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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3082

Introduced 1/29/2026, by Sen. Paul Faraci

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

See Index

Amends the Downstate Police Article of the Illinois Pension Code.
Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, any line-of-duty disability pension
shall be at least $40,000 per year (instead of $400 per month), without
regard to whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred
before July 1, 2026. In provisions concerning an annual increase in the
line-of-duty disability pension, removes requirements that an applicant
must file an affidavit stating that the applicant has not earned any income
from gainful employment during the most recently concluded tax year; have
service credit in the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty; and have
been receiving a line-of-duty disability pension for a period which, when
added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund, equals at least 20
years. Provides that, if a disabled police officer is receiving a
line-of-duty disability pension and is an annuitant of a municipality that
sponsors a group hospital and medical plan that includes police officers
or is participating in certain group insurance coverage, then the pension
fund shall pay the total monthly premium on behalf of that police officer
for such group insurance coverage. Amends the Property Tax Code. Sets
forth a homestead exemption for property owned by a person receiving a
line-of-duty disability pension in an amount equal to 50% of the equalized
or assessed value of the property if the person is age 25 or over and under
the age of 36, 75% of the equalized or assessed value of the property if
the person is age 36 or over and under the age of 50, and 100% of the
equalized or assessed value of the property if the person is age 50 or
over. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without
reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

2

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3
represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
5
Section 15-169.5 as follows:

6

(35 ILCS 200/15-169.5 new)
7

Sec. 15-169.5.
Homestead exemption for property owned by a
8
police officer with a line-of-duty disability pension.

9

(a) Beginning with taxable year 2027, an annual homestead
10
exemption is granted to persons who are receiving a pension
11
under Section 3-114.1 of the Illinois Pension Code in the
12
following amounts:
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(1) 50% of the property's value as equalized or
14

assessed by the Department of Revenue if the person
15

receiving the pension under Section 3-114.1 of the
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Illinois Pension Code is age 25 or over and under the age
17

of 36;
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(2) 75% of the property's value as equalized or
19

assessed by the Department of Revenue if the person
20

receiving the pension under Section 3-114.1 of the
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Illinois Pension Code is age 36 or over and under the age
22

of 50; or
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(3) 100% of the property's value as equalized or

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assessed by the Department of Revenue if the person
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receiving the pension under Section 3-114.1 of the
3

Illinois Pension Code is age 50 or over.
4

Persons who are receiving a pension under Section 3-114.1
5
of the Illinois Pension Code shall receive the homestead
6
exemption under this Section upon meeting the following
7
requirements:
8

(A) The property must be occupied as the primary
9

residence by the person.
10

(B) The person must be liable for paying the real
11

estate taxes on the property.

12

(C) The person must be an owner of record of the
13

property or have a legal or equitable interest in the
14

property as evidenced by a written instrument. In the case
15

of a leasehold interest in property, the lease must be for
16

a single family residence.
17

(D) The person must file an annual application for the
18

benefits under subsection (d) of Section 3-114.1 of the
19

Illinois Pension Code with the applicable police officer
20

pension fund.

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A person who receives a pension under Section 3-114.1 of
22
the Illinois Pension Code during a taxable year is eligible to
23
apply for this homestead exemption during that year.
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Application must be made during the application period in
25
effect for the county of residence. If a homestead exemption
26
has been granted under this Section and the person awarded the

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exemption subsequently becomes a resident of a facility
2
licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized
3
Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
4
Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, then the exemption shall continue
5
(i) so long as the residence continues to be occupied by the
6
qualifying person's spouse or (ii) if the residence remains
7
unoccupied but is still owned by the person qualified for the
8
homestead exemption.
9

