093_HB1562

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is amended by
 5    changing Sections 14-104, 15-113.3,  16-128,  and  17-134  as
 6    follows:

 7        (40 ILCS 5/14-104) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104)
 8        Sec.  14-104.  Service for which contributions permitted.
 9    Contributions provided for in this Section  shall  cover  the
10    period  of  service granted.  Except as otherwise provided in
11    this Section, the  contributions  shall  be  based  upon  the
12    employee's  compensation  and  contribution rate in effect on
13    the date he last became a member of the System; provided that
14    for all employment prior to January 1, 1969 the  contribution
15    rate shall be that in effect for a noncovered employee on the
16    date  he  last  became  a  member  of  the System.  Except as
17    otherwise provided in this Section,  contributions  permitted
18    under  this  Section  shall include regular interest from the
19    date an employee last became a member of the  System  to  the
20    date of payment.
21        These   contributions   must   be  paid  in  full  before
22    retirement either in a lump sum or in installment payments in
23    accordance with such rules as may be adopted by the board.
24        (a)  Any member may make  contributions  as  required  in
25    this  Section  for  any  period of service, subsequent to the
26    date of establishment, but prior to the date of membership.
27        (b)  Any employee who had been previously  excluded  from
28    membership  because  of  age at entry and subsequently became
29    eligible may elect to make contributions as required in  this
30    Section  for  the  period  of  service  during  which  he was
31    ineligible.
 
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 1        (c)  An employee of  the  Department  of  Insurance  who,
 2    after  January  1,  1944  but  prior to becoming eligible for
 3    membership, received salary from funds of insurance companies
 4    in the process of rehabilitation,  liquidation,  conservation
 5    or  dissolution,  may elect to make contributions as required
 6    in this Section for such service.
 7        (d)  Any employee who rendered service in a State  office
 8    to  which he was elected, or rendered service in the elective
 9    office of Clerk of the Appellate Court prior to the  date  he
10    became  a  member, may make contributions for such service as
11    required  in  this  Section.   Any  member  who   served   by
12    appointment  of  the  Governor under the Civil Administrative
13    Code of Illinois and did not participate in this  System  may
14    make  contributions  as  required  in  this  Section for such
15    service.
16        (e)  Any person employed by the United States  government
17    or any instrumentality or agency thereof from January 1, 1942
18    through  November  15,  1946 as the result of a transfer from
19    State service by executive order  of  the  President  of  the
20    United  States  shall  be  entitled  to  prior service credit
21    covering the period from January 1, 1942 through December 31,
22    1943 as provided  for  in  this  Article  and  to  membership
23    service  credit   for the period from January 1, 1944 through
24    November 15, 1946 by making  the  contributions  required  in
25    this  Section.   A  person so employed on January 1, 1944 but
26    whose employment began after January 1, 1942 may qualify  for
27    prior  service  and  membership service credit under the same
28    conditions.
29        (f)  An employee of the Department of Labor of the  State
30    of   Illinois  who  performed  services  for  and  under  the
31    supervision of that Department prior to January 1,  1944  but
32    who  was  compensated  for those services directly by federal
33    funds and not by a warrant of the Auditor of Public  Accounts
34    paid  by  the  State  Treasurer may establish credit for such
 
