Full Text of HB4946 093rd General Assembly
HB4946 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4946
Introduced 02/05/04, by Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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40 ILCS 5/3-110.6 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.6 |
40 ILCS 5/5-236 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-236 |
40 ILCS 5/7-139.8 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.8 |
40 ILCS 5/9-121.10 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-121.10 |
40 ILCS 5/14-110 |
from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110 |
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Amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow investigators for the Office of the
Attorney General to transfer credits for up to 12 years of prior service as a
police officer, sheriff's law enforcement employee, or municipal conservator of
the peace from certain other pension funds; requires payment of the difference
in employee and employer contributions. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
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| Sections 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, and 14-110 as | 6 |
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| (40 ILCS 5/3-110.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.6)
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| Sec. 3-110.6. Transfer to Article 14 System.
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| (a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | 10 |
| System who is an
investigator for the Office of the State's | 11 |
| Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor ,
an investigator for the Office | 12 |
| of the Attorney General, or a controlled
substance inspector | 13 |
| may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
creditable | 14 |
| service accumulated in any police pension fund under this | 15 |
| Article to
the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance | 16 |
| with Section 14-110. The
creditable service shall be | 17 |
| transferred only upon payment by the police pension
fund to the | 18 |
| State Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 20 |
| applicant
for the service to be transferred
on the books of | 21 |
| the fund on the date of transfer; and
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| (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the | 23 |
| amount determined
under subparagraph (1); and
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | 25 |
| reinstate that
service.
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| Participation in the police pension fund with respect to the | 27 |
| credits
transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.
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| (b) Any such investigator or inspector may reinstate | 29 |
| service which was
terminated by receipt of a refund, by paying | 30 |
| to the police pension fund the
amount of the refund with | 31 |
| interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year,
compounded | 32 |
| annually, from the date of refund to the date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-236) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-236)
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| Sec. 5-236. Transfer to Article 14.
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| (a) Until January 31, 1994, any active member of the State | 5 |
| Employees'
Retirement System who is a State policeman or | 6 |
| investigator for the
Secretary of State may apply for transfer | 7 |
| of his creditable service
accumulated under this Article to the | 8 |
| State Employees' Retirement System.
At the time of the transfer | 9 |
| the Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
Retirement System an | 10 |
| amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 12 |
| applicant on the books
of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 13 |
| and
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| (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | 15 |
| interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 16 |
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | 18 |
| reinstate service.
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| Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of | 20 |
| transfer.
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| (b) Until January 31, 1994, any such State policeman or | 22 |
| investigator
for the Secretary of State may reinstate service | 23 |
| that was terminated by
receipt of a refund, by paying to the | 24 |
| Fund the amount of the refund with
interest thereon at the rate | 25 |
| of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the
date of refund to | 26 |
| the date of payment.
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| (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | 28 |
| amendatory Act of
1993, any active member of the State | 29 |
| Employees' Retirement System who was
earning eligible | 30 |
| creditable service under subdivision (b)(12) of Section
14-110 | 31 |
| on January 1, 1992 and who has at least 17 years of creditable
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| service under this Article may apply for transfer of his | 33 |
| creditable service
accumulated under this Article to the State | 34 |
| Employees' Retirement System.
At the time of the transfer the | 35 |
| Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
Retirement System an |
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| amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 3 |
| applicant on the books
of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 4 |
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| (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | 6 |
| interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer.
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| Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of | 8 |
| transfer.
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| (d) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | 10 |
| System who is an
investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 11 |
| General may apply for transfer of
all or part of his or her | 12 |
| creditable service accumulated under this Article
to the State | 13 |
| Employees' Retirement System in accordance with Section | 14 |
| 14-110.
At the time of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the | 15 |
| State Employees'
Retirement System an amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 17 |
| applicant for the service
to be transferred on the books of | 18 |
| the Fund on the date of transfer; and
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| (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | 20 |
| interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 21 |
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | 23 |
| reinstate that service
credit.
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| Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | 25 |
| transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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| (e) Any such investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 27 |
| General may
reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of | 28 |
| a refund, by paying to
the Fund the amount of the refund plus | 29 |
| interest at the rate of 6% per year,
compounded annually, from | 30 |
| the date of the refund to the date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-1265.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-139.8) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.8)
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| Sec. 7-139.8. Transfer to Article 14 System.
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| (a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | 35 |
| System who is an
investigator for the Office of the State's |
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| Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor , an
investigator for the Office | 2 |
| of the Attorney General, or a controlled
substance inspector | 3 |
| may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
credits and | 4 |
| creditable service accumulated in this Fund for service as a
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| sheriff's law enforcement employee or service as a municipal | 6 |
| conservator of
the peace certified under the Police Training | 7 |
| Act,
to the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance | 8 |
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Section 14-110. The creditable service shall be | 9 |
| transferred only upon payment
by this Fund to the State | 10 |
| Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 12 |
| applicant for the
service to be transferred
as a sheriff's | 13 |
| law enforcement employee ,
including interest; and
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| (2) municipality credits based on such service, | 15 |
| including interest; and
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant to reinstate | 17 |
| such service.
