Public Act 097-0651
 
HB3813 EnrolledLRB097 13613 AMC 58149 b

    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Sections 1-114, 1-135, 3-110, 4-108, 5-214, 6-209, 8-138,
8-226, 8-233, 9-219, 11-134, 11-215, 11-217, 15-107, 16-106,
and 17-134 as follows:
 
    (40 ILCS 5/1-114)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-114)
    Sec. 1-114. Liability for Breach of Fiduciary Duty. (a) Any
person who is a fiduciary with respect to a retirement system
or pension fund established under this Code who breaches any
duty imposed upon fiduciaries by this Code, including, but not
limited to, a failure to report a reasonable suspicion of a
false statement specified in Section 1-135 of this Code, shall
be personally liable to make good to such retirement system or
pension fund any losses to it resulting from each such breach,
and to restore to such retirement system or pension fund any
profits of such fiduciary which have been made through use of
assets of the retirement system or pension fund by the
fiduciary, and shall be subject to such equitable or remedial
relief as the court may deem appropriate, including the removal
of such fiduciary.
    (b) No person shall be liable with respect to a breach of
fiduciary duty under this Code if such breach occurred before
such person became a fiduciary or after such person ceased to
be a fiduciary.
(Source: P.A. 82-960.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/1-135)
    Sec. 1-135. Fraud. Any person who knowingly makes any false
statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record of
a retirement system or pension fund created under this Code or
the Illinois State Board of Investment in an attempt to defraud
the retirement system or pension fund created under this Code
or the Illinois State Board of Investment is guilty of a Class
3 felony. Any reasonable suspicion by any appointed or elected
commissioner, trustee, director, or board member of a
retirement system or pension fund created under this Code or
the State Board of Investment of a false statement or falsified
record being submitted or permitted by a person under this Code
shall be immediately referred to the board of trustees of the
applicable retirement system or pension fund created under this
Code, the State Board of Investment, or the State's Attorney of
the jurisdiction where the alleged fraudulent activity
occurred. The board of trustees of a retirement system or
pension fund created under this Code or the State Board of
Investment shall immediately notify the State's Attorney of the
jurisdiction where any alleged fraudulent activity occurred
for investigation. For the purposes of this Section,
"reasonable suspicion" means a belief, based upon specific and
articulable facts, taken together with rational inferences
from those facts, that would lead a reasonable person to
believe that fraud has been, or will be, committed. A
reasonable suspicion is more than a non-particularized
suspicion. A mere inconsistency, standing alone, does not give
rise to a reasonable suspicion.
(Source: P.A. 96-6, eff. 4-3-09.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/3-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110)
    Sec. 3-110. Creditable service.
    (a) "Creditable service" is the time served by a police
officer as a member of a regularly constituted police force of
a municipality. In computing creditable service furloughs
without pay exceeding 30 days shall not be counted, but all
leaves of absence for illness or accident, regardless of
length, and all periods of disability retirement for which a
police officer has received no disability pension payments
under this Article shall be counted.
    (a-5) Up to 3 years of time during which the police officer
receives a disability pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2,
3-114.3, or 3-114.6 shall be counted as creditable service,
provided that (i) the police officer returns to active service
after the disability for a period at least equal to the period
for which credit is to be established and (ii) the police
officer makes contributions to the fund based on the rates
specified in Section 3-125.1 and the salary upon which the
disability pension is based. These contributions may be paid at
any time prior to the commencement of a retirement pension. The
police officer may, but need not, elect to have the
contributions deducted from the disability pension or to pay
them in installments on a schedule approved by the board. If
not deducted from the disability pension, the contributions
shall include interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
annually, from the date for which service credit is being
established to the date of payment. If contributions are paid
under this subsection (a-5) in excess of those needed to
establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
subsection (a-5) applies to persons receiving a disability
pension under Section 3-114.1, 3-114.2, 3-114.3, or 3-114.6 on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive such a
disability pension after that date.
    (b) Creditable service includes all periods of service in
the military, naval or air forces of the United States entered
upon while an active police officer of a municipality, provided
that upon applying for a permanent pension, and in accordance
with the rules of the board, the police officer pays into the
fund the amount the officer would have contributed if he or she
had been a regular contributor during such period, to the
extent that the municipality which the police officer served
has not made such contributions in the officer's behalf. The
total amount of such creditable service shall not exceed 5
years, except that any police officer who on July 1, 1973 had
more than 5 years of such creditable service shall receive the
total amount thereof.
    (b-5) Creditable service includes all periods of service in
the military, naval, or air forces of the United States entered
upon before beginning service as an active police officer of a
municipality, provided that, in accordance with the rules of
the board, the police officer pays into the fund the amount the
police officer would have contributed if he or she had been a
regular contributor during such period, plus an amount
determined by the Board to be equal to the municipality's
normal cost of the benefit, plus interest at the actuarially
assumed rate calculated from the date the employee last became
a police officer under this Article. The total amount of such
creditable service shall not exceed 2 years.
    (c) Creditable service also includes service rendered by a
police officer while on leave of absence from a police
department to serve as an executive of an organization whose
membership consists of members of a police department, subject
to the following conditions: (i) the police officer is a
participant of a fund established under this Article with at
least 10 years of service as a police officer; (ii) the police
officer received no credit for such service under any other
retirement system, pension fund, or annuity and benefit fund
included in this Code; (iii) pursuant to the rules of the board
the police officer pays to the fund the amount he or she would
have contributed had the officer been an active member of the
police department; and (iv) the organization pays a
contribution equal to the municipality's normal cost for that
period of service; and (v) for all leaves of absence under this
subsection (c), including those beginning before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
police officer continues to remain in sworn status, subject to
the professional standards of the public employer or those
terms established in statute.
        (d)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
    service originally established in another police pension
    fund under this Article or in the Fund established under
    Article 7 of this Code for which (i) the contributions have
    been transferred under Section 3-110.7 or Section 7-139.9
    and (ii) any additional contribution required under
    paragraph (2) of this subsection has been paid in full in
    accordance with the requirements of this subsection (d).
        (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
    creditable service and related contributions are
    transferred under Section 7-139.9 determines that the
    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
    established, then in order to establish that creditable
    service the police officer must pay to the pension fund,
    within the payment period specified in paragraph (3) of
    this subsection, an additional contribution equal to the
    difference, as determined by the board in accordance with
    the rules and procedures adopted under paragraph (6) of
    this subsection. If the board of the pension fund to which
    creditable service and related contributions are
    transferred under Section 3-110.7 determines that the
    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
    established, then the police officer may elect (A) to
    establish that creditable service by paying to the pension
    fund, within the payment period specified in paragraph (3)
    of this subsection (d), an additional contribution equal to
    the difference, as determined by the board in accordance
    with the rules and procedures adopted under paragraph (6)
    of this subsection (d) or (B) to have his or her creditable
    service reduced by an amount equal to the difference
    between the amount transferred under Section 3-110.7 and
    the true cost to the pension fund of allowing that
    creditable service to be established, as determined by the
    board in accordance with the rules and procedures adopted
    under paragraph (6) of this subsection (d).
        (3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), the additional
    contribution that is required or elected under paragraph
    (2) of this subsection (d) must be paid to the board (i)
    within 5 years from the date of the transfer of
    contributions under Section 3-110.7 or 7-139.9 and (ii)
    before the police officer terminates service with the fund.
    The additional contribution may be paid in a lump sum or in
    accordance with a schedule of installment payments
    authorized by the board.
        (4) If the police officer dies in service before
    payment in full has been made and before the expiration of
    the 5-year payment period, the surviving spouse of the
    officer may elect to pay the unpaid amount on the officer's
    behalf within 6 months after the date of death, in which
    case the creditable service shall be granted as though the
    deceased police officer had paid the remaining balance on
    the day before the date of death.
        (5) If the additional contribution that is required or
    elected under paragraph (2) of this subsection (d) is not
    paid in full within the required time, the creditable
    service shall not be granted and the police officer (or the
    officer's surviving spouse or estate) shall be entitled to
    receive a refund of (i) any partial payment of the
    additional contribution that has been made by the police
    officer and (ii) those portions of the amounts transferred
    under subdivision (a)(1) of Section 3-110.7 or
    subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(3) of Section 7-139.9 that
    represent employee contributions paid by the police
    officer (but not the accumulated interest on those
    contributions) and interest paid by the police officer to
    the prior pension fund in order to reinstate service
    terminated by acceptance of a refund.
        At the time of paying a refund under this item (5), the
    pension fund shall also repay to the pension fund from
    which the contributions were transferred under Section
    3-110.7 or 7-139.9 the amount originally transferred under
    subdivision (a)(2) of that Section, plus interest at the
    rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date of
    the original transfer to the date of repayment. Amounts
    repaid to the Article 7 fund under this provision shall be
    credited to the appropriate municipality.
        Transferred credit that is not granted due to failure
    to pay the additional contribution within the required time
    is lost; it may not be transferred to another pension fund
    and may not be reinstated in the pension fund from which it
    was transferred.
        (6) The Public Employee Pension Fund Division of the
    Department of Insurance shall establish by rule the manner
    of making the calculation required under paragraph (2) of
    this subsection, taking into account the appropriate
    actuarial assumptions; the police officer's service, age,
    and salary history; the level of funding of the pension
    fund to which the credits are being transferred; and any
    other factors that the Division determines to be relevant.
    The rules may require that all calculations made under
    paragraph (2) be reported to the Division by the board
    performing the calculation, together with documentation of
    the creditable service to be transferred, the amounts of
    contributions and interest to be transferred, the manner in
    which the calculation was performed, the numbers relied
    upon in making the calculation, the results of the
    calculation, and any other information the Division may
    deem useful.
        (e)(1) Creditable service also includes periods of
    service originally established in the Fund established
    under Article 7 of this Code for which the contributions
    have been transferred under Section 7-139.11.
