Rauner Continuing Push to Reform Illinois

Yesterday, Governor Bruce Rauner signed bipartisan legislation to protect taxpayers by stopping police pension double dipping.

It’s another example of Rauner’s push to reform Illinois and protect taxpayers.

Daily Herald: Rauner signs police pension reform bill
Thursday, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that outlaws a practice he described as “double dipping.”
Previously, police officers could work for 30 years, retire at 50, begin receiving pension benefits equal to 75 percent of their final salary, then take a new law enforcement job somewhere else and start building a second pension. Commonly, these retired police officers take leadership posts in another department.

Naperville Sun: Rauner signs ‘double-dipping’ pension bill linked to Naperville police chief
Legislation to prevent law enforcement officers from retiring, collecting a pension and then returning to active police duty to earn a second pension was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Bruce Rauner at the Naperville Municipal Center.
The measure, sponsored by state Rep. Grant Wehrli, R-Naperville, and state Sen. Michael Connelly, R-Lisle, stops the practice known as “double dipping.” It was triggered, in part, by Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall, who retired after 28 years with the Naperville Police Department only to return seven years later as its top administrator.
… The legislation received bi-partisan support from the General Assembly and begins to address Illinois’ mounting pension problems, Wehrli said.

CBS St. Louis: Gov. Rauner Signs Police Pension Bill
Governor Bruce Rauner signs a new law to help prevent the “double dipping” of pensions in Illinois.

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