Rep. Karen May

Filed: 10/26/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3815

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3815, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
6changing Sections 3-110, 4-108, 5-214, 6-209, 8-226, 11-215,
715-107, 16-106, and 17-134 as follows:
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/3-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110)
9    Sec. 3-110. Creditable service.
10    (a) "Creditable service" is the time served by a police
11officer as a member of a regularly constituted police force of
12a municipality. In computing creditable service furloughs
13without pay exceeding 30 days shall not be counted, but all
14leaves of absence for illness or accident, regardless of
15length, and all periods of disability retirement for which a
16police officer has received no disability pension payments

 

 

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1under this Article shall be counted.
2    (a-5) Up to 3 years of time during which the police officer
3receives a disability pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2,
43-114.3, or 3-114.6 shall be counted as creditable service,
5provided that (i) the police officer returns to active service
6after the disability for a period at least equal to the period
7for which credit is to be established and (ii) the police
8officer makes contributions to the fund based on the rates
9specified in Section 3-125.1 and the salary upon which the
10disability pension is based. These contributions may be paid at
11any time prior to the commencement of a retirement pension. The
12police officer may, but need not, elect to have the
13contributions deducted from the disability pension or to pay
14them in installments on a schedule approved by the board. If
15not deducted from the disability pension, the contributions
16shall include interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
17annually, from the date for which service credit is being
18established to the date of payment. If contributions are paid
19under this subsection (a-5) in excess of those needed to
20establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
21subsection (a-5) applies to persons receiving a disability
22pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6 on
23the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
24Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive such a
25disability pension after that date.
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1the military, naval or air forces of the United States entered
2upon while an active police officer of a municipality, provided
3that upon applying for a permanent pension, and in accordance
4with the rules of the board, the police officer pays into the
5fund the amount the officer would have contributed if he or she
6had been a regular contributor during such period, to the
7extent that the municipality which the police officer served
8has not made such contributions in the officer's behalf. The
9total amount of such creditable service shall not exceed 5
10years, except that any police officer who on July 1, 1973 had
11more than 5 years of such creditable service shall receive the
12total amount thereof.
13    (b-5) Creditable service includes all periods of service in
14the military, naval, or air forces of the United States entered
15upon before beginning service as an active police officer of a
16municipality, provided that, in accordance with the rules of
17the board, the police officer pays into the fund the amount the
18police officer would have contributed if he or she had been a
19regular contributor during such period, plus an amount
20determined by the Board to be equal to the municipality's
21normal cost of the benefit, plus interest at the actuarially
22assumed rate calculated from the date the employee last became
23a police officer under this Article. The total amount of such
24creditable service shall not exceed 2 years.
25    (c) Creditable service also includes service rendered by a
26police officer while on leave of absence from a police

 

 

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1department to serve as an executive of an organization whose
2membership consists of members of a police department, subject
3to the following conditions: (i) the police officer is a
4participant of a fund established under this Article with at
5least 10 years of service as a police officer; (ii) the police
6officer received no credit for such service under any other
7retirement system, pension fund, or annuity and benefit fund
8included in this Code; (iii) pursuant to the rules of the board
9the police officer pays to the fund the amount he or she would
10have contributed had the officer been an active member of the
11police department; and (iv) the organization pays a
12contribution equal to the municipality's normal cost for that
13period of service; and (v) the police officer first becomes an
14active member of a pension fund established under this Article
15before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
16General Assembly. Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 97th
17General Assembly shall apply to those police officers who first
18become members of a pension fund established under this Article
19after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
20General Assembly who are on leave to special duty assignments,
21and who continue to remain in sworn status, subject to the
22professional standards of the public employer or those terms
23established in statute.
24        (d)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
25    service originally established in another police pension
26    fund under this Article or in the Fund established under

 

 

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1    Article 7 of this Code for which (i) the contributions have
2    been transferred under Section 3-110.7 or Section 7-139.9
3    and (ii) any additional contribution required under
4    paragraph (2) of this subsection has been paid in full in
5    accordance with the requirements of this subsection (d).
6        (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
7    creditable service and related contributions are
8    transferred under Section 7-139.9 determines that the
9    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
10    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
11    established, then in order to establish that creditable
12    service the police officer must pay to the pension fund,
13    within the payment period specified in paragraph (3) of
14    this subsection, an additional contribution equal to the
15    difference, as determined by the board in accordance with
16    the rules and procedures adopted under paragraph (6) of
17    this subsection. If the board of the pension fund to which
18    creditable service and related contributions are
19    transferred under Section 3-110.7 determines that the
20    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
21    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
22    established, then the police officer may elect (A) to
23    establish that creditable service by paying to the pension
24    fund, within the payment period specified in paragraph (3)
25    of this subsection (d), an additional contribution equal to
26    the difference, as determined by the board in accordance

 

 