        (2) If the board of the pension fund to which
    creditable service and related contributions are
    transferred under Section 7-139.11 determines that the
    amount transferred is less than the true cost to the
    pension fund of allowing that creditable service to be
    established, then the amount of creditable service the
    police officer may establish under this subsection (e)
    shall be reduced by an amount equal to the difference, as
    determined by the board in accordance with the rules and
    procedures adopted under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
        (3) The Public Pension Division of the Department of
    Financial and Professional Regulation shall establish by
    rule the manner of making the calculation required under
    paragraph (2) of this subsection, taking into account the
    appropriate actuarial assumptions; the police officer's
    service, age, and salary history; the level of funding of
    the pension fund to which the credits are being
    transferred; and any other factors that the Division
    determines to be relevant. The rules may require that all
    calculations made under paragraph (2) be reported to the
    Division by the board performing the calculation, together
    with documentation of the creditable service to be
    transferred, the amounts of contributions and interest to
    be transferred, the manner in which the calculation was
    performed, the numbers relied upon in making the
    calculation, the results of the calculation, and any other
    information the Division may deem useful.
        (4) Until January 1, 2010, a police officer who
    transferred service from the Fund established under
    Article 7 of this Code under the provisions of Public Act
    94-356 may establish additional credit, but only for the
    amount of the service credit reduction in that transfer, as
    calculated under paragraph (3) of this subsection (e). This
    credit may be established upon payment by the police
    officer of an amount to be determined by the board, equal
    to (1) the amount that would have been contributed as
    employee and employer contributions had all of the service
    been as an employee under this Article, plus interest
    thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually
    from the date of service to the date of transfer, less (2)
    the total amount transferred from the Article 7 Fund, plus
    (3) interest on the difference at the rate of 6% per year,
    compounded annually, from the date of the transfer to the
    date of payment. The additional service credit is allowed
    under this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly
    notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7 terminating
    all transferred credits on the date of transfer.
(Source: P.A. 95-812, eff. 8-13-08; 96-297, eff. 8-11-09;
96-1260, eff. 7-23-10.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/4-108)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-108)
    Sec. 4-108. Creditable service.
    (a) Creditable service is the time served as a firefighter
of a municipality. In computing creditable service, furloughs
and leaves of absence without pay exceeding 30 days in any one
year shall not be counted, but leaves of absence for illness or
accident regardless of length, and periods of disability for
which a firefighter received no disability pension payments
under this Article, shall be counted.
    (b) Furloughs and leaves of absence of 30 days or less in
any one year may be counted as creditable service, if the
firefighter makes the contribution to the fund that would have
been required had he or she not been on furlough or leave of
absence. To qualify for this creditable service, the
firefighter must pay the required contributions to the fund not
more than 90 days subsequent to the termination of the furlough
or leave of absence, to the extent that the municipality has
not made such contribution on his or her behalf.
    (c) Creditable service includes:
        (1) Service in the military, naval or air forces of the
    United States entered upon when the person was an active
    firefighter, provided that, upon applying for a permanent
    pension, and in accordance with the rules of the board the
    firefighter pays into the fund the amount that would have
    been contributed had he or she been a regular contributor
    during such period of service, if and to the extent that
    the municipality which the firefighter served made no such
    contributions in his or her behalf. The total amount of
    such creditable service shall not exceed 5 years, except
    that any firefighter who on July 1, 1973 had more than 5
    years of such creditable service shall receive the total
    amount thereof as of that date.
        (1.5) Up to 24 months of service in the military,
    naval, or air forces of the United States that was served
    prior to employment by a municipality or fire protection
    district as a firefighter. To receive the credit for the
    military service prior to the employment as a firefighter,
    the firefighter must apply in writing to the fund and must
    make contributions to the fund equal to (i) the employee
    contributions that would have been required had the service
    been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount determined
    by the fund to be equal to the employer's normal cost of
    the benefits accrued for that military service, plus (iii)
    interest at the actuarially assumed rate provided by the
    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
    compounded annually from the first date of membership in
    the fund to the date of payment on items (i) and (ii). The
    changes to this paragraph (1.5) by this amendatory Act of
    the 95th General Assembly apply only to participating
    employees in service on or after its effective date.
        (2) Service prior to July 1, 1976 by a firefighter
    initially excluded from participation by reason of age who
    elected to participate and paid the required contributions
    for such service.
        (3) Up to 8 years of service by a firefighter as an
    officer in a statewide firefighters' association when he is
    on a leave of absence from a municipality's payroll,
    provided that (i) the firefighter has at least 10 years of
    creditable service as an active firefighter, (ii) the
    firefighter contributes to the fund the amount that he
    would have contributed had he remained an active member of
    the fund, and (iii) the employee or statewide firefighter
    association contributes to the fund an amount equal to the
    employer's required contribution as determined by the
    board, and (iv) for all leaves of absence under this
    subdivision (3), including those beginning before the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
    Assembly, the firefighter continues to remain in sworn
    status, subject to the professional standards of the public
    employer or those terms established in statute.
        (4) Time spent as an on-call fireman for a
    municipality, calculated at the rate of one year of
    creditable service for each 5 years of time spent as an
    on-call fireman, provided that (i) the firefighter has at
    least 18 years of creditable service as an active
    firefighter, (ii) the firefighter spent at least 14 years
    as an on-call firefighter for the municipality, (iii) the
    firefighter applies for such creditable service within 30
    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    1989, (iv) the firefighter contributes to the Fund an
    amount representing employee contributions for the number
    of years of creditable service granted under this
    subdivision (4), based on the salary and contribution rate
    in effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
    Fund, to be determined by the board, and (v) not more than
    3 years of creditable service may be granted under this
    subdivision (4).
        Except as provided in Section 4-108.5, creditable
    service shall not include time spent as a volunteer
    firefighter, whether or not any compensation was received
    therefor. The change made in this Section by Public Act
    83-0463 is intended to be a restatement and clarification
    of existing law, and does not imply that creditable service
    was previously allowed under this Article for time spent as
    a volunteer firefighter.
        (5) Time served between July 1, 1976 and July 1, 1988
    in the position of protective inspection officer or
    administrative assistant for fire services, for a
    municipality with a population under 10,000 that is located
    in a county with a population over 3,000,000 and that
    maintains a firefighters' pension fund under this Article,
    if the position included firefighting duties,
    notwithstanding that the person may not have held an
    appointment as a firefighter, provided that application is
    made to the pension fund within 30 days after the effective
    date of this amendatory Act of 1991, and the corresponding
    contributions are paid for the number of years of service
    granted, based upon the salary and contribution rate in
    effect for the firefighter at the date of entry into the
    pension fund, as determined by the Board.
        (6) Service before becoming a participant by a
    firefighter initially excluded from participation by
    reason of age who becomes a participant under the amendment
    to Section 4-107 made by this amendatory Act of 1993 and
    pays the required contributions for such service.
        (7) Up to 3 years of time during which the firefighter
    receives a disability pension under Section 4-110,
    4-110.1, or 4-111, provided that (i) the firefighter
    returns to active service after the disability for a period
    at least equal to the period for which credit is to be
    established and (ii) the firefighter makes contributions
    to the fund based on the rates specified in Section 4-118.1
    and the salary upon which the disability pension is based.
    These contributions may be paid at any time prior to the
    commencement of a retirement pension. The firefighter may,
    but need not, elect to have the contributions deducted from
    the disability pension or to pay them in installments on a
    schedule approved by the board. If not deducted from the
    disability pension, the contributions shall include
    interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually,
    from the date for which service credit is being established
    to the date of payment. If contributions are paid under
    this subdivision (c)(7) in excess of those needed to
    establish the credit, the excess shall be refunded. This
    subdivision (c)(7) applies to persons receiving a
    disability pension under Section 4-110, 4-110.1, or 4-111
    on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
    General Assembly, as well as persons who begin to receive
    such a disability pension after that date.
(Source: P.A. 94-856, eff. 6-15-06; 95-1056, eff. 4-10-09.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/5-214)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-214)
    Sec. 5-214. Credit for other service. Any participant in
this fund (other than a member of the fire department of the
city) who has rendered service as a member of the police
department of the city for a period of 3 years or more is
entitled to credit for the various purposes of this Article for
service rendered prior to becoming a member or subsequent
thereto for the following periods:
        (a) While on leave of absence from the police
    department assigned or detailed to investigative,
    protective, security or police work for the park district
    of the city, the department of the Port of Chicago or the
    sanitary district in which the city is located.
        (b) As a temporary police officer in the city or while
    serving in the office of the mayor or in the office of the
    corporation counsel, as a member of the city council of the
    city, as an employee of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit
    Fund created by this Article, as the head of an
    organization whose membership consists of members of the
    police department, the Public Vehicle License Commission
    and the board of election commissioners of the city,
    provided that, in each of these cases and for all periods
    specified in this item (b), including those beginning
    before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
    97th General Assembly, the police officer is on leave and
    continues to remain in sworn status, subject to the
    professional standards of the public employer or those
    terms established in statute.
        (c) While performing safety or investigative work for
    the county in which such city is principally located or for
    the State of Illinois or for the federal government, on
    leave of absence from the department of police, or while
    performing investigative work for the department as a
    civilian employee of the department.
        (d) While on leave of absence from the police
    department of the city and serving as the chief of police
    of a police department outside the city.
    No credit shall be granted in this fund, however, for this
service if the policeman has credit therefor in any other
annuity and benefit fund, or unless he contributes to this fund
the amount he would have contributed with interest had he
remained an active member of the police department in the
position he occupied as a result of a civil service competitive
examination, certification and appointment by the Civil
Service Board; or in the case of a city operating under the
provisions of a personnel ordinance the position he occupied as
a result of a personnel ordinance competitive examination
certification and appointment under the authority of a
Municipal Personnel ordinance.
    Concurrently with such contributions, the city shall
contribute the amounts provided by this Article. No credit
shall be allowed for any period of time for which contributions
by the policeman have not been paid. The period of service
rendered by such policeman prior to the date he became a member
of the police department of the city or while detailed,
assigned or on leave of absence and employed in any of the
departments set forth hereinabove in this Section for which
such policeman has contributed to this fund shall be credited
to him as service for all the purposes of this Article, except
that he shall not have any of the rights conferred by the
provisions of Sections 5-127 and 5-162 of this Article.
