Full Text of SB0440 99th General Assembly
SB0440 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0440 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 40 ILCS 5/14-110 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110 |
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Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code.
Makes technical changes in a Section relating to the alternative
(State Police) formula.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 14-110 as follows:
| 6 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
| 7 | | Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
| 8 | | (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less | 9 | | than 20
years of eligible creditable service and
and has | 10 | | attained age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service | 11 | | with not less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and | 12 | | has attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of | 13 | | either of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still | 14 | | in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the | 15 | | member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a | 16 | | retirement annuity
computed as follows:
| 17 | | (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if | 18 | | retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
| 19 | | average compensation for each year of creditable service; | 20 | | if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of | 21 | | final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years | 22 | | of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years | 23 | | to
and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% |
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| 1 | | for each year of
creditable service above 20 years; and
| 2 | | (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a | 3 | | covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January | 4 | | 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year | 5 | | of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January | 6 | | 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of | 7 | | the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the | 8 | | next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such | 9 | | service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for | 10 | | each year in excess of 30.
| 11 | | Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final | 12 | | average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, | 13 | | 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if | 14 | | retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
| 15 | | These rates shall not be applicable to any service | 16 | | performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not | 17 | | eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee | 18 | | which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to | 19 | | the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
| 20 | | (a-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a | 21 | | Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under | 22 | | this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement | 23 | | age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the | 24 | | Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014: | 25 | | (1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014, | 26 | | then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) |
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| 1 | | remain unchanged. | 2 | | (2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46 | 3 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 4 | | subsection (a) are increased by 4 months. | 5 | | (3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45 | 6 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 7 | | subsection (a) are increased by 8 months. | 8 | | (4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44 | 9 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 10 | | subsection (a) are increased by 12 months. | 11 | | (5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43 | 12 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 13 | | subsection (a) are increased by 16 months. | 14 | | (6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42 | 15 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 16 | | subsection (a) are increased by 20 months. | 17 | | (7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41 | 18 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 19 | | subsection (a) are increased by 24 months. | 20 | | (8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40 | 21 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 22 | | subsection (a) are increased by 28 months. | 23 | | (9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39 | 24 | | on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 25 | | subsection (a) are increased by 32 months. | 26 | | (10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age |
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| 1 | | 38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 2 | | subsection (a) are increased by 36 months. | 3 | | (11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age | 4 | | 37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 5 | | subsection (a) are increased by 40 months. | 6 | | (12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age | 7 | | 36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 8 | | subsection (a) are increased by 44 months. | 9 | | (13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age | 10 | | 35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 11 | | subsection (a) are increased by 48 months. | 12 | | (14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age | 13 | | 34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 14 | | subsection (a) are increased by 52 months. | 15 | | (15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age | 16 | | 33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under | 17 | | subsection (a) are increased by 56 months. | 18 | | (16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014, | 19 | | then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are | 20 | | increased by 60 months. | 21 | | Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-5) | 22 | | applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is | 23 | | in active service under this Article on or after the effective | 24 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. | 25 | | (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable | 26 | | service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one |
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| 1 | | or more of the following
positions:
| 2 | | (1) State policeman;
| 3 | | (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a | 4 | | department;
| 5 | | (3) air pilot;
| 6 | | (4) special agent;
| 7 | | (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
| 8 | | (6) conservation police officer;
| 9 | | (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the | 10 | | Illinois Gaming Board;
| 11 | | (8) security employee of the Department of Human | 12 | | Services;
| 13 | | (9) Central Management Services security police | 14 | | officer;
| 15 | | (10) security employee of the Department of | 16 | | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
| 17 | | (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
| 18 | | (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
| 19 | | (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 20 | | General;
| 21 | | (14) controlled substance inspector;
| 22 | | (15) investigator for the Office of the State's | 23 | | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
| 24 | | (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
| 25 | | (17) arson investigator;
| 26 | | (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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| 1 | | A person employed in one of the positions specified in this | 2 | | subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for | 3 | | service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the | 4 | | basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law | 5 | | Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that | 6 | | training is required of persons serving in that position.
