103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3616

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/14-110  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
40 ILCS 5/14-152.1

    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the amendatory Act through the end of the 60th month after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a State policeman who earns a retirement annuity equal to the limitation specified under the alternative retirement annuity provisions may elect to begin his or her retirement annuity effective on the month he or she first earned that retirement annuity at the amount so limited or the effective date of the amendatory Act, whichever is later. Provides that a State policeman who makes such an election must first pay to the System an amount equal to the increase in the present value of the future benefits resulting from the State policeman's election to retire in accordance with the provisions. Provides that a State policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert service credit earned under the Article or, for certain types of service, elect to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions by filing a written election with the board and paying to the System a specified amount. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 14-110 and 14-152.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813 and 103-34)
8    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
10less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
11attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
12with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
13has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
14either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
15in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
17a retirement annuity computed as follows:
18        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
19    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
20    final average compensation for each year of creditable
21    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
22    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
23    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above

 

 

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1    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
2    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
3    years; and
4        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
5    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
6    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
7    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
8    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
9    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
10    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
11    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
12    each year in excess of 30.
13    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
14average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
152001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
16retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
17    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
18performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
19eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
20which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
21the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
22    (a-5) Notwithstanding the applicable age eligibility
23requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, beginning on
24the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
25Assembly through the end of the 60th month after the effective
26date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, a

 

 

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1State policeman who earns a retirement annuity equal to the
2limitation specified under subsection (a) of this Section, may
3elect to begin his or her retirement annuity effective on the
4month he or she first earned that retirement annuity at the
5amount so limited or the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of the 103rd General Assembly, whichever is later. A State
7policeman who elects to retire under the provisions of this
8subsection must first pay to the System an amount equal to the
9increase in the present value of the future benefits resulting
10from the State policeman's election to retire in accordance
11with this subsection.
12    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
13service" means creditable service resulting from service in
14one or more of the following positions:
15        (1) State policeman;
16        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
17    department;
18        (3) air pilot;
19        (4) special agent;
20        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
21        (6) conservation police officer;
22        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
23    Illinois Gaming Board;
24        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
25    Services;
26        (9) Central Management Services security police

 

 

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1    officer;
2        (10) security employee of the Department of
3    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
4        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
5        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
6        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
7    General;
8        (14) controlled substance inspector;
9        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
10    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
11        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
12        (17) arson investigator;
13        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
14        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
15    and Technology; or
16        (20) transferred employee.
17    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
18this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
19service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
20basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
21Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
22training is required of persons serving in that position. For
23the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
24police training course shall be deemed performance of the
25duties of the specified position, even though the person is
26not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.

 

 

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1    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
2creditable service for service credit earned under this
3Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
42003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
52016-1.
6    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
7        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
8    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
9    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
10        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
11    service of a department" includes all officers in such
12    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
13    assistant fire chiefs.
14        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
15    official job description on file in the Department of
16    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
17    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
18    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
19    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
20    license; however, the change in this definition made by
21    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
22    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
23    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
24        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
25    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
26    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the

 

 

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1    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
2    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
3    Division of Patrol, or any other Division or
4    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
5    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
6    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
7    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
8    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
9    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
10    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
11        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
12    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
13    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
14    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
15    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
16    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
17        A person who became employed as an investigator for
18    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
19    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
20    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
21    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
22    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
23    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
24    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
25    20 years of credit for such service.
26        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any

 

 

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1    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
2    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
3    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
4    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
5    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
6    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
7    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
8    Conservation Police Administrator.
9        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
10    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
11    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
12    render him 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.
15        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
16    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
17    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
18    the person 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.
21        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
22    Human Services" means any person employed by the
23    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
24    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
25    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
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1    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
2    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
3    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
4    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
5    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
6    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
7    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
8    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
9    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
10    such law enforcement duties as render the person
11    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
12    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
13    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
14    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
15    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
16    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
17    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
18    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
19    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
20    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
21    Disabilities.
22        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
23    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
24    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
25        (9) "Central Management Services security police
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1    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
2    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
3    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
4    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
5        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
6    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
7    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
8    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
9    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
10    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
11    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
12    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
13    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
14    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
15    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
16    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
17    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
18    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
19    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
20    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
21    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
22    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
23    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
24    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
25    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
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1    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
2    Services.
3        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
4    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
5    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
6    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
7    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
8    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
9    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
10        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
11    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
12    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
13    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
14    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
15    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
16    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
17    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
18    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
19    status.
20        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
21    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
22    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
23    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
24    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
25    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
26    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program