    The changes in this Section made by Public Act 86-273 shall
apply to members of the fund who have not begun receiving a
pension under this Article on August 23, 1989, without regard
to whether employment is terminated before that date.
(Source: P.A. 86-273; 87-1265.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/6-209)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 6-209)
    Sec. 6-209. In computing the service rendered by a fireman
prior to the effective date, the following periods shall be
counted, in addition to all periods during which he performed
the duties of his position, as periods of service for annuity
purposes only: All periods of (a) vacation, (b) leave of
absence with whole or part pay, (c) leave of absence without
pay which were necessary on account of disability, and (d)
leave of absence during which he was engaged in the military or
naval service of the United States of America. Service credit
shall not be allowed for any period during which a fireman was
in receipt of pension on account of disability from any pension
fund superseded by this fund.
    In computing the service rendered by a fireman on and after
the effective date, the following periods shall be counted in
addition to all periods during which he performed the duties of
his position, as periods of service for annuity purposes only:
All periods of (a) vacation, (b) leave of absence with whole or
part pay, (c) leave of absence during which he was engaged in
the military or naval service of the United States of America,
(d) disability for which he receives any disability benefit,
(e) disability for which he receives whole or part pay, (f)
leave of absence, or other authorized relief from active duty,
during which he served as president of The Firemen's
Association of Chicago, provided that for all leaves of absence
or other authorized relief under this item (f), including those
beginning before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 97th General Assembly, the fireman continues to remain in
sworn status, subject to the professional standards of the
public employer or those terms established in statute, (g)
periods of suspension from duty not to exceed a total of one
year during the total period of service of the fireman, and (h)
a period of time not to exceed 23 days in 1980 in accordance
with an agreement with the City on a settlement of strike;
provided that the fireman elects to make contributions to the
Fund for the various annuity and benefit purposes according to
the provisions of this Article as though he were an active
fireman, based upon the salary attached to the civil service
rank held by him during such absence from duty, and if the
fireman so elects, the city shall make the prescribed
concurrent contributions for such annuity and benefit purposes
as provided in this Article, all to the end that such fireman
shall be entitled to receive the same annuities and benefits
for which he would otherwise be eligible if he had continued as
an active fireman during the periods of absence from duty.
    In computing service on and after the effective date for
ordinary disability benefit, all periods described in the
preceding paragraph, except any period for which a fireman
receives ordinary disability benefit, shall be counted as
periods of service.
    In computing service for any of the purposes of this
Article, credit shall be given for any periods prior to January
9, 1997, during which an active fireman (or fire paramedic) who
is a member of the General Assembly is on leave of absence or
is otherwise authorized to be absent from duty to enable him to
perform his legislative duties, notwithstanding any reduction
in salary for such periods and notwithstanding that the
contributions paid by the fireman were based on such reduced
salary rather than the full amount of salary attached to his
civil service rank.
    In computing service for any of the purposes of this
Article, no credit shall be given for any period during which a
fireman was not rendering active service because of his
discharge from the service, unless proceedings to test the
legality of the discharge are filed in a court of competent
jurisdiction within one year from the date of discharge and a
final judgment is entered therein declaring the discharge
illegal.
    No overtime or extra service shall be included in computing
service of a fireman and not more than one year or a proper
fractional part thereof of service shall be allowed for service
rendered during any calendar year.
(Source: P.A. 86-273; 86-1488; 87-1265.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-138)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-138)
    Sec. 8-138. Minimum annuities - Additional provisions.
    (a) An employee who withdraws after age 65 or more with at
least 20 years of service, for whom the amount of age and
service and prior service annuity combined is less than the
amount stated in this Section, shall from the date of
withdrawal, instead of all annuities otherwise provided, be
entitled to receive an annuity for life of $150 a year, plus 1
1/2% for each year of service, to and including 20 years, and 1
2/3% for each year of service over 20 years, of his highest
average annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the
last 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
withdrawal.
    An employee who withdraws after 20 or more years of
service, before age 65, shall be entitled to such annuity, to
begin not earlier than upon attained age of 55 years if under
such age at withdrawal, reduced by 2% for each full year or
fractional part thereof that his attained age is less than 65,
plus an additional 2% reduction for each full year or
fractional part thereof that his attained age when annuity is
to begin is less than 60 so that the total reduction at age 55
shall be 30%.
    (b) An employee who withdraws after July 1, 1957, at age 60
or over, with 20 or more years of service, for whom the age and
service and prior service annuity combined, is less than the
amount stated in this paragraph, shall, from the date of
withdrawal, instead of such annuities, be entitled to receive
an annuity for life equal to 1 2/3% for each year of service,
of the highest average annual salary for any 5 consecutive
years within the last 10 years of service immediately preceding
the date of withdrawal; provided, that in the case of any
employee who withdraws on or after July 1, 1971, such employee
age 60 or over with 20 or more years of service, shall receive
an annuity for life equal to 1.67% for each of the first 10
years of service; 1.90% for each of the next 10 years of
service; 2.10% for each year of service in excess of 20 but not
exceeding 30; and 2.30% for each year of service in excess of
30, based on the highest average annual salary for any 4
consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.
    An employee who withdraws after July 1, 1957 and before
January 1, 1988, with 20 or more years of service, before age
60 years is entitled to annuity, to begin not earlier than upon
attained age of 55 years, if under such age at withdrawal, as
computed in the last preceding paragraph, reduced 0.25% for
each full month or fractional part thereof that his attained
age when annuity is to begin is less than 60 if the employee
was born before January 1, 1936, or 0.5% for each such month if
the employee was born on or after January 1, 1936.
    Any employee born before January 1, 1936, who withdraws
with 20 or more years of service, and any employee with 20 or
more years of service who withdraws on or after January 1,
1988, may elect to receive, in lieu of any other employee
annuity provided in this Section, an annuity for life equal to
1.80% for each of the first 10 years of service, 2.00% for each
of the next 10 years of service, 2.20% for each year of service
in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.40% for each year
of service in excess of 30, of the highest average annual
salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of
service immediately preceding the date of withdrawal, to begin
not earlier than upon attained age of 55 years, if under such
age at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each full month or
fractional part thereof that his attained age when annuity is
to begin is less than 60; except that an employee retiring on
or after January 1, 1988, at age 55 or over but less than age
60, having at least 35 years of service, or an employee
retiring on or after July 1, 1990, at age 55 or over but less
than age 60, having at least 30 years of service, or an
employee retiring on or after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997, at age 55 or over but less than age 60,
having at least 25 years of service, shall not be subject to
the reduction in retirement annuity because of retirement below
age 60.
    However, in the case of an employee who retired on or after
January 1, 1985 but before January 1, 1988, at age 55 or older
and with at least 35 years of service, and who was subject
under this subsection (b) to the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement below age 60, that reduction
shall cease to be effective January 1, 1991, and the retirement
annuity shall be recalculated accordingly.
    Any employee who withdraws on or after July 1, 1990, with
20 or more years of service, may elect to receive, in lieu of
any other employee annuity provided in this Section, an annuity
for life equal to 2.20% for each year of service if withdrawal
is before January 1, 2002, or 2.40% for each year of service if
withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002, of the highest
average annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the
last 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
withdrawal, to begin not earlier than upon attained age of 55
years, if under such age at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each
full month or fractional part thereof that his attained age
when annuity is to begin is less than 60; except that an
employee retiring at age 55 or over but less than age 60,
having at least 30 years of service, shall not be subject to
the reduction in retirement annuity because of retirement below
age 60.
    Any employee who withdraws on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1997 with 20 or more years of service
may elect to receive, in lieu of any other employee annuity
provided in this Section, an annuity for life equal to 2.20%
for each year of service, if withdrawal is before January 1,
2002, or 2.40% for each year of service if withdrawal is on or
after January 1, 2002, of the highest average annual salary for
any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the date of withdrawal, to begin not
earlier than upon attainment of age 55 (age 50 if the employee
has at least 30 years of service), reduced 0.25% for each full
month or remaining fractional part thereof that the employee's
attained age when annuity is to begin is less than 60; except
that an employee retiring at age 50 or over with at least 30
years of service or at age 55 or over with at least 25 years of
service shall not be subject to the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement below age 60.
    The maximum annuity payable under part (a) and (b) of this
Section shall not exceed 70% of highest average annual salary
in the case of an employee who withdraws prior to July 1, 1971,
75% if withdrawal takes place on or after July 1, 1971 and
prior to January 1, 2002, or 80% if withdrawal takes place on
or after January 1, 2002. For the purpose of the minimum
annuity provided in this Section $1,500 is considered the
minimum annual salary for any year; and the maximum annual
salary for the computation of such annuity is $4,800 for any
year before 1953, $6000 for the years 1953 to 1956, inclusive,
and the actual annual salary, as salary is defined in this
Article, for any year thereafter.
    To preserve rights existing on December 31, 1959, for
participants and contributors on that date to the fund created
by the Court and Law Department Employees' Annuity Act, who
became participants in the fund provided for on January 1,
1960, the maximum annual salary to be considered for such
persons for the years 1955 and 1956 is $7,500.
    (c) For an employee receiving disability benefit, his
salary for annuity purposes under paragraphs (a) and (b) of
this Section, for all periods of disability benefit subsequent
to the year 1956, is the amount on which his disability benefit
was based.
    (d) An employee with 20 or more years of service, whose
entire disability benefit credit period expires before
attainment of age 55 while still disabled for service, is
entitled upon withdrawal to the larger of (1) the minimum
annuity provided above, assuming he is then age 55, and
reducing such annuity to its actuarial equivalent as of his
attained age on such date or (2) the annuity provided from his
age and service and prior service annuity credits.
    (e) The minimum annuity provisions do not apply to any
former municipal employee receiving an annuity from the fund
who re-enters service as a municipal employee, unless he
renders at least 3 years of additional service after the date
of re-entry.
