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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 adding 
5Section 5-156.5 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/5-156.5 new)
7    Sec. 5-156.5. Presumption of disability; reinstatement. 
8    (a) A policeman who applies for disability benefits under 
9this Article and has been denied reinstatement as a policeman 
10by his or her employer because of a physical or mental 
11incapacity shall be presumed to be disabled as that term is 
12used in this Article.
13    (b) No policeman who otherwise meets the requirements for 
14a disability benefit shall be denied a disability benefit 
15unless and until the policeman's employer reinstates him or 
16her as a policeman or offers him or her a limited-duty 
17position.
18    (c) Any policeman who has been denied a disability benefit 
19without an offer of reinstatement or a limited-duty position 
20after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd 
21General Assembly is entitled to disability benefits.
 
22    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
 
 
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1Section 8.48 as follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 805/8.48 new)
3    Sec. 8.48. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 
48 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for 
5the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory 
6Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
8becoming law.