 

 

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1    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
2    Executive of Enforcement.
3        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
4    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
5    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
6    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
7    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
8        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
9    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
10    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
11    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
12    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
13    218(l)(1) of that Act.
14        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
15    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
16    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
17    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
18    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
20    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
21    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
22    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
23    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
24    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
25    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
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1    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
2    to persons with the same social security status earning
3    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
4        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
5    a person who is either of the following:
6            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
7        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
8        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
9        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
10        construction equipment operator, power shovel
11        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
12        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
13        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
14        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
15        condition for vehicular traffic.
16            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
17        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
18        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
19        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
20        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
21        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
22        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
23        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
24        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
25        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
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1        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
2        traffic.
3        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
4    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
5    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
6    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
7    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
8    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
9    job functions under that Department.
10        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
11    transferred to the Department of Central Management
12    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
13    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
14    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
15    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
16    immediately preceding the transfer.
17    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
18or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
19the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
20police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
21Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
22alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
23he or she meets the following minimum age and service
24requirements at the time of retirement:
25        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
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1        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55; or
4        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 55; or
7        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 55; or
10        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
11    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
12    creditable service and age 55; or
13        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
14    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
15    creditable service and age 55.
16    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
17Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
18Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
19Department of Human Services in a position requiring
20certification as a teacher may count such service toward
21establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
22of this Section; but such service may be used only for
23establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
24increasing or calculating any benefit.
25    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
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1and returns to State service in the same or another such
2position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
3prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
4such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
5service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
6in this Section.
7    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
8this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
91968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
10position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
11health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
12State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
13employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
14to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
15the employee contributions that would have been required for
16such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
17employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
18made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
19specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
20payment.
21    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
22this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
231968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
24position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
25be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
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1retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
2employee contributions that would have been required for such
3service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
4contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
5January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
6item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
7    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
81990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
9years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
10a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
11an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
12difference between the amount of employee and employer
13contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
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), a State
20policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
21eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
22as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
23filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
24payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
25(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
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1and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
2contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
3policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
4for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
5to the date of payment.
6    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
8to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
9his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
10election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
11paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
12determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
13the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
14to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
15have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
16rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
17thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
18annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
19    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
20policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
21the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
22creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
23law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
24election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, 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 7-139.7, and the amounts that
3would have been contributed had such contributions been made
4at the rates 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 5 years of service as a police
11officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
12sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
13of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
14officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
15Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
16the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
17employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
18under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
19and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
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    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
25investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
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1establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
2service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
3Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
47, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
5by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
6after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
796-745) 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, or 9-121.10 and the
11amounts that would have been contributed had such
12contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
14assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
15of service to the date of payment.
16    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
17policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
18Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
19Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
20State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
21up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
22participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
23enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
24preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
25officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
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1August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
2paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
3equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
4employer contributions transferred to the System under
5Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
6been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
7applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
8the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
9annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
10    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
12officer 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 under
15Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
16officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
17filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
18July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
19paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
20equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
21employer contributions transferred to the System under
22Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
23would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
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1payment.
2    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
3conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
5employed by a participating municipality to perform police
6duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
7court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
8election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
9(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
10System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
11difference between the amount of employee and employer
12contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
13and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
14had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
15State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
16assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
17of service to the date of payment.
18    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
20service credit earned under this Article to eligible
21creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
22written election with the Board board within 6 months after
23July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
24paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
25equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
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1that would have been contributed had such contributions been
2made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the
3difference between the employer's normal cost of the credit
4prior to the conversion authorized by this amendatory Act of
5the 103rd General Assembly Public Act 102-210 and the
6employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
7with this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly Public
8Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
9assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
10of service to the date of payment.
11    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
12established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
13(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
14years.
15    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
16investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
17Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
18establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
19his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
20enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
21election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
22to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
23between the amount of employee and employer contributions
24transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
25and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
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1policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
2each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
3the date of payment.
4    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
5Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
6establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
7full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
8officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
9local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
10is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
11retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
12file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
13accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
14and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
15to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
16established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
17day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
18for which credit is being established and the rates then
19applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
20amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
21cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
22plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
23from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
24the employment for which credit is being established to the
25date of payment.
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1security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
2not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
3service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
4under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
5accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
6Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
7employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
8under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
9contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
10applicable to security employees of the Department of
11Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
12for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
13to the date of payment.
14    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
15Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
16creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
17law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
18by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
19which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
20fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
21applicant must file a written application with the Board no
22later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
23Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
24acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
25determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
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1salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
2after the employment for which credit is being established and
3the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
4plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
5normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
6established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
7(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
8employee after the employment for which credit is being
9established to the date of payment.
10    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
11Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
12Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
13Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
14Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
15Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
16Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
17effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
18subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
19Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
20accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
21who provide vocational training, who are required to have
22adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
23the vocational training.
24    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
25of this Section who has purchased service credit under
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114-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
2to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
3under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
4the additional employee contribution required under Section
514-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
6under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
7the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
8the date of payment.
9    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
10conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
11State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
12the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
13arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
14may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
15established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
16Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
17investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
18police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
19the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
20Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
21election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
222020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
23by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
24(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
25contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
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1employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
2serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
3defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
4thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
5annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
6(Source: P.A. 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
7102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
8    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-856 and 103-34)
9    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
10    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
11less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
12attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
13with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
14has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
15either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
16in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
17member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
18a retirement annuity computed as follows:
19        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
20    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
21    final average compensation for each year of creditable
22    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
23    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
24    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
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1    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
2    years; and
3        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
4    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
5    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
6    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
7    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
8    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
9    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
10    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
11    each year in excess of 30.
12    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
13average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
142001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
15retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
16    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
17performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
18eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
19which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
20the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
21    (a-5) Notwithstanding the applicable age eligibility
22requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, beginning on
23the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
24Assembly through the end of the 60th month after the effective
25date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, a
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1limitation specified under subsection (a) of this Section, may
2elect to begin his or her retirement annuity effective on the
3month he or she first earned that retirement annuity at the
4amount so limited or the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 103rd General Assembly, whichever is later. A State
6policeman who elects to retire under the provisions of this
7subsection must first pay to the System an amount equal to the
8increase in the present value of the future benefits resulting
9from the State policeman's election to retire in accordance
10with this subsection.
11    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
12service" means creditable service resulting from service in
13one or more of the following positions:
14        (1) State policeman;
15        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
16    department;
17        (3) air pilot;
18        (4) special agent;
19        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
20        (6) conservation police officer;
21        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
22    Illinois Gaming Board;
23        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
24    Services;
25        (9) Central Management Services security police
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1        (10) security employee of the Department of
2    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
3        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
4        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
5        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
6    General;
7        (14) controlled substance inspector;
8        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
9    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
10        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
11        (17) arson investigator;
12        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
13        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
14    and Technology; or
15        (20) transferred employee.
16    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
17this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
18service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
19basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
20Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
21training is required of persons serving in that position. For
22the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
23police training course shall be deemed performance of the
24duties of the specified position, even though the person is
25not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
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1creditable service for service credit earned under this
2Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
32003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
42016-1.
5    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
6        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
7    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
8    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
9        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
10    service of a department" includes all officers in such
11    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
12    assistant fire chiefs.
13        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
14    official job description on file in the Department of
15    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
16    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
17    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
18    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
19    license; however, the change in this definition made by
20    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
21    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
22    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
