40 ILCS 5/8-226.1

(40 ILCS 5/8-226.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-226.1)

Sec. 8-226.1. (a) Any active member of the General Assembly Retirement System may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service accumulated under this Fund to the General Assembly System. Such credits and creditable service shall be transferred forthwith. Payment by this Fund to the General Assembly Retirement System shall be made at the same time and shall consist of:

(1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the applicant, including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer, but excluding any additional or optional credits, which credits shall be refunded to the applicant; and

(2) municipality credits computed and credited under this Article including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date the member terminated service under the Fund. Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under this Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.

(b) An active member of the General Assembly who has service credits and creditable service under the Fund may establish additional service credits and creditable service for periods during which he was an elected official and could have elected to participate but did not so elect. Service credits and creditable service may be established by payment to the fund of an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had elected to participate, plus interest to the date of payment.

(c) An active member of the General Assembly may reinstate service and service credits terminated upon receipt of a separation benefit, by payment to the Fund of the amount of the separation benefit plus interest thereon to the date of payment.

(d) An active member of the General Assembly having no service credits or creditable service in the Fund may establish service credit and creditable service for periods during which he was an employee and could have elected to participate in the Fund but did not so elect, by paying to the Fund prior to January 1, 1990 an amount equal to the contributions he would have made if he had elected to participate, plus interest thereon at 6% per annum compounded annually from such period to the date of payment.

Any active member of the General Assembly may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service established under this subsection (d) to any annuity and benefit fund established under Article 12 of this Act. Such credits and creditable service shall be transferred forthwith, together with a payment from this Fund to the designated Article 12 fund consisting of the amounts accumulated to the credit of the applicant under this subsection (d), including corresponding employer contributions and interest, on the books of the Fund on the date of transfer. Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under this subsection shall terminate on the date of transfer.

(Source: P.A. 86-272.)