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 1    employment by  making  the  contributions  required  in  this
 2    Section.  An employee of the Department of Agriculture of the
 3    State of Illinois, who performed services for and  under  the
 4    supervision of that Department prior to June 1, 1963, but was
 5    compensated  for those services directly by federal funds and
 6    not paid by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts  paid
 7    by  the  State  Treasurer,  and who did not contribute to any
 8    other public employee retirement system for such service, may
 9    establish  credit  for  such   employment   by   making   the
10    contributions required in this Section.
11        (g)  Any  employee  who  executed  a waiver of membership
12    within 60 days prior to January 1,  1944  may,  at  any  time
13    while  in  the service of a department, file with the board a
14    rescission of such waiver.   Upon  making  the  contributions
15    required  by  this  Section,  the member shall be granted the
16    creditable service that  would  have  been  received  if  the
17    waiver had not been executed.
18        (h)  Until May 1, 1990, an employee who was employed on a
19    full-time  basis  by  a  regional  planning commission for at
20    least 5 continuous years may establish creditable service for
21    such employment by making the  contributions  required  under
22    this  Section,  provided  that  any  credits  earned  by  the
23    employee  in  the  commission's  retirement  plan  have  been
24    terminated.
25        (i)  Any   person  who  rendered  full  time  contractual
26    services to the General Assembly as a member of a legislative
27    staff may establish service credit for up to 8 years of  such
28    services  by  making  the  contributions  required under this
29    Section, provided that application therefor is made not later
30    than July 1, 1991.
31        (j)  By paying the contributions otherwise required under
32    this Section, plus an amount determined by the  Board  to  be
33    equal  to  the  employer's  normal  cost  of the benefit plus
34    interest, but with all of the interest calculated at the rate
 
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 1    of 5% per  year,  compounded  annually,  from  the  date  the
 2    employee  last  became a member of the System or November 19,
 3    1991, whichever is later, to the date of payment, an employee
 4    may establish service credit for a period of up  to  2  years
 5    spent  in  active  military  service  for  which  he does not
 6    qualify for credit under Section 14-105, provided that (1) he
 7    was not dishonorably discharged from such  military  service,
 8    and  (2) the amount of service credit established by a member
 9    under this subsection  (j),  when  added  to  the  amount  of
10    military   service   credit   granted  to  the  member  under
11    subsection (b) of Section 14-105, shall not exceed  5  years.
12    The  changes  change  in  the  manner of calculating interest
13    under this subsection (j) made by Public Act 92-54  and  this
14    amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  92nd  General  Assembly apply
15    applies to credit purchased by an employee on or after  their
16    respective  its  effective  dates  and  do  date and does not
17    entitle any person to a refund of contributions  or  interest
18    already paid.
19        (k)  An employee who was employed on a full-time basis by
20    the   Illinois   State's   Attorneys   Association  Statewide
21    Appellate Assistance Service LEAA-ILEC grant project prior to
22    the time that project became the State's Attorneys  Appellate
23    Service  Commission,  now the Office of the State's Attorneys
24    Appellate Prosecutor, an  agency  of  State  government,  may
25    establish  creditable  service  for  not  more than 60 months
26    service for such employment by making contributions  required
27    under this Section.
28        (l)  By paying the contributions otherwise required under
29    this  Section,  plus  an amount determined by the Board to be
30    equal to the employer's  normal  cost  of  the  benefit  plus
31    interest,  a  member may establish service credit for periods
32    of less than one year spent on authorized  leave  of  absence
33    from  service, provided that (1) the period of leave began on
34    or after January 1, 1982 and (2) any  credit  established  by
 
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 1    the  member  for  the  period  of  leave  in any other public
 2    employee retirement system has been terminated.  A member may
 3    establish service credit under this subsection for more  than
 4    one  period  of  authorized leave, and in that case the total
 5    period of service credit established by the member under this
 6    subsection  may  exceed  one  year.    In   determining   the
 7    contributions  required for establishing service credit under
 8    this subsection, the interest shall be  calculated  from  the
 9    beginning of the leave of absence to the date of payment.
10        (m)  Any  person  who  rendered contractual services to a
11    member of the General Assembly as a worker  in  the  member's
12    district  office may establish creditable service for up to 3
13    years  of  those   contractual   services   by   making   the
14    contributions  required under this Section.  The System shall
15    determine a full-time salary equivalent for  the  purpose  of
16    calculating  the  required contribution.  To establish credit
17    under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
18    by March 1, 1998.
19        (n)  Any person who rendered contractual  services  to  a
20    member   of  the  General  Assembly  as  a  worker  providing
21    constituent services to persons in the member's district  may
22    establish  creditable  service  for  up  to  8 years of those
23    contractual services by  making  the  contributions  required
24    under  this  Section.  The System shall determine a full-time
25    salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the required
26    contribution.  To establish credit under this subsection, the
27    applicant must apply to the System by March 1, 1998.
28        (o)  A  member   who   participated   in   the   Illinois
29    Legislative Staff Internship Program may establish creditable
30    service  for  up  to one year of that participation by making
31    the contribution required  under  this  Section.  The  System
32    shall determine a full-time salary equivalent for the purpose
33    of  calculating the required contribution.  Credit may not be
34    established under this subsection for any  period  for  which
 
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 1    service  credit  is  established under any other provision of
 2    this Code.
 3    (Source: P.A. 92-54, eff. 7-12-01.)

