Sen. Julie A. Morrison

Filed: 3/21/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2292

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2292, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Gun Trafficking Information Act is amended
6by changing Section 10-5 as follows:
 
7    (5 ILCS 830/10-5)
8    Sec. 10-5. Gun trafficking information.
9    (a) The Illinois State Police shall use all reasonable
10efforts, as allowed by State law and regulations, federal law
11and regulations, and executed Memoranda of Understanding
12between Illinois law enforcement agencies and the U.S. Bureau
13of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in making
14publicly available, on a regular and ongoing basis, key
15information related to firearms used in the commission of
16crimes in this State, including, but not limited to: reports

 

 

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1on crimes committed with firearms, locations where the crimes
2occurred, the number of persons killed or injured in the
3commission of the crimes, the state where the firearms used
4originated, the Federal Firearms Licensee that sold the
5firearm, the type of firearms used, if known, annual
6statistical information concerning Firearm Owner's
7Identification Card and concealed carry license applications,
8revocations, and compliance with Section 9.5 of the Firearm
9Owners Identification Card Act, the information required in
10the report or on the Illinois State Police's website under
11Section 85 of the Firearms Restraining Order Act firearm
12restraining order dispositions, and firearm dealer license
13certification inspections. The Illinois State Police shall
14make the information available on its website, which may be
15presented in a dashboard format, in addition to electronically
16filing a report with the Governor and the General Assembly.
17The report to the General Assembly shall be filed with the
18Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
19Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk
20and the Secretary shall direct.
21    (b) The Illinois State Police shall study, on a regular
22and ongoing basis, and compile reports on the number of
23Firearm Owner's Identification Card checks to determine
24firearms trafficking or straw purchase patterns. The Illinois
25State Police shall, to the extent not inconsistent with law,
26share such reports and underlying data with academic centers,

 

 

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1foundations, and law enforcement agencies studying firearms
2trafficking, provided that personally identifying information
3is protected. For purposes of this subsection (b), a Firearm
4Owner's Identification Card number is not personally
5identifying information, provided that no other personal
6information of the card holder is attached to the record. The
7Illinois State Police may create and attach an alternate
8unique identifying number to each Firearm Owner's
9Identification Card number, instead of releasing the Firearm
10Owner's Identification Card number itself.
11    (c) Each department, office, division, and agency of this
12State shall, to the extent not inconsistent with law,
13cooperate fully with the Illinois State Police and furnish the
14Illinois State Police with all relevant information and
15assistance on a timely basis as is necessary to accomplish the
16purpose of this Act. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information
17Authority shall submit the information required in subsection
18(a) of this Section to the Illinois State Police, and any other
19information as the Illinois State Police may request, to
20assist the Illinois State Police in carrying out its duties
21under this Act.
22(Source: P.A. 102-237, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
23102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
24    Section 10. The Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
25Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing

 

 

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1Sections 2605-10, 2605-25, 2605-30, 2605-35, 2605-40, 2605-45,
22605-51, 2605-52, and 2605-200 as follows:
 
3    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-10)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
4    Sec. 2605-10. Powers and duties, generally.
5    (a) The Illinois State Police shall exercise the rights,
6powers, and duties that have been vested in the Illinois State
7Police by the following:
8    The Illinois State Police Act.
9    The Illinois State Police Radio Act.
10    The Criminal Identification Act.
11    The Illinois Vehicle Code.
12    The Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
13    The Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
14    The Firearm Dealer License Certification Act Gun Dealer
15Licensing Act.
16    The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984.
17    The Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement Act.
18    The Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act.
19    The Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act.
20    The Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth
21Registration Act.
22    (b) The Illinois State Police shall have the powers and
23duties set forth in the following Sections.
24(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-25)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-1)
2    Sec. 2605-25. Illinois State Police divisions.
3    (a) The Illinois State Police is divided into the Division
4of Statewide 9-1-1, the Division of Patrol Operations, the
5Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of Forensic
6Services, the Division of Justice Services, the Division of
7the Academy and Training, and the Division of Internal
8Investigation.
9    (b) The Office of the Director shall:
10        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
11    the Illinois State Police by the Governor's Office of
12    Management and Budget Act.
13        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
14    the Illinois State Police by the Personnel Code.
15        (3) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
16    the Illinois State Police by "An Act relating to internal
17    auditing in State government", approved August 11, 1967
18    (repealed; now the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing
19    Act).
20        (4) Oversee the Executive Protection Unit.
21(Source: P.A. 101-378, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
22    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-30)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-2)
23    Sec. 2605-30. Division of Patrol Operations (formerly
24State Troopers). The Division of Patrol Operations shall
25exercise the following functions and those in Section 2605-35:

 

 

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1        (1) Cooperate with federal and State authorities
2    requesting utilization of the Illinois State Police's
3    radio network system under the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
4        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
5    Illinois State Police under the Illinois State Police Act.
6        (2.5) Provide uniformed patrol of Illinois highways
7    and proactively enforce criminal and traffic laws.
8        (3) (Blank).
9        (4) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties of the
10    Illinois State Police vested by law in the Illinois State
11    Police by the Illinois Vehicle Code.
12        (5) Exercise other duties that have been or may be
13    vested by law in the Illinois State Police.
14        (6) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
15    Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and to
16    achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police.
17        (7) Provide comprehensive law enforcement services to
18    the public and to county, municipal, and federal law
19    enforcement agencies.
20        (8) Patrol Illinois highways with the intent to
21    interdict crime and ensure traffic safety while assisting
22    citizens during times of need.
23(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
24    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-35)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-3)
25    Sec. 2605-35. Division of Criminal Investigation.

 

 

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1    (a) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall exercise
2the following functions and those in Section 2605-30:
3        (1) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
4    law in the Illinois State Police by the Illinois Horse
5    Racing Act of 1975, including those set forth in Section
6    2605-215.
7        (2) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
8    and incidents of crime and enforce the criminal laws of
9    this State related thereto.
10        (3) Enforce all laws regulating the production, sale,
11    prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting,
12    having in possession, dispensing, delivering,
13    distributing, or use of controlled substances and
14    cannabis.
15        (4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages, and
16    incorporated towns and with the police officers of any
17    county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making
18    arrests and recovering property.
19        (5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
20    this State or any other state with treason or a felony or
21    other crime who has fled from justice and is found in this
22    State.
23        (6) Investigate recipients and providers under the
24    Illinois Public Aid Code and any personnel involved in the
25    administration of the Code who are suspected of any
26    violation of the Code pertaining to fraud in the

 

 

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1    administration, receipt, or provision of assistance and
2    pertaining to any violation of criminal law; and exercise
3    the functions required under Section 2605-220 in the
4    conduct of those investigations.
5        (7) Conduct other investigations as provided by law,
6    including, but not limited to, investigations of human
7    trafficking, illegal drug trafficking, and illegal
8    firearms trafficking, and cybercrimes that can be
9    investigated and prosecuted in Illinois.
10        (8) Investigate public corruption.
11        (9) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
12    Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
13    achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police, which
14    may include the coordination of gang, terrorist, and
15    organized crime prevention, control activities, and
16    assisting local law enforcement in their crime control
17    activities.
18        (10) Conduct investigations (and cooperate with
19    federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation) of
20    any property-related crimes, such as money laundering,
21    involving individuals or entities listed on the sanctions
22    list maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury's
23    Office of Foreign Asset Control.
24        (11) Oversee special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams.
25        (12) Oversee Illinois State Police air operations.
26        (13) Investigate criminal domestic terrorism

 

 