    (f) An employee in service on July 1, 1947, or who became a
contributor after July 1, 1947 and before attainment of age 70,
who withdraws after age 65, with less than 20 years of service
for whom the annuity has been fixed under this Article shall,
instead of the annuity so fixed, receive an annuity as follows:
    Such amount as he could have received had the accumulated
amounts for annuity been improved with interest at the
effective rate to the date of his withdrawal, or to attainment
of age 70, whichever is earlier, and had the city contributed
to such earlier date for age and service annuity the amount
that it would have contributed had he been under age 65, after
the date his annuity was fixed in accordance with this Article,
and assuming his annuity were computed from such accumulations
as of his age on such earlier date. The annuity so computed
shall not exceed the annuity which would be payable under the
other provisions of this Section if the employee was credited
with 20 years of service and would qualify for annuity
thereunder.
    (g) Instead of the annuity provided in this Article, an
employee having attained age 65 with at least 15 years of
service who withdraws from service on or after July 1, 1971 and
whose annuity computed under other provisions of this Article
is less than the amount provided under this paragraph, is
entitled to a minimum annuity for life equal to 1% of the
highest average annual salary, as salary is defined and limited
in this Section for any 4 consecutive years within the last 10
years of service for each year of service, plus the sum of $25
for each year of service. The annuity shall not exceed 60% of
such highest average annual salary.
    (g-1) Instead of any other retirement annuity provided in
this Article, an employee who has at least 10 years of service
and withdraws from service on or after January 1, 1999 may
elect to receive a retirement annuity for life, beginning no
earlier than upon attainment of age 60, equal to 2.2% if
withdrawal is before January 1, 2002, or 2.4% if withdrawal is
on or after January 1, 2002, of final average salary for each
year of service, subject to a maximum of 75% of final average
salary if withdrawal is before January 1, 2002, or 80% if
withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002. For the purpose of
calculating this annuity, "final average salary" means the
highest average annual salary for any 4 consecutive years in
the last 10 years of service. Nothwithstanding any provision of
this subsection to the contrary, the "final average salary" for
a participant that received credit under subsection (c) of
Section 8-226 means the highest average salary for any 4
consecutive years (or any 8 consecutive years if the employee
first became a participant on or after January 1, 2011) in the
10 years immediately prior to the leave of absence, and adding
to that highest average salary, the product of (i) that highest
average salary, (ii) the average percentage increase in the
Consumer Price Index during each 12-month calendar year for the
calendar years during the participant's leave of absence, and
(iii) the length of the leave of absence in years, provided
that this shall not exceed the participant's salary at the
local labor organization. For purposes of this Section, the
Consumer Price Index is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers for all items published by the United States
Department of Labor.
    (h) The minimum annuities provided under this Section shall
be paid in equal monthly installments.
    (i) The amendatory provisions of part (b) and (g) of this
Section shall be effective July 1, 1971 and apply in the case
of every qualifying employee withdrawing on or after July 1,
1971.
    (j) The amendatory provisions of this amendatory Act of
1985 (P.A. 84-23) relating to the discount of annuity because
of retirement prior to attainment of age 60, and to the
retirement formula, for those born before January 1, 1936,
shall apply only to qualifying employees withdrawing on or
after July 18, 1985.
    (j-1) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 92-609
(increasing the retirement formula to 2.4% per year of service
and increasing the maximum to 80%) apply to persons who
withdraw from service on or after January 1, 2002, regardless
of whether that withdrawal takes place before the effective
date of that Act. In the case of a person who withdraws from
service on or after January 1, 2002 but begins to receive a
retirement annuity before July 1, 2002, the annuity shall be
recalculated, with the increase resulting from Public Act
92-609 accruing from the date the retirement annuity began. The
changes made by Public Act 92-609 control over the changes made
by Public Act 92-599, as provided in Section 95 of P.A. 92-609.
    (k) Beginning on January 1, 1999, the minimum amount of
employee's annuity shall be $850 per month for life for the
following classes of employees, without regard to the fact that
withdrawal occurred prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1998:
        (1) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a life
    annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
        (2) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a term
    annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
        (3) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a
    reciprocal annuity on the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of 1998, whose service in this fund is at least 5
    years;
        (4) any employee annuitant withdrawing after age 60 on
    or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998,
    with at least 10 years of service in this fund.
    The increases granted under items (1), (2) and (3) of this
subsection (k) shall not be limited by any other Section of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-226)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-226)
    Sec. 8-226. Computation of service. In computing the term
of service of an employee prior to the effective date, the
entire period beginning on the date he was first appointed and
ending on the day before the effective date, except any
intervening period during which he was separated by withdrawal
from service, shall be counted for all purposes of this
Article, except that for any employee who was not in service on
the day before the effective date, service rendered prior to
such date shall not be considered for the purposes of Section
8-138.
    For a person employed by an employer for whom this Article
was in effect prior to January 1, 1950, from whose salary
deductions are first made under this Article after December 31,
1949, any period of service rendered prior to the effective
date, unless he was in service on the day before the effective
date, shall not be counted as service.
    The time a person was an employee of any territory annexed
to the city prior to the effective date shall be counted as a
period of service.
    In computing the term of service of any employee subsequent
to the day before the effective date, the following periods
shall be counted as periods of service for age and service,
widow's and child's annuity purposes:
        (a) The time during which he performed the duties of
    his position;
        (b) Vacations, leaves of absence with whole or part
    pay, and leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90
    days;
        (c) Leaves of absence without pay that begin before the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
    Assembly and during which a participant is employed
    full-time by a local labor organization that represents
    municipal employees, provided that (1) the participant
    continues to make employee contributions to the Fund as
    though he were an active employee, based on the regular
    salary rate received by the participant for his municipal
    employment immediately prior to such leave of absence (and
    in the case of such employment prior to December 9, 1987,
    pays to the Fund an amount equal to the employee
    contributions for such employment plus regular interest
    thereon as calculated by the board), and based on his
    current salary with such labor organization after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, (2) after
    January 1, 1989 the participant, or the labor organization
    on the participant's behalf, makes contributions to the
    Fund as though it were the employer, in the same amount and
    same manner as specified under this Article, based on the
    regular salary rate received by the participant for his
    municipal employment immediately prior to such leave of
    absence, and based on his current salary with such labor
    organization after the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of 1991, and (3) the participant does not receive
    credit in any pension plan established by the local labor
    organization based on his employment by the organization;
        (d) Any period of disability for which he received (i)
    a disability benefit under this Article, or (ii) a
    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition
    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay;
        (e) Any period for which contributions and service
    credit have been transferred to this Fund under subsection
    (d) of Section 9-121.1 or subsection (d) of Section
    12-127.1 of this Code.
    For a person employed by an employer in which the 1921 Act
was in effect prior to January 1, 1950, from whose salary
deductions are first made under the 1921 Act or this Article
after December 31, 1949, any period of service rendered
subsequent to the effective date and prior to the date he
became an employee and contributor, shall not be counted as a
period of service under this Article, except such period for
which he made payment as provided in Section 8-230 of this
Article, in which case such period shall be counted as a period
of service for all annuity purposes hereunder.
    In computing the term of service of an employee subsequent
to the day before the effective date for ordinary disability
benefit purposes, all periods described in the preceding
paragraph, except any such period for which he receives
ordinary disability benefit, shall be counted as periods of
service; provided, that for any person employed by an employer
in which this Article was in effect prior to January 1, 1950,
from whose salary deductions are first made under this Article
after December 31, 1949, any period of service rendered
subsequent to the effective date and prior to the date he
became an employee and contributor, shall not be counted as a
period of service for ordinary disability benefit purposes,
unless the person made payment for the period as provided in
Section 8-230 of this Article, in which case the period shall
be counted as a period of service for ordinary disability
purposes for periods of disability on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
    Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
computing any term of service. Not more than 1 year of service
shall be allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
    For the purposes of this Section, the phrase "any pension
plan established by the local labor organization" means any
pension plan in which a participant may receive credit as a
result of his or her membership in the local labor
organization, including, but not limited to, the local labor
organization itself and its affiliates at the local,
intrastate, State, multi-state, national, or international
level. The definition of this phrase is a declaration of
existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment.
(Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/8-233)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-233)
    Sec. 8-233. Basis of annual salary. For the purpose of this
Article, the annual salary of an employee whose salary or wage
is appropriated, fixed, or arranged in the annual appropriation
ordinance upon other than an annual basis shall be determined
as follows:
    (a) If the employee is paid on a monthly basis, the annual
salary is 12 times the monthly salary. If the employee is paid
on a weekly basis, the annual salary is 52 times the weekly
salary.
    "Monthly salary" means the amount of compensation or salary
appropriated and payable for a normal and regular month's work
in the employee's position in the service. "Weekly salary"
means the amount of compensation or salary appropriated and
payable for a normal and regular week's work in the employee's
position in the service. If the work is on a regularly
scheduled part time basis, then "monthly salary" and "weekly
salary" refer, respectively, to the part time monthly or weekly
salary.
    If the appropriation for the position is for a shorter
period than 12 months a year, or 52 weeks a year if on a weekly
basis, or the employee is in a class, grade, or category in
which the employee normally works for fewer than 12 months or
52 weeks a year, then the basis shall be adjusted downward to
the extent that the appropriated or customary work period is
less than the normal 12 months or 52 weeks of service in a
year.
    Compensation for overtime, at regular or overtime rates,
that is paid in addition to the appropriated regular and normal
monthly or weekly salary shall not be considered.
    (b) If the employee is paid on a daily basis, the annual
salary is 260 times the daily wage. If the employee is paid on
an hourly basis, the annual salary is 2080 times the hourly
wage.
    The norm is based on a 12-month per year, 5-day work week
of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, with consideration
given only to time compensated for at the straight time rate of
compensation or wage. The norm shall be increased (subject to a
maximum of 300 days or 2400 hours per year) or decreased for an
employee to the extent that the normal and established work
period, at the straight time compensation or wage for the
position held in the class, grade, or category in which the
employee is assigned, is for a greater or lesser number of
months, weeks, days, or hours than the period on which the
established norm is based.
