Bill Text: IL HB5818 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Universities and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any new provision that shifts costs under either of those Articles from the State to the actual employer may not take effect until the cost shift has been approved by the affected voters at referendum. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5818 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5818-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5818 Introduced , by Rep. Darlene J. Senger SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/15-155.1 new
40 ILCS 5/16-157.1 new
Amends the State Universities and Downstate Teacher Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any new provision that shifts costs under either of those Articles from the State to the actual employer may not take effect until the cost shift has been approved by the affected voters at referendum. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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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 adding
Sections 15-155.1 and 16-157.1 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/15-155.1 new)
Sec. 15-155.1. Cost-shift referendum. A new provision that
shifts costs under this Article from the State to the actual
employer may not take effect until the cost shift has been
approved by the affected voters at referendum.
(40 ILCS 5/16-157.1 new)
Sec. 16-157.1. Cost-shift referendum. A new provision that
shifts costs under this Article from the State to the actual
employer may not take effect until the cost shift has been
approved by the affected voters at referendum.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.