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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | May 31, 2013 11:10 AM |
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| From: | Representative Karen Boback |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Public Employee Pension Forfeiture (Former House Bill 1567) |
| In the near future I will be re-introducing House Bill 1567 from last session, an amendment to the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act. This bill passed the House last session by a vote of 201-0. Just like House Bill 1567 from the 2011-2012 Session, this legislation amends the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act so that public employees and public officials who upon entering a plea of guilty or are found guilty by a jury will have to forfeit their pensions. This will end the practice of public officials or employees who have either admitted their guilt or have been found guilty by a jury of their peers from continuing to receive pension benefits even after their guilt has been established. Additionally, as with House Bill 1567, this legislation adds a number of crimes to the list which trigger forfeiture. Those include crimes committed by public employees against our most vulnerable citizens: (1) the offense of neglect of a care-dependent person; (2) the offense of institutional sexual assault; and (3) the offense of endangering the welfare of children. Last session, the General Assembly enacted legislation to make the institutional sexual assault statute apply to schools and day care centers. This session, I have added a provision to my legislation which clarifies the term “student.” Under the bill, the term student means “an individual under 18 years of age who is instructed by a school employee, supervised by a school employee, counseled by a school employee, or mentored by a school employee.” This language was added to address school employees who may not be teachers but nevertheless are employed by a school and commit sexual offenses against students. Please join me in cosponsoring this significant legislation. |
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Introduced as HB1545