For | 7 | | the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic | 8 | | police
training course shall be deemed performance of the | 9 | | duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not | 10 | | a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
| 11 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section:
| 12 | | (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or | 13 | | position
in the Department of State Police that is held by | 14 | | an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
| 15 | | (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection | 16 | | service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire | 17 | | protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant | 18 | | fire chiefs.
| 19 | | (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose | 20 | | official job
description on file in the Department of | 21 | | Central Management Services, or
in the department by which | 22 | | he is employed if that department is not covered
by the | 23 | | Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the | 24 | | operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; | 25 | | however, the change in this
definition made by this | 26 | | amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any |
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| 1 | | noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes | 2 | | of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
| 3 | | (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by | 4 | | reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, | 5 | | the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the | 6 | | Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of | 7 | | Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
| 8 | | other Division or organizational
entity in the Department | 9 | | of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain | 10 | | public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of | 11 | | this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests | 12 | | and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any | 13 | | title or position in the Department
of State Police that is | 14 | | held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
| 15 | | (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" | 16 | | means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of | 17 | | State and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 18 | | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 19 | | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 20 | | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
| 21 | | A person who became employed as an investigator for the | 22 | | Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, | 23 | | 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age | 24 | | 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service | 25 | | of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated | 26 | | before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his |
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| 1 | | retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with | 2 | | subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 | 3 | | years of credit for such service.
| 4 | | (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any | 5 | | person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the | 6 | | Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law | 7 | | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
| 8 | | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 9 | | 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The | 10 | | term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions | 11 | | of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
| 12 | | Conservation Police Administrator.
| 13 | | (7) The term "investigator for the Department of | 14 | | Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of | 15 | | Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 16 | | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 17 | | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 18 | | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
| 19 | | The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board" | 20 | | means any
person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming | 21 | | Board and vested with such
peace officer duties as render | 22 | | the person 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.
| 25 | | (8) The term "security employee of the Department of | 26 | | Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department |
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| 1 | | of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental | 2 | | Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents | 3 | | thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a | 4 | | facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact | 5 | | with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed | 6 | | at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a | 7 | | security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
| 8 | | 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, | 9 | | or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health | 10 | | police officer" means any person employed by the Department | 11 | | of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the | 12 | | Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities | 13 | | functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as | 14 | | render the person 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. "Security unit" | 17 | | means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the | 18 | | care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to | 19 | | the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent | 20 | | persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not | 21 | | guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past | 22 | | employment,
references to the Department of Human Services | 23 | | include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health | 24 | | and Developmental Disabilities.
| 25 | | The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public | 26 | | Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January |
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2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
| 2 | | (9) "Central Management Services security police | 3 | | officer" means any
person employed by the Department of | 4 | | Central Management Services who is
vested with such law | 5 | | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage | 6 | | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 7 | | 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 8 | | (10) For a member who first became an employee under | 9 | | this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security | 10 | | employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department | 11 | | of Juvenile Justice"
means any employee of the Department | 12 | | of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the | 13 | | former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee | 14 | | of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with | 15 | | inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility | 16 | | or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile | 17 | | Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
| 18 | | direct contact with committed persons in the performance of | 19 | | his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an | 20 | | employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the | 21 | | term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or | 22 | | the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the | 23 | | following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional | 24 | | facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of | 25 | | Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of | 26 | | the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence |
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| 1 | | unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an | 2 | | investigator.
| 3 | | (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any | 4 | | person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human | 5 | | Services.
| 6 | | (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State | 7 | | Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State | 8 | | Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic | 9 | | Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement | 10 | | powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
| 11 | | Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 12 | | 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 13 | | (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 14 | | General" means any
person who is employed as such by the | 15 | | Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such | 16 | | investigative 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. For | 19 | | the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all | 20 | | persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of | 21 | | the Attorney General, without regard to social security | 22 | | status.
