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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 7-139 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/7-139) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
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7 | Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
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8 | (a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | and creditable
service, for purposes of determining the amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | of any annuity or benefit
to which he or a beneficiary is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | entitled, as follows:
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12 | 1. For prior service: Each participating employee who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | is an employee
of a participating municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | participating instrumentality on the
effective date shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | be granted creditable service, but no credits under
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16 | paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | service for which
credit has not been received under any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | other pension fund or retirement system
established under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | this Code, as follows:
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20 | If the effective date of participation for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | participating municipality
or participating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998, creditable
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23 | service shall be granted for the entire period of prior |
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1 | service with that
employer without any employee | ||||||
2 | contribution.
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3 | If the effective date of participation for the | ||||||
4 | participating municipality
or participating | ||||||
5 | instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
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6 | service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of | ||||||
7 | prior service with
that employer, but no more than 5 years, | ||||||
8 | without any employee contribution. A
participating | ||||||
9 | employee may establish creditable service for the | ||||||
10 | remainder of
the period of prior service with that employer | ||||||
11 | by making an application in
writing, accompanied by payment | ||||||
12 | of an employee contribution in an
amount determined by the | ||||||
13 | Fund, based on the employee contribution rates in
effect at | ||||||
14 | the time of application for the creditable service and the | ||||||
15 | employee's
salary rate on the effective date of | ||||||
16 | participation for that employer, plus
interest at the | ||||||
17 | effective rate from the date of the prior service to the | ||||||
18 | date
of payment. Application for this creditable service | ||||||
19 | may be made at any time
while the employee is still in | ||||||
20 | service.
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21 | A municipality that (i) has at least 35 employees; (ii) | ||||||
22 | is located in a county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants; | ||||||
23 | and (iii) maintains an independent defined benefit pension | ||||||
24 | plan for the benefit of its eligible employees may restrict | ||||||
25 | creditable service in whole or in part for periods of prior | ||||||
26 | service with the employer if the governing body of the |
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1 | municipality adopts an irrevocable resolution to restrict | ||||||
2 | that creditable service and files the resolution with the | ||||||
3 | board before the municipality's effective date of | ||||||
4 | participation.
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5 | Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a | ||||||
6 | participating
municipality
or participating | ||||||
7 | instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
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8 | the service of the same municipality or participating | ||||||
9 | instrumentality after
the effective date and becomes a | ||||||
10 | participating employee is entitled to
creditable service | ||||||
11 | for prior service as otherwise provided in this
subdivision | ||||||
12 | (a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of service as a
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13 | participating employee after the effective date. | ||||||
14 | Application
for such service must be made while in a | ||||||
15 | participating status.
The salary rate to be used in the | ||||||
16 | calculation of the required employee
contribution, if any, | ||||||
17 | shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
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18 | reentering service with the employer after the employer's | ||||||
19 | effective date of
participation.
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20 | 2. For current service, each participating employee | ||||||
21 | shall be
credited with:
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22 | a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each | ||||||
23 | payment of additional
contributions received from him | ||||||
24 | under Section 7-173, as of the
date the corresponding | ||||||
25 | payment of earnings is payable to him.
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26 | b. Normal credits of amounts equal to each payment |
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1 | of normal
contributions received from him, as of the | ||||||
2 | date the corresponding payment of
earnings is payable | ||||||
3 | to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose | ||||||
4 | of
establishing out-of-state service credits as | ||||||
5 | permitted under the conditions set
forth in paragraph 6 | ||||||
6 | of this subsection (a).
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7 | c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4 | ||||||
8 | times the normal
credits, except those established by | ||||||
9 | out-of-state service credits, as of
the date of | ||||||
10 | computation of any benefit if these credits would | ||||||
11 | increase
the benefit.
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12 | d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of | ||||||
13 | survivor contributions
received from the participating | ||||||
14 | employee as of the date the
corresponding payment of | ||||||
15 | earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
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16 | for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service | ||||||
17 | credits.
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18 | 3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent | ||||||
19 | disability
benefits, each employee receiving disability | ||||||
20 | benefits shall be granted
creditable service for the period | ||||||
21 | during which disability benefits are
payable. Normal and | ||||||
22 | survivor credits, based upon the rate of earnings
applied | ||||||
23 | for disability benefits, shall also be granted if such | ||||||
24 | credits
would result in a higher benefit to any such | ||||||
25 | employee or his
beneficiary.