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1    incidents, and otherwise deter all criminal threats to
2    Illinois.
3    (a-5) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall gather
4information, intelligence, and evidence to facilitate the
5identification, apprehension, and prosecution of persons
6responsible for committing crime; to provide specialized
7intelligence and analysis, investigative, tactical, and
8technological services in support of law enforcement
9operations throughout the State of Illinois; and to oversee
10and operate the statewide criminal intelligence fusion center.
11    (b) (Blank).
12    (c) The Division of Criminal Investigation shall provide
13statewide coordination and strategy pertaining to
14firearm-related intelligence, firearms trafficking
15interdiction, and investigations reaching across all divisions
16of the Illinois State Police, including providing crime gun
17intelligence support for suspects and firearms involved in
18firearms trafficking or the commission of a crime involving
19firearms that is investigated by the Illinois State Police and
20other federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, with
21the objective of reducing and preventing illegal possession
22and use of firearms, firearms trafficking, firearm-related
23homicides, and other firearm-related violent crimes in
24Illinois.
25(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22;
26102-1108, eff. 12-21-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-40)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-4)
2    Sec. 2605-40. Division of Forensic Services. The Division
3of Forensic Services shall exercise the following functions:
4        (1) Provide crime scene services and traffic crash
5    reconstruction.
6        (2) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
7    law in the Illinois State Police by Section 2605-300 of
8    this Law.
9        (3) Provide assistance to local law enforcement
10    agencies through training, management, and consultant
11    services.
12        (4) (Blank).
13        (5) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
14    Director in order to fulfill the responsibilities and
15    achieve the purposes of the Illinois State Police.
16        (6) Establish and operate a forensic science
17    laboratory system, including a forensic toxicological
18    laboratory service, for the purpose of testing specimens
19    submitted by coroners and other law enforcement officers
20    in their efforts to determine whether alcohol, drugs, or
21    poisonous or other toxic substances have been involved in
22    deaths, accidents, or illness. Forensic toxicological
23    laboratories shall be established in Springfield, Chicago,
24    and elsewhere in the State as needed.
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1    forth standardized requirements for the disclosure of
2    toxicology results and other relevant documents related to
3    a toxicological analysis. These administrative rules are
4    to be adopted to produce uniform and sufficient
5    information to allow a proper, well-informed determination
6    of the admissibility of toxicology evidence and to ensure
7    that this evidence is presented competently. These
8    administrative rules are designed to provide a minimum
9    standard for compliance of toxicology evidence and are not
10    intended to limit the production and discovery of material
11    information.
12        (7) Subject to specific appropriations made for these
13    purposes, establish and coordinate a system for providing
14    accurate and expedited forensic science and other
15    investigative and laboratory services to local law
16    enforcement agencies and local State's Attorneys in aid of
17    the investigation and trial of capital cases.
18        (8) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
19    law in the Illinois State Police under the Sexual Assault
20    Evidence Submission Act.
21        (9) Serve as the State central repository for all
22    genetic marker grouping analysis information and exercise
23    the rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the
24    Illinois State Police under Section 5-4-3 of the Unified
25    Code of Corrections.
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1    the Unified Code of Corrections.
2        (11) Oversee the Electronic Laboratory Information
3    Management System under Section 5-4-3b of the Unified Code
4    of Corrections.
5(Source: P.A. 101-378, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
6102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
7    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-45)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a-5)
8    Sec. 2605-45. Division of Justice Services. The Division
9of Justice Services shall provide administrative and technical
10services and support to the Illinois State Police, criminal
11justice agencies, and the public and shall exercise the
12following functions:
13        (1) Operate and maintain the Law Enforcement Agencies
14    Data System (LEADS), a statewide, computerized
15    telecommunications system designed to provide services,
16    information, and capabilities to the law enforcement and
17    criminal justice community in the State of Illinois. The
18    Director is responsible for establishing policy,
19    procedures, and regulations consistent with State and
20    federal rules, policies, and law by which LEADS operates.
21    The Director shall designate a statewide LEADS
22    Administrator for management of the system. The Director
23    may appoint a LEADS Advisory Policy Board to reflect the
24    needs and desires of the law enforcement and criminal
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1    policies and procedures.
2        (2) Pursue research and the publication of studies
3    pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
4        (3) Serve as the State's point of contact for the
5    Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting
6    Program and National Incident-Based Reporting System.
7        (4) Operate an electronic data processing and computer
8    center for the storage and retrieval of data pertaining to
9    criminal activity.
10        (5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in
11    the Illinois State Police by the Cannabis Regulation and
12    Tax Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
13    Program Act.
14        (6) (Blank).
15        (6.5) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested
16    in the Illinois State Police by the Firearm Owners
17    Identification Card Act, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act,
18    the Firearm Transfer Inquiry Program, the prohibited
19    persons portal under Section 2605-304, and the Firearm
20    Dealer License Certification Act.
21        (7) Exercise other duties that may be assigned by the
22    Director to fulfill the responsibilities and achieve the
23    purposes of the Illinois State Police.
24        (8) Exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested by
25    law in the Illinois State Police by the Criminal
26    Identification Act and the Illinois Uniform Conviction

 

 

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1    Information Act.
2        (9) Exercise the powers and perform the duties that
3    have been vested in the Illinois State Police by the
4    Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration
5    Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Sex
6    Offender Community Notification Law and adopt reasonable
7    rules necessitated thereby.
8        (10) Serve as the State central repository for
9    criminal history record information.
10        (11) Liaise with the Concealed Carry Licensing Review
11    Board and the Firearms Owner's Identification Card Review
12    Board.
13(Source: P.A. 101-378, eff. 1-1-20; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-51)
15    Sec. 2605-51. Division of the Academy and Training.
16    (a) The Division of the Academy and Training shall
17exercise, but not be limited to, the following functions:
18        (1) Oversee and operate the Illinois State Police
19    Training Academy.
20        (2) Train and prepare new officers for a career in law
21    enforcement, with innovative, quality training and
22    educational practices.
23        (3) Offer continuing training and educational programs
24    for Illinois State Police employees.
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1    initiatives.
2        (5) Oversee and operate the Illinois State Police's
3    quartermaster.
4        (6) Duties assigned to the Illinois State Police in
5    Article 5, Chapter 11 of the Illinois Vehicle Code
6    concerning testing and training officers on the detection
7    of impaired driving.
8        (7) Duties assigned to the Illinois State Police in
9    Article 108B of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
10    (b) The Division of the Academy and Training shall
11exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the former
12Division of State Troopers by Section 17 of the Illinois State
13Police Act.
14    (c) Specialized training.
15        (1) Training; cultural diversity. The Division of the
16    Academy and Training shall provide training and continuing
17    education to State police officers concerning cultural
18    diversity, including sensitivity toward racial and ethnic
19    differences. This training and continuing education shall
20    include, but not be limited to, an emphasis on the fact
21    that the primary purpose of enforcement of the Illinois
22    Vehicle Code is safety and equal and uniform enforcement
23    under the law.
24        (2) Training; death and homicide investigations. The
25    Division of the Academy and Training shall provide
26    training in death and homicide investigation for State

 

 