| 23 | | (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person | 24 | | who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional | 25 | | Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties | 26 | | as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
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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. The term | 3 | | "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
| 4 | | Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program | 5 | | Executive of Enforcement.
| 6 | | (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the | 7 | | State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person | 8 | | employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the | 9 | | authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
| 10 | | Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
| 11 | | (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any | 12 | | person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is | 13 | | vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him | 14 | | ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by | 15 | | reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
| 16 | | 218(l)(1) of that Act.
| 17 | | (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is | 18 | | employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal | 19 | | and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render | 20 | | the person ineligible for coverage under the Social | 21 | | Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 22 | | 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. A person who was | 23 | | employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is | 24 | | no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement | 25 | | annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
| 26 | | employment as an arson investigator into eligible |
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| 1 | | creditable service by paying
to the System the difference | 2 | | between the employee contributions actually paid
for that | 3 | | service and the amounts that would have been contributed if | 4 | | the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to | 5 | | persons with the same
social security status earning | 6 | | eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
| 7 | | (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means | 8 | | a person who is
either of the following:
| 9 | | (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 10 | | Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position | 11 | | of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead | 12 | | worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy | 13 | | construction equipment operator,
power shovel | 14 | | operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal | 15 | | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 16 | | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that | 17 | | form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable | 18 | | condition for vehicular traffic.
| 19 | | (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 20 | | Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position | 21 | | of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment | 22 | | operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
| 23 | | mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
| 24 | | water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger | 25 | | H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
| 26 | | roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
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| 1 | | painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal | 2 | | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 3 | | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's | 4 | | tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular | 5 | | traffic.
| 6 | | (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or | 7 | | the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of | 8 | | the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health | 9 | | police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative | 10 | | retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she | 11 | | meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the | 12 | | time of retirement:
| 13 | | (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; | 14 | | 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 | 26 | | creditable service and age 55; or
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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 | | For members to whom subsection (a-5) of this Section | 5 | | applies, the references to age 50 and 55 in item (vi) of this | 6 | | subsection are increased as provided in subsection (a-5). | 7 | | Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this | 8 | | Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of | 9 | | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the | 10 | | Department
of Human Services in a position requiring | 11 | | certification as a teacher may
count such service toward | 12 | | establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements | 13 | | of this Section; but such service may be used only for
| 14 | | establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of | 15 | | increasing or
calculating any benefit.
| 16 | | (e) If a member enters military service while working in a | 17 | | position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, | 18 | | and returns to State
service in the same or another such | 19 | | position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions | 20 | | prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, | 21 | | such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
| 22 | | service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed | 23 | | in this Section.
| 24 | | (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 25 | | this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, | 26 | | 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the |
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| 1 | | position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental | 2 | | health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of | 3 | | State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered | 4 | | employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior | 5 | | to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the | 6 | | employee
contributions that would have been required for such | 7 | | service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee | 8 | | contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after | 9 | | July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item | 10 | | (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
| 11 | | For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 12 | | this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, | 13 | | 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the | 14 | | position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be | 15 | | deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided | 16 | | that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an | 17 | | amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee | 18 | | contributions
that would have been required for such service as | 19 | | a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions | 20 | | actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, | 21 | | 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from | 22 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
| 23 | | (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, | 24 | | 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 | 25 | | years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing | 26 | | a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an |
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| 1 | | amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the | 2 | | difference between the amount of employee and employer
| 3 | | contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, | 4 | | and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such | 5 | | contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State | 6 | | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for | 7 | | each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the | 8 | | date of payment.
| 9 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 10 | | policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish | 11 | | eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service | 12 | | as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by | 13 | | filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by | 14 | | payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to | 15 | | (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer | 16 | | contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 | 17 | | and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those | 18 | | contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State | 19 | | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for | 20 | | each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
| 21 | | date of payment.
