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90_HB1376 40 ILCS 5/14-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110 Amends the State Employee Article of the Pension Code to provide the alternative (State Police) formula for polygraph examiners employed by the Department of State Police. Effective immediately. LRB9004326EGfg LRB9004326EGfg 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing 2 Section 14-110. 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 6 changing Section 14-110 as follows: 7 (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110) 8 (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507) 9 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity. 10 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not 11 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has 12 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from 13 service with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable 14 service and has attained age 50, regardless of whether the 15 attainment of either of the specified ages occurs while the 16 member is still in service, shall be entitled to receive at 17 the option of the member, in lieu of the regular or minimum 18 retirement annuity, a retirement annuity computed as 19 follows: 20 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered 21 employee, 2 1/4% of final average compensation for each 22 of the first 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for 23 each year above 10 years to and including 20 years of 24 creditable service, and 2 3/4% for each year of 25 creditable service above 20 years; and 26 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as 27 a covered employee, 1.67% of final average compensation 28 for each of the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for 29 each of the next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each 30 year of such service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 31 30, and 2.30% for each year in excess of 30. -2- LRB9004326EGfg 1 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of 2 final average compensation. These rates shall not be 3 applicable to any service performed by a member as a covered 4 employee which is not eligible creditable service. Service 5 as a covered employee which is not eligible creditable 6 service shall be subject to the rates and provisions of 7 Section 14-108. 8 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible 9 creditable service" means creditable service resulting from 10 service in one or more of the following positions: 11 (1) State policeman; 12 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of 13 a department; 14 (3) air pilot; 15 (4) special agent; 16 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State; 17 (6) conservation police officer; 18 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue; 19 (8) security employee of the Department of Mental 20 Health and Developmental Disabilities; 21 (9) Central Management Services security police 22 officer; 23 (10) security employee of the Department of 24 Corrections; 25 (11) dangerous drugs investigator; 26 (12) investigator for the Department of State 27 Police; 28 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney 29 General; 30 (14) controlled substance inspector; 31 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's 32 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor; 33 (16) Commerce Commission police officer; 34 (17) polygraph examiner. -3- LRB9004326EGfg 1 A person employed in one of the positions specified in 2 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service 3 for service credit earned under this Article while undergoing 4 the basic police training course approved by the Illinois 5 Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board, 6 if completion of that training is required of persons serving 7 in that position. For the purposes of this Code, service 8 during the required basic police training course shall be 9 deemed performance of the duties of the specified position, 10 even though the person is not a sworn peace officer at the 11 time of the training. 12 (c) For the purposes of this Section: 13 (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title 14 or position in the Department of State Police that is 15 held by an individual employed under the State Police 16 Act. 17 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection 18 service of a department" includes all officers in such 19 fire protection service including fire chiefs and 20 assistant fire chiefs. 21 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee 22 whose official job description on file in the Department 23 of Central Management Services, or in the department by 24 which he is employed if that department is not covered by 25 the Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the 26 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's 27 license; however, the change in this definition made by 28 this amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude 29 any noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the 30 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984. 31 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who 32 by reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic 33 Control, the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 34 1977, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the -4- LRB9004326EGfg 1 Division of Internal Investigation or any other Division 2 or organizational entity in the Department of State 3 Police is vested by law with duties to maintain public 4 order, investigate violations of the criminal law of this 5 State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and 6 recover property. The term "special agent" includes any 7 title or position in the Department of State Police that 8 is held by an individual employed under the State Police 9 Act. 10 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of 11 State" means any person employed by the Office of the 12 Secretary of State and vested with such investigative 13 duties as render him ineligible for coverage under the 14 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 15 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 16 A person who became employed as an investigator for 17 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and 18 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until 19 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a 20 single break in service of not more than 3 years 21 duration, which break terminated before January 1, 1976, 22 shall be entitled to have his retirement annuity 23 calculated in accordance with subsection (a), 24 notwithstanding that he has less than 20 years of credit 25 for such service. 26 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means 27 any person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of 28 the Department of Natural Resources and vested with such 29 law enforcement duties as render him ineligible for 30 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of 31 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of 32 that Act. The term "Conservation Police Officer" 33 includes the positions of Chief Conservation Police 34 Administrator and Assistant Conservation Police -5- LRB9004326EGfg 1 Administrator. 