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26 | 4. For authorized leave of absence without pay: A |
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1 | participating
employee shall be granted credits and | ||||||
2 | creditable service for periods of
authorized leave of | ||||||
3 | absence without pay under the following
conditions:
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4 | a. An application for credits and creditable | ||||||
5 | service is submitted to the
board while the employee is | ||||||
6 | in a status of
active employment.
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7 | b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable | ||||||
8 | service
for authorized leave of absence without pay | ||||||
9 | shall be counted for purposes of
determining any | ||||||
10 | benefits payable under this Article.
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11 | c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted | ||||||
12 | for leave of
absence only if such leave is approved by | ||||||
13 | the governing body of the
municipality, including | ||||||
14 | approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
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15 | municipality as determined by the fund, and employee | ||||||
16 | contributions, plus
interest at the effective rate | ||||||
17 | applicable for each year from the end of
the period of | ||||||
18 | leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
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19 | accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall | ||||||
20 | be computed upon the
assumption earnings continued | ||||||
21 | during the period of leave at the rate in
effect when | ||||||
22 | the leave began.
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23 | d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections | ||||||
24 | 7-141, 7-146, 7-150
and 7-163 shall become payable to | ||||||
25 | employees on authorized leave of
absence, or their | ||||||
26 | designated beneficiary, only if such leave of absence
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1 | is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at | ||||||
2 | least one year of
creditable service other than the | ||||||
3 | service granted for leave of absence.
Any employee | ||||||
4 | contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
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5 | payable.
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6 | e. No credits or creditable service shall be | ||||||
7 | allowed for leave of
absence without pay during any | ||||||
8 | period of prior service.
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9 | 5. For military service: The governing body of a | ||||||
10 | municipality or
participating instrumentality may elect to | ||||||
11 | allow creditable service to
participating employees who | ||||||
12 | leave their employment to serve in the armed
forces of the | ||||||
13 | United States for all periods of such service, provided
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14 | that the person returns to active employment within 90 days | ||||||
15 | after
completion
of full time active duty, but no | ||||||
16 | creditable service shall be allowed such
person for any | ||||||
17 | period that can be used in the computation of a pension
or | ||||||
18 | any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty, | ||||||
19 | for service
in any branch of the armed forces of the United | ||||||
20 | States. If necessary to
the computation of any benefit, the | ||||||
21 | board shall establish municipality
credits for | ||||||
22 | participating employees under this paragraph on the
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23 | assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate | ||||||
24 | received at
the time he left the employment to enter the | ||||||
25 | armed forces. A
participating employee in the armed forces | ||||||
26 | shall not be considered an
employee during such period of |
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1 | service and no additional death and no
disability benefits | ||||||
2 | are payable for death or disability during such period.
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3 | Any participating employee who left his employment | ||||||
4 | with a
municipality or participating instrumentality to | ||||||
5 | serve in the armed
forces of the United States and who | ||||||
6 | again became a participating
employee within 90 days after | ||||||
7 | completion of full time active duty by
entering the service | ||||||
8 | of a different municipality or participating
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9 | instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable | ||||||
10 | service for
periods of military service under the preceding | ||||||
11 | paragraph, shall also be
allowed creditable service for his | ||||||
12 | period of military service on the
same terms that would | ||||||
13 | apply if he had been employed, before entering
military | ||||||
14 | service, by the municipality or instrumentality which | ||||||
15 | employed
him after he left the military service and the | ||||||
16 | employer costs arising in
relation to such grant of | ||||||
17 | creditable service shall be charged to and
paid by that | ||||||
18 | municipality or instrumentality.
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19 | Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating | ||||||
20 | employee
shall be entitled to creditable service as | ||||||
21 | required by any federal law
relating to re-employment | ||||||
22 | rights of persons who served in the United States
Armed | ||||||
23 | Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon | ||||||
24 | payment by
the member of an amount equal to the employee | ||||||
25 | contributions which would
have been required had the | ||||||
26 | employee continued in service at the same
rate of earnings |
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1 | during the military leave period, plus interest at
the | ||||||
2 | effective rate.
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3 | 5.1. In addition to any creditable service established | ||||||
4 | under
paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable | ||||||
5 | service may be granted for
up to 48 months of service in | ||||||
6 | the armed forces of the United States.
