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 1        AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The  Illinois  Pension  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 14-103.05 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
 7        Sec. 14-103.05.  Employee.
 8        (a)  Any  person  employed  by  a Department who receives
 9    salary for personal services rendered to the Department on  a
10    warrant  issued  pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a
11    Department and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the  State
12    Treasurer,   including   an  elected  official  described  in
13    subparagraph (d) of Section 14-104, shall become an  employee
14    for  purpose  of  membership  in the Retirement System on the
15    first day of such employment.
16        A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
17    prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
18    of employment and shall begin making contributions as of  the
19    first day of employment.
20        A  person  entering  service  on or after January 1, 1984
21    shall, upon completion of  6  months  of  continuous  service
22    which  is  not  interrupted by a break of more than 2 months,
23    become a member as a condition of employment.   Contributions
24    shall  begin  the  first of the month after completion of the
25    qualifying period.
26        The qualifying period of  6  months  of  service  is  not
27    applicable  to:  (1) a person who has been granted credit for
28    service in a  position  covered  by  the  State  Universities
29    Retirement  System,  the  Teachers'  Retirement System of the
30    State of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or
31    the Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that  service
 
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 1    has  been  forfeited  under  the laws of those systems; (2) a
 2    person entering service  on  or  after  July  1,  1991  in  a
 3    noncovered   position;  or  (3)  a  person  to  whom  Section
 4    14-108.2a or 14-108.2b applies.
 5        (b)  The term "employee" does not include the following:
 6             (1)  members of the State Legislature,  and  persons
 7        electing  to  become  members  of  the  General  Assembly
 8        Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
 9             (2)  incumbents  of  offices normally filled by vote
10        of the people;
11             (3)  except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,
12        any  person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
13        consent of  the  Senate  unless  that  person  elects  to
14        participate in this system;
15             (4)  except  as  provided  in  Section 14-108.2, any
16        person who is covered or eligible to be  covered  by  the
17        Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, the
18        State  Universities  Retirement  System,  or  the  Judges
19        Retirement System of Illinois;
20             (5)  an  employee  of  a  municipality  or any other
21        political subdivision of the State;
22             (6)  any person who becomes an employee  after  June
23        30,   1979   as   a  public  service  employment  program
24        participant under the  Federal  Comprehensive  Employment
25        and  Training  Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are
26        paid in whole or in part by  funds  provided  under  such
27        Act;
28             (7)  enrollees   of   the   Illinois   Young   Adult
29        Conservation   Corps   program,   administered   by   the
30        Department   of  Natural  Resources,  authorized  grantee
31        pursuant to Title VIII of the  "Comprehensive  Employment
32        and  Training  Act  of  1973",  29  USC  993,  as  now or
33        hereafter amended;
34             (8)  enrollees  and  temporary  staff  of   programs
 
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 1        administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
 2        the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
 3             (9)  any  person who is a member of any professional
 4        licensing or disciplinary  board  created  under  an  Act
 5        administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
 6        or  a successor agency or created or re-created after the
 7        effective date of this amendatory Act of  1997,  and  who
 8        receives  per  diem  compensation  rather  than a salary,
 9        notwithstanding that such per diem compensation  is  paid
10        by  warrant  issued  pursuant  to a payroll voucher; such
11        persons have never been included  in  the  membership  of
12        this  System,  and  this  amendatory  Act  of  1987 (P.A.
13        84-1472) is not intended to  effect  any  change  in  the
14        status of such persons;
15             (10)  any  person  who  is  a member of the Illinois
16        Health Care Cost Containment Council,  and  receives  per
17        diem  compensation  rather than a salary, notwithstanding
18        that such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
19        pursuant to a payroll voucher; such  persons  have  never
20        been  included in the membership of this System, and this
21        amendatory Act of 1987 is  not  intended  to  effect  any
22        change in the status of such persons; or
23             (11)  any  person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
24        Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and  Gas
25        Act,  and  receives  per  diem compensation rather than a
26        salary, notwithstanding that such per  diem  compensation
27        is paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher.
28        (c)  An  individual  who is employed on a full-time basis
29    as an officer or employee of a statewide  labor  organization
30    that represents members of this System may participate in the
31    System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the
32    individual  has  previously  earned  creditable service under
33    this Article, (2) the individual files  with  the  System  an
34    irrevocable  election  to  become  a participant, and (3) the
 
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 1    individual does not receive credit for that employment  under
 2    any  other  provision  of  this Code.  An employee under this
 3    subsection (c) is responsible for paying to the  System  both
 4    (i)  employee  contributions based on the actual compensation
 5    received for service with the  labor  organization  and  (ii)
 6    employer  contributions  based  on  the percentage of payroll
 7    certified  by  the  board;  all  or   any   part   of   these
 8    contributions  may be paid on the employee's behalf or picked
 9    up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law) by  the
10    labor organization.
11        A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
12    may  establish service credit for similar employment prior to
13    becoming an employee under this subsection by paying  to  the
14    System  for  that  employment  the contributions specified in
15    this subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the
16    date of service to the  date  of  payment.   However,  credit
17    shall not be granted under this subsection for any such prior
18    employment  for which the applicant received credit under any
19    other provision of this Code, or during which  the  applicant
20    was on a leave of absence.
21    (Source:  P.A.  89-246;  eff.  8-4-95;  89-445,  eff. 2-7-96;
22    90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)

23        Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes  effect  upon
24    becoming law.

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