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1    with the rules and procedures adopted under paragraph (6)
2    of this subsection (d) or (B) to have his or her creditable
3    service reduced by an amount equal to the difference
4    between the amount transferred under Section 3-110.7 and
5    the true cost to the pension fund of allowing that
6    creditable service to be established, as determined by the
7    board in accordance with the rules and procedures adopted
8    under paragraph (6) of this subsection (d).
9        (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the additional
10    contribution that is required or elected under paragraph
11    (2) of this subsection (d) must be paid to the board (i)
12    within 5 years from the date of the transfer of
13    contributions under Section 3-110.7 or 7-139.9 and (ii)
14    before the police officer terminates service with the fund.
15    The additional contribution may be paid in a lump sum or in
16    accordance with a schedule of installment payments
17    authorized by the board.
18        (4) If the police officer dies in service before
19    payment in full has been made and before the expiration of
20    the 5-year payment period, the surviving spouse of the
21    officer may elect to pay the unpaid amount on the officer's
22    behalf within 6 months after the date of death, in which
23    case the creditable service shall be granted as though the
24    deceased police officer had paid the remaining balance on
25    the day before the date of death.
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1    elected under paragraph (2) of this subsection (d) is not
2    paid in full within the required time, the creditable
3    service shall not be granted and the police officer (or the
4    officer's surviving spouse or estate) shall be entitled to
5    receive a refund of (i) any partial payment of the
6    additional contribution that has been made by the police
7    officer and (ii) those portions of the amounts transferred
8    under subdivision (a)(1) of Section 3-110.7 or
9    subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(3) of Section 7-139.9 that
10    represent employee contributions paid by the police
11    officer (but not the accumulated interest on those
12    contributions) and interest paid by the police officer to
13    the prior pension fund in order to reinstate service
14    terminated by acceptance of a refund.
15        At the time of paying a refund under this item (5), the
16    pension fund shall also repay to the pension fund from
17    which the contributions were transferred under Section
18    3-110.7 or 7-139.9 the amount originally transferred under
19    subdivision (a)(2) of that Section, plus interest at the
20    rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date of
21    the original transfer to the date of repayment. Amounts
22    repaid to the Article 7 fund under this provision shall be
23    credited to the appropriate municipality.
24        Transferred credit that is not granted due to failure
25    to pay the additional contribution within the required time
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1    and may not be reinstated in the pension fund from which it
2    was transferred.
3        (6) The Public Employee Pension Fund Division of the
4    Department of Insurance shall establish by rule the manner
5    of making the calculation required under paragraph (2) of
6    this subsection, taking into account the appropriate
7    actuarial assumptions; the police officer's service, age,
8    and salary history; the level of funding of the pension
9    fund to which the credits are being transferred; and any
10    other factors that the Division determines to be relevant.
11    The rules may require that all calculations made under
12    paragraph (2) be reported to the Division by the board
13    performing the calculation, together with documentation of
14    the creditable service to be transferred, the amounts of
15    contributions and interest to be transferred, the manner in
16    which the calculation was performed, the numbers relied
17    upon in making the calculation, the results of the
18    calculation, and any other information the Division may
19    deem useful.
20        (e)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
21    service originally established in the Fund established
22    under Article 7 of this Code for which the contributions
23    have been transferred under Section 7-139.11.
24        (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
25    creditable service and related contributions are
26    transferred under Section 7-139.11 determines that the

 

 

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1    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
2    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
3    established, then the amount of creditable service the
4    police officer may establish under this subsection (e)
5    shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference, as
6    determined by the board in accordance with the rules and
7    procedures adopted under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
8        (3) The Public Pension Division of the Department of
9    Financial and Professional Regulation shall establish by
10    rule the manner of making the calculation required under
11    paragraph (2) of this subsection, taking into account the
12    appropriate actuarial assumptions; the police officer's
13    service, age, and salary history; the level of funding of
14    the pension fund to which the credits are being
15    transferred; and any other factors that the Division
16    determines to be relevant. The rules may require that all
17    calculations made under paragraph (2) be reported to the
18    Division by the board performing the calculation, together
19    with documentation of the creditable service to be
20    transferred, the amounts of contributions and interest to
21    be transferred, the manner in which the calculation was
22    performed, the numbers relied upon in making the
23    calculation, the results of the calculation, and any other
24    information the Division may deem useful.
25        (4) Until January 1, 2010, a police officer who
26    transferred service from the Fund established under

 

 

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1    Article 7 of this Code under the provisions of Public Act
2    94-356 may establish additional credit, but only for the
3    amount of the service credit reduction in that transfer, as
4    calculated under paragraph (3) of this subsection (e). This
5    credit may be established upon payment by the police
6    officer of an amount to be determined by the board, equal
7    to (1) the amount that would have been contributed as
8    employee and employer contributions had all of the service
9    been as an employee under this Article, plus interest
10    thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually
11    from the date of service to the date of transfer, less (2)
12    the total amount transferred from the Article 7 Fund, plus
13    (3) interest on the difference at the rate of 6% per year,
14    compounded annually, from the date of the transfer to the
15    date of payment. The additional service credit is allowed
16    under this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
17    notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7 terminating
18    all transferred credits on the date of transfer.
19(Source: P.A. 95-812, eff. 8-13-08; 96-297, eff. 8-11-09;
2096-1260, eff. 7-23-10.)
 
21    (40 ILCS 5/4-108)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-108)
22    Sec. 4-108. Creditable service.
23    (a) Creditable service is the time served as a firefighter
24of a municipality. In computing creditable service, furloughs
25and leaves of absence without pay exceeding 30 days in any one

 

 

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1year shall not be counted, but leaves of absence for illness or
2accident regardless of length, and periods of disability for
3which a firefighter received no disability pension payments
4under this Article, shall be counted.
5    (b) Furloughs and leaves of absence of 30 days or less in
6any one year may be counted as creditable service, if the
7firefighter makes the contribution to the fund that would have
8been required had he or she not been on furlough or leave of
9absence. To qualify for this creditable service, the
10firefighter must pay the required contributions to the fund not
11more than 90 days subsequent to the termination of the furlough
12or leave of absence, to the extent that the municipality has
13not made such contribution on his or her behalf.
14    (c) Creditable service includes:
15        (1) Service in the military, naval or air forces of the
16    United States entered upon when the person was an active
17    firefighter, provided that, upon applying for a permanent
18    pension, and in accordance with the rules of the board the
19    firefighter pays into the fund the amount that would have
20    been contributed had he or she been a regular contributor
21    during such period of service, if and to the extent that
22    the municipality which the firefighter served made no such
23    contributions in his or her behalf. The total amount of
24    such creditable service shall not exceed 5 years, except
25    that any firefighter who on July 1, 1973 had more than 5
26    years of such creditable service shall receive the total