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1    police officers. Only State police officers who
2    successfully complete the training may be assigned as lead
3    investigators in death and homicide investigations.
4    Satisfactory completion of the training shall be evidenced
5    by a certificate issued to the officer by the Division of
6    the Academy and Training. The Director shall develop a
7    process for waiver applications for officers whose prior
8    training and experience as homicide investigators may
9    qualify them for a waiver. The Director may issue a
10    waiver, at his or her discretion, based solely on the
11    prior training and experience of an officer as a homicide
12    investigator.
13            (A) The Division shall require all homicide
14        investigator training to include instruction on
15        victim-centered, trauma-informed investigation. This
16        training must be implemented by July 1, 2023.
17            (B) The Division shall cooperate with the Division
18        of Criminal Investigation to develop a model
19        curriculum on victim-centered, trauma-informed
20        investigation. This curriculum must be implemented by
21        July 1, 2023.
22        (3) Training; police dog training standards. All
23    police dogs used by the Illinois State Police for drug
24    enforcement purposes pursuant to the Cannabis Control Act,
25    the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the
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1    be trained by programs that meet the certification
2    requirements set by the Director or the Director's
3    designee. Satisfactory completion of the training shall be
4    evidenced by a certificate issued by the Division of the
5    Academy and Training.
6        (4) Training; post-traumatic stress disorder. The
7    Division of the Academy and Training shall conduct or
8    approve a training program in post-traumatic stress
9    disorder for State police officers. The purpose of that
10    training shall be to equip State police officers to
11    identify the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder
12    and to respond appropriately to individuals exhibiting
13    those symptoms.
14        (5) Training; opioid antagonists. The Division of the
15    Academy and Training shall conduct or approve a training
16    program for State police officers in the administration of
17    opioid antagonists as defined in paragraph (1) of
18    subsection (e) of Section 5-23 of the Substance Use
19    Disorder Act that is in accordance with that Section. As
20    used in this Section, "State police officers" includes
21    full-time or part-time State police officers,
22    investigators, and any other employee of the Illinois
23    State Police exercising the powers of a peace officer.
24        (6) Training; sexual assault and sexual abuse.
25            (A) Every 3 years, the Division of the Academy and
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1        assault and sexual abuse response and report writing
2        training requirements, including, but not limited to,
3        the following:
4                (i) recognizing the symptoms of trauma;
5                (ii) understanding the role trauma has played
6            in a victim's life;
7                (iii) responding to the needs and concerns of
8            a victim;
9                (iv) delivering services in a compassionate,
10            sensitive, and nonjudgmental manner;
11                (v) interviewing techniques in accordance with
12            the curriculum standards in this paragraph (6);
13                (vi) understanding cultural perceptions and
14            common myths of sexual assault and sexual abuse;
15            and
16                (vii) report writing techniques in accordance
17            with the curriculum standards in this paragraph
18            (6).
19            (B) This training must also be presented in all
20        full and part-time basic law enforcement academies.
21            (C) Instructors providing this training shall have
22        successfully completed training on evidence-based,
23        trauma-informed, victim-centered responses to cases of
24        sexual assault and sexual abuse and have experience
25        responding to sexual assault and sexual abuse cases.
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1        in consultation with the Office of the Attorney
2        General and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training
3        Standards Board, to determine the specific training
4        requirements for these courses, including, but not
5        limited to, the following:
6                (i) evidence-based curriculum standards for
7            report writing and immediate response to sexual
8            assault and sexual abuse, including
9            trauma-informed, victim-centered interview
10            techniques, which have been demonstrated to
11            minimize retraumatization, for all State police
12            officers; and
13                (ii) evidence-based curriculum standards for
14            trauma-informed, victim-centered investigation
15            and interviewing techniques, which have been
16            demonstrated to minimize retraumatization, for
17            cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse for all
18            State police officers who conduct sexual assault
19            and sexual abuse investigations.
20        (7) Training; human trafficking. The Division of the
21    Academy and Training shall conduct or approve a training
22    program in the detection and investigation of all forms of
23    human trafficking, including, but not limited to,
24    involuntary servitude under subsection (b) of Section 10-9
25    of the Criminal Code of 2012, involuntary sexual servitude
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1    Criminal Code of 2012, and trafficking in persons under
2    subsection (d) of Section 10-9 of the Criminal Code of
3    2012. This program shall be made available to all cadets
4    and State police officers.
5        (8) Training; hate crimes. The Division of the Academy
6    and Training shall provide training for State police
7    officers in identifying, responding to, and reporting all
8    hate crimes.
9    (d) The Division of the Academy and Training shall
10administer and conduct a program consistent with 18 U.S.C.
11926B and 926C for qualified active and retired Illinois State
12Police officers.
13(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-756, eff. 5-10-22;
14102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
15    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-52)
16    Sec. 2605-52. Division of Statewide 9-1-1.
17    (a) There shall be established an Office of the Statewide
189-1-1 Administrator within the Division of Statewide 9-1-1.
19Beginning January 1, 2016, the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1
20Administrator shall be responsible for developing,
21implementing, and overseeing a uniform statewide 9-1-1 system
22for all areas of the State outside of municipalities having a
23population over 500,000.
24    (b) The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and
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1Administrator shall serve for a term of 2 years, and until a
2successor is appointed and qualified; except that the term of
3the first 9-1-1 Administrator appointed under this Act shall
4expire on the third Monday in January, 2017. The Administrator
5shall not hold any other remunerative public office. The
6Administrator shall receive an annual salary as set by the
7Governor.
8    (c) The Illinois State Police, from appropriations made to
9it for that purpose, shall make grants to 9-1-1 Authorities
10for the purpose of defraying costs associated with 9-1-1
11system consolidations awarded by the Administrator under
12Section 15.4b of the Emergency Telephone System Act.
13    (d) The Division of Statewide 9-1-1 shall exercise the
14rights, powers, and duties vested by law in the Illinois State
15Police by the State Police Radio Act and shall oversee the
16Illinois State Police radio network, including the Illinois
17State Police Emergency Radio Network and Illinois State
18Police's STARCOM21.
19    (e) The Division of Statewide 9-1-1 shall also conduct the
20following communication activities:
21        (1) Acquire and operate one or more radio broadcasting
22    stations in the State to be used for police purposes.
23        (2) Operate a statewide communications network to
24    gather and disseminate information for law enforcement
25    agencies.
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1    be required by law.
2        (4) Oversee Illinois State Police telecommunications.
3    (f) The Division of Statewide 9-1-1 shall oversee the
4Illinois State Police fleet operations.
5(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
6    (20 ILCS 2605/2605-200)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
7    Sec. 2605-200. Investigations of crime; enforcement of
8laws; records; crime laboratories; personnel.
9    (a) To do the following:
10        (1) Investigate the origins, activities, personnel,
11    and incidents of crime and the ways and means to redress
12    the victims of crimes; study the impact, if any, of
13    legislation relative to the effusion of crime and growing
14    crime rates; and enforce the criminal laws of this State
15    related thereto.
16        (2) Enforce all laws regulating the production, sale,
17    prescribing, manufacturing, administering, transporting,
18    having in possession, dispensing, delivering,
19    distributing, or use of controlled substances and
20    cannabis.
21        (3) Employ skilled experts, scientists, technicians,
22    investigators, or otherwise specially qualified persons to
23    aid in preventing or detecting crime, apprehending
24    criminals, or preparing and presenting evidence of
25    violations of the criminal laws of the State.

 

 

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1        (4) Cooperate with the police of cities, villages, and
2    incorporated towns and with the police officers of any
3    county in enforcing the laws of the State and in making
4    arrests and recovering property.
5        (5) Apprehend and deliver up any person charged in
6    this State or any other state of the United States with
7    treason or a felony or other crime who has fled from
8    justice and is found in this State.
9        (6) Conduct other investigations as provided by law.
10        (7) Be a central repository and custodian of criminal
11    statistics for the State.
12        (8) Be a central repository for criminal history
13    record information.
14        (9) Procure and file for record information that is
15    necessary and helpful to plan programs of crime
16    prevention, law enforcement, and criminal justice.
17        (10) Procure and file for record copies of
18    fingerprints that may be required by law.
19        (11) Establish general and field crime laboratories.
20        (12) Register and file for record information that may
21    be required by law for the issuance of firearm owner's
22    identification cards under the Firearm Owners
23    Identification Card Act and concealed carry licenses under
24    the Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
25        (13) Employ laboratory technicians and other specially
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1    activity and the identification, collection, and recovery
2    of cyber forensics, including, but not limited to, digital
3    evidence, and may employ polygraph operators and forensic
4    anthropologists.
5        (14) Undertake other identification, information,
6    laboratory, statistical, or registration activities that
7    may be required by law.
8    (b) Persons exercising the powers set forth in subsection
9(a) within the Illinois State Police are conservators of the
10peace and as such have all the powers possessed by policemen in
11cities and sheriffs, except that they may exercise those
12powers anywhere in the State in cooperation with and after
13contact with the local law enforcement officials. Those
14persons may use false or fictitious names in the performance
15of their duties under this Section, upon approval of the
16Director, and shall not be subject to prosecution under the
17criminal laws for that use.
18(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
19    Section 15. The Illinois State Police Act is amended by
20changing Sections 16 and 20 as follows:
 
