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90_HB0930

      40 ILCS 5/9-120.1 new
      30 ILCS 805/8.21 new
          Amends the Cook County Article of  the  Illinois  Pension
      Code.  Allows certain persons employed by the Chicago Transit
      Authority  to  participate in the Cook County pension fund in
      addition to the CTA retirement system.    Also  allows  these
      persons to have their Cook County benefits based on their CTA
      salaries;  to purchase duplicate Cook County credit for their
      past CTA service without paying any employer contribution  or
      interest;  and to buy up to 4 additional years of Cook County
      credit for active or reserve military service.    Amends  the
      State   Mandates   Act   to  require  implementation  without
      reimbursement.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Illinois  Pension  Code  by  adding
 2    Section 9-120.1 and to amend the State Mandates Act.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding
 6    Section 9-120.1 as follows:
 7        (40 ILCS 5/9-120.1 new)
 8        Sec. 9-120.1.  CTA -  continued  participation;  military
 9    service credit.
10        (a)  A person who (i) has at least 20 years of creditable
11    service   in  the  Fund,  (ii)  has  not  begun  receiving  a
12    retirement annuity under this Article, and (iii) is  employed
13    in  a  position under which he or she is eligible to actively
14    participate  in  the  retirement  system  established   under
15    Section 22-101 of this Code may elect, after he or she ceases
16    to  be  a  participant but in no event after June 1, 1998, to
17    continue his or her participation in this Fund while employed
18    by the Chicago Transit Authority, for  up  to  10  additional
19    years, by making written application to the Board.
20        (b)  A  person who elects to continue participation under
21    this Section shall make contributions directly to  the  Fund,
22    not  less  frequently  than  monthly,  based  on the person's
23    actual Chicago Transit Authority compensation and  the  rates
24    applicable  to employees under this Fund.  Creditable service
25    shall be granted to any person for the period, not  exceeding
26    10  years, during which the person continues participation in
27    this  Fund  under  this  Section  and   continues   to   make
28    contributions   as   required.    For   periods   of  service
29    established under this Section, the person's  actual  Chicago
30    Transit Authority compensation shall be considered his or her
31    salary  for  purposes  of  calculating  benefits  under  this
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 1    Article.
 2        (c)  A  person who elects to continue participation under
 3    this Section may cancel that election at any time.
 4        (d)  A person who elects to continue participation  under
 5    this  Section  may  establish service credit in this Fund for
 6    periods of employment by the Chicago Transit Authority  prior
 7    to  that  election,  by applying in writing and paying to the
 8    Fund an amount representing employee  contributions  for  the
 9    service  being  established,  based  on  the  person's actual
10    Chicago Transit Authority compensation  and  the  rates  then
11    applicable to employees under this Fund, without interest.
12        (e)  A  person who qualifies under this Section may elect
13    to purchase credit for up to 4  years  of  military  service,
14    whether  or  not  that  service  followed service as a county
15    employee.  The military service need not have been served  in
16    wartime,  but  the  employee  must not have been dishonorably
17    discharged.   To  establish  this  creditable   service   the
18    applicant must pay to the Fund, on or before July 1, 1998, an
19    amount  determined  by  the  Fund  to  represent the employee
20    contributions  for  the  creditable  service,  based  on  the
21    employee's rate of compensation on his or  her  last  day  of
22    service  as  a contributor before the military service or his
23    or her salary on the  first  day  of  service  following  the
24    military  service, whichever is greater, plus interest at the
25    effective rate from the date of  discharge  to  the  date  of
26    payment.   For  the  purposes  of  this subsection, "military
27    service" includes service in the United States  armed  forces
28    reserves.
29        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
30    Section 8.21 as follows:
31        (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
32        Sec. 8.21. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
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 1    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
 2    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 3    amendatory Act of 1997.
 4        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
 5    becoming law.

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