 

 

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1    amount thereof as of that date.
2        (1.5) Up to 24 months of service in the military,
3    naval, or air forces of the United States that was served
4    prior to employment by a municipality or fire protection
5    district as a firefighter. To receive the credit for the
6    military service prior to the employment as a firefighter,
7    the firefighter must apply in writing to the fund and must
8    make contributions to the fund equal to (i) the employee
9    contributions that would have been required had the service
10    been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount determined
11    by the fund to be equal to the employer's normal cost of
12    the benefits accrued for that military service, plus (iii)
13    interest at the actuarially assumed rate provided by the
14    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
15    compounded annually from the first date of membership in
16    the fund to the date of payment on items (i) and (ii). The
17    changes to this paragraph (1.5) by this amendatory Act of
18    the 95th General Assembly apply only to participating
19    employees in service on or after its effective date.
20        (2) Service prior to July 1, 1976 by a firefighter
21    initially excluded from participation by reason of age who
22    elected to participate and paid the required contributions
23    for such service.
24        (3) Up to 8 years of service by a firefighter as an
25    officer in a statewide firefighters' association when he is
26    on a leave of absence from a municipality's payroll,

 

 

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1    provided that (i) the firefighter has at least 10 years of
2    creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) the
3    firefighter contributes to the fund the amount that he
4    would have contributed had he remained an active member of
5    the fund, and (iii) the employee or statewide firefighter
6    association contributes to the fund an amount equal to the
7    employer's required contribution as determined by the
8    board, and (iv) the firefighter first becomes an active
9    member of a pension fund established under this Article
10    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
11    97th General Assembly. Nothing in this amendatory Act of
12    the 97th General Assembly shall apply to those firefighters
13    who first become members of a pension fund established
14    under this Article after the effective date of this
15    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly who are on
16    leave to special duty assignments, and who continue to
17    remain in sworn status, subject to the professional
18    standards of the public employer or those terms established
19    in statute.
20        (4) Time spent as an on-call fireman for a
21    municipality, calculated at the rate of one year of
22    creditable service for each 5 years of time spent as an
23    on-call fireman, provided that (i) the firefighter has at
24    least 18 years of creditable service as an active
25    firefighter, (ii) the firefighter spent at least 14 years
26    as an on-call firefighter for the municipality, (iii) the

 

 

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1    firefighter applies for such creditable service within 30
2    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3    1989, (iv) the firefighter contributes to the Fund an
4    amount representing employee contributions for the number
5    of years of creditable service granted under this
6    subdivision (4), based on the salary and contribution rate
7    in effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
8    Fund, to be determined by the board, and (v) not more than
9    3 years of creditable service may be granted under this
10    subdivision (4).
11        Except as provided in Section 4-108.5, creditable
12    service shall not include time spent as a volunteer
13    firefighter, whether or not any compensation was received
14    therefor. The change made in this Section by Public Act
15    83-0463 is intended to be a restatement and clarification
16    of existing law, and does not imply that creditable service
17    was previously allowed under this Article for time spent as
18    a volunteer firefighter.
19        (5) Time served between July 1, 1976 and July 1, 1988
20    in the position of protective inspection officer or
21    administrative assistant for fire services, for a
22    municipality with a population under 10,000 that is located
23    in a county with a population over 3,000,000 and that
24    maintains a firefighters' pension fund under this Article,
25    if the position included firefighting duties,
26    notwithstanding that the person may not have held an

 

 

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1    appointment as a firefighter, provided that application is
2    made to the pension fund within 30 days after the effective
3    date of this amendatory Act of 1991, and the corresponding
4    contributions are paid for the number of years of service
5    granted, based upon the salary and contribution rate in
6    effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
7    pension fund, as determined by the Board.
8        (6) Service before becoming a participant by a
9    firefighter initially excluded from participation by
10    reason of age who becomes a participant under the amendment
11    to Section 4-107 made by this amendatory Act of 1993 and
12    pays the required contributions for such service.
13        (7) Up to 3 years of time during which the firefighter
14    receives a disability pension under Section 4-110,
15    4-110.1, or 4-111, provided that (i) the firefighter
16    returns to active service after the disability for a period
17    at least equal to the period for which credit is to be
18    established and (ii) the firefighter makes contributions
19    to the fund based on the rates specified in Section 4-118.1
20    and the salary upon which the disability pension is based.
21    These contributions may be paid at any time prior to the
22    commencement of a retirement pension. The firefighter may,
23    but need not, elect to have the contributions deducted from
24    the disability pension or to pay them in installments on a
25    schedule approved by the board. If not deducted from the
26    disability pension, the contributions shall include

 

 

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1    interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually,
2    from the date for which service credit is being established
3    to the date of payment. If contributions are paid under
4    this subdivision (c)(7) in excess of those needed to
5    establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
6    subdivision (c)(7) applies to persons receiving a
7    disability pension under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111
8    on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
9    General Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive
10    such a disability pension after that date.
11(Source: P.A. 94-856, eff. 6-15-06; 95-1056, eff. 4-10-09.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/5-214)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-214)
13    Sec. 5-214. Credit for other service. Any participant in
14this fund (other than a member of the fire department of the
15city) who has rendered service as a member of the police
16department of the city for a period of 3 years or more is
17entitled to credit for the various purposes of this Article for
18service rendered prior to becoming a member or subsequent
19thereto for the following periods:
20        (a) While on leave of absence from the police
21    department assigned or detailed to investigative,
22    protective, security or police work for the park district
23    of the city, the department of the Port of Chicago or the
24    sanitary district in which the city is located.
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1    serving in the office of the mayor or in the office of the
2    corporation counsel, as a member of the city council of the
3    city, as an employee of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit
4    Fund created by this Article, as the head of an
5    organization whose membership consists of members of the
6    police department, but only if the police officer first
7    becomes a member of the fund before the effective date of
8    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
9    Public Vehicle License Commission and the board of election
10    commissioners of the city. Nothing in this amendatory Act
11    of the 97th General Assembly shall apply to those police
12    officers who first become members of the fund after the
13    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
14    Assembly who are on leave to special duty assignments, and
15    who continue to remain in sworn status, subject to the
16    professional standards of the public employer or those
17    terms established in statute.
18        (c) While performing safety or investigative work for
19    the county in which such city is principally located or for
20    the State of Illinois or for the federal government, on
21    leave of absence from the department of police, or while
22    performing investigative work for the department as a
23    civilian employee of the department.
24        (d) While on leave of absence from the police
25    department of the city and serving as the chief of police
26    of a police department outside the city.