 4        (40 ILCS 5/15-113.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.3)
 5        Sec. 15-113.3.  Service for periods of military  service.
 6    "Service  for  periods  of military service":  Those periods,
 7    not exceeding 5 years, during which a person  served  in  the
 8    armed  forces  of the United States, of which all but 2 years
 9    must have immediately followed a period of employment with an
10    employer under this System or the State Employees' Retirement
11    System of Illinois;  provided  that  the  person  received  a
12    discharge   other  than  dishonorable  and  again  became  an
13    employee under this System within one year  after  discharge.
14    However,  for  the  up  to  2  years  of military service not
15    immediately following employment,  the  applicant  must  make
16    contributions  to  the  System  (1)  at the rates provided in
17    Section 15-157 based upon the employee's  basic  compensation
18    on  the  last  date as a participating employee prior to such
19    military service, or on the first  date  as  a  participating
20    employee  after  such military service, whichever is greater,
21    plus (2) an amount determined by the board to be equal to the
22    employer's normal cost  of  the  benefits  accrued  for  such
23    military  service,  plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
24    the effective rate from the date the person  last  became  an
25    employee  or  November 19, 1991, whichever is later, later of
26    the date of first membership in the System  or  the  date  of
27    conclusion of military service to the date of payment.
28        The  change  in  the manner of calculating interest under
29    this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 93rd  General
30    Assembly  applies  to  credit  purchased by an employee on or
31    after its effective date and does not entitle any person to a
32    refund of contributions or interest already paid.
33        The change in the  required  contribution  for  purchased
 
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 1    military  credit  made  by Public Act 87-1265 this amendatory
 2    Act of 1993 does not  entitle  any  person  to  a  refund  of
 3    contributions already paid.
 4        The  changes  to  this  Section made by Public Act 87-794
 5    this amendatory Act of 1991 shall apply not only  to  persons
 6    who  on  or after its effective date are in service under the
 7    System, but also to persons whose employment terminated prior
 8    to that date, whether or not the person is  an  annuitant  on
 9    that  date.   In  the  case  of  an annuitant who applies for
10    credit allowable under this Section for a period of  military
11    service  that  did not immediately follow employment, and who
12    has made the required  contributions  for  such  credit,  the
13    annuity  shall  be  recalculated  to  include  the additional
14    service credit, with the increase taking effect on  the  date
15    the  System  received written notification of the annuitant's
16    intent to purchase the credit, if payment of all the required
17    contributions is made within 60 days of such notice, or  else
18    on  the  first  annuity  payment  date  following the date of
19    payment of the required contributions.   In  calculating  the
20    automatic  annual  increase  for  an  annuity  that  has been
21    recalculated under this Section, the increase attributable to
22    the additional service allowable under Public Act 87-794 this
23    amendatory Act of 1991 shall be included in  the  calculation
24    of  automatic  annual  increases accruing after the effective
25    date of the recalculation.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)

27        (40 ILCS 5/16-128) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-128)
28        Sec.    16-128.  Creditable    service     -     required
29    contributions.
30        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, in
31    order to  receive  the  creditable  service  specified  under
32    subsection  (b)  of  Section  16-127, a member is required to
33    make the following contributions:
 
