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Rep. Robert S. Molaro
Filed: 5/28/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2520
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2520 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by |
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| changing Sections 3-110.8, 4-109.3, 5-168, 5-178, 7-139.11, |
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| 8-163, 9-156, 9-158, 9-159, 10-103, 11-158, 14-110, by |
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| renumbering and changing Section 3-110.9 as added by Public Act |
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| 95-530 and Section 7-139.12 as added by Public Act 95-530, and |
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| by adding Sections 5-214.2 and 10-109 as follows: |
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| (40 ILCS 5/3-110.8)
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| Sec. 3-110.8. Transfer to IMRF. |
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| (a) Until January 1, 2009 2008 , any active member of the |
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| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund may apply to transfer up to |
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| who
has less than 8 years of creditable service in a police |
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| pension fund under this Article , may apply for transfer of his |
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| or her creditable service accumulated
in that fund to the |
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| Illinois Municipal
Retirement Fund. The creditable service |
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| shall be transferred upon payment by
the police pension fund to |
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| the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund of an amount
equal to: |
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| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the |
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| applicant on the books
of the fund on the date of transfer; |
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| and
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| (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the |
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| amount determined
under subparagraph (1); and
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| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to |
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| reinstate service.
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| Creditable service transferred to the Illinois Municipal |
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| Retirement Fund under this Section shall terminate on the date |
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| of the transfer. Participation in this Fund shall terminate on |
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| the date of transfer.
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| (b) Until January 1, 2009 2008 , any active member of the |
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| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund member under subsection (a) |
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| may reinstate all or any portion of his or her service that |
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| which was
terminated by receipt of a refund, by payment to the |
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| police pension fund of the
amount of the refund with interest |
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| thereon at the actuarially assumed rate of 6% per year ,
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| compounded annually, from the date of refund to the date of |
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| payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-356, eff. 7-29-05; 95-530, eff. 8-28-07.) |
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| (40 ILCS 5/3-110.10)
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| Sec. 3-110.10
3-110.9 . Transfer from Article 7. Until |
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| January 1, 2009 2008 , a person may transfer to a fund |
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| established under this Article up to 8 years of creditable |
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| service accumulated under Article 7 of this Code upon payment |
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| to the fund of an amount to be determined by
the board, equal |
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| to (i) the difference between the amount of
employee and |
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| employer contributions transferred to the fund
under Section |
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| 7-139.11 and the amounts that would have been contributed had |
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| such
contributions been made at the rates applicable to an |
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| employee under this Article, plus (ii) interest thereon at the |
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| actuarially assumed effective rate for
each year , compounded |
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| annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; revised 12-6-07.) |
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| (40 ILCS 5/4-109.3)
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| Sec. 4-109.3. Employee creditable service. |
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| (a) As used in this Section:
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| "Final monthly salary" means the monthly salary attached to |
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| the rank held by
the firefighter at the time of his or her last |
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| withdrawal from service under a
particular pension fund.
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| "Last pension fund" means the pension fund in which the |
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| firefighter was
participating at the time of his or her last |
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| withdrawal from service.
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| (b) The benefits provided under this Section are available |
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| only to a
firefighter who:
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| (1) is a firefighter at the time of withdrawal from the |
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| last
pension fund and for at least the final 3 years of |
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| employment prior to that
withdrawal;
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| (2) has established service credit with at least one |
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| pension fund
established under this Article other than the |
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| last pension fund;
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| (3) has a total of at least 20 years of service under |
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| the various
pension funds established under this Article |
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| and has attained age 50; and
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| (4) is in service on or after the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of
the 93rd General Assembly.
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| (c) A firefighter who is eligible for benefits under this |
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| Section may elect
to receive a retirement pension from each |
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| pension fund under this Article in
which the firefighter has at |
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| least one year of service credit but has not received a refund |
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| under Section 4-116 (unless the firefighter repays that refund |
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| under subsection (g)) or subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1, by |
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| applying in
writing and paying the contribution required under |
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| subsection (i).
