Bill Text: IL HB3648 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Assembly Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that none of the benefits provided for in the Article shall be paid to any person who (i) first becomes a member on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and (ii) is convicted of any felony. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman [HB3648 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3648-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3648 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Edly-Allen 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 none of the benefits provided for in the Article shall be paid to any person who (i) first becomes a member on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and (ii) is convicted of any felony. Effective immediately.
LRB101 10234 RPS 55338 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3648 LRB101 10234 RPS 55338 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. 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.
None of the benefits provided for in this Article shall be
paid to any person who otherwise would receive a survivor
benefit who is convicted of any felony relating to or arising
out of or in connection with the service of the member from
whom the benefit results.
None of the benefits herein provided for shall be paid to
any person who (i) first becomes a member on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly and (ii) is convicted of any felony.
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, and for the changes under this amendatory Act of the

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100th General Assembly, shall not impair any contract or vested
right acquired by a survivor prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
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, and all
participants entering service subsequent to the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of this amendatory
Act as a condition of participation. All participants entering
service subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 101st General Assembly shall be deemed to have consented
to the provisions of this amendatory Act as a condition of
participation.
(Source: P.A. 100-334, eff. 8-25-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.