(40 ILCS 5/15-113.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-113.5)
Sec. 15-113.5.
Service for employment with other public agencies in
this State. "Service for employment with other public agencies in
this State" includes the following periods:
(a) periods during which a person rendered services for the State of
Illinois, prior to January 1, 1944, under employment not covered by this
Article, if (1) such periods would have been considered creditable service
under the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois had that system been
in effect at that time, and (2) service credit for such periods has not been
granted under the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois.
(b) periods credited under the State Employees' Retirement System of
Illinois on the date an employee became eligible for participation in the State
Universities Retirement System as a result of a transfer of a State function
from a department, commission or other agency of this State to an employer,
excluding periods as a "covered employee" as defined in Article 14 of this
Code, provided the employee has received a refund of his or her contributions
from the State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois and pays to this system
contributions equal to the amount of the refund together with compound interest
at the rate required for repayment of a refund under Section 15-154 from the
date the refund is received to the date payment is made.
(c) periods credited in a retirement system covering a governmental unit,
as defined in Section 20-107 on the date a person becomes a participant,
if (1) a function of this governmental unit is transferred in whole or in
part to an employer, and (2) the person transfers employment from the
governmental unit to such employer within 6 months after the employer
begins operation of this function, and (3) the person cannot qualify for
a proportional retirement annuity from the retirement system covering this
governmental unit, and (4) the participant receives a refund of his or her
contributions from the retirement system covering this governmental unit
and pays to this system contributions equal to the amount of the refund
together with compound interest from the date the refund is made by the
system to the date payment is received by the board at the rate of 6% per
annum through August 31, 1982, and at the effective rates after that date.
(d) periods during which a participant contributed to the Park Policemen's
Annuity Fund as defined in Section 5-219, provided the participant
and the Chicago Policemen's Annuity Fund pay to this system the required
employee and employer contributions.
(e) periods during which a person rendered services for an athletic
association affiliated with the University of Illinois, provided that (1) the
employee was employed by that athletic association on January 1, 1960, (2)
annuity contracts covering that employment have been purchased by other
retirement systems covering employees of the athletic association, and (3) the
employee files with the board an election to become a participant and assigns
to the board his or her right, title, and interest in those annuity
contracts.
(Source: P.A. 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97.)
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