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 1             (i)  an amount  equal  to  the  contributions  which
 2        would  have  been required had such service been rendered
 3        as a member under this System;
 4             (ii)  for military service not immediately following
 5        employment as a teacher and for service established under
 6        subdivision  (b)(10)  of  Section   16-127,   an   amount
 7        determined  by  the  Board  to be equal to the employer's
 8        normal cost of the benefits accrued for such service; and
 9             (iii)  interest  from  the  date  the  contributions
10        would have  been  due  (or,  in  the  case  of  a  person
11        establishing    credit   for   military   service   under
12        subdivision (b)(3) of Section 16-127, the date  of  first
13        membership  in  the System, if that date is later) to the
14        date of payment,  at  the  following  rate  of  interest,
15        compounded  annually:  for periods prior to July 1, 1965,
16        regular interest; from July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1977,  4%
17        per year; on and after July 1, 1977, regular interest.
18        (a-5)  Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory
19    Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly,  a member must pay the
20    contributions  specified  in  subsection  (a)  in  order   to
21    establish  credit  under subdivision (b)(3) of Section 16-127
22    for any military service not immediately following employment
23    as a teacher;  however,  contributions  are  required  for  a
24    member   to  establish  credit  for  other  military  service
25    permitted under subdivision (b)(3) of Section 16-127 only  if
26    the period of military service ends before the effective date
27    of this amendatory Act.
28        Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
29    the 93rd General Assembly, rather than the interest described
30    in  subdivision  (a)(iii),  a  person establishing credit for
31    military service not immediately following  employment  as  a
32    teacher  under subdivision (b)(3) of Section 16-127 shall pay
33    interest at the rate of 5%  per  year,  compounded  annually,
34    from  the  date  the person last became a participant in this
 
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 1    System or November 19, 1991, whichever is later, to the  date
 2    of payment.
 3        The  changes  made  by  this  amendatory  Act of the 93rd
 4    General Assembly in the contributions and  interest  required
 5    for  military  service  credit do not entitle any person to a
 6    refund of contributions or interest already paid.
 7        (b)  In  order  to  receive  creditable   service   under
 8    paragraph  (2)  of subsection (b) of Section 16-127 for those
 9    who were not members on June 30, 1963, the  minimum  required
10    contribution  shall be $420 per year of service together with
11    interest at 4% per year  compounded  annually  from  July  1,
12    preceding  the  date of membership until June 30, 1977 and at
13    regular interest compounded annually thereafter to  the  date
14    of payment.
15        (c)  In determining the contribution required in order to
16    receive  creditable service under paragraph (3) of subsection
17    (b) of Section 16-127, the salary rate for the  remainder  of
18    the  school  term  in  which a member enters military service
19    shall be assumed to be equal to the member's salary  rate  at
20    the time of entering military service.  However, for military
21    service not immediately following employment, the salary rate
22    on  the  last  date  as a participating teacher prior to such
23    military service, or on the first  date  as  a  participating
24    teacher  after  such  military service, whichever is greater,
25    shall be assumed to be equal to the member's salary  rate  at
26    the  time of entering military service.  For each school term
27    thereafter, the member's salary rate shall be assumed  to  be
28    5% higher than the salary rate in the previous school term.
29        (d)  In determining the contribution required in order to
30    receive  creditable service under paragraph (5) of subsection
31    (b) of Section 16-127, a  member's  salary  rate  during  the
32    period for which credit is being established shall be assumed
33    to  be  equal  to  the  member's last salary rate immediately
34    preceding that period.
 
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 1        (d-5)  For each year of service credit to be  established
 2    under  subsection  (b-1)  of  Section  16-127,  a  member  is
 3    required  to contribute to the System (i) 16.5% of the annual
 4    salary rate during the first year of full-time employment  as
 5    a  teacher  under  this  Article following the private school
 6    service, plus (ii) interest thereon from the  date  of  first
 7    full-time   employment   as  a  teacher  under  this  Article
 8    following the private school service to the date of  payment,
 9    compounded annually, at the rate of 8.5% per year for periods
10    before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
11    General Assembly, and for subsequent periods at a rate  equal
12    to  the  System's  actuarially  assumed  rate  of  return  on
13    investments.
14        (e)  The contributions required under this Section may be
15    made  from the date the statement for such creditable service
16    is  issued  until  retirement  date.    All   such   required
17    contributions  must  be made before any retirement annuity is
18    granted.
19    (Source: P.A. 92-867, eff. 1-3-03.)