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| (d) From each such pension fund other than the last pension |
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| fund, in lieu
of any retirement pension otherwise payable under |
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| this Article, a firefighter
to whom this Section applies may |
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| elect to receive a monthly pension of 1/12th
of 2.5% of his or |
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| her final monthly salary under that fund for each month of
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| service in that fund, subject to a maximum of 75% of that final |
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| monthly salary.
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| (e) From the last pension fund, in lieu of any retirement |
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| pension otherwise
payable under this Article, a firefighter to |
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| whom this Section applies may
elect to receive a monthly |
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| pension calculated as follows:
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| The last pension fund shall calculate the retirement |
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| pension that
would be payable to the firefighter under |
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| subsection (a) of Section 4-109 as if he
or she had
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| participated in that last pension fund during his or her entire |
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| period of
service under all pension funds established under |
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| this Article (excluding any period of service for which the |
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| firefighter has received a refund under Section 4-116, unless |
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| the firefighter repays that refund under subsection (g), or for |
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| which the firefighter has received a refund under subsection |
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| (c) of Section 4-118.1).
From this hypothetical pension there |
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| shall be subtracted the original amounts
of the retirement |
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| pensions payable to the firefighter by all other pension
funds |
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| under subsection (d). The remainder is the retirement pension |
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| payable
to the firefighter by the last pension fund under this |
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| subsection (e).
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| (f) Pensions elected under this Section shall be subject to |
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| increases as
provided in subsection (d) of Section 4-109.1.
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| (g) A current firefighter may reinstate creditable service |
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| in a
pension fund established under this Article that was |
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| terminated upon receipt of
a refund, by payment to that pension |
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| fund of the amount of the refund together
with interest thereon |
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| at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the
date |
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| of the refund to the date of payment. A repayment of a refund |
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| under this
Section may be made in equal installments over a |
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| period of up to 10 years, but
must be paid in full prior to |
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| retirement.
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| (h) As a condition of being eligible for the benefits |
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| provided in this Section, a person who is hired to a position |
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| as a firefighter on or after July 1, 2004 must, within 21 |
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| months after being hired, notify
the new employer, all of his |
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| or her previous employers under this Article, and
the Public |
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| Pension Division of the Division of Insurance of the Department |
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| of Financial and Professional Regulation of his or her intent |
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| to receive the benefits provided under this Section.
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| (i) In order to receive a pension under this Section or an |
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| occupational disease disability pension for which he or she |
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| becomes eligible due to the application of subsection (m) of |
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| this Section, a firefighter must
pay to each pension fund from |
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| which he or she has elected to receive a pension under this |
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| Section a contribution equal to 1% of
monthly salary for each |
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| month of service credit that the firefighter has in
that fund |
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| (other than service credit for which the firefighter has |
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| already
paid the additional contribution required under |
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| subsection (c) of Section
4-118.1), together with interest |
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| thereon at the rate of 6% per annum, compounded
annually, from |
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| the firefighter's first day of employment with that fund or the |
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| first day of the fiscal year of that fund that immediately |
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| precedes the firefighter's first day of employment with that |
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| fund, whichever is earlier. |
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| In order for a firefighter who, as of the effective date of |
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| this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, has not begun |
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| to receive a pension under this Section or an occupational |
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| disease disability pension under subsection (m) of this Section |
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| and who has contributed 1/12th of 1% of monthly salary for each |
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| month of service credit that the firefighter has in
that fund |
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| (other than service credit for which the firefighter has |
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| already
paid the additional contribution required under |
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| subsection (c) of Section
4-118.1), together with the required |
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| interest thereon, to receive a pension under this Section or an |
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| occupational disease disability pension for which he or she |
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| becomes eligible due to the application of subsection (m) of |
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| this Section, the firefighter must, within one year after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General |
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| Assembly, make an additional contribution equal to 11/12ths of |
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| 1% of
monthly salary for each month of service credit that the |
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| firefighter has in
that fund (other than service credit for |
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| which the firefighter has already
paid the additional |
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| contribution required under subsection (c) of Section
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| 4-118.1), together with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per |
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| annum, compounded
annually, from the firefighter's first day of |
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| employment with that fund or the first day of the fiscal year |
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| of that fund that immediately precedes the firefighter's first |
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| day of employment with the fund, whichever is earlier. A |
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| firefighter who, as of the effective date of this amendatory |
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| Act of the 93rd General Assembly, has not begun to receive a |
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| pension under this Section or an occupational disease |
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| disability pension under subsection (m) of this Section and who |
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| has contributed 1/12th of 1% of monthly salary for each month |
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| of service credit that the firefighter has in
that fund (other |
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| than service credit for which the firefighter has already
paid |
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| the additional contribution required under subsection (c) of |
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| Section
4-118.1), together with the required interest thereon, |
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| in order to receive a pension under this Section or an |
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| occupational disease disability pension under subsection (m) |
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| of this Section, may elect, within one year after the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to |
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| forfeit the benefits provided under this Section and receive a |
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| refund of that contribution.
