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90_SB1910
40 ILCS 5/9-179.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-179.1
30 ILCS 805/8.22 new
Amends the Cook County Article of the Pension Code in
relation to credit for military service not immediately
preceded by county service. Allows purchase of that credit
by any person with at least 15 years of service credit in the
Fund. Increases the amount of that credit that may be
purchased, from 2 to 4 years. 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 changing
2 Section 9-179.1 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
6 changing Section 9-179.1 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/9-179.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-179.1)
8 Sec. 9-179.1. Military service. A contributing employee
9 as of January 1, 1993 with at least 15 25 years of service
10 credit may apply for creditable service for up to 4 years 2
11 years of military service whether or not the military service
12 followed service as a county employee. The military service
13 need not have been served in wartime, but the employee must
14 not have been dishonorably discharged. To establish this
15 creditable service the applicant must pay to the Fund, while
16 in the service of the county, an amount determined by the
17 Fund to represent the employee contributions for the
18 creditable service established, based on the employee's rate
19 of compensation on his or her last day as a contributor
20 before the military service, or on his or her first day as a
21 contributor after the military service, whichever is greater,
22 plus interest at the effective rate from the date of
23 discharge to the date of payment.
24 The 4 years of military service credit authorized to be
25 established under this Section is in addition to any military
26 service credit authorized under Section 9-179, but a person
27 may not establish credit under both this Section and Section
28 9-179 for the same period of military service. A person may
29 not establish credit for military service under both this
30 Section and Section 9-120.1.
31 If a person who has established any credit under this
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1 Section applies for or receives any early retirement
2 incentive under Section 9-134.2, the credit under this
3 Section shall be forfeited and the amount paid to the Fund
4 under this Section shall be refunded.
5 (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
6 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
7 Section 8.22 as follows:
8 (30 ILCS 805/8.22 new)
9 Sec. 8.22. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
10 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
11 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
12 amendatory Act of 1998.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.