| 22 | | (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 23 | | policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect | 24 | | to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of | 25 | | his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written | 26 | | election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and |
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| 1 | | paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
| 2 | | determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between | 3 | | the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred | 4 | | to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would | 5 | | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 6 | | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 7 | | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 8 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
| 9 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 10 | | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | 11 | | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | 12 | | creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's | 13 | | law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written | 14 | | election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and | 15 | | paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be | 16 | | determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between | 17 | | the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred | 18 | | to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would | 19 | | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 20 | | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 21 | | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 22 | | the date of service to the date of payment.
| 23 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 24 | | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | 25 | | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | 26 | | creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police |
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| 1 | | officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a | 2 | | sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of | 3 | | the county police department under Article 9, or a police | 4 | | officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the | 5 | | Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by | 6 | | the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | 7 | | employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System | 8 | | under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 | 9 | | and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
| 10 | | contributions been made at the rates applicable to State | 11 | | policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for | 12 | | each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the | 13 | | date of payment. | 14 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 15 | | investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an | 16 | | investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to | 17 | | establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of | 18 | | service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under | 19 | | Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article | 20 | | 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9 | 21 | | by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months | 22 | | after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) | 23 | | and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the | 24 | | Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | 25 | | employee and employer contributions transferred to the System | 26 | | under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the |
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| 1 | | amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions | 2 | | been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) | 3 | | interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year, | 4 | | compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of | 5 | | payment. | 6 | | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 7 | | policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the | 8 | | Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the | 9 | | Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of | 10 | | State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up | 11 | | to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating | 12 | | municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement | 13 | | officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve | 14 | | district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a | 15 | | court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written | 16 | | election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009 | 17 | | (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the | 18 | | System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) | 19 | | the difference between the amount of employee and employer | 20 | | contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8 | 21 | | and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed | 22 | | had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to | 23 | | State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially | 24 | | assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date | 25 | | of service to the date of payment. | 26 | | (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service |
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| 1 | | established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), | 2 | | and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
| 3 | | (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 4 | | investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | 5 | | Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
| 6 | | establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his | 7 | | service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law | 8 | | enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written | 9 | | election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to | 10 | | be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between | 11 | | the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred | 12 | | to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
| 13 | | that would have been contributed had such contributions been | 14 | | made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) | 15 | | interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, | 16 | | compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of | 17 | | payment.
| 18 | | (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this | 19 | | Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish | 20 | | eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time | 21 | | law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer | 22 | | employed by the federal government or by a state or local
| 23 | | government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not | 24 | | held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement | 25 | | system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a | 26 | | written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, |
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| 1 | | accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board | 2 | | and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal | 3 | | to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, | 4 | | based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an | 5 | | alternative formula employee after the employment
for which | 6 | | credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
| 7 | | alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by | 8 | | the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits | 9 | | accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular | 10 | | interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day | 11 | | as an alternative formula employee after the employment for | 12 | | which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
| 13 | | (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security | 14 | | employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later | 15 | | than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for | 16 | | up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under | 17 | | Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
| 18 | | accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the | 19 | | Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of | 20 | | employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System | 21 | | under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been | 22 | | contributed had such contributions been made at the rates | 23 | | applicable
to security employees of the Department of | 24 | | Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate | 25 | | for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to | 26 | | the date of payment.
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| 1 | | (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) | 3 | | security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice | 4 | | employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective | 5 | | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and | 6 | | transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this | 7 | | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons | 8 | | employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the | 9 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 10 | | Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 | 11 | | of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or | 12 | | advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a | 13 | | specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, | 14 | | social work, or a closely related social science or, in the | 15 | | case of persons who provide vocational training, who are | 16 | | required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they | 17 | | are providing the vocational training.
| 18 | | (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of | 19 | | this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection | 20 | | (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in | 21 | | any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years | 22 | | of that service credit into service credit covered under this | 23 | | Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the | 24 | | additional employee contribution required under Section | 25 | | 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required | 26 | | under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at |
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| 1 | | the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to | 2 | | the date of payment. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14 .)
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