23        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
24    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
25    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
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1    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
2    Division of Patrol, or any other Division or
3    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
4    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
5    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
6    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
7    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
8    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
9    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
10        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
11    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
12    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
13    render him 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        A person who became employed as an investigator for
17    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
18    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
19    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
20    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
21    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
22    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
23    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
24    20 years of credit for such service.
25        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
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1    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
2    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
3    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
4    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
5    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
6    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
7    Conservation Police Administrator.
8        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
9    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
10    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
11    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.
14        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
15    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
16    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
17    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
18    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
21    Human Services" means any person employed by the
22    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
23    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
24    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
25    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
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1    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
2    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
3    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
4    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
5    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
6    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
7    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
8    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
9    such law enforcement duties as render the person
10    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
11    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
12    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
13    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
14    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
15    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
16    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
17    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
18    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
19    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
20    Disabilities.
21        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
22    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
23    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
24        (9) "Central Management Services security police
25    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
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1    enforcement 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.
4        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
5    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
6    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
7    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
8    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
9    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
10    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
11    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
12    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
13    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
14    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
15    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
16    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
17    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
18    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
19    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
20    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
21    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
22    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
23    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
24    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
25        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
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1    Services.
2        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
3    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
4    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
5    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
6    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
7    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
10    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
11    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
12    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
13    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
14    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
15    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
16    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
17    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
18    status.
19        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
20    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
21    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
22    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
23    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
25    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
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1    Executive of Enforcement.
2        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
3    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
4    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
5    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
6    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
7        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
8    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
9    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
10    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
11    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
12    218(l)(1) of that Act.
13        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
14    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
15    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
16    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
17    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
18    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
19    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
20    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
21    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
22    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
23    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
24    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
25    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
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1    to persons with the same social security status earning
2    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
3        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
4    a person who is either of the following:
5            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
6        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
7        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
8        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
9        construction equipment operator, power shovel
10        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
11        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
12        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
13        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
14        condition for vehicular traffic.
15            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
16        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
17        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
18        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
19        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
20        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
21        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
22        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
23        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
24        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
25        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
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1        traffic.
2        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
3    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
4    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
5    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
6    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
7    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
8    job functions under that Department.
9        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
10    transferred to the Department of Central Management
11    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
12    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
13    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
14    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
15    immediately preceding the transfer.
16    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
17or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
18the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
19police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
20Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
21alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
22he or she meets the following minimum age and service
23requirements at the time of retirement:
24        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
25    55; or
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1    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 55; or
3        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
4    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 55; or
6        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
7    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 55; or
9        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
10    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
11    creditable service and age 55; or
12        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
13    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
14    creditable service and age 55.
15    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
16Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
17Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
18Department of Human Services in a position requiring
19certification as a teacher may count such service toward
20establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
21of this Section; but such service may be used only for
22establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
23increasing or calculating any benefit.
24    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
25position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
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1position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
2prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
3such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
4service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
5in this Section.
6    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
7this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
81968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
9position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
10health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
11State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
12employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
13to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
14the employee contributions that would have been required for
15such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
16employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
17made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
18specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
19payment.
20    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
21this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
221968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
23position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
24be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
25provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
26retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the