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| Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under | 19 |
| this
Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.
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| (b) Any such investigator or inspector may reinstate | 21 |
| credits and
creditable service terminated upon receipt of a | 22 |
| separation benefit, by paying
to the Fund the amount of the | 23 |
| separation benefit plus interest thereon at the
rate of 6% per | 24 |
| year to the date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/9-121.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-121.10)
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| Sec. 9-121.10. Transfer to Article 14.
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| (a) Until July 1, 1993, any active member of the State | 29 |
| Employees'
Retirement System who is a State policeman may apply | 30 |
| for transfer of some
or all of his creditable service as a | 31 |
| member of the County Police
Department accumulated under this | 32 |
| Article to the State Employees'
Retirement System. At the time | 33 |
| of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the
State Employees' | 34 |
| Retirement System an amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the |
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| applicant on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer | 2 |
| for the service to be
transferred; and
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| (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | 4 |
| interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 5 |
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | 7 |
| reinstate such service.
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| Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | 9 |
| transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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| (b) Until July 1, 1993, any such State policeman
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| reinstate credit for service as a member of the County Police
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| Department that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by | 13 |
| paying to the
Fund the amount of the refund with interest | 14 |
| thereon at the rate of 6% per
year, compounded annually, from | 15 |
| the date of refund to the date of payment.
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| (c) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | 17 |
| System who is an
investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 18 |
| General may apply for transfer of
some or all of his or her | 19 |
| creditable service as a member of the County Police
Department | 20 |
| accumulated under this Article to the State Employees' | 21 |
| Retirement
System in accordance with Section 14-110. At the | 22 |
| time of the transfer the Fund
shall pay to the State Employees' | 23 |
| Retirement System an amount equal to:
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | 25 |
| applicant for the service
to be transferred on the books of | 26 |
| the Fund on the date of transfer; and
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| (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | 28 |
| interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | 29 |
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | 31 |
| reinstate such service.
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| Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | 33 |
| transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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| (d) Any such investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 35 |
| General may
reinstate credit for service as a member of the | 36 |
| County Police Department that
was terminated by receipt of a |
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| refund, by paying to the Fund the amount of the
refund plus | 2 |
| interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from | 3 |
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date of the refund to the date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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| Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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| (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less | 8 |
| than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained | 9 |
| age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not | 10 |
| less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has | 11 |
| attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either | 12 |
| of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in | 13 |
| service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the | 14 |
| member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a | 15 |
| retirement annuity
computed as follows:
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| (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if | 17 |
| retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
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| average compensation for each year of creditable service; | 19 |
| if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of | 20 |
| final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years | 21 |
| of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years | 22 |
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and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% | 23 |
| for each year of
creditable service above 20 years; and
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| (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a | 25 |
| covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January | 26 |
| 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year | 27 |
| of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January | 28 |
| 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of | 29 |
| the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the | 30 |
| next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such | 31 |
| service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for | 32 |
| each year in excess of 30.
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| Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final | 34 |
| average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, | 35 |
| 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if |
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| retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
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| These rates shall not be applicable to any service | 3 |
| performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not | 4 |
| eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee | 5 |
| which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to | 6 |
| the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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| (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable | 8 |
| service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one | 9 |
| or more of the following
positions:
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| (1) State policeman;
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| (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a | 12 |
| department;
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| (3) air pilot;
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| (4) special agent;
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| (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
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| (6) conservation police officer;
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| (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
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| (8) security employee of the Department of Human | 19 |
| Services;
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| (9) Central Management Services security police | 21 |
| officer;
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| (10) security employee of the Department of | 23 |
| Corrections;
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| (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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| (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
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| (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney | 27 |
| General;
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| (14) controlled substance inspector;
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| (15) investigator for the Office of the State's | 30 |
| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
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| (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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| (17) arson investigator;
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| (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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| A person employed in one of the positions specified in this | 35 |
| subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for | 36 |
| service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the |
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| basic police training course approved by the
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| Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that | 3 |
| training is required of persons serving in that position.
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| the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic | 5 |
| police
training course shall be deemed performance of the | 6 |
| duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not | 7 |
| a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
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| (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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| (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or | 10 |
| position
in the Department of State Police that is held by | 11 |
| an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
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| (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection | 13 |
| service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire | 14 |
| protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant | 15 |
| fire chiefs.
