged in gainful
99	99	26 employment, including an affidavit stating that the applicant
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110	110	1 has not earned any income from gainful employment during the
111	111	2 most recently concluded tax year and a copy of his or her most
112	112	3 recent Illinois income tax return, (3) has service credit in
113	113	4 the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty, and (4) has been
114	114	5 receiving the pension under this Section for a period which,
115	115	6 when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund,
116	116	7 equals at least 20 years, shall be eligible to receive an
117	117	8 annual noncompounded increase in his or her pension under this
118	118	9 Section, equal to 3% of the original pension.
119	119	10 The Fund may take appropriate steps to verify the
120	120	11 applicant's disability and earnings status, and for this
121	121	12 purpose may request from the Department of Revenue a certified
122	122	13 copy of the applicant's Illinois income tax return for any
123	123	14 year for which a benefit under this Section is payable or has
124	124	15 been paid.
125	125	16 The annual increase shall accrue on each anniversary of
126	126	17 the initial pension payment date, for so long as the pension
127	127	18 remains payable to the disabled police officer and the
128	128	19 required annual application is made, except that the annual
129	129	20 increases under this subsection shall cease if the disabled
130	130	21 police officer earns income from gainful employment. Within 60
131	131	22 days after accepting an initial application under this
132	132	23 subsection, the Fund shall pay to the disabled police officer,
133	133	24 in a lump sum without interest, the amounts resulting from the
134	134	25 annual increases that have accrued retroactively.
135	135	26 This subsection is not limited to persons in active
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146	146	1 service on or after its effective date, but it applies only to
147	147	2 a pension that is payable under this Section to a disabled
148	148	3 police officer (rather than a survivor). Upon the death of the
149	149	4 disabled police officer, the annuity payable under this
150	150	5 Section to his or her survivors shall include any annual
151	151	6 increases previously received, but no additional increases
152	152	7 shall accrue under this subsection.
153	153	8 (Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)
154	154	9 (40 ILCS 5/4-109.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.2)
155	155	10 Sec. 4-109.2. Minimum pension.
156	156	11 (a) Beginning January 1, 1984, the minimum disability
157	157	12 pension granted under Section 4-110 or 4-111, the minimum
158	158	13 surviving spouse's pension, and the minimum retirement pension
159	159	14 granted to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
160	160	15 service, shall be $300 per month, without regard to whether
161	161	16 the death, disability or retirement of the firefighter
162	162	17 occurred prior to that date.
163	163	18 Beginning July 1, 1987, the minimum retirement pension
164	164	19 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
165	165	20 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
166	166	21 4-110 or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's pension
167	167	22 shall be $400 per month, without regard to whether the death,
168	168	23 retirement or disability of the firefighter occurred prior to
169	169	24 that date.
170	170	25 Beginning July 1, 1993, the minimum retirement pension
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181	181	1 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
182	182	2 service and the minimum surviving spouse's pension shall be
183	183	3 $475 per month, without regard to whether the firefighter was
184	184	4 in service on or after the effective date of this amendatory
185	185	5 Act of 1993.
186	186	6 (b) Beginning January 1, 1999, the minimum retirement
187	187	7 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
188	188	8 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
189	189	9 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
190	190	10 surviving spouse's pension shall be $600 per month, without
191	191	11 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
192	192	12 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
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194	194	14 In the case of a pensioner whose pension began before the
195	195	15 effective date of this amendatory Act and is subject to
196	196	16 increase under this subsection (b), the pensioner shall be
197	197	17 entitled to a lump sum payment of the amount of that increase
198	198	18 accruing from January 1, 1999 (or the date the pension began,
199	199	19 if later) to the effective date of this amendatory Act.
200	200	20 (c) Beginning January 1, 2000, the minimum retirement
201	201	21 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
202	202	22 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
203	203	23 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
204	204	24 surviving spouse's pension shall be $800 per month, without
205	205	25 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
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218	218	2 (d) Beginning January 1, 2001, the minimum retirement
219	219	3 pension payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of
220	220	4 creditable service, the minimum disability pension payable
221	221	5 under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum
222	222	6 surviving spouse's pension shall be $1000 per month, without
223	223	7 regard to whether the firefighter was in service on or after
224	224	8 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
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226	226	10 (e) Beginning July 1, 2004, the minimum retirement pension
227	227	11 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
228	228	12 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
229	229	13 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's
230	230	14 pension shall be $1030 per month, without regard to whether
231	231	15 the firefighter was in service on or after the effective date
232	232	16 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
233	233	17 (f) Beginning July 1, 2005, the minimum retirement pension
234	234	18 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
235	235	19 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
236	236	20 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's
237	237	21 pension shall be $1060.90 per month, without regard to whether
238	238	22 the firefighter was in service on or after the effective date
239	239	23 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
240	240	24 (g) Beginning July 1, 2006, the minimum retirement pension
241	241	25 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
242	242	26 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
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253	253	1 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's
254	254	2 pension shall be $1092.73 per month, without regard to whether
255	255	3 the firefighter was in service on or after the effective date
256	256	4 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
257	257	5 (h) Beginning July 1, 2007, the minimum retirement pension
258	258	6 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
259	259	7 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
260	260	8 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's
261	261	9 pension shall be $1125.51 per month, without regard to whether
262	262	10 the firefighter was in service on or after the effective date
263	263	11 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
264	264	12 (i) Beginning July 1, 2008, the minimum retirement pension
265	265	13 payable to a firefighter with 20 or more years of creditable
266	266	14 service, the minimum disability pension payable under Section
267	267	15 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111, and the minimum surviving spouse's
268	268	16 pension shall be $1159.27 per month, without regard to whether
269	269	17 the firefighter was in service on or after the effective date
270	270	18 of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
271	271	19 (j) Beginning July 1, 2025, the minimum disability pension
272	272	20 payable under Section 4-110 shall be $40,000 per year, without
273	273	21 regard to whether the disability or death of the firefighter
274	274	22 occurred before July 1, 2025.
275	275	23 (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)
276	276	24 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
277	277	25 Section 8.49 as follows:
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289	289	2 Sec. 8.49. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
290	290	3 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
291	291	4 the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
292	292	5 Act of the 104th General Assembly.
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