 

 

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1employee contributions that would have been required for such
2service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
3contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
4January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
5item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
6    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
71990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
8years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
9a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
10an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
11difference between the amount of employee and employer
12contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
20eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
21as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
22filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
23payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
24(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
25contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
26and the amounts that would have been contributed had those

 

 

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1contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
2policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
3for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
4to the date of payment.
5    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
7to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
8his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
9election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
10paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
11determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
12the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
13to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
14have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
15rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
16thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
17annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
20the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
21creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
22law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
23election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
24paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
25determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
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1to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
2would have been contributed had such contributions been made
3at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
4thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
5annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
6    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
8the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
9creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
10officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
11sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
12of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
13officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
14Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
15the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
16employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
17under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
18and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
19contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
20policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
21for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
22to the date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
25investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
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1service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
2Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
37, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
4by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
5after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
696-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
7the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
8employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
9under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
10amounts that would have been contributed had such
11contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
12policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
13assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
14of service to the date of payment.
15    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
16policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
17Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
18Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
19State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
20up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
21participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
22enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
23preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
24officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
25filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
26August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and

 

 

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1paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
2equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
3employer contributions transferred to the System under
4Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
5been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
6applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
7the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
8annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
9    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
10policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
11officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
12up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
13participating municipality to perform police duties under
14Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
15officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
16filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
17July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
18paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
19equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
20employer contributions transferred to the System under
21Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
22would have been contributed had such contributions been made
23at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
24thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
25compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
2conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
3creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
4employed by a participating municipality to perform police
5duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
6court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
7election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
8(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
9System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
10difference between the amount of employee and employer
11contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
12and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
13had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
14State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
15assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
16of service to the date of payment.
17    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
18investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
19the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
20State, or arson investigator may elect to establish eligible
21creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
22employed by a participating municipality to perform police
23duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court
24services officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under
25Article 4 by filing a written election with the Board within 6
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1102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
2determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between
3the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
4to the System under Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10
5and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, 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 board within 6 months after
15July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
16paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
17equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
18contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
19that would have been contributed had such contributions been
20made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the
21difference between the employer's normal cost of the credit
22prior to the conversion authorized by this amendatory Act of
23the 103rd General Assembly Public Act 102-210 and the
24employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
25with this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly Public
26Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially

 

 

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1assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
2of service to the date of payment.
3    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), an
4investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
5the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
6State, or arson investigator may elect to convert service
7credit earned under this Article to eligible creditable
8service, as defined by this Section, by filing a written
9election with the Board within 6 months after the effective
10date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
11paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
12equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
13contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
14that would have been contributed had such contributions been
15made at the rates applicable to investigators for the
16Department of Revenue, investigators for the Illinois Gaming
17Board, investigators for the Secretary of State, or arson
18investigators, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
19normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized
20by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the
21employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
22with this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, plus
23(iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for
24each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
25the date of payment.
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1established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
2(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
3years.
4    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
5investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
6Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
7establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
8his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
9enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
10election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
11to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
12between the amount of employee and employer contributions
13transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
14and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
15contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
16policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
17each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
18the date of payment.
19    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
20Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
21establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
22full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
23officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
24local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
25is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
26retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must

 

 

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1file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
2accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
3and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
4to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
5established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
6day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
7for which credit is being established and the rates then
8applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
9amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
10cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
11plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
12from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
13the employment for which credit is being established to the
14date of payment.
15    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
16security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
17not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
18service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
19under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
20accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
21Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
22employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
23under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
24contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
25applicable to security employees of the Department of
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1for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
2to the date of payment.
3    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
4Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
5creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
6law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
7by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
8which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
9fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
10applicant must file a written application with the Board no
11later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
12Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
13acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
14determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
15for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
16salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
17after the employment for which credit is being established and
18the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
19plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
20normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
21established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
22(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
23employee after the employment for which credit is being
24established to the date of payment.
25    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
26Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the

 

 

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1Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
2Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
3Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
4Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
5Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
6effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
7subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
8Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
9accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
10who provide vocational training, who are required to have
11adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
12the vocational training.
13    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
14of this Section who has purchased service credit under
15subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1614-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
17to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
18under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
19the additional employee contribution required under Section
2014-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
21under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
22the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
23the date of payment.
24    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
25conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
26State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for

 

 