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| (j) A retired firefighter who is receiving pension payments |
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| under Section 4-109 may reenter active service under this |
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| Article. Subject to the provisions of Section 4-117, the |
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| firefighter may receive credit for service performed after the |
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| reentry if the firefighter (1) applies to receive credit for |
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| that service, (2) suspends his or her pensions under this |
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| Section,
and (3) makes the contributions required under |
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| subsection (i).
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| (k) A firefighter who is newly hired or promoted to a |
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| position as a
firefighter shall not be denied participation in |
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| a fund under this Article
based on his or her age. |
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| (l) If a firefighter who elects to make contributions under |
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| subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension benefits |
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| provided under this Section becomes entitled to a disability |
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| pension under Section 4-110, the last pension fund is |
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| responsible to pay that disability pension and the amount of |
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| that disability pension shall be based only on the |
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| firefighter's service with the last pension fund. |
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| (m) Notwithstanding any provision in Section 4-110.1 to the |
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| contrary, if a firefighter who elects to make contributions |
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| under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension |
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| benefits provided under this Section becomes entitled to an |
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| occupational disease disability pension under Section 4-110.1, |
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| each pension fund to which the firefighter has made |
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| contributions under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 must pay |
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| a portion of that occupational disease disability pension equal |
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| to the proportion that the firefighter's service credit with |
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| that pension fund for which the contributions under subsection |
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| (c) of Section 4-118.1 have been made bears to the |
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| firefighter's total service credit with all of the pension |
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| funds for which the contributions under subsection (c) of |
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| Section 4-118.1 have been made. A firefighter who has made |
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| contributions under subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for at |
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| least 5 years of creditable service shall be deemed to have met |
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| the 5-year creditable service requirement under Section |
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| 4-110.1, regardless of whether the firefighter has 5 years of |
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| creditable service with the last pension fund. |
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| (n) If a firefighter who elects to make contributions under |
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| subsection (c) of Section 4-118.1 for the pension benefits |
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| provided under this Section becomes entitled to a disability |
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| pension under Section 4-111, the last pension fund is |
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| responsible to pay that disability pension, provided that the |
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| firefighter has at least 7 years of creditable service with the |
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| last pension fund.
In the event a firefighter began employment |
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| with a new employer as a result of an intergovernmental |
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| agreement that resulted in the elimination of the previous |
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| employer's fire department, the firefighter shall not be |
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| required to have 7 years of creditable service with the last |
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| pension fund to qualify for a disability pension under Section |
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| 4-111. Under this circumstance, a firefighter shall be required |
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| to have 7 years of total combined creditable service time to |
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| qualify for a disability pension under Section 4-111. The |
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| disability pension received pursuant to this Section shall be |
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| paid by the previous employer and new employer in proportion to |
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| the firefighter's years of service with each employer.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04; 93-1090, eff. 3-11-05.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-168)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-168)
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| Sec. 5-168. Financing.