20        (40 ILCS 5/17-134) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
21        Sec.  17-134.   Contributions  for  leaves  of   absence;
22    military  service;  computing  service.  In computing service
23    for pension purposes the following periods of  service  shall
24    stand  in  lieu of a like number of years of teaching service
25    upon payment therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a)
26    time spent on a leave of absence granted by the employer; (b)
27    service  with  teacher  or  labor  organizations  based  upon
28    special leaves of absence therefor granted  by  an  Employer;
29    (c) a maximum of 5 years spent in the military service of the
30    United  States,  of  which up to 2 years may have been served
31    outside  the  pension  period;  (d)  unused  sick   days   at
32    termination  of  service  to  a maximum of 244 days; (e) time
33    lost due to layoff and curtailment of the  school  term  from
 
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 1    June  6  through June 21, 1976; and (f) time spent after June
 2    30, 1982 as a member of the Board of Education,  if  required
 3    to  resign  from  an  administrative or teaching  position in
 4    order to qualify as a member of the Board of Education.
 5             (1)  For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
 6        sabbatical leaves of absence or sick  leaves,  for  which
 7        salaries   are  paid,  an  Employer  shall  make  payroll
 8        deductions at the applicable rates in effect during  such
 9        periods.
10             (2)  For time spent on a leave of absence granted by
11        the  employer  for  which  no salaries are paid, teachers
12        desiring  credit  therefor   shall   pay   the   required
13        contributions  at the rates in effect during such periods
14        as though they were in teaching service. If  an  Employer
15        pays  salary for vacations which occur during a teacher's
16        sick  leave  or  maternity  or  paternity  leave  without
17        salary, vacation pay for which  the  teacher  would  have
18        qualified  while  in  active  service shall be considered
19        part of the teacher's total salary for pension  purposes.
20        No more than 36 months of leave credit may be allowed any
21        person  during  the  entire  term of service.  Sabbatical
22        leave credit shall be limited to the time the  person  on
23        leave without salary under an Employer's rules is allowed
24        to  engage in an activity for which he receives salary or
25        compensation.
26             (3)  For time spent prior to September 6,  1948,  on
27        sabbatical  leaves  of  absence  or sick leaves for which
28        salaries were  paid,  teachers  desiring  service  credit
29        therefor  shall  pay  the  required  contributions at the
30        maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
31             (4)  For service with teacher or labor organizations
32        authorized by special leaves of  absence,  for  which  no
33        payroll  deductions  are  made  by  an Employer, teachers
34        desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to  the
 
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 1        Fund  upon  the  basis of the actual salary received from
 2        such organizations at  the  percentage  rates  in  effect
 3        during  such  periods  for  certified positions with such
 4        Employer.  To the extent the actual  salary  exceeds  the
 5        regular  salary,  which  shall  be  defined as the salary
 6        rate, as calculated by  the  Board,  in  effect  for  the
 7        teacher's   regular   position  in  teaching  service  on
 8        September 1, 1983 or on the effective date of  the  leave
 9        with   the   organization,   whichever   is   later,  the
10        organization shall pay to the Fund the employer's  normal
11        cost as set by the Board on the increment.
12             (5)  Except  as otherwise provided in this paragraph
13        (5), for time spent in  the  military  service,  teachers
14        entitled to and desiring credit therefor shall contribute
15        the  amount required for each year of service or fraction
16        thereof at  the  rates  in  force  (a)  at  the  date  of
17        appointment,  or  (b)  on return to teaching service as a
18        regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
19        such rates shall not  be  less  than  $450  per  year  of
20        service.  These conditions shall apply unless an Employer
21        elects  to  and  does  pay into the Fund the amount which
22        would have been due from such person had he been employed
23        as a teacher during such time.  In the case of credit for
24        military service  not  during  the  pension  period,  the
25        teacher must also pay to the Fund an amount determined by
26        the  Board  to  be equal to the employer's normal cost of
27        the benefits accrued from  such  service,  plus  interest
28        thereon  at the rate of 5% per year, compounded annually,
29        from the date the teacher last became  a  participant  in
30        this  Fund  or  November 19, 1991, whichever is later, of
31        appointment to the date of payment.
32             Beginning on the effective date of  this  amendatory
33        Act  of  the  93rd  General  Assembly,  the contributions
34        specified in this paragraph (5) are required for a member
 