(b) For land improved with (i) an apartment building owned
10
and operated as a cooperative or (ii) a life care facility as
11
defined under Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities Act that is
12
considered to be a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the
13
value of the property, as equalized or assessed by the
14
Department, shall be multiplied by the number of apartments or
15
units occupied by a person with a disability. The person
16
receiving a pension under Section 3-114.1 of the Illinois
17
Pension Code shall receive the homestead exemption upon
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meeting the following requirements:
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(1) The property must be occupied as the primary
20

residence by the person.
21

(2) The person must be liable by contract with the
22

owner or owners of record for paying the apportioned
23

property taxes on the property of the cooperative or life
24

care facility. In the case of a life care facility, the
25

person must be liable for paying the apportioned property
26

taxes under a life care contract as defined in Section 2 of

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the Life Care Facilities Act.
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(3) The person must be an owner of record of a legal or
3

equitable interest in the cooperative apartment building.
4

A leasehold interest does not meet this requirement.

5

(4) The person must file an annual application for the
6

benefits under subsection (d) of Section 3-114.1 of the
7

Illinois Pension Code with the applicable police officer
8

pension fund.

9

If a homestead exemption is granted under this subsection,
10
the cooperative association or management firm shall credit
11
the savings resulting from the exemption to the apportioned
12
tax liability of the qualifying person. The chief county
13
assessment officer may request reasonable proof that the
14
association or firm has properly credited the exemption. A
15
person who willfully refuses to credit an exemption to the
16
qualified person with a disability is guilty of a Class B
17
misdemeanor.

18

(c) The chief county assessment officer shall determine
19
the eligibility of property to receive the homestead exemption
20
according to guidelines established by the Department. After a
21
person has received an exemption under this Section, an annual
22
verification of eligibility for the exemption shall be mailed
23
to the taxpayer. In counties with fewer than 3,000,000
24
inhabitants, the chief county assessment officer shall provide
25
to each person granted a homestead exemption under this
26
Section a form to designate any other person to receive a

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duplicate of any notice of delinquency in the payment of taxes
2
assessed and levied under this Code on the person's qualifying
3
property. The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the
4
notice required to be provided to the person receiving the
5
exemption and shall be given in the manner required by this
6
Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate notice
7
shall pay an administrative fee of $5 to the chief county
8
assessment officer. The assessment officer shall then file the
9
executed designation with the county collector, who shall
10
issue the duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A
11
designation may be rescinded by the person with a disability
12
in the manner required by the chief county assessment officer.

13

Section 10.
The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
14
changing Sections 3-114.1 and 3-124.2 as follows:

15

(40 ILCS 5/3-114.1)

(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1)
16

Sec. 3-114.1.
Disability
pension; line

pension - Line
of
17
duty.
18

(a) If a police officer
,
as the result of sickness,
19
accident
,
or injury incurred in or resulting from the
20
performance of an act of duty, is found to be physically or
21
mentally disabled for service in the police department, so as
22
to render necessary his or her suspension or retirement from
23
the police service, the police officer shall be entitled to a
24
disability retirement pension equal to the greatest of (1) 65%

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of the salary attached to the rank on the police force held by
2
the officer at the date of suspension of duty or retirement,
3
(2) the retirement pension that the police officer would be
4
eligible to receive if he or she retired (but not including any
5
automatic annual increase in that retirement pension), or (3)
6
the pension provided under subsection (d), if applicable.
7

A police officer shall be considered "on duty" while on
8
any assignment approved by the chief of the police department
9
of the municipality he or she serves, whether the assignment
10
is within or outside the municipality.
11

(b) If a police officer on disability pension dies while
12
still disabled, the disability pension shall continue to be
13
paid to his or her survivors in the sequence provided in
14
Section 3-112.
15

(c)
Until July 1, 2026,

From and after July 1, 1987,
any
16
pension payable under this Section shall be at least $400 per
17
month, without regard to the fact that the disability or death
18
of the police officer occurred prior to that date.
19

Beginning July 1, 2026, any pension payable under this
20
Section shall be at least $40,000 per year, without regard to
21
whether the disability or death of the police officer occurred
22
before July 1, 2026.
23

If the minimum pension established in Section 3-113.1 is
24
greater than the minimum provided in this Section, the Section
25
3-113.1 minimum controls.
26