21    (20 ILCS 2610/16)  (from Ch. 121, par. 307.16)
22    Sec. 16. State policemen shall enforce the provisions of
23The Illinois Vehicle Code, approved September 29, 1969, as
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1amended; and shall patrol the public highways and rural
2districts to make arrests for violations of the provisions of
3such Acts. They are conservators of the peace and as such have
4all powers possessed by policemen in cities, and sheriffs,
5except that they may exercise such powers anywhere in this
6State. The State policemen shall cooperate with the police of
7cities, villages and incorporated towns, and with the police
8officers of any county, in enforcing the laws of the State and
9in making arrests and recovering property. They may be
10equipped with standardized and tested devices for weighing
11motor vehicles and may stop and weigh, acting reasonably, or
12cause to be weighed, any motor vehicle which appears to weigh
13in excess of the weight permitted by law. It shall also be the
14duty of the Illinois State Police to determine, whenever
15possible, the person or persons or the causes responsible for
16the breaking or destruction of any improved hard-surfaced
17roadway; to arrest all persons criminally responsible for such
18breaking or destruction and bring them before the proper
19officer for trial. The Illinois State Police shall divide the
20State into zones, troops, or regions Districts and assign each
21zone, troop, or region district to one or more policemen. No
22person employed under this Act, however, shall serve or
23execute civil process, except for process issued under the
24authority of the General Assembly, or a committee or
25commission thereof vested with subpoena powers when the county
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1process allowed by statute or issued under the authority of
2the Illinois Department of Revenue.
3(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
4    (20 ILCS 2610/20)  (from Ch. 121, par. 307.18a)
5    Sec. 20. The Illinois State Police from time to time may
6enter into contracts with The Illinois State Toll Highway
7Authority, hereinafter called the Authority, with respect to
8the policing of toll highways by the Illinois State Police.
9Such contracts shall provide among other matters for the
10compensation or reimbursement of the Illinois State Police by
11the Authority for the costs incurred by this State with
12respect to such policing service, including, but not limited
13to, the costs of: (1) compensation and training of the State
14policemen and the clerical employees assigned to such policing
15service; and (2) uniforms, equipment, and supplies, which
16shall be Illinois State Police property, and housing used by
17such personnel; and (3) reimbursement of such sums as the
18State expends in connection with payments of claims for
19injuries or illnesses suffered by such personnel in the line
20of duty. Each such contract may provide for the methods of
21ascertaining such costs, and shall be of such duration and may
22contain such other appropriate terms as the Illinois State
23Police and the Authority may agree upon. The Illinois State
24Police is not obliged to furnish policing service on any
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1required by contract.
2(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
3    Section 20. The Illinois State Police Radio Act is amended
4by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
5    (20 ILCS 2615/10)
6    Sec. 10. Public safety radio interoperability. Upon their
7establishment and thereafter, the Director of the Illinois
8State Police, or his or her designee, shall serve as the
9chairman of the Illinois Statewide Interoperability Executive
10Committee (SIEC) and as the chairman of the STARCOM21
11Oversight Committee. The Director or his or her designee, as
12chairman, may increase the size and makeup of the voting
13membership of each committee when deemed necessary for
14improved public safety radio interoperability, but the voting
15membership of each committee must represent public safety
16users (police, fire, or EMS) and must, at a minimum, include
17the representatives specified in this Section.
18    The STARCOM21 Oversight Committee must comprise public
19safety users accessing the system and shall include the
20Statewide Interoperability Coordinator. The members of the
21STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall serve without compensation
22and may, at the call of the Chair, meet in person or remotely.
23The Illinois State Police shall provide administrative and
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1STARCOM21 Oversight Committee shall:
2        (1) review existing statutory law and make
3    recommendations for legislative changes to ensure
4    efficient, effective, reliable, and sustainable radio
5    interoperability statewide;
6        (2) make recommendations concerning better integration
7    of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
8    statewide; and
9        (3) develop a plan to sustainably fund radio
10    infrastructure, radio equipment, and interoperability
11    statewide.
12    The SIEC shall have at a minimum one representative from
13each of the following: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association,
14the Rural Fire Protection Association, the Office of the State
15Fire Marshal, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police,
16the Illinois Sheriffs' Association, the Illinois State Police,
17the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the Department of
18Public Health, and the Secretary of State Police (which
19representative shall be the Director of the Secretary of State
20Police or his or her designee).
21(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
22    Section 25. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
23Sections 6z-82 and 8.3 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 6z-82. State Police Operations Assistance Fund.
2    (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund
3known as the State Police Operations Assistance Fund. The Fund
4shall receive revenue under the Criminal and Traffic
5Assessment Act. The Fund may also receive revenue from grants,
6donations, appropriations, and any other legal source.
7    (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
8contrary, and in addition to any other transfers that may be
9provided by law, on August 20, 2021 (the effective date of
10Public Act 102-505), or as soon thereafter as practical, the
11State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
12transfer the remaining balance from the Over Dimensional Load
13Police Escort Fund into the State Police Operations Assistance
14Fund. Upon completion of the transfer, the Over Dimensional
15Load Police Escort Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits
16due to that Fund and any outstanding obligations or
17liabilities of that Fund shall pass to the State Police
18Operations Assistance Fund.
19    This Fund may charge, collect, and receive fees or moneys
20as described in Section 15-312 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
21and receive all fees received by the Illinois State Police
22under that Section. The moneys shall be used by the Illinois
23State Police for its expenses in providing police escorts and
24commercial vehicle enforcement activities.
25    (b) The Illinois State Police may use moneys in the Fund to
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1    (c) Expenditures may be made from the Fund only as
2appropriated by the General Assembly by law.
3    (d) Investment income that is attributable to the
4investment of moneys in the Fund shall be retained in the Fund
5for the uses specified in this Section.
6    (e) The State Police Operations Assistance Fund shall not
7be subject to administrative chargebacks.
8    (f) (Blank).
9    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to
10the contrary, on or after July 1, 2021, in addition to any
11other transfers that may be provided for by law, at the
12direction of and upon notification from the Director of the
13Illinois State Police, the State Comptroller shall direct and
14the State Treasurer shall transfer amounts not exceeding
15$7,000,000 into the State Police Operations Assistance Fund
16from the State Police Services Fund.
17    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
18addition to any other transfers that may be provided by law, on
19the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
20Assembly, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
21Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
22transfer the remaining balance from the State Police
23Streetgang-Related Crime Fund to the State Police Operations
24Assistance Fund. Upon completion of the transfers, the State
25Police Streetgang-Related Crime Fund is dissolved, and any
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1Fund and any outstanding obligations or liabilities of the
2State Police Streetgang-Related Crime Fund pass to the State
3Police Operations Assistance Fund.
4(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-505, eff. 8-20-21;
5102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/8.3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
7    Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
8State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
9construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
10the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
11and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
12and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
13after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
14indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
15        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
16    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
17    of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
18    Code, and to pay the costs of the Executive Ethics
19    Commission for oversight and administration of the Chief
20    Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (2) of
21    subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois
22    Procurement Code for transportation; and
23        secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
24    Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
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1    administration of highways in accordance with the
2    provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose
3    related or incident to and connected therewith, including
4    the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
5    and with highways and including the payment of awards made
6    by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
7    terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
8    Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
9    employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
10    Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
11    erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
12    acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
13    to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
14    needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
15    estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
16    flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
17    to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
18    and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
19    materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
20    connections shut off from general public use at military
21    and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
22    the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
23    be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
24    the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
25    highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
26    highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating

 

 

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1    expenses of the Department relating to the administration
2    of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year
3    2022, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,394,800
4    to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE
5    for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during
6    fiscal year 2023, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
7    $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on
8    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit
9    expenses; or for any of those purposes or any other
10    purpose that may be provided by law.
11    Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
12the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
13Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
14are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
15vehicles.
16    Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
17Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
18or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
19operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
20appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
21eligible for federal reimbursement:
22        1. Department of Public Health;
23        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
24    subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
25    Reduced Fare for Elderly, except fiscal year 2022 when no
26    more than $17,570,000 may be expended and except fiscal

 

 

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1    year 2023 when no more than $17,570,000 may be expended;
2        3. Department of Central Management Services, except
3    for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
4    appropriate personnel;
5        4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
6    Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
7Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
8or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
9operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
10appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
11eligible for federal reimbursement:
12        1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with
13    respect to the Division of Patrol Operations and Division
14    of Criminal Investigation;
15        2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
16    Intercity Rail Subsidies, except fiscal year 2022 when no
17    more than $50,000,000 may be expended and except fiscal
18    year 2023 when no more than $55,000,000 may be expended,
19    and Rail Freight Services.
20    Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
21Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
22or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
23operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
24appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
25eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
26Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois

 

 

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1Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
2Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
3Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
4Highways in the Department of Transportation.
5    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
6Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
7or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
8operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
9appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
10eligible for federal reimbursement:
11        1. Illinois State Police, except not more than 40% of
12    the funds appropriated for the Division of Patrol
13    Operations and Division of Criminal Investigation;
14        2. State Officers.
15    Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
16Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency
17of State government for administration, grants, or operations
18except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
19restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road
20Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It
21shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation
22limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods.
23Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
24accordance with the provisions of this Section.
25    Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
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1of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
2paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
3and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
4payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no
5other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the
6payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness
7then annually due shall be used as follows:
8        first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
9    2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
10        secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
11    excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
12    operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
13    fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
14    appropriated or expended other than for costs of
15    administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
16    license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed
17    thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
18    Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
19    operating expenses of the Department relating to the
20    administration of public transportation programs, payment
21    of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
22    reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
23    of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
24    reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
25    public highways and bridges under the direction and
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1    municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal
2    year 2022 for the purposes of a grant not to exceed
3    $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on
4    behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit
5    expenses, or during fiscal year 2023 for the purposes of a
6    grant not to exceed $8,394,800 to the Regional
7    Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose
8    of ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs for patrolling
9    and policing the public highways (by the State, political
10    subdivision, or municipality collecting that money) for
11    enforcement of traffic laws. The separation of grades of
12    such highways with railroads and costs associated with
13    protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall
14    also be permissible.
15    Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
16the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as
17provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
18    Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with
19fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
20appropriated to the Illinois State Police for the purposes of
21this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund
22appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in
23Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005,
242006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated
25to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this
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1no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of
2State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of
3$106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund monies
4shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for
5the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000.
6Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
7appropriated to the Illinois State Police. It shall not be
8lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by
9governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise
10provided in Section 5g of this Act.
11    In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
12appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
13this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
14appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
15plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
16limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
17other method.
18    Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
19Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State
20for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal
21year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State
22for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
23limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
24other methods.
25    Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund
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1this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
2following fiscal years:
3    Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
4    Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
5    Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
6    Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
7    Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;
8    Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
9    Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
10    Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
11    Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
12    Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000.
13    For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be
14appropriated to the Secretary of State.
15    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund
16shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the
17exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees
18related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless
19otherwise provided for by law.
20    It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
21appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
22methods.
23    No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
24thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
25by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar
26as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.

 

 

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1    Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
2Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e
3of this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
4Public Act 93-25.
5    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this
6Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
7shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
8in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
9Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
10generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
11government.
12    The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
13Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
14Section by Public Act 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund
15from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal
16year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary
17balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting
18principles applicable to government.
19(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20;
20102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-699, eff.
214-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
22    (30 ILCS 105/5.783 rep.)
23    (30 ILCS 105/8p rep.)
24    Section 30. The State Finance Act is amended by repealing
25Sections 5.783 and 8p.
 