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1the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
2arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
3may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
4established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
5Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
6investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
7police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
8the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
9Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
10election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
112020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
12by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
13(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
14contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
15the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
16employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
17serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
18defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
19thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
20annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
21(Source: P.A. 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
22102-856, eff. 1-1-23; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
23    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956 and 103-34)
24    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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1less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
2attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
3with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
4has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
5either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
6in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
7member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
8a retirement annuity computed as follows:
9        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
10    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
11    final average compensation for each year of creditable
12    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
13    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
14    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
15    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
16    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
17    years; and
18        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
19    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
20    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
21    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
22    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
23    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
24    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
25    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
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1    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
2average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
32001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
4retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
5    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
6performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
7eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
8which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
9the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
10    (a-5) Notwithstanding the applicable age eligibility
11requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, beginning on
12the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
13Assembly through the end of the 60th month after the effective
14date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, a
15State policeman who earns a retirement annuity equal to the
16limitation specified under subsection (a) of this Section, may
17elect to begin his or her retirement annuity effective on the
18month he or she first earned that retirement annuity at the
19amount so limited or the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 103rd General Assembly, whichever is later. A State
21policeman who elects to retire under the provisions of this
22subsection must first pay to the System an amount equal to the
23increase in the present value of the future benefits resulting
24from the State policeman's election to retire in accordance
25with this subsection.
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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, 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
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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 board within 6 months after
11July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
12paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
13equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
14contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
15that would have been contributed had such contributions been
16made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the
17difference between the employer's normal cost of the credit
18prior to the conversion authorized by this amendatory Act of
19the 103rd General Assembly Public Act 102-210 and the
20employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
21with this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly Public
22Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
23assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
24of service to the date of payment.
25    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
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1(k), (l), (l-5), (o), and (p) of this Section shall not exceed
212 years.
3    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
4investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
5Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
6establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
7his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
8enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
9election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
10to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
11between the amount of employee and employer contributions
12transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
16each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
17the date of payment.
18    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
19Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
20establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
21full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
22officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
23local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
24is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
25retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
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1accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
2and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
3to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
4established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
5day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
6for which credit is being established and the rates then
7applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
8amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
9cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
10plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
11from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
12the employment for which credit is being established to the
13date of payment.
14    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
15security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
16not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
17service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
18under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
19accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
20Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
21employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
22under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
23contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
24applicable to security employees of the Department of
25Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
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1to the date of payment.
2    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
3Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
5law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
6by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
7which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
8fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
9applicant must file a written application with the Board no
10later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
11Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
12acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
13determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
14for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
15salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
16after the employment for which credit is being established and
17the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
18plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
19normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
20established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
21(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
22employee after the employment for which credit is being
23established to the date of payment.
24    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
25Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
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1Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
2Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
3Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
4Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
5effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
6subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
7Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
8accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
9who provide vocational training, who are required to have
10adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
11the vocational training.
12    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
13of this Section who has purchased service credit under
14subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1514-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
16to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
17under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
18the additional employee contribution required under Section
1914-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
20under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
21the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
22the date of payment.
23    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
24conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
25State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
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1arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
2may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
3established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
4Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
5investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
6police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
7the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
8Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
9election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
102020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
11by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
12(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
13contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
14the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
15employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
16serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
17defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
18thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
19annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
20    (p) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
21investigator for the Office of the Attorney General subject to
22subsection (g) of Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8
23years of service credit established before the effective date
24of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly as an
25investigator for the Office of the Attorney General under this
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1election with the Board no later than one year after the
2effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
3Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
4by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
5the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
6the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
7paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
8employee serving in a position in which eligible creditable
9service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
10interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
11compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
12payment.
13(Source: P.A. 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
14102-956, eff. 5-27-22; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
16    Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
17increases.
18    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
19an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
20Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
21any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
22to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
23effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
24however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
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196-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
2100-611, Public Act 101-10, Public Act 101-610, Public Act
3102-210, Public Act 102-856, Public Act 102-956, or this
4amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly this amendatory
5Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
6    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
7any subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit
8increase is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be
9granted only in conformance with and contingent upon
10compliance with the provisions of this Section.
11    (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
12identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
13funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
14increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
15    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
16Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
17subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
18Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
19funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
20shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of
21the Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by
22a Public Act that does not include the additional funding
23required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
24Pension Division determines that the additional funding
25provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is
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1the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
2by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
3at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
4made.
5    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
6its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
7in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
8under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
9Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
10by law.
11    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
12the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
13under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
14and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
15increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
16alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
17other person, including, without limitation, a person who
18continues in service after the expiration date and did not
19apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
20benefit increase was in effect.
21(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
22101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-856, eff.
231-1-23; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.