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7 | In order to receive creditable service for military | ||||||
8 | service under this
paragraph 5.1, a participating employee | ||||||
9 | must (1) apply to the Fund
in writing and provide evidence | ||||||
10 | of the military service that is satisfactory
to the Board; | ||||||
11 | (2) obtain the written approval of the current employer; | ||||||
12 | and (3)
make contributions to the Fund equal to (i)
the | ||||||
13 | employee contributions that would have been required had | ||||||
14 | the service been
rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount | ||||||
15 | determined by the board to be equal
to the employer's | ||||||
16 | normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
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17 | service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from the | ||||||
18 | date of first
membership in the Fund to the date of | ||||||
19 | payment. The required interest shall be
calculated at the | ||||||
20 | regular interest rate.
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21 | The changes made to this paragraph 5.1 by Public Acts | ||||||
22 | 95-483 and 95-486
apply only to participating employees in | ||||||
23 | service on or after August 28, 2007 (the effective date of | ||||||
24 | those Public Acts).
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25 | 6. For out-of-state service: Creditable service shall | ||||||
26 | be granted for
service rendered to an out-of-state local |
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1 | governmental body under the
following conditions: The | ||||||
2 | employee had participated and has irrevocably
forfeited | ||||||
3 | all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public employees
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4 | pension system; the governing body of his participating | ||||||
5 | municipality or
instrumentality authorizes the employee to | ||||||
6 | establish such service; the
employee has 2 years current | ||||||
7 | service with this municipality or
participating | ||||||
8 | instrumentality; the employee makes a payment of
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9 | contributions, which shall be computed at 8% (normal) plus | ||||||
10 | 2% (survivor)
times length of service purchased times the | ||||||
11 | average rate of earnings for the
first 2
years of service | ||||||
12 | with the municipality or participating
instrumentality | ||||||
13 | whose governing body authorizes the service established
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14 | plus interest at the effective rate on the date such | ||||||
15 | credits are
established, payable from the date the employee | ||||||
16 | completes the required 2
years of current service to date | ||||||
17 | of payment. In no case shall more than
120 months of | ||||||
18 | creditable service be granted under this provision.
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19 | 7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could have | ||||||
20 | but did not
elect to become a participating employee, or | ||||||
21 | who should have been a
participant in the Municipal Public | ||||||
22 | Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund
before that fund was | ||||||
23 | superseded, may receive creditable service for the
period | ||||||
24 | of service not to exceed 50 months; however, a current or | ||||||
25 | former
elected or appointed official of a participating | ||||||
26 | municipality may establish credit under this paragraph 7 |
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1 | for more than 50
months of service as an official of that | ||||||
2 | municipality, if the excess over 50 months is approved by | ||||||
3 | resolution of the
governing body of the affected | ||||||
4 | municipality filed with
the Fund before January 1, 2002.
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5 | A current or former elected or appointed official of a | ||||||
6 | participating municipality who first becomes a | ||||||
7 | participating employee under this Article on or after the | ||||||
8 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
9 | Assembly may establish credit under this paragraph 7 for no | ||||||
10 | more than 30 days of service as an official of that | ||||||
11 | municipality. | ||||||
12 | Any employee who is a
participating employee on or | ||||||
13 | after September 24, 1981 and who was
excluded from | ||||||
14 | participation by the age restrictions removed by Public Act
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15 | 82-596 may receive creditable service for the period, on or | ||||||
16 | after January
1, 1979, excluded by the age restriction and, | ||||||
17 | in addition, if the governing
body of the participating | ||||||
18 | municipality or participating instrumentality elects
to | ||||||
19 | allow creditable service for all employees excluded by the | ||||||
20 | age restriction
prior to January 1, 1979, for service | ||||||
21 | during the period prior to that date
excluded by the age | ||||||
22 | restriction. Any employee who was excluded from
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23 | participation by the age restriction removed by Public Act | ||||||
24 | 82-596 and who is
not a participating employee on or after | ||||||
25 | September 24, 1981 may receive
creditable service for | ||||||
26 | service after January 1,
1979. Creditable service under |
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1 | this paragraph
shall be granted upon payment of the | ||||||
2 | employee contributions
which would have been required had | ||||||
3 | he participated, with interest at the
effective rate for | ||||||
4 | each year from the end of the period of service
established | ||||||
5 | to date of payment.