 

 

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1    Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section
210-27.1A as follows:
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A)
4    Sec. 10-27.1A. Firearms in schools.
5    (a) All school officials, including teachers, school
6counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the
7office of the principal in the event that they observe any
8person in possession of a firearm on school grounds; provided
9that taking such immediate action to notify the office of the
10principal would not immediately endanger the health, safety,
11or welfare of students who are under the direct supervision of
12the school official or the school official. If the health,
13safety, or welfare of students under the direct supervision of
14the school official or of the school official is immediately
15endangered, the school official shall notify the office of the
16principal as soon as the students under his or her supervision
17and he or she are no longer under immediate danger. A report is
18not required by this Section when the school official knows
19that the person in possession of the firearm is a law
20enforcement official engaged in the conduct of his or her
21official duties. Any school official acting in good faith who
22makes such a report under this Section shall have immunity
23from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be
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1school official making such report shall not be disclosed
2except as expressly and specifically authorized by law.
3Knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this Section is
4a petty offense. A second or subsequent offense is a Class C
5misdemeanor.
6    (b) Upon receiving a report from any school official
7pursuant to this Section, or from any other person, the
8principal or his or her designee shall immediately notify a
9local law enforcement agency. If the person found to be in
10possession of a firearm on school grounds is a student, the
11principal or his or her designee shall also immediately notify
12that student's parent or guardian. Any principal or his or her
13designee acting in good faith who makes such reports under
14this Section shall have immunity from any civil or criminal
15liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a
16result of making the reports. Knowingly and willfully failing
17to comply with this Section is a petty offense. A second or
18subsequent offense is a Class C misdemeanor. If the person
19found to be in possession of the firearm on school grounds is a
20minor, the law enforcement agency shall detain that minor
21until such time as the agency makes a determination pursuant
22to clause (a) of subsection (1) of Section 5-401 of the
23Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as to whether the agency
24reasonably believes that the minor is delinquent. If the law
25enforcement agency determines that probable cause exists to
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1subsection (a) of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code of 2012
2while on school grounds, the agency shall detain the minor for
3processing pursuant to Section 5-407 of the Juvenile Court Act
4of 1987.
5    (c) Upon On or after January 1, 1997, upon receipt of any
6written, electronic, or verbal report from any school
7personnel regarding a verified incident involving a firearm in
8a school or on school owned or leased property, including any
9conveyance owned, leased, or used by the school for the
10transport of students or school personnel, the superintendent
11or his or her designee shall report all such firearm-related
12incidents occurring in a school or on school property to the
13local law enforcement authorities immediately, who shall
14report and to the Illinois State Police in a form, manner, and
15frequency as prescribed by the Illinois State Police.
16    The State Board of Education shall receive an annual
17statistical compilation and related data associated with
18incidents involving firearms in schools from the Illinois
19State Police. The State Board of Education shall compile this
20information by school district and make it available to the
21public.
22    (d) As used in this Section, the term "firearm" shall have
23the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners
24Identification Card Act.
25    As used in this Section, the term "school" means any
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1    As used in this Section, the term "school grounds"
2includes the real property comprising any school, any
3conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to
4transport students to or from school or a school-related
5activity, or any public way within 1,000 feet of the real
6property comprising any school.
7(Source: P.A. 102-197, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
8102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
9    Section 40. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
10changing Section 14-110 as follows:
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
12    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
13    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
14    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
15less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
16attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
17with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
18has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
19either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
20in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
21member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
22a retirement annuity computed as follows:
23        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
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1    final average compensation for each year of creditable
2    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
3    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
4    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
5    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
6    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
7    years; and
8        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
9    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
10    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
11    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
12    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
13    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
14    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
15    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
16    each year in excess of 30.
17    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
18average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
192001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
20retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
21    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
22performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
23eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
24which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
25the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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1service" means creditable service resulting from service in
2one or more of the following positions:
3        (1) State policeman;
4        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
5    department;
6        (3) air pilot;
7        (4) special agent;
8        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
9        (6) conservation police officer;
10        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
11    Illinois Gaming Board;
12        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
13    Services;
14        (9) Central Management Services security police
15    officer;
16        (10) security employee of the Department of
17    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
18        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
19        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
20        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
21    General;
22        (14) controlled substance inspector;
23        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
24    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
25        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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1        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
2        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
3    and Technology; or
4        (20) transferred employee.
5    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
6this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
7service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
8basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
9Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
10training is required of persons serving in that position. For
11the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
12police training course shall be deemed performance of the
13duties of the specified position, even though the person is
14not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
15    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
16creditable service for service credit earned under this
17Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
182003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
192016-1.
20    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
21        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
22    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
23    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
24        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
25    service of a department" includes all officers in such
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1    assistant fire chiefs.
2        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
3    official job description on file in the Department of
4    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
5    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
6    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
7    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
8    license; however, the change in this definition made by
9    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
10    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
11    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
12        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
13    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
14    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
15    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
16    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
17    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
18    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
19    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
20    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
21    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
22    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
23    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
24    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
25        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
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1    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
2    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
3    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
4    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
5        A person who became employed as an investigator for
6    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
7    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
8    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
9    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
10    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
11    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
12    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
13    20 years of credit for such service.
14        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
15    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
16    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
17    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
18    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
19    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
20    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
21    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
22    Conservation Police Administrator.
23        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
24    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
25    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
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1    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
2    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
4    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
5    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
6    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
10    Human Services" means any person employed by the
11    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
12    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
13    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
14    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
15    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
16    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
17    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
18    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
19    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
20    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
21    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
22    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
23    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
24    such law enforcement duties as render the person
25    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
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1    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
2    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
3    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
4    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
5    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
6    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
7    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
8    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
9    Disabilities.
10        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
11    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
12    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
13        (9) "Central Management Services security police
14    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
15    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
16    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
17    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
18    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
19        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
20    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
21    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
22    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
23    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
24    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
25    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
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1    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
2    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
3    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
4    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
5    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
6    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
7    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
8    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
9    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
10    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
11    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
12    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
13    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
14        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
15    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
16    Services.
17        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
18    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
19    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
20    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
21    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
22    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
23    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
24        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
25    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
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1    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
2    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
3    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
4    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
5    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
6    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
7    status.
8        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
9    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
10    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
11    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
12    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
13    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
14    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
15    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
16    Executive of Enforcement.
17        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
18    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
19    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
20    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
21    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
22        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
23    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
24    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
25    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
26    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and

 

 