 

 

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1    No credit shall be granted in this fund, however, for this
2service if the policeman has credit therefor in any other
3annuity and benefit fund, or unless he contributes to this fund
4the amount he would have contributed with interest had he
5remained an active member of the police department in the
6position he occupied as a result of a civil service competitive
7examination, certification and appointment by the Civil
8Service Board; or in the case of a city operating under the
9provisions of a personnel ordinance the position he occupied as
10a result of a personnel ordinance competitive examination
11certification and appointment under the authority of a
12Municipal Personnel ordinance.
13    Concurrently with such contributions, the city shall
14contribute the amounts provided by this Article. No credit
15shall be allowed for any period of time for which contributions
16by the policeman have not been paid. The period of service
17rendered by such policeman prior to the date he became a member
18of the police department of the city or while detailed,
19assigned or on leave of absence and employed in any of the
20departments set forth hereinabove in this Section for which
21such policeman has contributed to this fund shall be credited
22to him as service for all the purposes of this Article, except
23that he shall not have any of the rights conferred by the
24provisions of Sections 5-127 and 5-162 of this Article.
25    The changes in this Section made by Public Act 86-273 shall
26apply to members of the fund who have not begun receiving a

 

 

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1pension under this Article on August 23, 1989, without regard
2to whether employment is terminated before that date.
3(Source: P.A. 86-273; 87-1265.)
 
4    (40 ILCS 5/6-209)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-209)
5    Sec. 6-209. In computing the service rendered by a fireman
6prior to the effective date, the following periods shall be
7counted, in addition to all periods during which he performed
8the duties of his position, as periods of service for annuity
9purposes only: All periods of (a) vacation, (b) leave of
10absence with whole or part pay, (c) leave of absence without
11pay which were necessary on account of disability, and (d)
12leave of absence during which he was engaged in the military or
13naval service of the United States of America. Service credit
14shall not be allowed for any period during which a fireman was
15in receipt of pension on account of disability from any pension
16fund superseded by this fund.
17    In computing the service rendered by a fireman on and after
18the effective date, the following periods shall be counted in
19addition to all periods during which he performed the duties of
20his position, as periods of service for annuity purposes only:
21All periods of (a) vacation, (b) leave of absence with whole or
22part pay, (c) leave of absence during which he was engaged in
23the military or naval service of the United States of America,
24(d) disability for which he receives any disability benefit,
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1leave of absence, or other authorized relief from active duty,
2during which he served as an officer president of The Firemen's
3Association of Chicago, but only if the fireman first becomes a
4member of the fund before the effective date of this amendatory
5Act of the 97th General Assembly (nothing in this amendatory
6Act of the 97th General Assembly shall apply to a fireman who
7first becomes a member of the fund after the effective date of
8this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly who is on
9leave to special duty assignments, and who continues to remain
10in sworn status, subject to the professional standards of the
11public employer or those terms established in statute), (g)
12periods of suspension from duty not to exceed a total of one
13year during the total period of service of the fireman, and (h)
14a period of time not to exceed 23 days in 1980 in accordance
15with an agreement with the City on a settlement of strike;
16provided that the fireman elects to make contributions to the
17Fund for the various annuity and benefit purposes according to
18the provisions of this Article as though he were an active
19fireman, based upon the salary attached to the civil service
20rank held by him during such absence from duty, and if the
21fireman so elects, the city shall make the prescribed
22concurrent contributions for such annuity and benefit purposes
23as provided in this Article, all to the end that such fireman
24shall be entitled to receive the same annuities and benefits
25for which he would otherwise be eligible if he had continued as
26an active fireman during the periods of absence from duty.

 

 

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1    In computing service on and after the effective date for
2ordinary disability benefit, all periods described in the
3preceding paragraph, except any period for which a fireman
4receives ordinary disability benefit, shall be counted as
5periods of service.
6    In computing service for any of the purposes of this
7Article, credit shall be given for any periods prior to January
89, 1997, during which an active fireman (or fire paramedic) who
9is a member of the General Assembly is on leave of absence or
10is otherwise authorized to be absent from duty to enable him to
11perform his legislative duties, notwithstanding any reduction
12in salary for such periods and notwithstanding that the
13contributions paid by the fireman were based on such reduced
14salary rather than the full amount of salary attached to his
15civil service rank.
16    In computing service for any of the purposes of this
17Article, no credit shall be given for any period during which a
18fireman was not rendering active service because of his
19discharge from the service, unless proceedings to test the
20legality of the discharge are filed in a court of competent
21jurisdiction within one year from the date of discharge and a
22final judgment is entered therein declaring the discharge
23illegal.
24    No overtime or extra service shall be included in computing
25service of a fireman and not more than one year or a proper
26fractional part thereof of service shall be allowed for service

 

 

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1rendered during any calendar year.
2(Source: P.A. 86-273; 86-1488; 87-1265.)
 