2 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of 3 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of 4 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as 5 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social 6 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 7 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 8 (8) The term "security employee of the Department 9 of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities" means 10 any person employed by the Department of Mental Health 11 and Developmental Disabilities who is employed at the 12 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with 13 the residents thereof, or who is a mental health police 14 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person 15 employed by the Department of Mental Health and 16 Developmental Disabilities who is vested with such law 17 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage 18 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 19 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 20 (9) "Central Management Services security police 21 officer" means any person employed by the Department of 22 Central Management Services who is vested with such law 23 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage 24 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 25 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 26 (10) The term "security employee of the Department 27 of Corrections" means any employee of the Department of 28 Corrections or the former Department of Personnel, and 29 any member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who 30 has daily contact with inmates by working within a 31 correctional facility or who is a parole officer or an 32 employee who has direct contact with committed persons in 33 the performance of his or her job duties. 34 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means -6- LRB9004326EGfg 1 any person who is employed as such by the Department of 2 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. 3 (12) The term "investigator for the Department of 4 State Police" means a person employed by the Department 5 of State Police who is vested under Section 4 of the 6 Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act with such law 7 enforcement powers as render him ineligible for coverage 8 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 9 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 10 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney 11 General" means any person who is employed as such by the 12 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such 13 investigative duties as render him ineligible for 14 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of 15 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that 16 Act. For the period before January 1, 1989, the term 17 includes all persons who were employed as investigators 18 by the Office of the Attorney General, without regard to 19 social security status. 20 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any 21 person who is employed as such by the Department of 22 Professional Regulation and is vested with such law 23 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage 24 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 25 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 26 The term "controlled substance inspector" includes the 27 Program Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant 28 Program Executive of Enforcement. 29 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the 30 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person 31 employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the 32 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys 33 Appellate Prosecutor's Act. 34 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any -7- LRB9004326EGfg 1 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who 2 is vested with such law enforcement duties as render him 3 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by 4 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 5 218(l)(1) of that Act. 6 (17) "Polygraph examiner" means a person employed 7 as a polygraph examiner by the Department of State 8 Police. 9 (d) A security employee of the Department of 10 Corrections, and a security employee of the Department of 11 Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities who is not a 12 mental health police officer, shall not be eligible for the 13 alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section 14 unless he or she meets the following minimum age and service 15 requirements at the time of retirement: 16 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 17 55; or 18 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of 19 eligible creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of 20 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 21 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of 22 eligible creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of 23 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 24 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of 25 eligible creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of 26 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 27 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible 28 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible 29 creditable service and age 55; or 30 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of 31 eligible creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of 32 eligible creditable service and age 55. 33 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this 34 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of -8- LRB9004326EGfg 1 Corrections in a position requiring certification as a 2 teacher may count such service toward establishing their 3 eligibility under the service requirements of this Section; 4 but such service may be used only for establishing such 5 eligibility, and not for the purpose of increasing or 6 calculating any benefit. 7 (e) If a member enters military service while working in 8 a position in which eligible creditable service may be 9 earned, and returns to State service in the same or another 10 such position, and fulfills in all other respects the 11 conditions prescribed in this Article for credit for military 12 service, such military service shall be credited as eligible 13 creditable service for the purposes of the retirement annuity 14 prescribed in this Section. 15 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities 16 under this Section, periods of service rendered after 17 December 31, 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered 18 employee in the position of special agent, conservation 19 police officer, mental health police officer, or investigator 20 for the Secretary of State, shall be deemed to have been 21 service as a noncovered employee, provided that the employee 22 pays to the System prior to retirement an amount equal to (1) 23 the difference between the employee contributions that would 24 have been required for such service as a noncovered employee, 25 and the amount of employee contributions actually paid, plus 26 (2) if payment is made after July 31, 1987, regular interest 27 on the amount specified in item (1) from the date of service 28 to the date of payment. 29 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under 30 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, 31 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the 32 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall 33 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, 34 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to -9- LRB9004326EGfg 1 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the 2 employee contributions that would have been required for such 3 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee 4 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made 5 after January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount 6 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of 7 payment. 