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1    218(l)(1) of that Act.
2        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
3    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
4    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
5    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
6    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
8    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
9    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
10    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
11    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
12    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
13    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
14    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
15    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
16    to persons with the same social security status earning
17    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
18        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
19    a person who is either of the following:
20            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
21        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
22        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
23        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
24        construction equipment operator, power shovel
25        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
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1        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
2        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
3        condition for vehicular traffic.
4            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
5        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
6        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
7        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
8        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
9        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
10        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
11        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
12        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
13        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
14        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
15        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
16        traffic.
17        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
18    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
19    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
20    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
21    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
22    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
23    job functions under that Department.
24        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
25    transferred to the Department of Central Management
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1    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
2    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
3    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
4    immediately preceding the transfer.
5    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
6or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
7the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
8police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
9Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
10alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
11he or she meets the following minimum age and service
12requirements at the time of retirement:
13        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
14    55; or
15        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
17    creditable service and age 55; or
18        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
20    creditable service and age 55; or
21        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55; or
24        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
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1        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55.
4    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
5Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
6Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
7Department of Human Services in a position requiring
8certification as a teacher may count such service toward
9establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
10of this Section; but such service may be used only for
11establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
12increasing or calculating any benefit.
13    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
14position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
15and returns to State service in the same or another such
16position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
17prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
18such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
19service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
20in this Section.
21    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
22this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
231968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
24position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
25health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
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1employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
2to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
3the employee contributions that would have been required for
4such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
5employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
6made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
7specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
8payment.
9    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
10this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
111968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
12position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
13be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
14provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
15retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
16employee contributions that would have been required for such
17service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
18contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
19January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
20item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
21    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
221990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
23years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
24a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
25an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
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1contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
2and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
3contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
4policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
5for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
6to the date of payment.
7    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
8policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
9eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
10as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
11filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
12payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
13(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
14contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
15and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
16contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
17policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
18for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
19to the date of payment.
20    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
21policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
22to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
23his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
24election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
25paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
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1the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
2to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
3have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
4rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
5thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
6annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
7    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
8policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
9the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
10creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
11law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
12election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
13paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
14determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
15the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
16to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
17would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
20annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
21    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
22policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
23the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
25officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
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1of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
2officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
3Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
4the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
5employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
6under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
7and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
10for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
11to the date of payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
13investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
14investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
15establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
16service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
17Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
187, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
19by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
20after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
2196-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
22the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
23employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
24under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
25amounts that would have been contributed had such
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1policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
2assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
3of service to the date of payment.
4    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
6Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
7Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
8State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
9up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
10participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
11enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
12preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
13officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
14filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
15August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
16paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
17equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
18employer contributions transferred to the System under
19Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
20been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
21applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
22the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
23annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
24    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
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1up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
2participating municipality to perform police duties under
3Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
4officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
5filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
6July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
7paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
8equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
9employer contributions transferred to the System under
10Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
11would have been contributed had such contributions been made
12at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
13thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
14compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
15payment.
16    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
17conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
18creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
19employed by a participating municipality to perform police
20duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
21court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
22election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
23(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
24System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
25difference between the amount of employee and employer
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1and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
2had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
3State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
4assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
5of service to the date of payment.
6    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
8service credit earned under this Article to eligible
9creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
10written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
112021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
12the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
13the difference between the amount of employee contributions
14originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
15have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
16rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
17between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
18conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
19normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
20Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
21assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
22of service to the date of payment.
23    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
24established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
25(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
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1    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
2investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
3Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
4establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
5his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
6enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
7election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
8to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
9between the amount of employee and employer contributions
10transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
11and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
12contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
14each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
15the date of payment.
16    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
17Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
18establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
19full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
20officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
21local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
22is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
23retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
24file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
25accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
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1to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
2established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
3day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
4for which credit is being established and the rates then
5applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
6amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
7cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
8plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
9from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
10the employment for which credit is being established to the
11date of payment.
12    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
13security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
14not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
15service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
16under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
17accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
18Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
19employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
20under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
21contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
22applicable to security employees of the Department of
23Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25to the date of payment.
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1Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
2creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
3law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
4by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
5which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
6fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
7applicant must file a written application with the Board no
8later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
9Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
10acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
11determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
12for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
13salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
14after the employment for which credit is being established and
15the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
16plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
17normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
18established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
19(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
20employee after the employment for which credit is being
21established to the date of payment.
22    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
23Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
24Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
25Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
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1Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
2Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
3effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
4subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
5Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
6accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
7who provide vocational training, who are required to have
8adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
9the vocational training.
10    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
11of this Section who has purchased service credit under
12subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1314-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
14to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
15under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
16the additional employee contribution required under Section
1714-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
18under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
19the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
20the date of payment.
21    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
22conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
23State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
24the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
25arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
26may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit

 

 

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1established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
2Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
3investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
4police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
5the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
6Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
7election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
82020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
9by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
10(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
11contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
12the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
13employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
14serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
15defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
16thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
17annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
18(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
19102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
20    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-856)
21    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
22    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
23less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
24attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
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1has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
2either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
3in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
4member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
5a retirement annuity computed as follows:
6        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
7    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
8    final average compensation for each year of creditable
9    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
10    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
11    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
12    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
13    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
14    years; and
15        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
16    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
17    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
18    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
19    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
20    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
21    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
22    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
23    each year in excess of 30.
24    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
25average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
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1retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
2    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
3performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
4eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
5which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
6the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
7    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
8service" means creditable service resulting from service in
9one or more of the following positions:
10        (1) State policeman;
11        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
12    department;
13        (3) air pilot;
14        (4) special agent;
15        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
16        (6) conservation police officer;
17        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
18    Illinois Gaming Board;
19        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
20    Services;
21        (9) Central Management Services security police
22    officer;
23        (10) security employee of the Department of
24    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
25        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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1        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
2    General;
3        (14) controlled substance inspector;
4        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
5    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
6        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
7        (17) arson investigator;
8        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
9        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
10    and Technology; or
11        (20) transferred employee.
12    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
13this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
14service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
15basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
16Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
17training is required of persons serving in that position. For
18the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
19police training course shall be deemed performance of the
20duties of the specified position, even though the person is
21not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
22    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
23creditable service for service credit earned under this
24Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
252003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
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1    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
2        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
3    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
6    service of a department" includes all officers in such
7    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
8    assistant fire chiefs.
9        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
10    official job description on file in the Department of
11    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
12    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
13    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
14    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
15    license; however, the change in this definition made by
16    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
17    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
18    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
19        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
20    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
21    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
22    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
23    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
24    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
25    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
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1    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
2    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
3    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
4    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
5    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
6        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
7    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
8    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
9    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
10    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
11    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
12        A person who became employed as an investigator for
13    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
14    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
15    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
16    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
17    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
18    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
19    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
20    20 years of credit for such service.
21        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
22    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
23    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
24    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
25    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
26    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The

 

 

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1    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
2    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
3    Conservation Police Administrator.
4        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
5    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
6    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
7    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
8    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
9    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
10        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
11    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
12    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
13    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
14    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
15    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
16        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
17    Human Services" means any person employed by the
18    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
19    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
20    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
21    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
22    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
23    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
24    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
25    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
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1    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
2    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
3    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
4    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
5    such law enforcement duties as render the person
6    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
7    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
8    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
9    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
10    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
11    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
12    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
13    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
14    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
15    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
16    Disabilities.
17        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
18    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
19    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
20        (9) "Central Management Services security police
21    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
22    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
23    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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1    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
2    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
3    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
4    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
5    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
6    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
7    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
8    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
9    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
10    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
11    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
12    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
13    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
14    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
15    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
16    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
17    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
18    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
19    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
20    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
21        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
22    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
23    Services.
24        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
25    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
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1    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
2    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
3    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
4    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
5        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
6    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
7    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
8    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
9    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
10    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
11    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
12    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
13    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
14    status.
15        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
16    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
17    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
18    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
19    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
20    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
21    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
22    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
23    Executive of Enforcement.
24        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
25    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
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1    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
2    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
3        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
4    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
5    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
6    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
7    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
8    218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
10    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
11    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
12    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
15    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
16    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
17    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
18    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
19    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
20    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
21    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
22    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
23    to persons with the same social security status earning
24    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
25        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
26    a person who is either of the following:

 

 

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1            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
2        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
3        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
4        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
5        construction equipment operator, power shovel
6        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
7        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
8        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
9        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
10        condition for vehicular traffic.
11            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
12        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
13        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
14        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
15        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
16        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
17        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
18        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
19        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
20        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
21        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
22        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
23        traffic.
24        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
25    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
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1    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
2    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
3    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
4    job functions under that Department.
5        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
6    transferred to the Department of Central Management
7    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
8    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
9    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
10    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
11    immediately preceding the transfer.
12    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
13or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
14the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
15police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
16Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
17alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
18he or she meets the following minimum age and service
19requirements at the time of retirement:
20        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
21    55; or
22        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
24    creditable service and age 55; or
25        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
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1    creditable service and age 55; or
2        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
4    creditable service and age 55; or
5        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
7    creditable service and age 55; or
8        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
10    creditable service and age 55.
11    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
12Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
13Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
14Department of Human Services in a position requiring
15certification as a teacher may count such service toward
16establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
17of this Section; but such service may be used only for
18establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
19increasing or calculating any benefit.
20    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
21position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
22and returns to State service in the same or another such
23position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
24prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
25such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
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1in this Section.
2    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
3this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
41968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
5position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
6health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
7State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
8employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
9to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
10the employee contributions that would have been required for
11such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
12employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
13made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
14specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
15payment.
16    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
17this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
181968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
19position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
20be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
21provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
22retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
23employee contributions that would have been required for such
24service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
25contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
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1item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
2    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
31990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
4years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
5a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
6an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
7difference between the amount of employee and employer
8contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
9and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
10contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
11policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
12for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
13to the date of payment.
14    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
15policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
16eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
17as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
18filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
19payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
20(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
21contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
22and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
23contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
24policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
25for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
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1    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
3to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
4his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
5election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
6paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
7determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
8the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
9to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
10have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
11rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
12thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
13annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
14    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
15policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
16the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
17creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
18law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
19election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
20paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
21determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
22the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
23to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
24would have been contributed had such contributions been made
25at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
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1annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
2    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
3policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
4the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
5creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
6officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
7sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
8of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
9officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
10Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
11the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
12employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
13under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
14and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
15contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
16policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
17for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
18to the date of payment.
19    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
20investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
21investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
22establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
23service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
24Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
257, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
26by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months

 

 

