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90_HB3376
40 ILCS 5/3-110.5 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.5
40 ILCS 5/5-236 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-236
40 ILCS 5/7-139.7 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.7
40 ILCS 5/9-121.10 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-121.10
40 ILCS 5/14-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
Amends the Illinois Pension Code to allow State Police to
transfer up to 12 years of law enforcement service credit
from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, the Cook County
pension fund, the Chicago police pension fund, or a downstate
police pension fund to the State Employees' Retirement System
upon payment of the difference in employee and employer
contributions, plus interest. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing
2 Sections 3-110.5, 5-236, 7-139.7, 9-121.10, and 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 Sections 3-110.5, 5-236, 7-139.7, 9-121.10, and
7 14-110 as follows:
8 (40 ILCS 5/3-110.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.5)
9 Sec. 3-110.5. Transfer to Article 14 system.
10 (a) Until January 1, 1990, any active member of the
11 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman
12 and until July 1, 1998, any active member of the State
13 Employees' Retirement System who is a security employee of
14 the Department of Corrections may apply for transfer of his
15 or her creditable service accumulated in any police pension
16 fund under this Article to the State Employees' Retirement
17 System. Such creditable service shall be transferred only
18 upon payment by such police pension fund to the State
19 Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:
20 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
21 applicant on the books of the fund on the date of
22 transfer; and
23 (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to
24 the amount determined under subparagraph (1); and
25 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
26 reinstate service.
27 Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of
28 transfer.
29 (b) Until January 1, 1990, any such State policeman and
30 until July 1, 1998, any such security employee of the
31 Department of Corrections may reinstate service which was
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1 terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the police
2 pension fund of the amount of the refund with interest
3 thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from
4 the date of refund to the date of payment.
5 (c) Until January 1, 2000, any active member of the
6 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman
7 may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
8 creditable service accumulated in any police pension fund
9 under this Article to the State Employees' Retirement System.
10 The creditable service shall be transferred only upon payment
11 by the police pension fund to the State Employees' Retirement
12 System of an amount equal to:
13 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
14 applicant for the service to be transferred on the books
15 of the fund on the date of transfer; and
16 (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to
17 the amount determined under item (1); and
18 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
19 reinstate that service.
20 Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits
21 transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.
22 (d) Until January 1, 2000, any such State policeman may
23 reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of a refund,
24 by payment to the police pension fund of the amount of the
25 refund plus interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
26 annually, from the date of refund to the date of payment.
27 (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
28 (40 ILCS 5/5-236) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-236)
29 Sec. 5-236. Transfer to Article 14.
30 (a) Until January 31, 1994, any active member of the
31 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman
32 or investigator for the Secretary of State may apply for
33 transfer of his creditable service accumulated under this
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1 Article to the State Employees' Retirement System. At the
2 time of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the State
3 Employees' Retirement System an amount equal to:
4 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
5 applicant on the books of the Fund on the date of
6 transfer; and
7 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
8 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
9 of transfer; and
10 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
11 reinstate service.
12 Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of
13 transfer.
14 (b) Until January 31, 1994, any such State policeman or
15 investigator for the Secretary of State may reinstate service
16 that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by paying to the
17 Fund the amount of the refund with interest thereon at the
18 rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the date of
19 refund to the date of payment.
20 (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this
21 amendatory Act of 1993, any active member of the State
22 Employees' Retirement System who was earning eligible
23 creditable service under subdivision (b)(12) of Section
24 14-110 on January 1, 1992 and who has at least 17 years of
25 creditable service under this Article may apply for transfer
26 of his creditable service accumulated under this Article to
27 the State Employees' Retirement System. At the time of the
28 transfer the Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
29 Retirement System an amount equal to:
30 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
31 applicant on the books of the Fund on the date of
32 transfer; and
33 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
34 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
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1 of transfer.
2 Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of
3 transfer.
4 (d) Until January 1, 2000, any active member of the
5 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman
6 may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
7 creditable service accumulated under this Article to the
8 State Employees' Retirement System. At the time of the
9 transfer the Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
10 Retirement System an amount equal to:
11 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
12 applicant on the books of the Fund for the service to be
13 transferred on the date of transfer; and
14 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
15 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
16 of transfer; and
17 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
18 reinstate that service.
19 Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits
20 transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.
21 (e) Until January 1, 2000, any such State policeman may
22 reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of a refund,
23 by paying to the Fund the amount of the refund plus interest
24 at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the
25 date of refund to the date of payment.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-1265.)