(d) A disabled police officer who (1) is receiving a

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pension under this Section on
or after
the effective date of
2
this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly

this
3
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly,

and
(2)
annually

4
files with the Fund,
within 30 days after that effective date
5
and annually thereafter
while the pension remains payable, a
6
written application for the benefits of this subsection,
7
regardless of whether the recipient is engaged in gainful
8
employment,

including an affidavit stating that the applicant
9
has not earned any income from gainful employment during the
10
most recently concluded tax year and a copy of his or her most
11
recent Illinois income tax return, (3) has service credit in
12
the Fund for at least 7 years of active duty, and (4) has been
13
receiving the pension under this Section for a period which,
14
when added to the officer's total service credit in the Fund,
15
equals at least 20 years,
shall be eligible to receive an
16
annual noncompounded increase in his or her pension under this
17
Section, equal to 3% of the original pension.
18

The Fund may take appropriate steps to verify the
19
applicant's disability and earnings status, and for this
20
purpose may request from the Department of Revenue a certified
21
copy of the applicant's Illinois income tax return for any
22
year for which a benefit under this Section is payable or has
23
been paid.
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The annual increase shall accrue on each anniversary of
25
the initial pension payment date, for so long as the pension
26
remains payable to the disabled police officer and the

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required annual application is made
, except that the annual
2
increases under this subsection shall cease if the disabled
3
police officer earns income from gainful employment
. Within 60
4
days after accepting an initial application under this
5
subsection, the Fund shall pay to the disabled police officer,
6
in a lump sum without interest, the amounts resulting from the
7
annual increases that have accrued retroactively.
8

This subsection is not limited to persons in active
9
service on or after its effective date, but it applies only to
10
a pension that is payable under this Section to a disabled
11
police officer (rather than a survivor). Upon the death of the
12
disabled police officer, the annuity payable under this
13
Section to his or her survivors shall include any annual
14
increases previously received, but no additional increases
15
shall accrue under this subsection.
16
(Source: P.A. 91-939, eff. 2-1-01.)

17

(40 ILCS 5/3-124.2)

(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-124.2)
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Sec. 3-124.2.
Deduction for group plans
; payment of
19
premium for police officers receiving line-of-duty disability
20
pensions
.
If a municipality sponsors a group hospital and
21
medical plan which includes retired police officers and their
22
spouses, upon written request of a retired police officer,
23
deductions shall be made from the pension payments of the
24
officer in the amounts which the officer is required to
25
contribute toward the group plan in order to obtain such

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coverage.
2

If a disabled police officer (1) is receiving a pension
3
under Section 3-114.1 on or after the effective date of this
4
amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly and (2) is an
5
annuitant of a municipality that sponsors a group hospital and
6
medical plan that includes police officers and their spouses
7
or is participating in group insurance coverage as elected in
8
accordance with Section 367g of the Illinois Insurance Code,
9
then the pension fund shall pay the total monthly premium on
10
behalf of that police officer for such group insurance
11
coverage.

12

Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected in
13
accordance with the provisions of Section 367g of the Illinois
14
Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the total monthly
15
premium for such continued group insurance coverage or such
16
portion thereof as is not paid by the municipality shall, upon
17
request of the person electing such continued group insurance
18
coverage, be deducted from any monthly pension benefit
19
otherwise payable to such person pursuant to this Article, to
20
be remitted by the pension fund making such deduction to the
21
insurance company or other entity providing the group
22
insurance coverage.
23
(Source: P.A. 84-1010.)

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Section 90.
The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
25
Section 8.50 as follows:

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(30 ILCS 805/8.50 new)
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Sec. 8.50.
Exempt mandate.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and
3
8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for
4
the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory
5
Act of the 104th General Assembly.

6

Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon
7
becoming law.

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INDEX

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Statutes amended in order of appearance

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35 ILCS 200/15-169.5 new
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40 ILCS 5/3-114.1
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-114.1
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40 ILCS 5/3-124.2
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-124.2
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30 ILCS 805/8.50 new

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