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1after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
296-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
3the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
4employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
5under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
6amounts that would have been contributed had such
7contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
8policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
9assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
10of service to the date of payment.
11    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
12policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
13Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
14Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
15State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
16up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
17participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
18enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
19preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
20officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
21filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
22August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
23paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
24equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
25employer contributions transferred to the System under
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1been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
2applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
3the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
4annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
5    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
7officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
8up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
9participating municipality to perform police duties under
10Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
11officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
12filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
13July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
14paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
15equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
16employer contributions transferred to the System under
17Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
18would have been contributed had such contributions been made
19at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
20thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
21compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
22payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
24conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
25creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
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1duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
2court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
3election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
4(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
5System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
6difference between the amount of employee and employer
7contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
8and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
9had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
10State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
11assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
12of service to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
14investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
15the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
16State, or arson investigator may elect to establish eligible
17creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
18employed by a participating municipality to perform police
19duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court
20services officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under
21Article 4 by filing a written election with the Board within 6
22months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
23102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
24determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between
25the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
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1and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
2contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
3policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
4assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
5of service to the date of payment.
6    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
8service credit earned under this Article to eligible
9creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
10written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
112021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
12the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
13the difference between the amount of employee contributions
14originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
15have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
16rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
17between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
18conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
19normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
20Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
21assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
22of service to the date of payment.
23    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
25the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
26State, or arson investigator may elect to convert service

 

 

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1credit earned under this Article to eligible creditable
2service, as defined by this Section, by filing a written
3election with the Board within 6 months after the effective
4date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
5paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
6equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
7contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
8that would have been contributed had such contributions been
9made at the rates applicable to investigators for the
10Department of Revenue, investigators for the Illinois Gaming
11Board, investigators for the Secretary of State, or arson
12investigators, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
13normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized
14by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the
15employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
16with this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, plus
17(iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for
18each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
19the date of payment.
20    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
21established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
22(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
23years.
24    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
25investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
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1establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
2his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
3enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
4election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
5to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
6between the amount of employee and employer contributions
7transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
8and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
11each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
12the date of payment.
13    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
14Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
15establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
16full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
17officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
18local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
19is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
20retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
21file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
22accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
23and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
24to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
25established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
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1for which credit is being established and the rates then
2applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
3amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
4cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
5plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
6from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
7the employment for which credit is being established to the
8date of payment.
9    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
10security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
11not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
12service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
13under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
14accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
15Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
16employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
17under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
18contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
19applicable to security employees of the Department of
20Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
21for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
22to the date of payment.
23    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
24Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
25creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
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1by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
2which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
3fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
4applicant must file a written application with the Board no
5later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
6Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
7acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
8determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
9for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
10salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
11after the employment for which credit is being established and
12the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
13plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
14normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
15established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
16(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
17employee after the employment for which credit is being
18established to the date of payment.
19    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
20Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
21Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
22Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
23Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
24Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
25Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
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1subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
2Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
3accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
4who provide vocational training, who are required to have
5adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
6the vocational training.
7    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
8of this Section who has purchased service credit under
9subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1014-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
11to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
12under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
13the additional employee contribution required under Section
1414-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
15under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
16the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
17the date of payment.
18    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
19conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
20State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
21the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
22arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
23may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
24established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
25Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
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1police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
2the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
3Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
4election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
52020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
6by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
7(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
8contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
9the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
10employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
11serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
12defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
13thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
14annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
15(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
16102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-856, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
17    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
18    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
19    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
20less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
21attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
22with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
23has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
24either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
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1member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
2a retirement annuity computed as follows:
3        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
4    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
5    final average compensation for each year of creditable
6    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
7    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
8    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
9    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
10    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
11    years; and
12        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
13    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
14    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
15    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
16    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
17    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
18    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
19    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
20    each year in excess of 30.
21    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
22average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
232001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
24retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
25    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
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1eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
2which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
3the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
4    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
5service" means creditable service resulting from service in
6one or more of the following positions:
7        (1) State policeman;
8        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
9    department;
10        (3) air pilot;
11        (4) special agent;
12        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
13        (6) conservation police officer;
14        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
15    Illinois Gaming Board;
16        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
17    Services;
18        (9) Central Management Services security police
19    officer;
20        (10) security employee of the Department of
21    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
22        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
23        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
24        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
25    General;
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1        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
2    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
3        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
4        (17) arson investigator;
5        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
6        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
7    and Technology; or
8        (20) transferred employee.
9    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
10this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
11service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
12basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
13Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
14training is required of persons serving in that position. For
15the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
16police training course shall be deemed performance of the
17duties of the specified position, even though the person is
18not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
19    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
20creditable service for service credit earned under this
21Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
222003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
232016-1.
24    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
25        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
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1    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
2        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
3    service of a department" includes all officers in such
4    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
5    assistant fire chiefs.
6        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
7    official job description on file in the Department of
8    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
9    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
10    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
11    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
12    license; however, the change in this definition made by
13    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
14    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
15    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
16        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
17    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
18    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
19    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
20    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
21    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
22    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
23    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
24    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
25    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
26    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or

 

 

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1    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
2    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
3        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
4    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
5    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
6    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        A person who became employed as an investigator for
10    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
11    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
12    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
13    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
14    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
15    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
16    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
17    20 years of credit for such service.
18        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
19    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
20    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
21    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
22    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
23    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
24    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
25    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
26    Conservation Police Administrator.

 

 

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1        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
2    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
3    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
4    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
5    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
6    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
7        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
8    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
9    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
10    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
11    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
12    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
13        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
14    Human Services" means any person employed by the
15    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
16    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
17    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
18    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
19    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
20    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
21    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
22    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
23    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
24    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
25    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
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1    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
2    such law enforcement duties as render the person
3    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
4    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
5    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
6    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
7    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
8    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
9    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
10    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
11    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
12    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
13    Disabilities.
14        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
15    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
16    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
17        (9) "Central Management Services security police
18    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
19    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
20    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
21    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
22    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
23        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
24    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
25    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
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1    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
2    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
3    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
4    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
5    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
6    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
7    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
8    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
9    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
10    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
11    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
12    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
13    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
14    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
15    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
16    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
17    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
18        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
19    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
20    Services.
21        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
22    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
23    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
24    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
25    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
26    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),

 

 

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1    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
2        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
3    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
4    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
5    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
6    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
7    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
8    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
9    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
10    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
11    status.
12        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
13    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
14    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
15    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
16    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
17    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
18    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
19    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
20    Executive of Enforcement.
21        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
22    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
23    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
24    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
25    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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1    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
2    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
3    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
4    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
5    218(l)(1) of that Act.
6        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
7    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
8    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
9    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
10    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
11    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
12    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
13    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
14    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
15    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
16    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
17    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
18    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
19    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
20    to persons with the same social security status earning
21    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
22        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
23    a person who is either of the following:
24            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
25        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
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1        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
2        construction equipment operator, power shovel
3        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
4        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
5        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
6        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
7        condition for vehicular traffic.
8            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
9        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
10        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
11        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
12        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
13        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
14        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
15        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
16        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
17        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
18        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
19        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
20        traffic.
21        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
22    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
23    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
24    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
25    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
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1    job functions under that Department.
2        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
3    transferred to the Department of Central Management
4    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
5    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
6    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
7    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
8    immediately preceding the transfer.
9    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
10or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
11the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
12police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
13Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
14alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
15he or she meets the following minimum age and service
16requirements at the time of retirement:
17        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
18    55; or
19        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
20    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
21    creditable service and age 55; or
22        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
24    creditable service and age 55; or
25        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
26    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible

 

 

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1    creditable service and age 55; or
2        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
4    creditable service and age 55; or
5        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
7    creditable service and age 55.
8    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
9Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
10Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
11Department of Human Services in a position requiring
12certification as a teacher may count such service toward
13establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
14of this Section; but such service may be used only for
15establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
16increasing or calculating any benefit.
17    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
18position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
19and returns to State service in the same or another such
20position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
21prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
22such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
23service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
24in this Section.
25    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
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11968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
2position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
3health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
4State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
5employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
6to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
7the employee contributions that would have been required for
8such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
9employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
10made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
11specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
12payment.
13    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
14this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
151968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
16position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
17be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
18provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
19retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
20employee contributions that would have been required for such
21service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
22contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
23January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
24item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
25    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
261990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10

 

 

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1years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
2a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
3an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
4difference between the amount of employee and employer
5contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
6and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
7contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
8policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
9for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
10to the date of payment.
11    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
12policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
13eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
14as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
15filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
16payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
17(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
18contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
19and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
20contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
21policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
22for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
23to the date of payment.
24    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
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1his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
2election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
3paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
4determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
5the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
6to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
7have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
8rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
9thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
10annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
11    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
12policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
13the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
14creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
15law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
16election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
17paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
18determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
19the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
20to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
21would have been contributed had such contributions been made
22at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
23thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
24annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
25    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
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1the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
2creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
3officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
4sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
5of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
6officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
7Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
8the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
9employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
10under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
11and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
12contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
14for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
15to the date of payment.
16    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
17investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
18investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
19establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
20service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
21Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
227, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
23by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
24after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
2596-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
26the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of

