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30 ILCS 105/8.12

(30 ILCS 105/8.12)

(from Ch. 127, par. 144.12)

Sec. 8.12. State Pensions Fund.

(a) The moneys in the State Pensions Fund shall be used exclusively
for the administration of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act and
for the expenses incurred by the Auditor General for administering the provisions of Section 2-8.1 of the Illinois State Auditing Act and for operational expenses of the Office of the State Treasurer and for the funding of the unfunded liabilities of the designated retirement systems. For the purposes of this Section, "operational expenses of the Office of the State Treasurer" includes the acquisition of land and buildings in State fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for use by the Office of the State Treasurer, as well as construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance, in accordance with the provisions of laws relating thereto, of such lands and buildings beginning in State fiscal year 2019 and thereafter. Beginning in State fiscal year 2024, payments to the designated retirement systems under this Section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any State contributions required under the Illinois Pension Code.

"Designated retirement systems" means:

(1) the State Employees' Retirement System of

Illinois;

(2) the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of

Illinois;

(3) the State Universities Retirement System;

(4) the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and

(5) the General Assembly Retirement System.

(b) Each year the General Assembly may make appropriations from
the State Pensions Fund for the administration of the Revised Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act.

(c) As soon as possible after July 30, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-839), the General Assembly shall appropriate from the State Pensions Fund (1) to the State Universities Retirement System the amount certified under Section 15-165 during the prior year, (2) to the Judges Retirement System of Illinois the amount certified under Section 18-140 during the prior year, and (3) to the General Assembly Retirement System the amount certified under Section 2-134 during the prior year as part of the required
State contributions to each of those designated retirement systems. If the amount in the State Pensions Fund does not exceed the sum of the amounts certified in Sections 15-165, 18-140, and 2-134 by at least $5,000,000,      the amount paid to each designated retirement system under this subsection shall be reduced in proportion to the amount certified by each of those designated retirement systems.

(c-5) For fiscal years 2006 through 2023, the General Assembly shall appropriate from the State Pensions Fund to the State Universities Retirement System the amount estimated to be available during the fiscal year in the State Pensions Fund; provided, however, that the amounts appropriated under this subsection (c-5) shall not reduce the amount in the State Pensions Fund below $5,000,000.

(c-6) For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, as soon as may be practical after any money is deposited into the State Pensions Fund from the Unclaimed Property Trust Fund, the State Treasurer shall apportion the deposited amount among the designated retirement systems as defined in subsection (a) to reduce their actuarial reserve deficiencies.  The State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall pay the apportioned amounts to the designated retirement systems to fund the unfunded liabilities of the designated retirement systems.  The amount apportioned to each designated retirement system shall constitute a portion of the amount estimated to be available for appropriation from the State Pensions Fund that is the same as that retirement system's portion of the total actual reserve deficiency of the systems, as determined annually by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget at the request of the State Treasurer. The amounts apportioned under this subsection shall not reduce the amount in the State Pensions Fund below $5,000,000.

(d) The
Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall determine the individual and total
reserve deficiencies of the designated retirement systems.  For this purpose,
the
Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall utilize the latest available audit and actuarial
reports of each of the retirement systems and the relevant reports and
statistics of the Public Employee Pension Fund Division of the Department of
Insurance.

(d-1) (Blank).

(e) The changes to this Section made by Public Act 88-593 shall
first apply to distributions from the Fund for State fiscal year 1996.

(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-487, eff. 8-23-19; 101-636, eff. 6-10-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)