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| (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose | 17 |
| official job
description on file in the Department of | 18 |
| Central Management Services, or
in the department by which | 19 |
| he is employed if that department is not covered
by the | 20 |
| Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the | 21 |
| operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; | 22 |
| however, the change in this
definition made by this | 23 |
| amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any | 24 |
| noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes | 25 |
| of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
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| (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by | 27 |
| reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, | 28 |
| the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the | 29 |
| Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of | 30 |
| Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
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| other Division or organizational
entity in the Department | 32 |
| of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain | 33 |
| public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of | 34 |
| this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests | 35 |
| and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any | 36 |
| title or position in the Department
of State Police that is |
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| held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
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| (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" | 3 |
| means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of | 4 |
| State and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 5 |
| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 6 |
| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 7 |
| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| A person who became employed as an investigator for the | 9 |
| Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, | 10 |
| 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age | 11 |
| 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service | 12 |
| of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated | 13 |
| before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his | 14 |
| retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with | 15 |
| subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 | 16 |
| years of credit for such service.
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| (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any | 18 |
| person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the | 19 |
| Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law | 20 |
| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 22 |
| 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The | 23 |
| term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions | 24 |
| of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
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| Conservation Police Administrator.
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| (7) The term "investigator for the Department of | 27 |
| Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of | 28 |
| Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render | 29 |
| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | 30 |
| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | 31 |
| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| (8) The term "security employee of the Department of | 33 |
| Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department | 34 |
| of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental | 35 |
| Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents | 36 |
| thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a |
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| facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact | 2 |
| with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed | 3 |
| at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a | 4 |
| security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
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| 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, | 6 |
| or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health | 7 |
| police officer" means any person employed by the Department | 8 |
| of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the | 9 |
| Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities | 10 |
| functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as | 11 |
| render the person 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. "Security unit" | 14 |
| means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the | 15 |
| care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to | 16 |
| the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent | 17 |
| persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not | 18 |
| guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past | 19 |
| employment,
references to the Department of Human Services | 20 |
| include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health | 21 |
| and Developmental Disabilities.
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| 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.
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| (9) "Central Management Services security police | 26 |
| officer" means any
person employed by the Department of | 27 |
| Central Management Services who is
vested with such law | 28 |
| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage | 29 |
| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | 30 |
| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (10) The term "security employee of the Department of | 32 |
| Corrections"
means any employee of the Department of | 33 |
| Corrections or the former
Department of Personnel, and any | 34 |
| member or employee of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has | 35 |
| daily contact with inmates by working within a
correctional | 36 |
| facility or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
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| direct contact with committed persons in the performance of | 2 |
| his or her
job duties.
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| (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any | 4 |
| person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human | 5 |
| Services.
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| (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
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| Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 12 |
| 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (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.
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| (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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| Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 28 |
| 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of
that Act. The term | 29 |
| "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
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| Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program | 31 |
| Executive of Enforcement.
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| (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the | 33 |
| State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person | 34 |
| employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the | 35 |
| authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
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| Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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| (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any | 2 |
| person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is | 3 |
| vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him | 4 |
| ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by | 5 |
| reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
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| 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is | 8 |
| employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal | 9 |
| and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render | 10 |
| the person ineligible for coverage under the Social | 11 |
| Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | 12 |
| 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. A person who was | 13 |
| employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is | 14 |
| no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement | 15 |
| annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
| 16 |
| employment as an arson investigator into eligible | 17 |
| creditable service by paying
to the System the difference | 18 |
| between the employee contributions actually paid
for that | 19 |
| service and the amounts that would have been contributed if | 20 |
| the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to | 21 |
| persons with the same
social security status earning | 22 |
| eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
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| (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means | 24 |
| a person who is
either of the following:
| 25 |
| (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 26 |
| Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position | 27 |
| of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead | 28 |
| worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy | 29 |
| construction equipment operator,
power shovel | 30 |
| operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal | 31 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 32 |
| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that | 33 |
| form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable | 34 |
| condition for vehicular traffic.
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| (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | 36 |
| Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position |
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equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment | 2 |
| operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
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| mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
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| water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger | 5 |
| H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
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| roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
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| painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal | 8 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | 9 |
| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's | 10 |
| tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular | 11 |
| traffic.
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| (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections, | 13 |
| and a security
employee of the Department of Human Services who | 14 |
| is not a mental health police
officer, shall not be eligible | 15 |
| for the alternative retirement annuity provided
by this Section | 16 |
| unless he or she meets the following minimum age and service
| 17 |
| requirements at the time of retirement:
| 18 |
| (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; | 19 |
| or
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| (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible | 21 |
| creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible | 22 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible | 24 |
| creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible | 25 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible | 27 |
| creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible | 28 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible | 30 |
| creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible | 31 |
| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible | 33 |
| creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible | 34 |
| creditable service and age 55.
| 35 |
| Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this | 36 |
| Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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| Corrections or the Department
of Human Services in a position | 2 |
| requiring certification as a teacher may
count such service | 3 |
| toward establishing their eligibility under the service
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| requirements of this Section; but such service may be used only | 5 |
| for
establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of | 6 |
| increasing or
calculating any benefit.