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 1        to establish credit for military  service  served  during
 2        the pension period only if the period of military service
 3        ends  before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
 4        the 93rd General Assembly; however, a member must pay the
 5        contributions specified in this paragraph (5) in order to
 6        establish credit for any military service served  outside
 7        the   pension   period.   The  changes  in  the  required
 8        contributions and interest for  military  service  credit
 9        made  by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
10        do not entitle any person to a refund of contributions or
11        interest already paid.
12             The changes to  this  Section  made  by  Public  Act
13        87-795  shall  apply  not only to persons who on or after
14        its effective date are in service  under  the  Fund,  but
15        also  to  persons  whose  status  as a teacher terminated
16        prior to that date, whether  or  not  the  person  is  an
17        annuitant  on that date.  In the case of an annuitant who
18        applies for credit allowable under  this  Section  for  a
19        period  of  military  service  that  did  not immediately
20        follow  employment,  and  who  has  made   the   required
21        contributions  for  such  credit,  the  annuity  shall be
22        recalculated to include the  additional  service  credit,
23        with  the  increase  taking  effect  on the date the Fund
24        received written notification of the  annuitant's  intent
25        to  purchase  the  credit, if payment of all the required
26        contributions is made within 60 days of such  notice,  or
27        else on the first annuity payment date following the date
28        of payment of the required contributions.  In calculating
29        the  automatic  annual  increase  for an annuity that has
30        been  recalculated  under  this  Section,  the   increase
31        attributable  to  the  additional service allowable under
32        this amendatory Act of 1991  shall  be  included  in  the
33        calculation  of automatic annual increases accruing after
34        the effective date of the recalculation.
 
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 1             The total credit  for  military  service  shall  not
 2        exceed  5  years,  except that any teacher who on July 1,
 3        1963, had validated credit  for  more  than  5  years  of
 4        military service shall be entitled to the total amount of
 5        such credit.
 6             (6)  A  maximum  of 244 unused sick days credited to
 7        his account by an Employer on the date of termination  of
 8        employment.   Members,  upon  verification of unused sick
 9        days, may add  this  service  time  to  total  creditable
10        service.
11             (7)  In  all  cases  where  time  spent  on leave is
12        creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
13        an Employer, persons desiring service credit  shall  make
14        the required contributions directly to the Fund.
15             (8)  For  time  lost  without  pay due to layoff and
16        curtailment of the school term from June 6  through  June
17        21,  1976, as provided in item (e) of the first paragraph
18        of this Section, persons who  were  contributors  on  the
19        days  immediately  preceding  such  layoff  shall receive
20        credit upon paying to the Fund a  contribution  based  on
21        the  rates  of compensation and employee contributions in
22        effect at the time  of  such  layoff,  together  with  an
23        additional  amount  equal  to  12.2%  of the compensation
24        computed for such period of layoff, plus interest on  the
25        entire amount at 5% per annum from January 1, 1978 to the
26        date  of  payment.   If such contribution is paid, salary
27        for pension purposes for any year in which such a  layoff
28        occurred  shall  include  the compensation recognized for
29        purposes of computing that contribution.
30             (9)  For time  spent  after  June  30,  1982,  as  a
31        nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
32        to  resign from an administrative or teaching position in
33        order to qualify as a member of the Board  of  Education,
34        an  administrator  or  teacher  desiring  credit therefor
 
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 1        shall pay the required contributions  at  the  rates  and
 2        salaries  in  effect  during  such  periods as though the
 3        member were in service.
 4        Effective September 1, 1974,  the  interest  charged  for
 5    validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
 6    of  this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of 5%
 7    commencing one year after the termination  of  the  leave  or
 8    return to service.
 9    (Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)

10        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
11    Section 8.27 as follows:

12        (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
13        Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
14    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
15    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
16    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

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