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6 | 8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating | ||||||
7 | employee who is
applying for a retirement annuity shall be | ||||||
8 | entitled to creditable service
for that portion of the | ||||||
9 | employee's accumulated unused sick leave
for which payment | ||||||
10 | is not received, as follows:
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11 | a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those | ||||||
12 | accumulated under a sick
leave plan established by a | ||||||
13 | participating municipality or participating
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14 | instrumentality which is available to all employees or | ||||||
15 | a class of employees.
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16 | b. Except as provided in item b-1, only sick leave | ||||||
17 | days accumulated with a participating municipality or
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18 | participating instrumentality with which the employee | ||||||
19 | was in service within
60 days of the effective date of | ||||||
20 | his retirement annuity shall be credited;
If the | ||||||
21 | employee was in service with more than one employer | ||||||
22 | during this
period only the sick leave days with the | ||||||
23 | employer with which the employee
has the greatest | ||||||
24 | number of unpaid sick leave days shall be considered.
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25 | b-1. If the employee was in the service of more | ||||||
26 | than one employer as defined in item (2) of paragraph |
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1 | (a) of subsection (A) of Section 7-132, then the sick | ||||||
2 | leave days from all such employers shall be credited, | ||||||
3 | as long as the creditable service attributed to those | ||||||
4 | sick leave days does not exceed the limitation in item | ||||||
5 | f of this paragraph 8. In calculating the creditable | ||||||
6 | service under this item b-1, the sick leave days from | ||||||
7 | the last employer shall be considered first, then the | ||||||
8 | remaining sick leave days shall be considered until | ||||||
9 | there are no more days or the maximum creditable sick | ||||||
10 | leave threshold under item f of this paragraph 8 has | ||||||
11 | been reached. | ||||||
12 | c. The creditable service granted shall be | ||||||
13 | considered solely for the
purpose of computing the | ||||||
14 | amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be
used | ||||||
15 | to establish any minimum service period required by any | ||||||
16 | provision of the
Illinois Pension Code, the effective | ||||||
17 | date of the retirement annuity, or the
final rate of | ||||||
18 | earnings.
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19 | d. The creditable service shall be at the rate of | ||||||
20 | 1/20 of a month for
each full sick day, provided that | ||||||
21 | no more than 12 months may be credited
under this | ||||||
22 | subdivision 8.
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23 | e. Employee contributions shall not be required | ||||||
24 | for creditable service
under this subdivision 8.
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25 | f. Each participating municipality and | ||||||
26 | participating instrumentality
with which an employee |
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1 | has service within 60 days of the effective date of
his | ||||||
2 | retirement annuity shall certify to the board the | ||||||
3 | number of accumulated
unpaid sick leave days credited | ||||||
4 | to the employee at the time of termination
of service.
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5 | 9. For service transferred from another system: | ||||||
6 | Credits and
creditable service shall be granted for service | ||||||
7 | under Article 4, 5, 8, 14,
or 16 of this Act, to any active | ||||||
8 | member of this Fund, and to any
inactive member who has | ||||||
9 | been a county sheriff, upon
transfer of such credits | ||||||
10 | pursuant to Section 4-108.3, 5-235,
8-226.7,
14-105.6, or | ||||||
11 | 16-131.4, and payment by the member of the amount by
which | ||||||
12 | (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have | ||||||
13 | been required
if he had participated in this Fund as a | ||||||
14 | sheriff's law enforcement employee
during the period for | ||||||
15 | which credit is
being transferred, plus interest thereon at | ||||||
16 | the effective rate for each
year, compounded annually, from | ||||||
17 | the date of termination of the service for
which credit is | ||||||
18 | being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
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19 | amount actually transferred to the Fund.
Such transferred | ||||||
20 | service shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law
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21 | enforcement employee for the purposes of Section 7-142.1.
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22 | 10. (Blank).