8 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 9 1, 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 10 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by 11 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by 12 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to 13 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and 14 employer contributions transferred to the System under 15 Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been 16 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates 17 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at 18 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from 19 the date of service to the date of payment. 20 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 21 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to 22 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of 23 his service as a member of the County Police Department under 24 Article 9, by filing a written election with the Board, 25 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the 26 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of 27 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System 28 under Section 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been 29 contributed had those contributions been made at the rates 30 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at 31 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from 32 the date of service to the date of payment. 33 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 34 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may -10- LRB9004326EGfg 1 elect to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 2 years of his service as a policeman under Article 5, by 3 filing a written election with the Board on or before January 4 31, 1992, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an 5 amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the 6 difference between the amount of employee and employer 7 contributions transferred to the System under Section 5-236, 8 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such 9 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 10 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate 11 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 12 to the date of payment. 13 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 14 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for 15 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible 16 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a 17 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing 18 a written election with the Board on or before January 31, 19 1993, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount 20 to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference 21 between the amount of employee and employer contributions 22 transferred to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the 23 amounts that would have been contributed had such 24 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 25 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate 26 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 27 to the date of payment. 28 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service 29 established by any person under subsections (g), (h) and (j) 30 of this Section shall not exceed 12 years. 31 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an 32 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys 33 Appellate Prosecutor may elect to establish eligible 34 creditable service for up to 10 years of his service as a -11- LRB9004326EGfg 1 policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law enforcement 2 employee under Article 7, by filing a written election with 3 the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to be 4 determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between 5 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred 6 to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the 7 amounts that would have been contributed had such 8 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 9 policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate 10 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 11 to the date of payment. 12 (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96.) 13 (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507) 14 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity. 15 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not 16 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has 17 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from 18 service with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable 19 service and has attained age 50, regardless of whether the 20 attainment of either of the specified ages occurs while the 21 member is still in service, shall be entitled to receive at 22 the option of the member, in lieu of the regular or minimum 23 retirement annuity, a retirement annuity computed as 24 follows: 25 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered 26 employee, 2 1/4% of final average compensation for each 27 of the first 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for 28 each year above 10 years to and including 20 years of 29 creditable service, and 2 3/4% for each year of 30 creditable service above 20 years; and 31 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as 32 a covered employee, 1.67% of final average compensation 33 for each of the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for 34 each of the next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each -12- LRB9004326EGfg 1 year of such service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 2 30, and 2.30% for each year in excess of 30. 3 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of 4 final average compensation. These rates shall not be 5 applicable to any service performed by a member as a covered 6 employee which is not eligible creditable service. Service 7 as a covered employee which is not eligible creditable 8 service shall be subject to the rates and provisions of 9 Section 14-108. 10 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible 11 creditable service" means creditable service resulting from 12 service in one or more of the following positions: 13 (1) State policeman; 14 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of 15 a department; 16 (3) air pilot; 17 (4) special agent; 18 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State; 19 (6) conservation police officer; 20 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue; 21 (8) security employee of the Department of Human 22 Services; 23 (9) Central Management Services security police 24 officer; 25 (10) security employee of the Department of 26 Corrections; 27 (11) dangerous drugs investigator; 28 (12) investigator for the Department of State 29 Police; 30 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney 31 General; 32 (14) controlled substance inspector; 33 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's 34 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor; -13- LRB9004326EGfg 1 (16) Commerce Commission police officer; 2 (17) polygraph examiner. 3 A person employed in one of the positions specified in 4 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service 5 for service credit earned under this Article while undergoing 6 the basic police training course approved by the Illinois 7 Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board, 8 if completion of that training is required of persons serving 9 in that position. For the purposes of this Code, service 10 during the required basic police training course shall be 11 deemed performance of the duties of the specified position, 12 even though the person is not a sworn peace officer at the 13 time of the training. 