    "Daily wage" and "hourly wage" mean, respectively, the
normal, regular, or basic straight time rate of compensation or
wage appropriated and payable for a normal and regular day's
work, or hour's work, in the employee's position in the
service.
    Any time worked in excess of the norm (or the increased or
decreased norm, whichever is applicable) that is compensated
for at overtime, premium, or other than regular or basic
straight time rates shall not be considered as time worked, and
the compensation for that work shall not be considered as
salary or wage. Such time and compensation shall in every case
and for all purposes be considered overtime and shall be
excluded for all purposes under this Article. However, the
straight time portion of compensation or wage, for time worked
on holidays that fall within an employee's established norm,
shall be included for all purposes under this Article.
    (c) For minimum annuity purposes under Section 8-138, where
a salary rate change occurs during the year, it shall be
considered that the annual salary for that year is (1) the
annual equivalent of the monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly
salary or wage rate that was applicable for the greater number
of months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is applicable) in
the year under consideration, or (2) the annual equivalent of
the average salary or wage rate in effect for the employee
during the year, whichever is greater. The average salary or
wage rate shall be calculated by multiplying each salary or
wage rate in effect for the employee during the year by the
number of months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is
applicable) during which that rate was in effect, and dividing
the sum of the resulting products by the total number of
months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is applicable) worked
by the employee during the year.
    (d) The changes to subsection (c) made by this amendatory
Act of 1997 apply to persons withdrawing from service on or
after July 1, 1990 and for each such person are intended to be
retroactive to the date upon which the affected annuity began.
The Fund shall recompute the affected annuity and shall pay the
additional amount due for the period before the increase
resulting from this amendatory Act in a lump sum, without
interest.
    (e) This Article shall not be construed to authorize a
salary paid by an entity other than an employer, as defined in
Section 8-110, to be used to calculate the highest average
annual salary of a participant. This subsection (e) is a
declaration of existing law and shall not be construed as a new
enactment.
(Source: P.A. 90-31, eff. 6-27-97.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/9-219)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-219)
    Sec. 9-219. Computation of service.
    (1) In computing the term of service of an employee prior
to the effective date, the entire period beginning on the date
he was first appointed and ending on the day before the
effective date, except any intervening period during which he
was separated by withdrawal from service, shall be counted for
all purposes of this Article.
    (2) In computing the term of service of any employee on or
after the effective date, the following periods of time shall
be counted as periods of service for age and service, widow's
and child's annuity purposes:
        (a) The time during which he performed the duties of
    his position.
        (b) Vacations, leaves of absence with whole or part
    pay, and leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90
    days.
        (c) For an employee who is a member of a county police
    department or a correctional officer with the county
    department of corrections, approved leaves of absence
    without pay during which the employee serves as a full-time
    officer or employee of an employee association, the
    membership of which consists of other participants in the
    Fund, provided that the employee contributes to the Fund
    (1) the amount that he would have contributed had he
    remained an active employee in the position he occupied at
    the time the leave of absence was granted, (2) an amount
    calculated by the Board representing employer
    contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon from the
    date of service to the date of payment. However, if the
    employee's application to establish credit under this
    subsection is received by the Fund on or after July 1, 2002
    and before July 1, 2003, the amount representing employer
    contributions specified in item (2) shall be waived.
        For a former member of a county police department who
    has received a refund under Section 9-164, periods during
    which the employee serves as head of an employee
    association, the membership of which consists of other
    police officers, provided that the employee contributes to
    the Fund (1) the amount that he would have contributed had
    he remained an active member of the county police
    department in the position he occupied at the time he left
    service, (2) an amount calculated by the Board representing
    employer contributions, and (3) regular interest thereon
    from the date of service to the date of payment. However,
    if the former member of the county police department
    retires on or after January 1, 1993 but no later than March
    1, 1993, the amount representing employer contributions
    specified in item (2) shall be waived.
        For leaves of absence to which this item (c) applies
    and for other periods to which this item (c) applies,
    including those leaves of absence and other periods of
    service beginning before the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the employee
    or former member must continue to remain in sworn status,
    subject to the professional standards of the public
    employer or those terms established in statute.
        (d) Any period of disability for which he received
    disability benefit or whole or part pay.
        (e) Accumulated vacation or other time for which an
    employee who retires on or after November 1, 1990 receives
    a lump sum payment at the time of retirement, provided that
    contributions were made to the fund at the time such lump
    sum payment was received. The service granted for the lump
    sum payment shall not change the employee's date of
    withdrawal for computing the effective date of the annuity.
        (f) An employee may receive service credit for annuity
    purposes for accumulated sick leave as of the date of the
    employee's withdrawal from service, not to exceed a total
    of 180 days, provided that the amount of such accumulated
    sick leave is certified by the County Comptroller to the
    Board and the employee pays an amount equal to 8.5% (9% for
    members of the County Police Department who are eligible to
    receive an annuity under Section 9-128.1) of the amount
    that would have been paid had such accumulated sick leave
    been paid at the employee's final rate of salary. Such
    payment shall be made within 30 days after the date of
    withdrawal and prior to receipt of the first annuity check.
    The service credit granted for such accumulated sick leave
    shall not change the employee's date of withdrawal for the
    purpose of computing the effective date of the annuity.
    (3) In computing the term of service of an employee on or
after the effective date for ordinary disability benefit
purposes, the following periods of time shall be counted as
periods of service:
        (a) Unless otherwise specified in Section 9-157, the
    time during which he performed the duties of his position.
        (b) Paid vacations and leaves of absence with whole or
    part pay.
        (c) Any period for which he received duty disability
    benefit.
        (d) Any period of disability for which he received
    whole or part pay.
    (4) For an employee who on January 1, 1958, was transferred
by Act of the 70th General Assembly from his position in a
department of welfare of any city located in the county in
which this Article is in force and effect to a similar position
in a department of such county, service shall also be credited
for ordinary disability benefit and child's annuity for such
period of department of welfare service during which period he
was a contributor to a statutory annuity and benefit fund in
such city and for which purposes service credit would otherwise
not be credited by virtue of such involuntary transfer.
    (5) An employee described in subsection (e) of Section
9-108 shall receive credit for child's annuity and ordinary
disability benefit for the period of time for which he was
credited with service in the fund from which he was
involuntarily separated through class or group transfer;
provided, that no such credit shall be allowed to the extent
that it results in a duplication of credits or benefits, and
neither shall such credit be allowed to the extent that it was
or may be forfeited by the application for and acceptance of a
refund from the fund from which the employee was transferred.
    (6) Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
computing service. Not more than 1 year of service shall be
allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/11-134)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-134)
    Sec. 11-134. Minimum annuities.
    (a) An employee whose withdrawal occurs after July 1, 1957
at age 60 or over, with 20 or more years of service, (as
service is defined or computed in Section 11-216), for whom the
age and service and prior service annuity combined is less than
the amount stated in this Section, shall, from and after the
date of withdrawal, in lieu of all annuities otherwise provided
in this Article, be entitled to receive an annuity for life of
an amount equal to 1 2/3% for each year of service, of the
highest average annual salary for any 5 consecutive years
within the last 10 years of service immediately preceding the
date of withdrawal; provided, that in the case of any employee
who withdraws on or after July 1, 1971, such employee age 60 or
over with 20 or more years of service, shall be entitled to
instead receive an annuity for life equal to 1.67% for each of
the first 10 years of service; 1.90% for each of the next 10
years of service; 2.10% for each year of service in excess of
20 but not exceeding 30; and 2.30% for each year of service in
excess of 30, based on the highest average annual salary for
any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.
    An employee who withdraws after July 1, 1957 and before
January 1, 1988, with 20 or more years of service, before age
60, shall be entitled to an annuity, to begin not earlier than
age 55, if under such age at withdrawal, as computed in the
last preceding paragraph, reduced 0.25% if the employee was
born before January 1, 1936, or 0.5% if the employee was born
on or after January 1, 1936, for each full month or fractional
part thereof that his attained age when such annuity is to
begin is less than 60.
    Any employee born before January 1, 1936 who withdraws with
20 or more years of service, and any employee with 20 or more
years of service who withdraws on or after January 1, 1988, may
elect to receive, in lieu of any other employee annuity
provided in this Section, an annuity for life equal to 1.80%
for each of the first 10 years of service, 2.00% for each of
the next 10 years of service, 2.20% for each year of service in
excess of 20, but not exceeding 30, and 2.40% for each year of
service in excess of 30, of the highest average annual salary
for any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the date of withdrawal, to begin not
earlier than upon attained age of 55 years, if under such age
at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each full month or fractional
part thereof that his attained age when annuity is to begin is
less than 60; except that an employee retiring on or after
January 1, 1988, at age 55 or over but less than age 60, having
at least 35 years of service, or an employee retiring on or
after July 1, 1990, at age 55 or over but less than age 60,
having at least 30 years of service, or an employee retiring on
or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, at
age 55 or over but less than age 60, having at least 25 years of
service, shall not be subject to the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement below age 60.
    However, in the case of an employee who retired on or after
January 1, 1985 but before January 1, 1988, at age 55 or older
and with at least 35 years of service, and who was subject
under this subsection (a) to the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement below age 60, that reduction
shall cease to be effective January 1, 1991, and the retirement
annuity shall be recalculated accordingly.
    Any employee who withdraws on or after July 1, 1990, with
20 or more years of service, may elect to receive, in lieu of
any other employee annuity provided in this Section, an annuity
for life equal to 2.20% for each year of service if withdrawal
is before January 1, 2002, or 2.40% for each year of service if
withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002, of the highest
average annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the
last 10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
withdrawal, to begin not earlier than upon attained age of 55
years, if under such age at withdrawal, reduced 0.25% for each
full month or fractional part thereof that his attained age
when annuity is to begin is less than 60; except that an
employee retiring at age 55 or over but less than age 60,
having at least 30 years of service, shall not be subject to
the reduction in retirement annuity because of retirement below
age 60.