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23 | 11. For service transferred from an Article 3 system | ||||||
24 | under Section 3-110.3: Credits and creditable service | ||||||
25 | shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as | ||||||
26 | provided in Section 3-110.3, to any active member of this |
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1 | Fund, upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section | ||||||
2 | 3-110.3. If the board determines that the amount | ||||||
3 | transferred is less than the true cost to the Fund of | ||||||
4 | allowing that creditable service to be established, then in | ||||||
5 | order to establish that creditable service, the member must | ||||||
6 | pay to the Fund an additional contribution equal to the | ||||||
7 | difference, as determined by the board in accordance with | ||||||
8 | the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph. If | ||||||
9 | the member does not make the full additional payment as | ||||||
10 | required by this paragraph prior to termination of his | ||||||
11 | participation with that employer, then his or her | ||||||
12 | creditable service shall be reduced by an amount equal to | ||||||
13 | the difference between the amount transferred under | ||||||
14 | Section 3-110.3, including any payments made by the member | ||||||
15 | under this paragraph prior to termination, and the true | ||||||
16 | cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be | ||||||
17 | established, as determined by the board in accordance with | ||||||
18 | the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph. | ||||||
19 | The board shall establish by rule the manner of making | ||||||
20 | the calculation required under this paragraph 11, taking | ||||||
21 | into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the | ||||||
22 | member's service, age, and salary history, and any other | ||||||
23 | factors that the board determines to be relevant. | ||||||
24 | 12. For omitted service: Any employee who was employed | ||||||
25 | by a participating employer in a position that required | ||||||
26 | participation, but who was not enrolled in the Fund, may |
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1 | establish such credits under the following conditions: | ||||||
2 | a. Application for such credits is received by the | ||||||
3 | Board while the employee is an active participant of | ||||||
4 | the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system. | ||||||
5 | b. Eligibility for participation and earnings are | ||||||
6 | verified by the Authorized Agent of the participating | ||||||
7 | employer for which the service was rendered. | ||||||
8 | Creditable service under this paragraph shall be | ||||||
9 | granted upon payment of the employee contributions that | ||||||
10 | would have been required had he participated, which shall | ||||||
11 | be calculated by the Fund using the member contribution | ||||||
12 | rate in effect during the period that the service was | ||||||
13 | rendered. | ||||||
14 | (b) Creditable service - amount:
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15 | 1. One month of creditable service
shall be allowed for | ||||||
16 | each month for which a participating employee made
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17 | contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for which | ||||||
18 | creditable
service is otherwise granted hereunder. Not | ||||||
19 | more than 1 month of
service shall be credited and counted | ||||||
20 | for 1 calendar month, and not more
than 1 year of service | ||||||
21 | shall be credited and counted for any calendar
year. A | ||||||
22 | calendar month means a nominal month beginning on the first | ||||||
23 | day
thereof, and a calendar year means a year beginning | ||||||
24 | January 1 and ending
December 31.
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25 | 2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of | ||||||
26 | creditable
service if he renders the number of months of |
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1 | service normally required
by the position in a 12-month | ||||||
2 | period and he remains in service for the
entire 12-month | ||||||
3 | period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
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4 | number of months of service rendered shall be credited.
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5 | 3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable | ||||||
6 | service for
only those months in which a contribution is | ||||||
7 | made under Section 7-173.
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8 | (c) No application for correction of credits or creditable | ||||||
9 | service shall
be considered unless the board receives an | ||||||
10 | application for correction while
(1) the applicant is a | ||||||
11 | participating employee and in active employment
with a | ||||||
12 | participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while | ||||||
13 | the
applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or | ||||||
14 | retirement
system which is a participating system under the | ||||||
15 | Retirement Systems
Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or | ||||||
16 | other applicant shall not be
entitled to credits or creditable | ||||||
17 | service unless the required employee
contributions are made in | ||||||
18 | a lump sum or in installments made in accordance
with board | ||||||
19 | rule. Payments made to establish service credit under paragraph | ||||||
20 | 1, 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, or 12 of subsection (a) of this Section must | ||||||
21 | be received by the Board while the applicant is an active | ||||||
22 | participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system, | ||||||
23 | except that an applicant may make one payment after termination | ||||||
24 | of active participation in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement | ||||||
25 | system. | ||||||
26 | (d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or |
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1 | child
annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on | ||||||
2 | account of any
employee, all individual accumulated credits | ||||||
3 | shall thereupon terminate.
Upon the withdrawal of additional | ||||||
4 | contributions, the credits applicable
thereto shall thereupon | ||||||
5 | terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied
to increase | ||||||
6 | the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive | ||||||
7 | under
this Article.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 100-148, eff. 8-18-17.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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