3    (40 ILCS 5/8-226)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-226)
4    Sec. 8-226. Computation of service. In computing the term
5of service of an employee prior to the effective date, the
6entire period beginning on the date he was first appointed and
7ending on the day before the effective date, except any
8intervening period during which he was separated by withdrawal
9from service, shall be counted for all purposes of this
10Article, except that for any employee who was not in service on
11the day before the effective date, service rendered prior to
12such date shall not be considered for the purposes of Section
138-138.
14    For a person employed by an employer for whom this Article
15was in effect prior to January 1, 1950, from whose salary
16deductions are first made under this Article after December 31,
171949, any period of service rendered prior to the effective
18date, unless he was in service on the day before the effective
19date, shall not be counted as service.
20    The time a person was an employee of any territory annexed
21to the city prior to the effective date shall be counted as a
22period of service.
23    In computing the term of service of any employee subsequent
24to the day before the effective date, the following periods
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1widow's and child's annuity purposes:
2        (a) The time during which he performed the duties of
3    his position;
4        (b) Vacations, leaves of absence with whole or part
5    pay, and leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90
6    days;
7        (c) Leaves of absence without pay during which a
8    participant is employed full-time by a local labor
9    organization that represents municipal employees, provided
10    that (1) the participant continues to make employee
11    contributions to the Fund as though he were an active
12    employee, based on the regular salary rate received by the
13    participant for his municipal employment immediately prior
14    to such leave of absence (and in the case of such
15    employment prior to December 9, 1987, pays to the Fund an
16    amount equal to the employee contributions for such
17    employment plus regular interest thereon as calculated by
18    the board), and based on his current salary with such labor
19    organization after the effective date of this amendatory
20    Act of 1991, (2) after January 1, 1989 the participant, or
21    the labor organization on the participant's behalf, makes
22    contributions to the Fund as though it were the employer,
23    in the same amount and same manner as specified under this
24    Article, based on the regular salary rate received by the
25    participant for his municipal employment immediately prior
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1    with such labor organization after the effective date of
2    this amendatory Act of 1991, and (3) the participant does
3    not receive credit in any pension plan established by the
4    local labor organization based on his employment by the
5    organization, and (4) the participant first becomes a
6    participant before the effective date of this amendatory
7    Act of the 97th General Assembly;
8        (d) Any period of disability for which he received (i)
9    a disability benefit under this Article, or (ii) a
10    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
11    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition
12    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
13    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
14    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay;
15        (e) Any period for which contributions and service
16    credit have been transferred to this Fund under subsection
17    (d) of Section 9-121.1 or subsection (d) of Section
18    12-127.1 of this Code.
19    For a person employed by an employer in which the 1921 Act
20was in effect prior to January 1, 1950, from whose salary
21deductions are first made under the 1921 Act or this Article
22after December 31, 1949, any period of service rendered
23subsequent to the effective date and prior to the date he
24became an employee and contributor, shall not be counted as a
25period of service under this Article, except such period for
26which he made payment as provided in Section 8-230 of this

 

 

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1Article, in which case such period shall be counted as a period
2of service for all annuity purposes hereunder.
3    In computing the term of service of an employee subsequent
4to the day before the effective date for ordinary disability
5benefit purposes, all periods described in the preceding
6paragraph, except any such period for which he receives
7ordinary disability benefit, shall be counted as periods of
8service; provided, that for any person employed by an employer
9in which this Article was in effect prior to January 1, 1950,
10from whose salary deductions are first made under this Article
11after December 31, 1949, any period of service rendered
12subsequent to the effective date and prior to the date he
13became an employee and contributor, shall not be counted as a
14period of service for ordinary disability benefit purposes,
15unless the person made payment for the period as provided in
16Section 8-230 of this Article, in which case the period shall
17be counted as a period of service for ordinary disability
18purposes for periods of disability on or after the effective
19date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
20    Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
21computing any term of service. Not more than 1 year of service
22shall be allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
23(Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
24    (40 ILCS 5/11-215)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-215)
25    Sec. 11-215. Computation of service.

 

 

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1    (a) In computing the term of service of an employee prior
2to the effective date, the entire period beginning on the date
3he was first appointed and ending on the day before the
4effective date, except any intervening period during which he
5was separated by withdrawal from service, shall be counted for
6all purposes of this Article. Only the first year of each
7period of lay-off or leave of absence without pay, continuing
8or extending for a period in excess of one year, shall be
9counted as such service.
10    (b) For a person employed by an employer for whom this
11Article was in effect prior to August 1, 1949, from whose
12salary deductions are first made under this Article after July
1331, 1949, any period of service rendered prior to the effective
14date, unless he was in service on the day before the effective
15date, shall not be counted as service.
16    (c) In computing the term of service of an employee
17subsequent to the day before the effective date, the following
18periods of time shall be counted as periods of service for
19annuity purposes:
20        (1) the time during which he performed the duties of
21    his position;
22        (2) leaves of absence with whole or part pay, and
23    leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90 days;
24        (3) leaves of absence without pay during which a
25    participant is employed full-time by a local labor
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1    that (A) the participant continues to make employee
2    contributions to the Fund as though he were an active
3    employee, based on the regular salary rate received by the
4    participant for his municipal employment immediately prior
5    to such leave of absence (and in the case of such
6    employment prior to December 9, 1987, pays to the Fund an
7    amount equal to the employee contributions for such
8    employment plus regular interest thereon as calculated by
9    the board), and based on his current salary with such labor
10    organization after the effective date of this amendatory
11    Act of 1991, (B) after January 1, 1989 the participant, or
12    the labor organization on the participant's behalf, makes
13    contributions to the Fund as though it were the employer,
14    in the same amount and same manner as specified under this
15    Article, based on the regular salary rate received by the
16    participant for his municipal employment immediately prior
17    to such leave of absence, and based on his current salary
18    with such labor organization after the effective date of
19    this amendatory Act of 1991, and (C) the participant does
20    not receive credit in any pension plan established by the
21    local labor organization based on his employment by the
22    organization, and (D) the participant first becomes a
23    participant before the effective date of this amendatory
24    Act of the 97th General Assembly;
25        (4) any period of disability for which he received (i)
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1    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
2    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition
3    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
4    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
5    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay.
6    (d) For a person employed by an employer, or the retirement
7board, in which "The 1935 Act" was in effect prior to August 1,
81949, from whose salary deductions are first made under "The
91935 Act" or this Article after July 31, 1949, any period of
10service rendered subsequent to the effective date and prior to
11August 1, 1949, shall not be counted as a period of service
12under this Article, except such period for which he made
13payment, as provided in Section 11-221 of this Article, in
14which case such period shall be counted as a period of service
15for all annuity purposes hereunder.
16    (e) In computing the term of service of an employee
17subsequent to the day before the effective date for ordinary
18disability benefit purposes, the following periods of time
19shall be counted as periods of service:
20        (1) any period during which he performed the duties of
21    his position;
22        (2) leaves of absence with whole or part pay;
23        (3) any period of disability for which he received (i)
24    a duty disability benefit under this Article, or (ii) a
25    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
26    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition

 

 

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1    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
2    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
3    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay.
4    However, any period of service rendered by an employee
5contributor prior to the date he became a contributor to the
6fund shall not be counted as a period of service for ordinary
7disability purposes, unless the person made payment for the
8period as provided in Section 11-221 of this Article, in which
9case the period shall be counted as a period of service for
10ordinary disability purposes for periods of disability on or
11after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
12    Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
13computing any term of service. Not more than 1 year of service
14shall be allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
15(Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
16    (40 ILCS 5/15-107)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107)
17    Sec. 15-107. Employee.
18    (a) "Employee" means any member of the educational,
19administrative, secretarial, clerical, mechanical, labor or
20other staff of an employer whose employment is permanent and
21continuous or who is employed in a position in which services
22are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least
234 months or one academic term, whichever is less, who (A)
24receives payment for personal services on a warrant issued
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1drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer or by
2an employer upon trust, federal or other funds, or (B) is on a
3leave of absence without pay. Employment which is irregular,
4intermittent or temporary shall not be considered continuous
5for purposes of this paragraph.
6    However, a person is not an "employee" if he or she:
7        (1) is a student enrolled in and regularly attending
8    classes in a college or university which is an employer,
9    and is employed on a temporary basis at less than full
10    time;
11        (2) is currently receiving a retirement annuity or a
12    disability retirement annuity under Section 15-153.2 from
13    this System;
14        (3) is on a military leave of absence;
15        (4) is eligible to participate in the Federal Civil
16    Service Retirement System and is currently making
17    contributions to that system based upon earnings paid by an
18    employer;
19        (5) is on leave of absence without pay for more than 60
20    days immediately following termination of disability
21    benefits under this Article;
22        (6) is hired after June 30, 1979 as a public service
23    employment program participant under the Federal
24    Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and receives
25    earnings in whole or in part from funds provided under that
26    Act; or

 

 

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1        (7) is employed on or after July 1, 1991 to perform
2    services that are excluded by subdivision (a)(7)(f) or
3    (a)(19) of Section 210 of the federal Social Security Act
4    from the definition of employment given in that Section (42
5    U.S.C. 410).
6    (b) Any employer may, by filing a written notice with the
7board, exclude from the definition of "employee" all persons
8employed pursuant to a federally funded contract entered into
9after July 1, 1982 with a federal military department in a
10program providing training in military courses to federal
11military personnel on a military site owned by the United
12States Government, if this exclusion is not prohibited by the
13federally funded contract or federal laws or rules governing
14the administration of the contract.
15    (c) Any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
16Administrative Code of the State is an employee, if he or she
17is a participant in this system on the effective date of the
18appointment.
19    (d) A participant on lay-off status under civil service
20rules is considered an employee for not more than 120 days from
21the date of the lay-off.
22    (e) A participant is considered an employee during (1) the
23first 60 days of disability leave, (2) the period, not to
24exceed one year, in which his or her eligibility for disability
25benefits is being considered by the board or reviewed by the
26courts, and (3) the period he or she receives disability

 

 

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1benefits under the provisions of Section 15-152, workers'
2compensation or occupational disease benefits, or disability
3income under an insurance contract financed wholly or partially
4by the employer.
5    (f) Absences without pay, other than formal leaves of
6absence, of less than 30 calendar days, are not considered as
7an interruption of a person's status as an employee. If such
8absences during any period of 12 months exceed 30 work days,
9the employee status of the person is considered as interrupted
10as of the 31st work day.
11    (g) A staff member whose employment contract requires
12services during an academic term is to be considered an
13employee during the summer and other vacation periods, unless
14he or she declines an employment contract for the succeeding
15academic term or his or her employment status is otherwise
16terminated, and he or she receives no earnings during these
17periods.
18    (h) An individual who was a participating employee employed
19in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
20Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
21of that fire department and who immediately after the
22elimination of that fire department became employed by the fire
23department of the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign shall
24continue to be considered as an employee for purposes of this
25Article for so long as the individual remains employed as a
26firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign. The

 

 