    Any employee who withdraws on or after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1997 with 20 or more years of service
may elect to receive, in lieu of any other employee annuity
provided in this Section, an annuity for life equal to 2.20%
for each year of service if withdrawal is before January 1,
2002, or 2.40% for each year of service if withdrawal is on or
after January 1, 2002, of the highest average annual salary for
any 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service
immediately preceding the date of withdrawal, to begin not
earlier than upon attainment of age 55 (age 50 if the employee
has at least 30 years of service), reduced 0.25% for each full
month or remaining fractional part thereof that the employee's
attained age when annuity is to begin is less than 60; except
that an employee retiring at age 50 or over with at least 30
years of service or at age 55 or over with at least 25 years of
service shall not be subject to the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement below age 60.
    The maximum annuity payable under this paragraph (a) of
this Section shall not exceed 70% of highest average annual
salary in the case of an employee who withdraws prior to July
1, 1971, 75% if withdrawal takes place on or after July 1, 1971
and prior to January 1, 2002, or 80% if withdrawal is on or
after January 1, 2002. For the purpose of the minimum annuity
provided in said paragraphs $1,500 shall be considered the
minimum annual salary for any year; and the maximum annual
salary to be considered for the computation of such annuity
shall be $4,800 for any year prior to 1953, $6,000 for the
years 1953 to 1956, inclusive, and the actual annual salary, as
salary is defined in this Article, for any year thereafter.
    (b) For an employee receiving disability benefit, his
salary for annuity purposes under this Section shall, for all
periods of disability benefit subsequent to the year 1956, be
the amount on which his disability benefit was based.
    (c) An employee with 20 or more years of service, whose
entire disability benefit credit period expires prior to
attainment of age 55 while still disabled for service, shall be
entitled upon withdrawal to the larger of (1) the minimum
annuity provided above assuming that he is then age 55, and
reducing such annuity to its actuarial equivalent at his
attained age on such date, or (2) the annuity provided from his
age and service and prior service annuity credits.
    (d) The minimum annuity provisions as aforesaid shall not
apply to any former employee receiving an annuity from the
fund, and who re-enters service as an employee, unless he
renders at least 3 years of additional service after the date
of re-entry.
    (e) An employee in service on July 1, 1947, or who became a
contributor after July 1, 1947 and prior to July 1, 1950, or
who shall become a contributor to the fund after July 1, 1950
prior to attainment of age 70, who withdraws after age 65 with
less than 20 years of service, for whom the annuity has been
fixed under the foregoing Sections of this Article shall, in
lieu of the annuity so fixed, receive an annuity as follows:
    Such amount as he could have received had the accumulated
amounts for annuity been improved with interest at the
effective rate to the date of his withdrawal, or to attainment
of age 70, whichever is earlier, and had the city contributed
to such earlier date for age and service annuity the amount
that would have been contributed had he been under age 65,
after the date his annuity was fixed in accordance with this
Article, and assuming his annuity were computed from such
accumulations as of his age on such earlier date. The annuity
so computed shall not exceed the annuity which would be payable
under the other provisions of this Section if the employee was
credited with 20 years of service and would qualify for annuity
thereunder.
    (f) In lieu of the annuity provided in this or in any other
Section of this Article, an employee having attained age 65
with at least 15 years of service who withdraws from service on
or after July 1, 1971 and whose annuity computed under other
provisions of this Article is less than the amount provided
under this paragraph shall be entitled to receive a minimum
annual annuity for life equal to 1% of the highest average
annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last 10
years of service immediately preceding retirement for each year
of his service plus the sum of $25 for each year of service.
Such annual annuity shall not exceed the maximum percentages
stated under paragraph (a) of this Section of such highest
average annual salary.
    (f-1) Instead of any other retirement annuity provided in
this Article, an employee who has at least 10 years of service
and withdraws from service on or after January 1, 1999 may
elect to receive a retirement annuity for life, beginning no
earlier than upon attainment of age 60, equal to 2.2% if
withdrawal is before January 1, 2002, or 2.4% for each year of
service if withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002, of final
average salary for each year of service, subject to a maximum
of 75% of final average salary if withdrawal is before January
1, 2002, or 80% if withdrawal is on or after January 1, 2002.
For the purpose of calculating this annuity, "final average
salary" means the highest average annual salary for any 4
consecutive years in the last 10 years of service.
Nothwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the
contrary, the "final average salary" for a participant that
received credit under item (3) of subsection (c) of Section
11-215 means the highest average salary for any 4 consecutive
years (or any 8 consecutive years if the employee first became
a participant on or after January 1, 2011) in the 10 years
immediately prior to the leave of absence, and adding to that
highest average salary, the product of (i) that highest average
salary, (ii) the average percentage increase in the Consumer
Price Index during each 12-month calendar year for the calendar
years during the participant's leave of absence, and (iii) the
length of the leave of absence in years, provided that this
shall not exceed the participant's salary at the local labor
organization. For purposes of this Section, the Consumer Price
Index is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
all items published by the United States Department of Labor.
    (g) Any annuity payable under the preceding subsections of
this Section 11-134 shall be paid in equal monthly
installments.
    (h) The amendatory provisions of part (a) and (f) of this
Section shall be effective July 1, 1971 and apply in the case
of every qualifying employee withdrawing on or after July 1,
1971.
    (h-1) The changes made to this Section by Public Act 92-609
(increasing the retirement formula to 2.4% per year of service
and increasing the maximum to 80%) apply to persons who
withdraw from service on or after January 1, 2002, regardless
of whether that withdrawal takes place before the effective
date of that Act. In the case of a person who withdraws from
service on or after January 1, 2002 but begins to receive a
retirement annuity before July 1, 2002, the annuity shall be
recalculated, with the increase resulting from Public Act
92-609 accruing from the date the retirement annuity began. The
changes made by Public Act 92-609 control over the changes made
by Public Act 92-599, as provided in Section 95 of P.A. 92-609.
    (i) The amendatory provisions of this amendatory Act of
1985 relating to the discount of annuity because of retirement
prior to attainment of age 60 and increasing the retirement
formula for those born before January 1, 1936, shall apply only
to qualifying employees withdrawing on or after August 16,
1985.
    (j) Beginning on January 1, 1999, the minimum amount of
employee's annuity shall be $850 per month for life for the
following classes of employees, without regard to the fact that
withdrawal occurred prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1998:
        (1) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a life
    annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
        (2) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a term
    annuity on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    1998, except a reciprocal annuity;
        (3) any employee annuitant alive and receiving a
    reciprocal annuity on the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of 1998, whose service in this fund is at least 5
    years;
        (4) any employee annuitant withdrawing after age 60 on
    or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998,
    with at least 10 years of service in this fund.
    The increases granted under items (1), (2) and (3) of this
subsection (j) shall not be limited by any other Section of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/11-215)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-215)
    Sec. 11-215. Computation of service.
    (a) In computing the term of service of an employee prior
to the effective date, the entire period beginning on the date
he was first appointed and ending on the day before the
effective date, except any intervening period during which he
was separated by withdrawal from service, shall be counted for
all purposes of this Article. Only the first year of each
period of lay-off or leave of absence without pay, continuing
or extending for a period in excess of one year, shall be
counted as such service.
    (b) For a person employed by an employer for whom this
Article was in effect prior to August 1, 1949, from whose
salary deductions are first made under this Article after July
31, 1949, any period of service rendered prior to the effective
date, unless he was in service on the day before the effective
date, shall not be counted as service.
    (c) In computing the term of service of an employee
subsequent to the day before the effective date, the following
periods of time shall be counted as periods of service for
annuity purposes:
        (1) the time during which he performed the duties of
    his position;
        (2) leaves of absence with whole or part pay, and
    leaves of absence without pay not longer than 90 days;
        (3) leaves of absence without pay that begin before the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
    Assembly and during which a participant is employed
    full-time by a local labor organization that represents
    municipal employees, provided that (A) the participant
    continues to make employee contributions to the Fund as
    though he were an active employee, based on the regular
    salary rate received by the participant for his municipal
    employment immediately prior to such leave of absence (and
    in the case of such employment prior to December 9, 1987,
    pays to the Fund an amount equal to the employee
    contributions for such employment plus regular interest
    thereon as calculated by the board), and based on his
    current salary with such labor organization after the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, (B) after
    January 1, 1989 the participant, or the labor organization
    on the participant's behalf, makes contributions to the
    Fund as though it were the employer, in the same amount and
    same manner as specified under this Article, based on the
    regular salary rate received by the participant for his
    municipal employment immediately prior to such leave of
    absence, and based on his current salary with such labor
    organization after the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of 1991, and (C) the participant does not receive
    credit in any pension plan established by the local labor
    organization based on his employment by the organization;
        (4) any period of disability for which he received (i)
    a disability benefit under this Article, or (ii) a
    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition
    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay.
    (d) For a person employed by an employer, or the retirement
board, in which "The 1935 Act" was in effect prior to August 1,
1949, from whose salary deductions are first made under "The
1935 Act" or this Article after July 31, 1949, any period of
service rendered subsequent to the effective date and prior to
August 1, 1949, shall not be counted as a period of service
under this Article, except such period for which he made
payment, as provided in Section 11-221 of this Article, in
which case such period shall be counted as a period of service
for all annuity purposes hereunder.
    (e) In computing the term of service of an employee
subsequent to the day before the effective date for ordinary
disability benefit purposes, the following periods of time
shall be counted as periods of service:
        (1) any period during which he performed the duties of
    his position;
        (2) leaves of absence with whole or part pay;
        (3) any period of disability for which he received (i)
    a duty disability benefit under this Article, or (ii) a
    temporary total disability benefit under the Workers'
    Compensation Act if the disability results from a condition
    commonly termed heart attack or stroke or any other
    condition falling within the broad field of coronary
    involvement or heart disease, or (iii) whole or part pay.
    However, any period of service rendered by an employee
contributor prior to the date he became a contributor to the
fund shall not be counted as a period of service for ordinary
disability purposes, unless the person made payment for the
period as provided in Section 11-221 of this Article, in which
case the period shall be counted as a period of service for
ordinary disability purposes for periods of disability on or
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
    Overtime or extra service shall not be included in
computing any term of service. Not more than 1 year of service
shall be allowed for service rendered during any calendar year.