 

 

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1employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
2under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
3amounts that would have been contributed had such
4contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
5policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
6assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
7of service to the date of payment.
8    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
9policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
10Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
11Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
12State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
13up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
14participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
15enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
16preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
17officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
18filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
19August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
20paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
21equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
22employer contributions transferred to the System under
23Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
24been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
25applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
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1annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
2    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
3policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
4officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
5up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
6participating municipality to perform police duties under
7Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
8officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
9filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
10July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
11paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
12equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
13employer contributions transferred to the System under
14Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
15would have been contributed had such contributions been made
16at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
17thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
18compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
19payment.
20    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
21conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
22creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
23employed by a participating municipality to perform police
24duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
25court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
26election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021

 

 

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1(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
2System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
3difference between the amount of employee and employer
4contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
5and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
6had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
7State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9of service to the date of payment.
10    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
12service credit earned under this Article to eligible
13creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
14written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
152021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
16the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
17the difference between the amount of employee contributions
18originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
19have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
20rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
21between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
22conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
23normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
24Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
25assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
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1    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
2established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
3(k), (l), (l-5), (o), and (p) of this Section shall not exceed
412 years.
5    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
6investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
7Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
8establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
9his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
10enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
11election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
12to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
13between the amount of employee and employer contributions
14transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
15and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
16contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
17policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
18each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
19the date of payment.
20    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
21Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
22establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
23full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
24officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
25local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
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1retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
2file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
3accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
4and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
5to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
6established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
7day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
8for which credit is being established and the rates then
9applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
10amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
11cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
12plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
13from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
14the employment for which credit is being established to the
15date of payment.
16    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
17security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
18not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
19service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
20under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
21accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
22Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
23employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
24under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
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1Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
2for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
3to the date of payment.
4    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
5Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
6creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
7law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
8by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
9which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
10fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
11applicant must file a written application with the Board no
12later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
13Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
14acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
15determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
16for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
17salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
18after the employment for which credit is being established and
19the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
20plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
21normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
22established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
23(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
24employee after the employment for which credit is being
25established to the date of payment.
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1Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
2Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
3Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
4Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
5Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
6Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
7effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
8subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
9Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
10accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
11who provide vocational training, who are required to have
12adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
13the vocational training.
14    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
15of this Section who has purchased service credit under
16subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1714-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
18to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
19under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
20the additional employee contribution required under Section
2114-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
22under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
23the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
24the date of payment.
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1State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
2the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
3arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
4may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
5established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
6Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
7investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
8police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
9the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
10Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
11election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
122020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
13by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
14(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
15contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
16the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
17employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
18serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
19defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
20thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
21annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
22    (p) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
23investigator for the Office of the Attorney General subject to
24subsection (g) of Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8
25years of service credit established before the effective date
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1investigator for the Office of the Attorney General under this
2Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
3election with the Board no later than one year after the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
5Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
6by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
7the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
8the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
9paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
10employee serving in a position in which eligible creditable
11service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
12interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
13compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
14payment.
15(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
16102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
17    Section 45. The Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery
18Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
19    (325 ILCS 40/6)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2256)
20    Sec. 6. The Illinois State Police shall:
21    (a) Utilize the statewide Law Enforcement Agencies Data
22System (LEADS) for the purpose of effecting an immediate law
23enforcement response to reports of missing children. The
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1exchange system to compile, to maintain and to make available
2for dissemination to Illinois and out-of-State law enforcement
3agencies, data which can assist appropriate agencies in
4recovering missing children.
5    (b) Establish contacts and exchange information regarding
6lost, missing or runaway children with nationally recognized
7"missing person and runaway" service organizations and monitor
8national research and publicize important developments.
9    (c) Provide a uniform reporting format for the entry of
10pertinent information regarding reports of missing children
11into LEADS.
12    (d) Develop and implement a policy whereby a statewide or
13regional alert would be used in situations relating to the
14disappearances of children, based on criteria and in a format
15established by the Illinois State Police. Such a format shall
16include, but not be limited to, the age and physical
17description of the missing child and the suspected
18circumstances of the disappearance.
19    (e) Notify all law enforcement agencies that reports of
20missing persons shall be entered as soon as the minimum level
21of data specified by the Illinois State Police is available to
22the reporting agency and that no waiting period for entry of
23such data exists.
24    (f) Provide a procedure for prompt confirmation of the
25receipt and entry of the missing child report into LEADS to the
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1    (g) Compile and retain information regarding missing
2children in a separate data file, in a manner that allows such
3information to be used by law enforcement and other agencies
4deemed appropriate by the Director, for investigative
5purposes. Such files shall be updated to reflect and include
6information relating to the disposition of the case.
7    (h) Compile and maintain an historic data repository
8relating to missing children in order (1) to develop and
9improve techniques utilized by law enforcement agencies when
10responding to reports of missing children and (2) to provide a
11factual and statistical base for research that would address
12the problem of missing children.
13    (i) Create a quality control program to assess the monitor
14timeliness of entries of missing children reports into LEADS
15and conduct performance audits of all entering agencies.
16    (j) Prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning
17missing children who it determines may be present in this
18State, compiling such bulletin from information contained in
19both the National Crime Information Center computer and from
20reports, alerts and other information entered into LEADS or
21otherwise compiled and retained by the Illinois State Police
22pursuant to this Act. The bulletin shall indicate the name,
23age, physical description, suspected circumstances of
24disappearance if that information is available, a photograph
25if one is available, the name of the law enforcement agency
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1Director considers appropriate concerning each missing child
2who the Illinois State Police determines may be present in
3this State. The Illinois State Police shall send a copy of each
4periodic information bulletin to the State Board of Education
5for its use in accordance with Section 2-3.48 of the School
6Code. The Illinois State Police shall provide a copy of the
7bulletin, upon request, to law enforcement agencies of this or
8any other state or of the federal government, and may provide a
9copy of the bulletin, upon request, to other persons or
10entities, if deemed appropriate by the Director, and may
11establish limitations on its use and a reasonable fee for so
12providing the same, except that no fee shall be charged for
13providing the periodic information bulletin to the State Board
14of Education, appropriate units of local government, State
15agencies, or law enforcement agencies of this or any other
16state or of the federal government.
17    (k) Provide for the entry into LEADS of the names and
18addresses of sex offenders as defined in the Sex Offender
19Registration Act who are required to register under that Act.
20The information shall be immediately accessible to law
21enforcement agencies and peace officers of this State or any
22other state or of the federal government. Similar information
23may be requested from any other state or of the federal
24government for purposes of this Act.
25    (l) Provide for the entry into LEADS of the names and
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1Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act
2who are required to register under that Act. The information
3shall be immediately accessible to law enforcement agencies
4and peace officers of this State or any other state or of the
5federal government. Similar information may be requested from
6any other state or of the federal government for purposes of
7this Act.
8(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
9    Section 50. The Sex Offender Registration Act is amended
10by changing Section 11 as follows:
 
11    (730 ILCS 150/11)
12    Sec. 11. Offender Registration Fund. There is created the
13Offender Registration Fund (formerly known as the Sex Offender
14Registration Fund). Moneys in the Fund shall be used to cover
15costs incurred by the criminal justice system to administer
16this Article and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against
17Youth Registration Act, and for purposes as authorized under
18this Section 5-9-1.15 of the Unified Code of Corrections. The
19Illinois State Police shall establish and promulgate rules and
20procedures regarding the administration of this Fund. Fifty
21percent of the moneys in the Fund shall be allocated by the
22Department for sheriffs' offices and police departments. The
23remaining moneys in the Fund received under this amendatory
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1Illinois State Police for education and administration of the
2Act.
3    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to
4any other transfers that may be provided by law, on the
5effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
6Assembly, or as soon thereafter as practical, the State
7Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall
8transfer the remaining balance from the Sex Offender
9Investigation Fund to the Offender Registration Fund. Upon
10completion of the transfers, the Sex Offender Investigation
11Fund is dissolved, and any future deposits into the Sex
12Offender Investigation Fund and any outstanding obligations or
13liabilities of the Sex Offender Investigation Fund pass to the
14Offender Registration Fund. Subject to appropriation, moneys
15in the Offender Registration Fund received under this Section
16shall be used by the Illinois State Police for purposes
17authorized under this Section.
18(Source: P.A. 101-571, eff. 8-23-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law, except that Sections 10, 30, and 45 take effect
21January 1, 2024.".