Public Pensions

Asset transfers to the state pension systems: Six questions to be answered

Release: February 18, 2019

One idea that has been proposed by a number of observers to repay some of Illinois’ pension debt is an “asset transfer.” Under this proposal, the state (or the City of Chicago, which is also facing a large pension debt problem) would make a contribution to the pension systems in the form of a publicly owned property, such as a tollway or lottery, rather than in the form of cash.

Pension Changes in the FY2018 Budget: Short-Term Savings and Long-Term Costs

Release: October 10, 2017

The changes made to Illinois public pension systems in Public Act (PA) 100-0023 (introduced as Senate Bill 42), the Budget Implementation Act, or BIMP, passed on July 6, 2017, and include two primary elements. First, the BIMP creates a new Tier 3 level of benefits for public sector workers. Second, the BIMP permits the state to smooth out the fiscal impact of the actuarial reduction in the assumed rate of return generated by the state’s five pension systems.

CTBA's Testimony and Presentation to the Pension Conference Committee

Release: July 3, 2013

CTBA's 2013 testimony and presentation to the Pension Conference Committee.

HJRCA 49: A Constitutional Amendment Regarding the Rules Governing Pension Benefit Increases

Release: August 27, 2012

This Issue Brief provides an overview of the state pension systems' underfunding and an analysis of House-Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment (HJRCA) 49. HJRCA 49 would create a new section to the Illinois Constitution. 

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