    For the purposes of this Section, the phrase "any pension
plan established by the local labor organization" means any
pension plan in which a participant may receive credit as a
result of his or her membership in the local labor
organization, including, but not limited to, the local labor
organization itself and its affiliates at the local,
intrastate, State, multi-state, national, or international
level. The definition of this phrase is a declaration of
existing law and shall not be construed as a new enactment.
(Source: P.A. 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/11-217)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-217)
    Sec. 11-217. Basis of annual salary. For the purpose of
this Article, the annual salary of an employee whose salary or
wage is appropriated, fixed, or arranged in the annual
appropriation ordinance upon other than an annual basis shall
be determined as follows:
    (a) If the employee is paid on a monthly basis, the annual
salary is 12 times the monthly salary. If the employee is paid
on a weekly basis, the annual salary is 52 times the weekly
salary.
    "Monthly salary" means the amount of compensation or salary
appropriated and payable for a normal and regular month's work
in the employee's position in the service. "Weekly salary"
means the amount of compensation or salary appropriated and
payable for a normal and regular week's work in the employee's
position in the service. If the work is on a regularly
scheduled part time basis, then "monthly salary" and "weekly
salary" refer, respectively, to the part time monthly or weekly
salary.
    If the appropriation for the position is for a shorter
period than 12 months a year, or 52 weeks a year if on a weekly
basis, or the employee is in a class, grade, or category in
which the employee normally works for fewer than 12 months or
52 weeks a year, then the basis shall be adjusted downward to
the extent that the appropriated or customary work period is
less than the normal 12 months or 52 weeks of service in a
year.
    Compensation for overtime, at regular or overtime rates,
that is paid in addition to the appropriated regular and normal
monthly or weekly salary shall not be considered.
    (b) If the employee is paid on a daily basis, the annual
salary is 260 times the daily wage. If the employee is paid on
an hourly basis, the annual salary is 2080 times the hourly
wage.
    The norm is based on a 12-month per year, 5-day work week
of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, with consideration
given only to time compensated for at the straight time rate of
compensation or wage. The norm shall be increased (subject to a
maximum of 300 days or 2400 hours per year) or decreased for an
employee to the extent that the normal and established work
period, at the straight time compensation or wage for the
position held in the class, grade, or category in which the
employee is assigned, is for a greater or lesser number of
months, weeks, days, or hours than the period on which the
established norm is based.
    "Daily wage" and "hourly wage" mean, respectively, the
normal, regular, or basic straight time rate of compensation or
wage appropriated and payable for a normal and regular day's
work, or hour's work, in the employee's position in the
service.
    Any time worked in excess of the norm (or the increased or
decreased norm, whichever is applicable) that is compensated
for at overtime, premium, or other than regular or basic
straight time rates shall not be considered as time worked, and
the compensation for that work shall not be considered as
salary or wage. Such time and compensation shall in every case
and for all purposes be considered overtime and shall be
excluded for all purposes under this Article. However, the
straight time portion of compensation or wage, for time worked
on holidays that fall within an employee's established norm,
shall be included for all purposes under this Article.
    (c) For minimum annuity purposes under Section 11-134,
where a salary rate change occurs during the year, it shall be
considered that the annual salary for that year is (1) the
annual equivalent of the monthly, weekly, daily, or hourly
salary or wage rate that was applicable for the greater number
of months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is applicable) in
the year under consideration, or (2) the annual equivalent of
the average salary or wage rate in effect for the employee
during the year, whichever is greater. The average salary or
wage rate shall be calculated by multiplying each salary or
wage rate in effect for the employee during the year by the
number of months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is
applicable) during which that rate was in effect, and dividing
the sum of the resulting products by the total number of
months, weeks, days, or hours (whichever is applicable) worked
by the employee during the year.
    (d) The changes to subsection (c) made by this amendatory
Act of 1997 apply to persons withdrawing from service on or
after July 1, 1990 and for each such person are intended to be
retroactive to the date upon which the affected annuity began.
The Fund shall recompute the affected annuity and shall pay the
additional amount due for the period before the increase
resulting from this amendatory Act in a lump sum, without
interest.
    (e) This Article shall not be construed to authorize a
salary paid by an entity other than an employer, as defined in
Section 11-107, to be used to calculate the highest average
annual salary of a participant. This subsection (e) is a
declaration of existing law and shall not be construed as a new
enactment.
(Source: P.A. 90-31, eff. 6-27-97.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/15-107)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107)
    Sec. 15-107. Employee.
    (a) "Employee" means any member of the educational,
administrative, secretarial, clerical, mechanical, labor or
other staff of an employer whose employment is permanent and
continuous or who is employed in a position in which services
are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least
4 months or one academic term, whichever is less, who (A)
receives payment for personal services on a warrant issued
pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by an employer and
drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer or by
an employer upon trust, federal or other funds, or (B) is on a
leave of absence without pay. Employment which is irregular,
intermittent or temporary shall not be considered continuous
for purposes of this paragraph.
    However, a person is not an "employee" if he or she:
        (1) is a student enrolled in and regularly attending
    classes in a college or university which is an employer,
    and is employed on a temporary basis at less than full
    time;
        (2) is currently receiving a retirement annuity or a
    disability retirement annuity under Section 15-153.2 from
    this System;
        (3) is on a military leave of absence;
        (4) is eligible to participate in the Federal Civil
    Service Retirement System and is currently making
    contributions to that system based upon earnings paid by an
    employer;
        (5) is on leave of absence without pay for more than 60
    days immediately following termination of disability
    benefits under this Article;
        (6) is hired after June 30, 1979 as a public service
    employment program participant under the Federal
    Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and receives
    earnings in whole or in part from funds provided under that
    Act; or
        (7) is employed on or after July 1, 1991 to perform
    services that are excluded by subdivision (a)(7)(f) or
    (a)(19) of Section 210 of the federal Social Security Act
    from the definition of employment given in that Section (42
    U.S.C. 410).
    (b) Any employer may, by filing a written notice with the
board, exclude from the definition of "employee" all persons
employed pursuant to a federally funded contract entered into
after July 1, 1982 with a federal military department in a
program providing training in military courses to federal
military personnel on a military site owned by the United
States Government, if this exclusion is not prohibited by the
federally funded contract or federal laws or rules governing
the administration of the contract.
    (c) Any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
Administrative Code of the State is an employee, if he or she
is a participant in this system on the effective date of the
appointment.
    (d) A participant on lay-off status under civil service
rules is considered an employee for not more than 120 days from
the date of the lay-off.
    (e) A participant is considered an employee during (1) the
first 60 days of disability leave, (2) the period, not to
exceed one year, in which his or her eligibility for disability
benefits is being considered by the board or reviewed by the
courts, and (3) the period he or she receives disability
benefits under the provisions of Section 15-152, workers'
compensation or occupational disease benefits, or disability
income under an insurance contract financed wholly or partially
by the employer.
    (f) Absences without pay, other than formal leaves of
absence, of less than 30 calendar days, are not considered as
an interruption of a person's status as an employee. If such
absences during any period of 12 months exceed 30 work days,
the employee status of the person is considered as interrupted
as of the 31st work day.
    (g) A staff member whose employment contract requires
services during an academic term is to be considered an
employee during the summer and other vacation periods, unless
he or she declines an employment contract for the succeeding
academic term or his or her employment status is otherwise
terminated, and he or she receives no earnings during these
periods.
    (h) An individual who was a participating employee employed
in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
of that fire department and who immediately after the
elimination of that fire department became employed by the fire
department of the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign shall
continue to be considered as an employee for purposes of this
Article for so long as the individual remains employed as a
firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign. The
individual shall cease to be considered an employee under this
subsection (h) upon the first termination of the individual's
employment as a firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City
of Champaign.
    (i) An individual who is employed on a full-time basis as
an officer or employee of a statewide teacher organization that
serves System participants or an officer of a national teacher
organization that serves System participants may participate
in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that
(1) the individual has previously earned creditable service
under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
irrevocable election to become a participant before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
Assembly, and (3) the individual does not receive credit for
that employment under any other Article of this Code, and (4)
the individual first became a full-time employee of the teacher
organization and becomes a participant before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An
employee under this subsection (i) is responsible for paying to
the System both (A) employee contributions based on the actual
compensation received for service with the teacher
organization and (B) employer contributions equal to the normal
costs (as defined in Section 15-155) resulting from that
service; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on
the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if
authorized under federal law) by the teacher organization.
    A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
(i) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
System for that employment the contributions specified in this
subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
granted under this subsection for any such prior employment for
which the applicant received credit under any other provision
of this Code, or during which the applicant was on a leave of
absence under Section 15-113.2.
    (j) A person employed by the State Board of Higher
Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of
June 30, 2004 shall be considered to be an employee for so long
as he or she remains continuously employed after that date by
the Department of Central Management Services in a position
with the Illinois Century Network, the Bureau of Communication
and Computer Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau
and meets the requirements of subsection (a).