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1individual shall cease to be considered an employee under this
2subsection (h) upon the first termination of the individual's
3employment as a firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City
4of Champaign.
5    (i) An individual who is employed on a full-time basis as
6an officer or employee of a statewide teacher organization that
7serves System participants or an officer of a national teacher
8organization that serves System participants may participate
9in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that
10(1) the individual has previously earned creditable service
11under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
12irrevocable election to become a participant, and (3) the
13individual does not receive credit for that employment under
14any other Article of this Code, and (4) the individual first
15becomes a participant of the System before the effective date
16of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An
17employee under this subsection (i) is responsible for paying to
18the System both (A) employee contributions based on the actual
19compensation received for service with the teacher
20organization and (B) employer contributions equal to the normal
21costs (as defined in Section 15-155) resulting from that
22service; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on
23the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if
24authorized under federal law) by the teacher organization.
25    A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
26(i) may establish service credit for similar employment prior

 

 

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1to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
2System for that employment the contributions specified in this
3subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
4of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
5granted under this subsection for any such prior employment for
6which the applicant received credit under any other provision
7of this Code, or during which the applicant was on a leave of
8absence under Section 15-113.2.
9    (j) A person employed by the State Board of Higher
10Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of
11June 30, 2004 shall be considered to be an employee for so long
12as he or she remains continuously employed after that date by
13the Department of Central Management Services in a position
14with the Illinois Century Network, the Bureau of Communication
15and Computer Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau
16and meets the requirements of subsection (a).
17(Source: P.A. 95-369, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/16-106)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106)
19    Sec. 16-106. Teacher. "Teacher": The following
20individuals, provided that, for employment prior to July 1,
211990, they are employed on a full-time basis, or if not
22full-time, on a permanent and continuous basis in a position in
23which services are expected to be rendered for at least one
24school term:
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1    other staff employed in the public common schools included
2    within this system in a position requiring certification
3    under the law governing the certification of teachers;
4        (2) Any educational, administrative, professional or
5    other staff employed in any facility of the Department of
6    Children and Family Services or the Department of Human
7    Services, in a position requiring certification under the
8    law governing the certification of teachers, and any person
9    who (i) works in such a position for the Department of
10    Corrections, (ii) was a member of this System on May 31,
11    1987, and (iii) did not elect to become a member of the
12    State Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section
13    14-108.2 of this Code; except that "teacher" does not
14    include any person who (A) becomes a security employee of
15    the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section
16    14-110, after June 28, 2001 (the effective date of Public
17    Act 92-14), or (B) becomes a member of the State Employees'
18    Retirement System pursuant to Section 14-108.2c of this
19    Code;
20        (3) Any regional superintendent of schools, assistant
21    regional superintendent of schools, State Superintendent
22    of Education; any person employed by the State Board of
23    Education as an executive; any executive of the boards
24    engaged in the service of public common school education in
25    school districts covered under this system of which the
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1        (4) Any employee of a school board association
2    operating in compliance with Article 23 of the School Code
3    who is certificated under the law governing the
4    certification of teachers;
5        (5) Any person employed by the retirement system who:
6            (i) was an employee of and a participant in the
7        system on August 17, 2001 (the effective date of Public
8        Act 92-416), or
9            (ii) becomes an employee of the system on or after
10        August 17, 2001;
11        (6) Any educational, administrative, professional or
12    other staff employed by and under the supervision and
13    control of a regional superintendent of schools, provided
14    such employment position requires the person to be
15    certificated under the law governing the certification of
16    teachers and is in an educational program serving 2 or more
17    districts in accordance with a joint agreement authorized
18    by the School Code or by federal legislation;
19        (7) Any educational, administrative, professional or
20    other staff employed in an educational program serving 2 or
21    more school districts in accordance with a joint agreement
22    authorized by the School Code or by federal legislation and
23    in a position requiring certification under the laws
24    governing the certification of teachers;
25        (8) Any officer or employee of a statewide teacher
26    organization or officer of a national teacher organization

 

 

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1    who is certified under the law governing certification of
2    teachers, provided: (i) the individual had previously
3    established creditable service under this Article, (ii)
4    the individual files with the system an irrevocable
5    election to become a member, and (iii) the individual does
6    not receive credit for such service under any other Article
7    of this Code, and (iv) the individual first becomes a
8    member of this System before the effective date of this
9    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
10        (9) Any educational, administrative, professional, or
11    other staff employed in a charter school operating in
12    compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is certificated
13    under the law governing the certification of teachers.
14        (10) Any person employed, on the effective date of this
15    amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, by the
16    Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education in a
17    birth-through-age-three pilot program receiving funds
18    under Section 2-389 of the School Code who is required by
19    the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education to hold a
20    teaching certificate, provided that the Macon-Piatt
21    Regional Office of Education makes an election, within 6
22    months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
23    the 94th General Assembly, to have the person participate
24    in the system. Any service established prior to the
25    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
26    Assembly for service as an employee of the Macon-Piatt

 

 

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1    Regional Office of Education in a birth-through-age-three
2    pilot program receiving funds under Section 2-389 of the
3    School Code shall be considered service as a teacher if
4    employee and employer contributions have been received by
5    the system and the system has not refunded those
6    contributions.
7    An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
8Article or under Article 17 of this Code who is employed by a
9board of education or other employer as permitted under Section
1016-118 or 16-150.1 is not a "teacher" for purposes of this
11Article. A person who has received a single-sum retirement
12benefit under Section 16-136.4 of this Article is not a
13"teacher" for purposes of this Article.
14    A person who is a teacher as described in item (8) of this
15Section may establish service credit for similar employment
16prior to becoming certified as a teacher if he or she (i) is
17certified as a teacher on or before the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, (ii) applies in
19writing to the system within 6 months after the effective date
20of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, and (iii)
21pays to the system contributions equal to the normal costs
22calculated from the date of first full-time employment as
23described in item (8) to the date of payment, compounded
24annually at the rate of 8.5% per year for periods before the
25effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
26Assembly and for subsequent periods at a rate equal to the

 

 