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| (a) Except as expressly provided in this Section, the city |
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| shall levy a
tax annually upon all taxable property therein for |
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| the purpose of providing
revenue for the fund.
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| The tax shall be at a rate that will produce a sum which, |
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| when added to the
amounts deducted from the policemen's |
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| salaries and the amounts deposited in
accordance with |
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| subsection (g), is sufficient for the purposes of the fund.
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| For the years 1968 and 1969, the city council shall levy a |
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| tax
annually at a rate on the dollar of the assessed
valuation |
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| of all taxable property that will produce, when extended, not
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| to exceed $9,700,000. Beginning with the year 1970 and each |
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| year
thereafter the city council shall levy a tax annually at a |
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| rate on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable |
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| property that will
produce when extended an amount not to |
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| exceed the total amount of
contributions by the policemen to |
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| the Fund made in the calendar year 2
years before the year for |
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| which the applicable annual tax is levied,
multiplied by 1.40 |
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| for the tax levy year 1970; by 1.50 for the year
1971; by 1.65 |
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| for 1972; by 1.85 for 1973; by 1.90 for 1974; by 1.97 for
1975 |
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| through 1981; by 2.00 for 1982 and for each year thereafter. |
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| For the purposes of this subsection (a), contributions by the |
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| policeman to the Fund shall not include payments made by a |
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| policeman to establish credit under Section 5-214.2 of this |
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| Code.
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| (b) The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner |
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| with the
general taxes of the city, and is in addition to all |
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| other taxes which the
city is now or may hereafter be |
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| authorized to levy upon all taxable property
therein, and is |
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| exclusive of and in addition to the amount of tax the city is
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| now or may hereafter be authorized to levy for general purposes |
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| under any
law which may limit the amount of tax which the city |
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| may levy for general
purposes. The county clerk of the county |
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| in which the city is located, in
reducing tax levies under |
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| Section 8-3-1 of the Illinois
Municipal Code, shall not |
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| consider the tax herein authorized as a part
of the general tax |
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| levy for city purposes, and shall not include the tax
in any |
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| limitation of the percent of the assessed valuation upon which
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| taxes are required to be extended for the city.
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| (c) On or before January 10 of each year, the board shall |
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| notify the
city council of the requirement that the tax herein |
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| authorized be levied by
the city council for that current year. |
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| The board shall compute the
amounts necessary for the purposes |
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| of this fund to be credited to the
reserves established and |
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| maintained within the fund; shall make an
annual determination |
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| of the amount of the required city contributions;
and shall |
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| certify the results thereof to the city council.
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| As soon as any revenue derived from the tax is collected it |
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| shall be
paid to the city treasurer of the city and shall be |
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| held by him for the
benefit of the fund in accordance with this |
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| Article.
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| (d) If the funds available are insufficient during any year |
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| to meet the
requirements of this Article, the city may issue |
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| tax anticipation warrants
against the tax levy for the current |
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| fiscal year.
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| (e) The various sums, including interest, to be contributed |
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| by the city,
shall be taken from the revenue derived from such |
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| tax or otherwise as expressly
provided in this Section. Any |
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| moneys of the city derived from any source other
than the tax |
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| herein authorized shall not be used for any purpose of the fund
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| nor the cost of administration thereof, unless applied to make |
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| the deposit
expressly authorized in this Section
or the |
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| additional city contributions required under subsection (h).
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| (f) If it is not possible or practicable for the city to |
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| make its
contributions at the time that salary deductions are |
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| made, the city
shall make such contributions as soon as |
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| possible thereafter, with
interest thereon to the time it is |
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| made.
