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 |  | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0441   Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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 |   40 ILCS 5/1-110 |  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-110 |   
  |   Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited transactions.
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| 1 |  |  AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| 2 |  |  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |  Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing  | 
| 5 |  | Section 1-110 as follows:
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| 6 |  |  (40 ILCS 5/1-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-110)
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| 7 |  |  Sec. 1-110. Prohibited Transactions. 
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| 8 |  |  (a) A fiduciary with respect to a retirement system,  | 
| 9 |  | pension fund, or investment board shall
not cause the
the  | 
| 10 |  | retirement system or pension fund to engage in a transaction if
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| 11 |  | he or she knows or should know that such transaction  | 
| 12 |  | constitutes a direct or
indirect:
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| 13 |  |   (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property from  | 
| 14 |  |  the retirement
system
or pension fund to a party in  | 
| 15 |  |  interest for less than adequate consideration,
or from a  | 
| 16 |  |  party in interest to a retirement system or pension fund  | 
| 17 |  |  for more
than adequate consideration.
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| 18 |  |   (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit from  | 
| 19 |  |  the retirement
system or pension fund to a party in  | 
| 20 |  |  interest without the receipt of adequate
security and a  | 
| 21 |  |  reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in interest to
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| 22 |  |  a retirement system or pension fund with the provision of  | 
| 23 |  |  excessive security
or an unreasonably high rate of  | 
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| 1 |  |  interest.
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| 2 |  |   (3) Furnishing of goods, services or facilities from  | 
| 3 |  |  the retirement
system or pension fund to a party in  | 
| 4 |  |  interest for less than adequate
consideration, or from a  | 
| 5 |  |  party in interest to a retirement system or
pension fund  | 
| 6 |  |  for more than adequate consideration.
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| 7 |  |   (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a  | 
| 8 |  |  party in interest
of any assets of a retirement system or  | 
| 9 |  |  pension fund for less than adequate
consideration.
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| 10 |  |  (b) A fiduciary with respect to a retirement system or  | 
| 11 |  | pension fund
established under this Code shall not:
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| 12 |  |   (1) Deal with the assets of the retirement system or  | 
| 13 |  |  pension fund in his
own interest or for his own account;
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| 14 |  |   (2) In his individual or any other capacity act in any  | 
| 15 |  |  transaction
involving the retirement system or pension  | 
| 16 |  |  fund on behalf of a party whose
interests are adverse to  | 
| 17 |  |  the interests of the retirement system or pension fund
or  | 
| 18 |  |  the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or
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| 19 |  |   (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal  | 
| 20 |  |  account from any party
dealing with the retirement system  | 
| 21 |  |  or pension fund in connection with a
transaction involving  | 
| 22 |  |  the assets of the retirement system or pension
fund.
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| 23 |  |  (c) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit  | 
| 24 |  | any trustee from:
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| 25 |  |   (1) Receiving any benefit to which he may be entitled  | 
| 26 |  |  as a participant
or beneficiary in the retirement system or  | 
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| 1 |  |  pension fund.
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| 2 |  |   (2) Receiving any reimbursement of expenses properly  | 
| 3 |  |  and actually incurred
in the performance of his duties with  | 
| 4 |  |  the retirement system or pension fund.
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| 5 |  |   (3) Serving as a trustee in addition to being an  | 
| 6 |  |  officer, employee, agent
or other representative of a party  | 
| 7 |  |  in interest.
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| 8 |  |  (d) A fiduciary of a pension fund established under Article  | 
| 9 |  | 3 or 4 shall
not knowingly cause or advise the pension fund to  | 
| 10 |  | engage in an investment transaction when the fiduciary (i) has  | 
| 11 |  | any direct interest in
the income, gains, or profits of the  | 
| 12 |  | investment adviser through which the investment transaction is  | 
| 13 |  | made or (ii) has a business relationship with that investment  | 
| 14 |  | adviser that would result in a pecuniary benefit to the  | 
| 15 |  | fiduciary as a result of the investment transaction. | 
| 16 |  |  Violation of this subsection (d) is a Class 4 felony.
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| 17 |  |  (e) A board member, employee, or consultant with respect to  | 
| 18 |  | a retirement system, pension fund, or investment board subject  | 
| 19 |  | to this Code, except those whose investments are restricted by  | 
| 20 |  | Section 1-113.2, shall not knowingly cause or advise the  | 
| 21 |  | retirement system, pension fund, or investment board to engage  | 
| 22 |  | in an investment transaction with an investment adviser when  | 
| 23 |  | the board member, employee, consultant, or their spouse (i) has  | 
| 24 |  | any direct interest in the income, gains, or profits of the  | 
| 25 |  | investment adviser through which the investment transaction is  | 
| 26 |  | made or (ii) has a relationship with that investment adviser  | 
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| 1 |  | that would result in a pecuniary benefit to the board member,  | 
| 2 |  | employee, or consultant or spouse of such board member,  | 
| 3 |  | employee, or consultant as a result of the investment  | 
| 4 |  | transaction. For purposes of this subsection (e), a consultant  | 
| 5 |  | includes an employee or agent of a consulting firm who has  | 
| 6 |  | greater than 7.5% ownership of the consulting firm. | 
| 7 |  |  Violation of this subsection (e) is a Class 4 felony. | 
| 8 |  | (Source: P.A. 95-950, eff. 8-29-08; 96-6, eff. 4-3-09.)
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