27 (40 ILCS 5/7-139.7) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.7)
28 Sec. 7-139.7. Transfer to Article 14.
29 (a) Until January 31, 1994, any active member of the
30 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman,
31 a conservation police officer, or an investigator for the
32 Secretary of State may apply for transfer of his creditable
33 service accumulated under this Article for service as a
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1 sheriff's law enforcement employee, or service as a municipal
2 conservator of the peace, certified under the Police Training
3 Act, to the State Employees' Retirement System. At the time
4 of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
5 Retirement System an amount equal to:
6 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
7 applicant for such service on the books of the Fund on
8 the date of transfer; and
9 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
10 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
11 of transfer; and
12 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
13 reinstate such service.
14 Participation in this Fund with respect to the transferred
15 credits shall terminate on the date of transfer.
16 (b) Until January 31, 1993, any such State policeman,
17 conservation police officer or investigator for the Secretary
18 of State may reinstate service that was terminated by receipt
19 of a refund, by paying to the Fund the amount of the refund
20 with interest thereon at the effective rate from the date of
21 refund to the date of payment.
22 (c) Until January 1, 2000, any active member of the
23 State Employees' Retirement System who is a State policeman
24 may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
25 creditable service accumulated under this Article for service
26 as a sheriff's law enforcement employee to the State
27 Employees' Retirement System. At the time of the transfer
28 the Fund shall pay to the State Employees' Retirement System
29 an amount equal to:
30 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
31 applicant for the service to be transferred on the books
32 of the Fund on the date of transfer; and
33 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
34 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
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1 of transfer; and
2 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
3 reinstate that service.
4 Participation in this Fund with respect to the transferred
5 credits shall terminate on the date of transfer.
6 (d) Until January 1, 2000, any such State policeman may
7 reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of a refund,
8 by paying to the Fund the amount of the refund with interest
9 thereon at the effective rate from the date of refund to the
10 date of payment.
11 (Source: P.A. 87-794; 87-850; 87-1265.)
12 (40 ILCS 5/9-121.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-121.10)
13 Sec. 9-121.10. Transfer to Article 14.
14 (a) Until January 1, 2000 July 1, 1993, any active
15 member of the State Employees' Retirement System who is a
16 State policeman may apply for transfer of some or all of his
17 or her creditable service as a member of the County Police
18 Department accumulated under this Article to the State
19 Employees' Retirement System. At the time of the transfer
20 the Fund shall pay to the State Employees' Retirement System
21 an amount equal to:
22 (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the
23 applicant on the books of the Fund on the date of
24 transfer for the service to be transferred; and
25 (2) the corresponding municipality credits,
26 including interest, on the books of the Fund on the date
27 of transfer; and
28 (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to
29 reinstate such service.
30 Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits
31 transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.
32 (b) Until January 1, 2000 July 1, 1993, any such State
33 policeman may reinstate credit for service as a member of the
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1 County Police Department that was terminated by receipt of a
2 refund, by paying to the Fund the amount of the refund with
3 interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
4 annually, from the date of refund to the date of payment.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
6 (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
8 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
9 less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
10 attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from
11 service with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable
12 service and has attained age 50, regardless of whether the
13 attainment of either of the specified ages occurs while the
14 member is still in service, shall be entitled to receive at
15 the option of the member, in lieu of the regular or minimum
16 retirement annuity, a retirement annuity computed as
17 follows:
18 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered
19 employee, 2 1/4% of final average compensation for each
20 of the first 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for
21 each year above 10 years to and including 20 years of
22 creditable service, and 2 3/4% for each year of
23 creditable service above 20 years; and
24 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as
25 a covered employee, 1.67% of final average compensation
26 for each of the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for
27 each of the next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each
28 year of such service in excess of 20 but not exceeding
29 30, and 2.30% for each year in excess of 30.
30 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of
31 final average compensation. These rates shall not be
32 applicable to any service performed by a member as a covered
33 employee which is not eligible creditable service. Service
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1 as a covered employee which is not eligible creditable
2 service shall be subject to the rates and provisions of
3 Section 14-108.
4 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible
5 creditable service" means creditable service resulting from
6 service in one or more of the following positions:
7 (1) State policeman;
8 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of
9 a department;
10 (3) air pilot;
11 (4) special agent;
12 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
13 (6) conservation police officer;
14 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
15 (8) security employee of the Department of Human
16 Services;
17 (9) Central Management Services security police
18 officer;
19 (10) security employee of the Department of
20 Corrections;
21 (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
22 (12) investigator for the Department of State
23 Police;
24 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
25 General;
26 (14) controlled substance inspector;
27 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
28 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
29 (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
30 (17) arson investigator.
31 A person employed in one of the positions specified in
32 this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service
33 for service credit earned under this Article while undergoing
34 the basic police training course approved by the Illinois
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1 Local Governmental Law Enforcement Officers Training Board,
2 if completion of that training is required of persons serving
3 in that position. For the purposes of this Code, service
4 during the required basic police training course shall be
5 deemed performance of the duties of the specified position,
6 even though the person is not a sworn peace officer at the
7 time of the training.
