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90_SB0665sam009

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 665
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 665,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  inserting  immediately  below  the  enacting  clause  the
 4    following:
 5        "Section  5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is amended by
 6    adding Section 14-104 as follows:
 7        (40 ILCS 5/14-104) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104)
 8        Sec. 14-104.  Service for which contributions  permitted.
 9    Contributions provided for in this Section  shall  cover  the
10    period  of  service  granted,  and  be  based upon employee's
11    compensation and contribution rate in effect on the  date  he
12    last  became  a  member  of the System; provided that for all
13    employment prior to January 1,  1969  the  contribution  rate
14    shall be that in effect for a noncovered employee on the date
15    he  last  became  a  member  of  the  System.   Contributions
16    permitted  under  this Section shall include regular interest
17    from the date an employee last became a member of the  System
18    to date of payment.
19        These   contributions   must   be  paid  in  full  before
20    retirement either in a lump sum or in installment payments in
21    accordance with such rules as may be adopted by the board.
22        (a)  Any member may make  contributions  as  required  in
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 1    this  Section  for  any  period of service, subsequent to the
 2    date of establishment, but prior to the date of membership.
 3        (b)  Any employee who had been previously  excluded  from
 4    membership  because  of  age at entry and subsequently became
 5    eligible may elect to make contributions as required in  this
 6    Section  for  the  period  of  service  during  which  he was
 7    ineligible.
 8        (c)  An employee of  the  Department  of  Insurance  who,
 9    after  January  1,  1944  but  prior to becoming eligible for
10    membership, received salary from funds of insurance companies
11    in the process of rehabilitation,  liquidation,  conservation
12    or  dissolution,  may elect to make contributions as required
13    in this Section for such service.
14        (d)  Any employee who rendered service in a State  office
15    to  which he was elected, or rendered service in the elective
16    office of Clerk of the Appellate Court prior to the  date  he
17    became  a  member, may make contributions for such service as
18    required  in  this  Section.   Any  member  who   served   by
19    appointment  of  the  Governor under the Civil Administrative
20    Code of Illinois and did not participate in this  System  may
21    make  contributions  as  required  in  this  Section for such
22    service.
23        (e)  Any person employed by the United States  government
24    or any instrumentality or agency thereof from January 1, 1942
25    through  November  15,  1946 as the result of a transfer from
26    State service by executive order  of  the  President  of  the
27    United  States  shall  be  entitled  to  prior service credit
28    covering the period from January 1, 1942 through December 31,
29    1943 as provided  for  in  this  Article  and  to  membership
30    service  credit   for the period from January 1, 1944 through
31    November 15, 1946 by making  the  contributions  required  in
32    this  Section.   A  person so employed on January 1, 1944 but
33    whose employment began after January 1, 1942 may qualify  for
34    prior  service  and  membership service credit under the same
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 1    conditions.
 2        (f)  An employee of the Department of Labor of the  State
 3    of   Illinois  who  performed  services  for  and  under  the
 4    supervision of that Department prior to January 1,  1944  but
 5    who  was  compensated  for those services directly by federal
 6    funds and not by a warrant of the Auditor of Public  Accounts
 7    paid  by  the  State  Treasurer may establish credit for such
 8    employment by  making  the  contributions  required  in  this
 9    Section.  An employee of the Department of Agriculture of the
10    State of Illinois, who performed services for and  under  the
11    supervision of that Department prior to June 1, 1963, but was
12    compensated  for those services directly by federal funds and
13    not paid by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts  paid
14    by  the  State  Treasurer,  and who did not contribute to any
15    other public employee retirement system for such service, may
16    establish  credit  for  such   employment   by   making   the
17    contributions required in this Section.
18        (g)  Any  employee  who  executed  a waiver of membership
19    within 60 days prior to January 1,  1944  may,  at  any  time
20    while  in  the service of a department, file with the board a
21    rescission of such waiver.   Upon  making  the  contributions
22    required  by  this  Section,  the member shall be granted the
23    creditable service that  would  have  been  received  if  the
24    waiver had not been executed.
25        (h)  Until May 1, 1990, an employee who was employed on a
26    full-time  basis  by  a  regional  planning commission for at
27    least 5 continuous years may establish creditable service for
28    such employment by making the  contributions  required  under
29    this  Section,  provided  that  any  credits  earned  by  the
30    employee  in  the  commission's  retirement  plan  have  been
31    terminated.
32        (i)  Any   person  who  rendered  full  time  contractual
33    services to the General Assembly as a member of a legislative
34    staff may establish service credit for up to 8 years of  such
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 1    services  by  making  the  contributions  required under this
 2    Section, provided that application therefor is made not later
 3    than July 1, 1991.
 4        (j)  By paying the contributions otherwise required under
 5    this Section, plus an amount determined by the  Board  to  be
 6    equal  to  the  employer's  normal  cost  of the benefit plus
 7    interest, an employee may  establish  service  credit  for  a
 8    period  of up to 2 years spent in active military service for
 9    which he does not qualify for credit  under  Section  14-105,
10    provided  that  (1)  he  was not dishonorably discharged from
11    such military service, and (2) the amount of  service  credit
12    established by a member under this subsection (j), when added
13    to  the  amount  of  military  service  credit granted to the
14    member under subsection (b)  of  Section  14-105,  shall  not
15    exceed 5 years.
16        (k)  An employee who was employed on a full-time basis by
17    the   Illinois   State's   Attorneys   Association  Statewide
18    Appellate Assistance Service LEAA-ILEC grant project prior to
19    the time that project became the State's Attorneys  Appellate
20    Service  Commission,  now the Office of the State's Attorneys
21    Appellate Prosecutor, an  agency  of  State  government,  may
22    establish  creditable  service  for  not  more than 60 months
23    service for such employment by making contributions  required
24    under this Section.
25        (l)  Any  person  who  rendered contractual services to a
26    member of the General Assembly as a worker  in  the  member's
27    district  office may establish creditable service for up to 3
28    years  of  those   contractual   services   by   making   the
29    contributions  required under this Section.  The System shall
30    determine a full-time salary equivalent for  the  purpose  of
31    calculating  the  required contribution.  To establish credit
32    under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
33    by March 1, 1998.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-273; 86-1488;  87-794;  87-895;  87-1265.)";
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 1    and
 2    by  renumbering  all  subsequent  Sections  of  the  bill  in
 3    consecutive  ascending  multiples  of  5,  beginning with the
 4    number 10.

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