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1System's actuarially assumed rate of return on investments.
2However, credit shall not be granted under this paragraph for
3any such prior employment for which the applicant received
4credit under any other provision of this Code.
5(Source: P.A. 93-320, eff. 7-23-03; 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/17-134)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
7    Sec. 17-134. Contributions for leaves of absence; military
8service; computing service. In computing service for pension
9purposes the following periods of service shall stand in lieu
10of a like number of years of teaching service upon payment
11therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a) time spent on
12a leave of absence granted by the employer; (b) service with
13teacher or labor organizations based upon special leaves of
14absence therefor granted by an Employer; (c) a maximum of 5
15years spent in the military service of the United States, of
16which up to 2 years may have been served outside the pension
17period; (d) unused sick days at termination of service to a
18maximum of 244 days; (e) time lost due to layoff and
19curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
201976; and (f) time spent after June 30, 1982 as a member of the
21Board of Education, if required to resign from an
22administrative or teaching position in order to qualify as a
23member of the Board of Education.
24        (1) For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
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1    salaries are paid, an Employer shall make payroll
2    deductions at the applicable rates in effect during such
3    periods.
4        (2) For time spent on a leave of absence granted by the
5    employer for which no salaries are paid, teachers desiring
6    credit therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
7    rates in effect during such periods as though they were in
8    teaching service. If an Employer pays salary for vacations
9    which occur during a teacher's sick leave or maternity or
10    paternity leave without salary, vacation pay for which the
11    teacher would have qualified while in active service shall
12    be considered part of the teacher's total salary for
13    pension purposes. No more than 36 months of leave credit
14    may be allowed any person during the entire term of
15    service. Sabbatical leave credit shall be limited to the
16    time the person on leave without salary under an Employer's
17    rules is allowed to engage in an activity for which he
18    receives salary or compensation.
19        (3) For time spent prior to September 6, 1948, on
20    sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves for which
21    salaries were paid, teachers desiring service credit
22    therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
23    maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
24        (4) For service with teacher or labor organizations
25    authorized by special leaves of absence, for which no
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1    desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to the
2    Fund upon the basis of the actual salary received from such
3    organizations at the percentage rates in effect during such
4    periods for certified positions with such Employer. To the
5    extent the actual salary exceeds the regular salary, which
6    shall be defined as the salary rate, as calculated by the
7    Board, in effect for the teacher's regular position in
8    teaching service on September 1, 1983 or on the effective
9    date of the leave with the organization, whichever is
10    later, the organization shall pay to the Fund the
11    employer's normal cost as set by the Board on the
12    increment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
13    subdivision (4), teachers are only eligible for credit for
14    service under this subdivision (4) if they first become a
15    member of this Fund before the effective date of this
16    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
17        (5) For time spent in the military service, teachers
18    entitled to and desiring credit therefor shall contribute
19    the amount required for each year of service or fraction
20    thereof at the rates in force (a) at the date of
21    appointment, or (b) on return to teaching service as a
22    regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
23    such rates shall not be less than $450 per year of service.
24    These conditions shall apply unless an Employer elects to
25    and does pay into the Fund the amount which would have been
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1    during such time. In the case of credit for military
2    service not during the pension period, the teacher must
3    also pay to the Fund an amount determined by the Board to
4    be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits
5    accrued from such service, plus interest thereon at 5% per
6    year, compounded annually, from the date of appointment to
7    the date of payment.
8        The changes to this Section made by Public Act 87-795
9    shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
10    effective date are in service under the Fund, but also to
11    persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that
12    date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on that
13    date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for credit
14    allowable under this Section for a period of military
15    service that did not immediately follow employment, and who
16    has made the required contributions for such credit, the
17    annuity shall be recalculated to include the additional
18    service credit, with the increase taking effect on the date
19    the Fund received written notification of the annuitant's
20    intent to purchase the credit, if payment of all the
21    required contributions is made within 60 days of such
22    notice, or else on the first annuity payment date following
23    the date of payment of the required contributions. In
24    calculating the automatic annual increase for an annuity
25    that has been recalculated under this Section, the increase
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1    this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be included in the
2    calculation of automatic annual increases accruing after
3    the effective date of the recalculation.
4        The total credit for military service shall not exceed
5    5 years, except that any teacher who on July 1, 1963, had
6    validated credit for more than 5 years of military service
7    shall be entitled to the total amount of such credit.
8        (6) A maximum of 244 unused sick days credited to his
9    account by an Employer on the date of termination of
10    employment. Members, upon verification of unused sick
11    days, may add this service time to total creditable
12    service.
13        (7) In all cases where time spent on leave is
14    creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
15    an Employer, persons desiring service credit shall make the
16    required contributions directly to the Fund.
17        (8) For time lost without pay due to layoff and
18    curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
19    1976, as provided in item (e) of the first paragraph of
20    this Section, persons who were contributors on the days
21    immediately preceding such layoff shall receive credit
22    upon paying to the Fund a contribution based on the rates
23    of compensation and employee contributions in effect at the
24    time of such layoff, together with an additional amount
25    equal to 12.2% of the compensation computed for such period
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1    annum from January 1, 1978 to the date of payment. If such
2    contribution is paid, salary for pension purposes for any
3    year in which such a layoff occurred shall include the
4    compensation recognized for purposes of computing that
5    contribution.
6        (9) For time spent after June 30, 1982, as a
7    nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
8    to resign from an administrative or teaching position in
9    order to qualify as a member of the Board of Education, an
10    administrator or teacher desiring credit therefor shall
11    pay the required contributions at the rates and salaries in
12    effect during such periods as though the member were in
13    service.
14    Effective September 1, 1974, the interest charged for
15validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
16of this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of 5%
17commencing one year after the termination of the leave or
18return to service.
19(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.".