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| (e) If a member enters military service while working in a | 8 |
| position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, | 9 |
| and returns to State
service in the same or another such | 10 |
| position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions | 11 |
| prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, | 12 |
| such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
| 13 |
| service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed | 14 |
| in this Section.
| 15 |
| (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 16 |
| this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, | 17 |
| 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the | 18 |
| position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental | 19 |
| health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of | 20 |
| State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered | 21 |
| employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior | 22 |
| to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the | 23 |
| employee
contributions that would have been required for such | 24 |
| service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee | 25 |
| contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after | 26 |
| July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item | 27 |
| (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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| For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | 29 |
| this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, | 30 |
| 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the | 31 |
| position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be | 32 |
| deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided | 33 |
| that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an | 34 |
| amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee | 35 |
| contributions
that would have been required for such service as | 36 |
| a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions |
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| actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, | 2 |
| 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from | 3 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
| 4 |
| (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, | 5 |
| 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 | 6 |
| years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing | 7 |
| a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an | 8 |
| amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the | 9 |
| difference between the amount of employee and employer
| 10 |
| contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, | 11 |
| and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such | 12 |
| contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State | 13 |
| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for | 14 |
| each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the | 15 |
| date of payment.
| 16 |
| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 17 |
| policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish | 18 |
| eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service | 19 |
| as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by | 20 |
| filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by | 21 |
| payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to | 22 |
| (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer | 23 |
| contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 | 24 |
| and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those | 25 |
| contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State | 26 |
| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for | 27 |
| each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
| 28 |
| date of payment.
| 29 |
| (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 30 |
| policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect | 31 |
| to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of | 32 |
| his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written | 33 |
| election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and | 34 |
| paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
| 35 |
| determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between | 36 |
| the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred |
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| to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would | 2 |
| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 3 |
| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 4 |
| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 5 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
| 6 |
| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | 7 |
| policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | 8 |
| the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | 9 |
| creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's | 10 |
| law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written | 11 |
| election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and | 12 |
| paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be | 13 |
| determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between | 14 |
| the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred | 15 |
| to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would | 16 |
| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | 17 |
| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | 18 |
| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | 19 |
| the date of service to the date of payment.
| 20 |
| (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service | 21 |
| established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), | 22 |
| and (l) , and (m) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
| 23 |
| (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 24 |
| investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | 25 |
| Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
| 26 |
| establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his | 27 |
| service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law | 28 |
| enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written | 29 |
| election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to | 30 |
| be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between | 31 |
| the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred | 32 |
| to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
| 33 |
| that would have been contributed had such contributions been | 34 |
| made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) | 35 |
| interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, | 36 |
| compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of |
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| payment.
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| (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this | 3 |
| Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish | 4 |
| eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time | 5 |
| law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer | 6 |
| employed by the federal government or by a state or local
| 7 |
| government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not | 8 |
| held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement | 9 |
| system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a | 10 |
| written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, | 11 |
| accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board | 12 |
| and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal | 13 |
| to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, | 14 |
| based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an | 15 |
| alternative formula employee after the employment
for which | 16 |
| credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
| 17 |
| alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by | 18 |
| the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits | 19 |
| accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular | 20 |
| interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day | 21 |
| as an alternative formula employee after the employment for | 22 |
| which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
| 23 |
| (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security | 24 |
| employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later | 25 |
| than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for | 26 |
| up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under | 27 |
| Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
| 28 |
| accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the | 29 |
| Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of | 30 |
| employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System | 31 |
| under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been | 32 |
| contributed had such contributions been made at the rates | 33 |
| applicable
to security employees of the Department of | 34 |
| Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate | 35 |
| for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to | 36 |
| the date of payment.
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| (m) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | 2 |
| investigator for the
Office of the Attorney General may elect | 3 |
| to establish eligible creditable
service for up to 12 years of | 4 |
| service as a policeman under Article 3 or 5, as a
sheriff's law | 5 |
| enforcement employee or municipal conservator of the peace | 6 |
| under
Article 7, or as a member of the County Police Department | 7 |
| under Article 9, by
filing a written election with the Board, | 8 |
| accompanied by payment of an amount
to be determined by the | 9 |
| Board, equal to (1) the difference between the amount
of | 10 |
| employee and employer contributions transferred to the System | 11 |
| under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the | 12 |
| amounts that would have been
contributed had those | 13 |
| contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
| 14 |
| policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for | 15 |
| each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the | 16 |
| date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-760, eff. 1-1-01; 92-14, | 18 |
| eff.
6-28-01; 92-257, eff. 8-6-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.
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