14 (c) For the purposes of this Section: 15 (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title 16 or position in the Department of State Police that is 17 held by an individual employed under the State Police 18 Act. 19 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection 20 service of a department" includes all officers in such 21 fire protection service including fire chiefs and 22 assistant fire chiefs. 23 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee 24 whose official job description on file in the Department 25 of Central Management Services, or in the department by 26 which he is employed if that department is not covered by 27 the Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the 28 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's 29 license; however, the change in this definition made by 30 this amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude 31 any noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the 32 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984. 33 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who 34 by reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic -14- LRB9004326EGfg 1 Control, the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 2 1977, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the 3 Division of Internal Investigation or any other Division 4 or organizational entity in the Department of State 5 Police is vested by law with duties to maintain public 6 order, investigate violations of the criminal law of this 7 State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and 8 recover property. The term "special agent" includes any 9 title or position in the Department of State Police that 10 is held by an individual employed under the State Police 11 Act. 12 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of 13 State" means any person employed by the Office of the 14 Secretary of State and vested with such investigative 15 duties as render him ineligible for coverage under the 16 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 17 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 18 A person who became employed as an investigator for 19 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and 20 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until 21 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a 22 single break in service of not more than 3 years 23 duration, which break terminated before January 1, 1976, 24 shall be entitled to have his retirement annuity 25 calculated in accordance with subsection (a), 26 notwithstanding that he has less than 20 years of credit 27 for such service. 28 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means 29 any person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of 30 the Department of Natural Resources and vested with such 31 law enforcement duties as render him ineligible for 32 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of 33 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of 34 that Act. The term "Conservation Police Officer" -15- LRB9004326EGfg 1 includes the positions of Chief Conservation Police 2 Administrator and Assistant Conservation Police 3 Administrator. 4 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of 5 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of 6 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as 7 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social 8 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 9 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 10 (8) The term "security employee of the Department 11 of Human Services" means any person employed by the 12 Department of Human Services who is employed at the 13 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with 14 the residents thereof, or who is a mental health police 15 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person 16 employed by the Department of Human Services in a 17 position pertaining to the Department's mental health and 18 developmental disabilities functions who is vested with 19 such law enforcement duties as render the person 20 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by 21 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 22 218(l)(1) of that Act. 23 (9) "Central Management Services security police 24 officer" means any person employed by the Department of 25 Central Management Services who is vested with such law 26 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage 27 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 28 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 29 (10) The term "security employee of the Department 30 of Corrections" means any employee of the Department of 31 Corrections or the former Department of Personnel, and 32 any member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who 33 has daily contact with inmates by working within a 34 correctional facility or who is a parole officer or an -16- LRB9004326EGfg 1 employee who has direct contact with committed persons in 2 the performance of his or her job duties. 3 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means 4 any person who is employed as such by the Department of 5 Human Services. 6 (12) The term "investigator for the Department of 7 State Police" means a person employed by the Department 8 of State Police who is vested under Section 4 of the 9 Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act with such law 10 enforcement powers as render him ineligible for coverage 11 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 12 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 13 (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 17 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of 18 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that 19 Act. For the period before January 1, 1989, the term 20 includes all persons who were employed as investigators 21 by the Office of the Attorney General, without regard to 22 social security status. 23 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any 24 person who is employed as such by the Department of 25 Professional Regulation and is vested with such law 26 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage 27 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 28 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. 29 The term "controlled substance inspector" includes the 30 Program Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant 31 Program Executive of Enforcement. 32 (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 -17- LRB9004326EGfg 1 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys 2 Appellate Prosecutor's Act. 3 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any 4 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who 5 is vested with such law enforcement duties as render him 6 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by 7 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 8 218(l)(1) of that Act. 9 (17) "Polygraph examiner" means a person employed 10 as a polygraph examiner by the Department of State 11 Police. 