8 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
9 (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title
10 or position in the Department of State Police that is
11 held by an individual employed under the State Police
12 Act.
13 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
14 service of a department" includes all officers in such
15 fire protection service including fire chiefs and
16 assistant fire chiefs.
17 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee
18 whose official job description on file in the Department
19 of Central Management Services, or in the department by
20 which he is employed if that department is not covered by
21 the Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
22 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
23 license; however, the change in this definition made by
24 this amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
25 any noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
26 purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
27 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who
28 by reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic
29 Control, the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1,
30 1977, the Division of Criminal Investigation, the
31 Division of Internal Investigation or any other Division
32 or organizational entity in the Department of State
33 Police is vested by law with duties to maintain public
34 order, investigate violations of the criminal law of this
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1 State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and
2 recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
3 title or position in the Department of State Police that
4 is held by an individual employed under the State Police
5 Act.
6 (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of
7 State" means any person employed by the Office of the
8 Secretary of State and vested with such investigative
9 duties as render him ineligible for coverage under the
10 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
11 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
12 A person who became employed as an investigator for
13 the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
14 December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
15 attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a
16 single break in service of not more than 3 years
17 duration, which break terminated before January 1, 1976,
18 shall be entitled to have his retirement annuity
19 calculated in accordance with subsection (a),
20 notwithstanding that he has less than 20 years of credit
21 for such service.
22 (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means
23 any person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of
24 the Department of Natural Resources and vested with such
25 law enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
26 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of
27 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of
28 that Act. The term "Conservation Police Officer"
29 includes the positions of Chief Conservation Police
30 Administrator and Assistant Conservation Police
31 Administrator.
32 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
33 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
34 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
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1 render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
2 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4 (8) The term "security employee of the Department
5 of Human Services" means any person employed by the
6 Department of Human Services who is employed at the
7 Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
8 the residents thereof, or who is a mental health police
9 officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
10 employed by the Department of Human Services in a
11 position pertaining to the Department's mental health and
12 developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
13 such law enforcement duties as render the person
14 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
15 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
16 218(l)(1) of that Act.
17 (9) "Central Management Services security police
18 officer" means any person employed by the Department of
19 Central Management Services who is vested with such law
20 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
21 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
22 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
23 (10) The term "security employee of the Department
24 of Corrections" means any employee of the Department of
25 Corrections or the former Department of Personnel, and
26 any member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who
27 has daily contact with inmates by working within a
28 correctional facility or who is a parole officer or an
29 employee who has direct contact with committed persons in
30 the performance of his or her job duties.
31 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means
32 any person who is employed as such by the Department of
33 Human Services.
34 (12) The term "investigator for the Department of
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1 State Police" means a person employed by the Department
2 of State Police who is vested under Section 4 of the
3 Narcotic Control Division Abolition Act with such law
4 enforcement powers as render him ineligible for coverage
5 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
6 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
7 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
8 General" means any person who is employed as such by the
9 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
10 investigative duties as render him ineligible for
11 coverage under the Social Security Act by reason of
12 Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that
13 Act. For the period before January 1, 1989, the term
14 includes all persons who were employed as investigators
15 by the Office of the Attorney General, without regard to
16 social security status.
17 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any
18 person who is employed as such by the Department of
19 Professional Regulation and is vested with such law
20 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
21 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
22 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
23 The term "controlled substance inspector" includes the
24 Program Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant
25 Program Executive of Enforcement.
26 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
27 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
28 employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
29 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
30 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
31 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
32 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who
33 is vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
34 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
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1 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
2 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3 (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
4 employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
5 and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
6 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
7 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who
9 was employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995
10 and is no longer in service but not yet receiving a
11 retirement annuity may convert his or her creditable
12 service for employment as an arson investigator into
13 eligible creditable service by paying to the System the
14 difference between the employee contributions actually
15 paid for that service and the amounts that would have
16 been contributed if the applicant were contributing at
17 the rate applicable to persons with the same social
18 security status earning eligible creditable service on
19 the date of application.
20 (d) A security employee of the Department of
21 Corrections, and a security employee of the Department of
22 Human Services who is not a mental health police officer,
23 shall not be eligible for the alternative retirement annuity
24 provided by this Section unless he or she meets the following
25 minimum age and service requirements at the time of
26 retirement:
27 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
28 55; or
29 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of
30 eligible creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of
31 eligible creditable service and age 55; or
32 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of
33 eligible creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of
34 eligible creditable service and age 55; or
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1 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of
2 eligible creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of
3 eligible creditable service and age 55; or
4 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6 creditable service and age 55; or
7 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of
8 eligible creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of
9 eligible creditable service and age 55.