(Source: P.A. 95-369, eff. 8-23-07.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/16-106)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106)
    Sec. 16-106. Teacher. "Teacher": The following
individuals, provided that, for employment prior to July 1,
1990, they are employed on a full-time basis, or if not
full-time, on a permanent and continuous basis in a position in
which services are expected to be rendered for at least one
school term:
        (1) Any educational, administrative, professional or
    other staff employed in the public common schools included
    within this system in a position requiring certification
    under the law governing the certification of teachers;
        (2) Any educational, administrative, professional or
    other staff employed in any facility of the Department of
    Children and Family Services or the Department of Human
    Services, in a position requiring certification under the
    law governing the certification of teachers, and any person
    who (i) works in such a position for the Department of
    Corrections, (ii) was a member of this System on May 31,
    1987, and (iii) did not elect to become a member of the
    State Employees' Retirement System pursuant to Section
    14-108.2 of this Code; except that "teacher" does not
    include any person who (A) becomes a security employee of
    the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section
    14-110, after June 28, 2001 (the effective date of Public
    Act 92-14), or (B) becomes a member of the State Employees'
    Retirement System pursuant to Section 14-108.2c of this
    Code;
        (3) Any regional superintendent of schools, assistant
    regional superintendent of schools, State Superintendent
    of Education; any person employed by the State Board of
    Education as an executive; any executive of the boards
    engaged in the service of public common school education in
    school districts covered under this system of which the
    State Superintendent of Education is an ex-officio member;
        (4) Any employee of a school board association
    operating in compliance with Article 23 of the School Code
    who is certificated under the law governing the
    certification of teachers;
        (5) Any person employed by the retirement system who:
            (i) was an employee of and a participant in the
        system on August 17, 2001 (the effective date of Public
        Act 92-416), or
            (ii) becomes an employee of the system on or after
        August 17, 2001;
        (6) Any educational, administrative, professional or
    other staff employed by and under the supervision and
    control of a regional superintendent of schools, provided
    such employment position requires the person to be
    certificated under the law governing the certification of
    teachers and is in an educational program serving 2 or more
    districts in accordance with a joint agreement authorized
    by the School Code or by federal legislation;
        (7) Any educational, administrative, professional or
    other staff employed in an educational program serving 2 or
    more school districts in accordance with a joint agreement
    authorized by the School Code or by federal legislation and
    in a position requiring certification under the laws
    governing the certification of teachers;
        (8) Any officer or employee of a statewide teacher
    organization or officer of a national teacher organization
    who is certified under the law governing certification of
    teachers, provided: (i) the individual had previously
    established creditable service under this Article, (ii)
    the individual files with the system an irrevocable
    election to become a member before the effective date of
    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and (iii)
    the individual does not receive credit for such service
    under any other Article of this Code, and (iv) the
    individual first became an officer or employee of the
    teacher organization and becomes a member before the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
    Assembly;
        (9) Any educational, administrative, professional, or
    other staff employed in a charter school operating in
    compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is certificated
    under the law governing the certification of teachers.
        (10) Any person employed, on the effective date of this
    amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, by the
    Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education in a
    birth-through-age-three pilot program receiving funds
    under Section 2-389 of the School Code who is required by
    the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education to hold a
    teaching certificate, provided that the Macon-Piatt
    Regional Office of Education makes an election, within 6
    months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
    the 94th General Assembly, to have the person participate
    in the system. Any service established prior to the
    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
    Assembly for service as an employee of the Macon-Piatt
    Regional Office of Education in a birth-through-age-three
    pilot program receiving funds under Section 2-389 of the
    School Code shall be considered service as a teacher if
    employee and employer contributions have been received by
    the system and the system has not refunded those
    contributions.
    An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
Article or under Article 17 of this Code who is employed by a
board of education or other employer as permitted under Section
16-118 or 16-150.1 is not a "teacher" for purposes of this
Article. A person who has received a single-sum retirement
benefit under Section 16-136.4 of this Article is not a
"teacher" for purposes of this Article.
    A person who is a teacher as described in item (8) of this
Section may establish service credit for similar employment
prior to becoming certified as a teacher if he or she (i) is
certified as a teacher on or before the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, (ii) applies in
writing to the system within 6 months after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, and (iii)
pays to the system contributions equal to the normal costs
calculated from the date of first full-time employment as
described in item (8) to the date of payment, compounded
annually at the rate of 8.5% per year for periods before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly and for subsequent periods at a rate equal to the
System's actuarially assumed rate of return on investments.
However, credit shall not be granted under this paragraph for
any such prior employment for which the applicant received
credit under any other provision of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 93-320, eff. 7-23-03; 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07.)
 
    (40 ILCS 5/17-134)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 17-134)
    Sec. 17-134. Contributions for leaves of absence; military
service; computing service. In computing service for pension
purposes the following periods of service shall stand in lieu
of a like number of years of teaching service upon payment
therefor in the manner hereinafter provided: (a) time spent on
a leave of absence granted by the employer; (b) service with
teacher or labor organizations based upon special leaves of
absence therefor granted by an Employer; (c) a maximum of 5
years spent in the military service of the United States, of
which up to 2 years may have been served outside the pension
period; (d) unused sick days at termination of service to a
maximum of 244 days; (e) time lost due to layoff and
curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
1976; and (f) time spent after June 30, 1982 as a member of the
Board of Education, if required to resign from an
administrative or teaching position in order to qualify as a
member of the Board of Education.
        (1) For time spent on or after September 6, 1948 on
    sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves, for which
    salaries are paid, an Employer shall make payroll
    deductions at the applicable rates in effect during such
    periods.
        (2) For time spent on a leave of absence granted by the
    employer for which no salaries are paid, teachers desiring
    credit therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
    rates in effect during such periods as though they were in
    teaching service. If an Employer pays salary for vacations
    which occur during a teacher's sick leave or maternity or
    paternity leave without salary, vacation pay for which the
    teacher would have qualified while in active service shall
    be considered part of the teacher's total salary for
    pension purposes. No more than 36 months of leave credit
    may be allowed any person during the entire term of
    service. Sabbatical leave credit shall be limited to the
    time the person on leave without salary under an Employer's
    rules is allowed to engage in an activity for which he
    receives salary or compensation.
        (3) For time spent prior to September 6, 1948, on
    sabbatical leaves of absence or sick leaves for which
    salaries were paid, teachers desiring service credit
    therefor shall pay the required contributions at the
    maximum applicable rates in effect during such periods.
        (4) For service with teacher or labor organizations
    authorized by special leaves of absence, for which no
    payroll deductions are made by an Employer, teachers
    desiring service credit therefor shall contribute to the
    Fund upon the basis of the actual salary received from such
    organizations at the percentage rates in effect during such
    periods for certified positions with such Employer. To the
    extent the actual salary exceeds the regular salary, which
    shall be defined as the salary rate, as calculated by the
    Board, in effect for the teacher's regular position in
    teaching service on September 1, 1983 or on the effective
    date of the leave with the organization, whichever is
    later, the organization shall pay to the Fund the
    employer's normal cost as set by the Board on the
    increment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
    subdivision (4), teachers are only eligible for credit for
    service under this subdivision (4) if the special leave of
    absence begins before the effective date of this amendatory
    Act of the 97th General Assembly.
        (5) For time spent in the military service, teachers
    entitled to and desiring credit therefor shall contribute
    the amount required for each year of service or fraction
    thereof at the rates in force (a) at the date of
    appointment, or (b) on return to teaching service as a
    regularly certified teacher, as the case may be; provided
    such rates shall not be less than $450 per year of service.
    These conditions shall apply unless an Employer elects to
    and does pay into the Fund the amount which would have been
    due from such person had he been employed as a teacher
    during such time. In the case of credit for military
    service not during the pension period, the teacher must
    also pay to the Fund an amount determined by the Board to
    be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefits
    accrued from such service, plus interest thereon at 5% per
    year, compounded annually, from the date of appointment to
    the date of payment.
        The changes to this Section made by Public Act 87-795
    shall apply not only to persons who on or after its
    effective date are in service under the Fund, but also to
    persons whose status as a teacher terminated prior to that
    date, whether or not the person is an annuitant on that
    date. In the case of an annuitant who applies for credit
    allowable under this Section for a period of military
    service that did not immediately follow employment, and who
    has made the required contributions for such credit, the
    annuity shall be recalculated to include the additional
    service credit, with the increase taking effect on the date
    the Fund received written notification of the annuitant's
    intent to purchase the credit, if payment of all the
    required contributions is made within 60 days of such
    notice, or else on the first annuity payment date following
    the date of payment of the required contributions. In
    calculating the automatic annual increase for an annuity
    that has been recalculated under this Section, the increase
    attributable to the additional service allowable under
    this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be included in the
    calculation of automatic annual increases accruing after
    the effective date of the recalculation.
        The total credit for military service shall not exceed
    5 years, except that any teacher who on July 1, 1963, had
    validated credit for more than 5 years of military service
    shall be entitled to the total amount of such credit.
        (6) A maximum of 244 unused sick days credited to his
    account by an Employer on the date of termination of
    employment. Members, upon verification of unused sick
    days, may add this service time to total creditable
    service.
        (7) In all cases where time spent on leave is
    creditable and no payroll deductions therefor are made by
    an Employer, persons desiring service credit shall make the
    required contributions directly to the Fund.
        (8) For time lost without pay due to layoff and
    curtailment of the school term from June 6 through June 21,
    1976, as provided in item (e) of the first paragraph of
    this Section, persons who were contributors on the days
    immediately preceding such layoff shall receive credit
    upon paying to the Fund a contribution based on the rates
    of compensation and employee contributions in effect at the
    time of such layoff, together with an additional amount
    equal to 12.2% of the compensation computed for such period
    of layoff, plus interest on the entire amount at 5% per
    annum from January 1, 1978 to the date of payment. If such
    contribution is paid, salary for pension purposes for any
    year in which such a layoff occurred shall include the
    compensation recognized for purposes of computing that
    contribution.
        (9) For time spent after June 30, 1982, as a
    nonsalaried member of the Board of Education, if required
    to resign from an administrative or teaching position in
    order to qualify as a member of the Board of Education, an
    administrator or teacher desiring credit therefor shall
    pay the required contributions at the rates and salaries in
    effect during such periods as though the member were in
    service.
    Effective September 1, 1974, the interest charged for
validation of service described in paragraphs (2) through (5)
of this Section shall be compounded annually at a rate of 5%
commencing one year after the termination of the leave or
return to service.
(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
 
    Section 97. Retroactive repeal. This amendatory Act of the
97th General Assembly hereby repeals and declares void ab
initio the last paragraph of Section 16-106 of the Illinois
Pension Code as contained in Public Act 94-1111 as that
paragraph furnishes no vested rights because it violates
multiple provisions of the 1970 Illinois Constitution,
including, but not limited to, Article VIII, Section 1. Upon
receipt of an application within 6 months after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
System shall immediately refund any contributions made by or on
behalf of a person to receive service credit pursuant to the
text set forth in Public Act 94-1111, as well as any amount
determined by the Board to be equal to the investment earned by
the System on those contributions since their receipt.
 
    Section 98. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.