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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 621    </title>
<shortdesc>PENCD-DEFINED CONTRI PLANS</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Bill Brady-Dan Cronin-Matt Murphy-Chris Lauzen</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>40 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-103.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-117.4 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-126</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-126</aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-126.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/2-162.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-105.8 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-133</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-133</aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-133.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/14-152.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/15-103.3</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/15-134.5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/15-158.2</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/15-198.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-104.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-104.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-131.7 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-152</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-152</aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-158.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/16-203.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-105.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-105.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-123.3 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-133</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-133</aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-133.2 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>40 ILCS 5/18-169.1 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the General Assembly Retirement System, the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the Judges Retirement System of Illinois to automatically enroll its newly eligible employees in a self-managed program of retirement benefits instead of the program of retirement benefits currently offered and allows currently eligible employees to elect to participate in the self-managed program. Provides that a self-managed plan shall authorize a participating employee to accumulate assets for retirement through a combination of employer and employee contributions that may be invested at the employee's direction in mutual funds, collective investment funds, or other investment products and used to purchase annuity contracts. Provides that, to the extent that the changes made by the amendatory Act are determined to be a new benefit increase, the changes are exempt from the 5-year expiration provision. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Brady</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Matt Murphy</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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