10 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12 Corrections in a position requiring certification as a
13 teacher may count such service toward establishing their
14 eligibility under the service requirements of this Section;
15 but such service may be used only for establishing such
16 eligibility, and not for the purpose of increasing or
17 calculating any benefit.
18 (e) If a member enters military service while working in
19 a position in which eligible creditable service may be
20 earned, and returns to State service in the same or another
21 such position, and fulfills in all other respects the
22 conditions prescribed in this Article for credit for military
23 service, such military service shall be credited as eligible
24 creditable service for the purposes of the retirement annuity
25 prescribed in this Section.
26 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities
27 under this Section, periods of service rendered after
28 December 31, 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered
29 employee in the position of special agent, conservation
30 police officer, mental health police officer, or investigator
31 for the Secretary of State, shall be deemed to have been
32 service as a noncovered employee, provided that the employee
33 pays to the System prior to retirement an amount equal to (1)
34 the difference between the employee contributions that would
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1 have been required for such service as a noncovered employee,
2 and the amount of employee contributions actually paid, plus
3 (2) if payment is made after July 31, 1987, regular interest
4 on the amount specified in item (1) from the date of service
5 to the date of payment.
6 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
7 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
8 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
9 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
10 be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
11 provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
12 retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
13 employee contributions that would have been required for such
14 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
15 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made
16 after January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount
17 specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
18 payment.
19 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January
20 1, 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to
21 10 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by
22 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
23 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
24 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
25 employer contributions transferred to the System under
26 Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
27 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
28 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
29 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
30 the date of service to the date of payment.
31 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
32 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to
33 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
34 his service as a member of the County Police Department under
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1 Article 9, by filing a written election with the Board,
2 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
3 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
4 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
5 under Section 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been
6 contributed had those contributions been made at the rates
7 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
8 the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
9 the date of service to the date of payment.
10 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11 policeman may elect to establish eligible creditable service
12 for up to 12 years of his or her service as a policeman under
13 Article 3 or 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under
14 Article 7, or a member of the County Police Department under
15 Article 9, by filing a written election with the Board by
16 January 1, 2000 and paying to the System within 5 years after
17 the date of application (but no later than the day of
18 withdrawal) an amount to be determined by the System, equal
19 to the deficiency, if any, between (i) the amount transferred
20 to the System under Section 3-110.5, 5-236, 7-139.7, or
21 9-121.10 and (ii) the amount that would have been contributed
22 to the System had employer and employee contributions been
23 made for the transferred service at the rates applicable to
24 State policemen, including interest thereon at the effective
25 rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date of
26 service to the date of payment.
27 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an a
28 State policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State
29 may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up to
30 12 years of his service as a policeman under Article 5, by
31 filing a written election with the Board on or before January
32 31, 1992, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an
33 amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
34 difference between the amount of employee and employer
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1 contributions transferred to the System under Section 5-236,
2 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
3 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
4 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
5 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
6 to the date of payment.
7 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
8 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
9 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
10 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a
11 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
12 a written election with the Board on or before January 31,
13 1993, and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount
14 to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference
15 between the amount of employee and employer contributions
16 transferred to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the
17 amounts that would have been contributed had such
18 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
19 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
20 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
21 to the date of payment.
22 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
23 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
24 (k), and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
25 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
26 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys
27 Appellate Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may
28 elect to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
29 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a
30 sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
31 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
32 an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
33 difference between the amount of employee and employer
34 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6
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1 or 7-139.8, and the amounts that would have been contributed
2 had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
3 State policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective
4 rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date of
5 service to the date of payment.
6 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
7 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
8 establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
9 full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
10 officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
11 local government located outside of Illinois, for which
12 credit is not held in any other public employee pension fund
13 or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant
14 must file a written application with the Board by March 31,
15 1998, accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to
16 the Board and payment of an amount to be determined by the
17 Board, equal to (1) employee contributions for the credit
18 being established, based upon the applicant's salary on the
19 first day as an alternative formula employee after the
20 employment for which credit is being established and the
21 rates then applicable to alternative formula employees, plus
22 (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
23 normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
24 established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in
25 items (1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative
26 formula employee after the employment for which credit is
27 being established to the date of payment.
28 (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
29 security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
30 not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
31 service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a
32 policeman under Article 3, by filing a written election with
33 the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to be
34 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
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1 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
2 to the System under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that
3 would have been contributed had such contributions been made
4 at the rates applicable to security employees of the
5 Department of Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the
6 effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from the
7 date of service to the date of payment.
8 (Source: P.A. 89-136, eff. 7-14-95; 89-445, eff. 2-7-96;
9 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.