12 (d) A security employee of the Department of 13 Corrections, and a security employee of the Department of 14 Human Services who is not a mental health police officer, 15 shall not be eligible for the alternative retirement annuity 16 provided by this Section unless he or she meets the following 17 minimum age and service requirements at the time of 18 retirement: 19 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 20 55; or 21 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of 22 eligible creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of 23 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 24 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of 25 eligible creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of 26 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 27 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of 28 eligible creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of 29 eligible creditable service and age 55; or 30 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible 31 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible 32 creditable service and age 55; or 33 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of 34 eligible creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of -18- LRB9004326EGfg 1 eligible creditable service and age 55. 2 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this 3 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of 4 Corrections in a position requiring certification as a 5 teacher may count such service toward establishing their 6 eligibility under the service requirements of this Section; 7 but such service may be used only for establishing such 8 eligibility, and not for the purpose of increasing or 9 calculating any benefit. 10 (e) If a member enters military service while working in 11 a position in which eligible creditable service may be 12 earned, and returns to State service in the same or another 13 such position, and fulfills in all other respects the 14 conditions prescribed in this Article for credit for military 15 service, such military service shall be credited as eligible 16 creditable service for the purposes of the retirement annuity 17 prescribed in this Section. 18 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities 19 under this Section, periods of service rendered after 20 December 31, 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered 21 employee in the position of special agent, conservation 22 police officer, mental health police officer, or investigator 23 for the Secretary of State, shall be deemed to have been 24 service as a noncovered employee, provided that the employee 25 pays to the System prior to retirement an amount equal to (1) 26 the difference between the employee contributions that would 27 have been required for such service as a noncovered employee, 28 and the amount of employee contributions actually paid, plus 29 (2) if payment is made after July 31, 1987, regular interest 30 on the amount specified in item (1) from the date of service 31 to the date of payment. 32 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under 33 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, 34 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the -19- LRB9004326EGfg 1 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall 2 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, 3 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to 4 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the 5 employee contributions that would have been required for such 6 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee 7 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made 8 after January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount 9 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of 10 payment. 11 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 12 1, 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 13 10 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by 14 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by 15 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to 16 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and 17 employer contributions transferred to the System under 18 Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been 19 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates 20 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at 21 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from 22 the date of service to the date of payment. 23 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 24 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to 25 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of 26 his service as a member of the County Police Department under 27 Article 9, 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 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been 32 contributed had those contributions been made at the rates 33 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at 34 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from -20- LRB9004326EGfg 1 the date of service to the date of payment. 2 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 3 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may 4 elect to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 5 years of his service as a policeman under Article 5, by 6 filing a written election with the Board on or before January 7 31, 1992, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 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 5-236, 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 14 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 15 to the date of payment. 16 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 17 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for 18 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible 19 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a 20 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing 21 a written election with the Board on or before January 31, 22 1993, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount 23 to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference 24 between the amount of employee and employer contributions 25 transferred to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the 26 amounts that would have been contributed had such 27 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 28 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate 29 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 30 to the date of payment. 31 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service 32 established by any person under subsections (g), (h) and (j) 33 of this Section shall not exceed 12 years. 34 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an -21- LRB9004326EGfg 1 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys 2 Appellate Prosecutor may elect to establish eligible 3 creditable service for up to 10 years of his service as a 4 policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law enforcement 5 employee under Article 7, by filing a written election with 6 the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to be 7 determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between 8 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred 9 to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the 10 amounts that would have been contributed had such 11 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 12 policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate 13 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service 14 to the date of payment. 15 (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 16 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.) 17 Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act 18 makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by 19 text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a 20 Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that 21 text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) 22 the changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from 23 any other Public Act. 24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 25 becoming law.