99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0763
 
Introduced 2/4/2015, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
40 ILCS 5/7-109.3 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3

 Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that certain firefighters who participate in IMRF may be granted Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employee (SLEP) status with the approval of the employing municipality. The approval resolution may specify that SLEP status shall be applied retroactively to employment occurring on or after January 1, 2011. Effective immediately.



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1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing 
5Section 7-109.3 as follows:




6 (40 ILCS 5/7-109.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109.3)



7 Sec. 7-109.3. "Sheriff's Law Enforcement Employees". 

8 (a) "Sheriff's law enforcement employee" or "SLEP" means:


9  (1) A county sheriff and all deputies, other than 
10 special deputies,
employed on a full time basis in the 
11 office of the sheriff.


12  (2) A person who has elected to participate in this 
13 Fund under Section
3-109.1 of this Code, and who is 
14 employed by a participating municipality
to perform police 
15 duties.


16  (3) A law enforcement officer employed on a full time 
17 basis by a Forest
Preserve District, provided that such 
18 officer shall be deemed a "sheriff's
law enforcement 
19 employee" for the purposes of this Article, and service in

20 that capacity shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's 
21 law enforcement
employee, only if the board of 
22 commissioners of the District have so
elected by adoption 
23 of an affirmative resolution. Such election, once made,
may 
 
 
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1 not be rescinded.


2  (4) A person not eligible to participate in a fund 
3 established under
Article 3 of this Code who is employed on 
4 a full-time basis by a
participating municipality or 
5 participating instrumentality to perform
police duties at 
6 an airport, but only if the governing authority of the

7 employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee 
8 status for its
airport police employees by adoption of an 
9 affirmative resolution. Such
approval, once given, may not 
10 be rescinded.

11  (5) A person not eligible to participate in a fund 
12 established under
Article 4 of this Code who is employed by 
13 a
participating municipality to perform
firefighting and 
14 EMS duties, but only if the governing authority of the

15 employer has approved sheriff's law enforcement employee 
16 status for its
firefighting employees who are under this 
17 Article by adoption of an affirmative resolution. The 
18 resolution may specify that SLEP status shall be applied 
19 retroactively to such employment occurring on or after 
20 January 1, 2011. Employer
approval, once given, may not be 
21 rescinded. 
22 (b) An employee who is a sheriff's law enforcement employee 
23and is granted
military leave or authorized leave of absence 
24shall receive service credit in
that capacity. Sheriff's law 
25enforcement employees shall not be entitled to
out-of-State 
26service credit under Section 7-139.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)



2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
3becoming law.