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| (g) In lieu of levying all or a portion of the tax required |
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| under this
Section in any year, the city may deposit with the |
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| city treasurer no later than
March 1 of that year for the |
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| benefit of the fund, to be held in accordance with
this |
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| Article, an amount that, together with the taxes levied under |
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| this Section
for that year, is not less than the amount of the |
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| city contributions for that
year as certified by the board to |
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| the city council. The deposit may be derived
from any source |
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| legally available for that purpose, including, but not limited
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| to, the proceeds of city borrowings. The making of a deposit |
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| shall satisfy
fully the requirements of this Section for that |
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| year to the extent of the
amounts so deposited. Amounts |
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| deposited under this subsection may be used by
the fund for any |
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| of the purposes for which the proceeds of the tax levied under
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| this Section may be used, including the payment of any amount |
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| that is otherwise
required by this Article to be paid from the |
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| proceeds of that tax.
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| (h) In addition to the contributions required under the |
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| other provisions
of this Article, by November 1 of the |
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| following specified years, the city shall
deposit with the city |
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| treasurer for the benefit of the fund, to be held and
used in |
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| accordance with this Article, the following specified amounts:
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| $6,300,000 in 1999;
$5,880,000 in 2000;
$5,460,000 in 2001;
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| $5,040,000 in 2002; and
$4,620,000 in 2003.
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| The additional city contributions required under this |
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| subsection are
intended to decrease the unfunded liability of |
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| the fund and shall not decrease
the amount of the city |
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| contributions required under the other provisions of
this |
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| Article. The additional city contributions made under this |
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| subsection
may be used by the fund for any of its lawful |
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| purposes.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-654, eff. 1-16-04.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-178) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-178)
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| Sec. 5-178. Board created. A board of 8 members shall
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| constitute a board of trustees authorized to administer the |
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| provisions of
this Article. The board shall be known as the |
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| Retirement Board of the
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of |
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| the city.
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| The board shall consist of 4 persons appointed by
the mayor |
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| of the city; 3 policemen employed by the city, at least one of
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| whom shall be a lieutenant or of a rank superior to lieutenant, |
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| one of whom
shall be of the rank of sergeant, and one of whom |
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| shall be of the rank of
investigator or a rank inferior to that |
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| rank; and one
annuitant of the fund, or a pensioner of any |
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| prior police pension fund
in operation, by authority of law, in |
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| the city. Children less than age
18 shall not be eligible for |
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| board membership. The term of office for
all members shall be 3 |
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| years. For the election to be held in 2008 only, the terms for |
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| the member who is a lieutenant or of a rank superior to |
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| lieutenant and the member who is a sergeant shall be 3 years |
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| and the terms for the member who is an investigator or a rank |
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| inferior to that rank and the annuitant member shall be 4 |
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| years. After the terms of the 2008 election are completed, the |
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| terms revert to 3-year terms for each elected trustee. Upon his |
12 |
| election, the member holding the
rank of investigator or a rank |
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| inferior to that rank shall be detailed by
the Police |
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| Superintendent to the office of the board for the duration of
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| his term as trustee.
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| The members of a retirement board holding office in a city |
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| at the
time this Article becomes effective, including elected, |
18 |
| appointed and
ex-officio members, shall continue in office |
19 |
| until the expiration of
their respective terms or appointment |
20 |
| and until their respective
successors are elected or appointed, |
21 |
| and qualified.
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| At least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of |
23 |
| office of
each appointive member the mayor shall appoint a |
24 |
| successor for a term of
3 years.
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| The board shall conduct a regular election at least 30 days |
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| prior to
the expiration of the terms of the active policemen |
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such member for a term of 3 years.
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| continue in
office until his successor is selected and has |
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| qualified.
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| Any person so appointed or elected shall qualify by taking |
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| an oath of
office. A copy thereof shall be kept in the office |
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| of the city clerk of
the city.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-273.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/5-214.2 new) |
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| Sec. 5-214.2. Credit for certain law enforcement service. |
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| An active policeman who is a member of this Fund on or before |
13 |
| the effective date of this Section may establish up to 10 years |
14 |
| of additional service credit in 6-month increments for service |
15 |
| in a law enforcement capacity under Articles 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, |
16 |
| 14, and 15 and Division 1 of Article 22 or as a law enforcement |
17 |
| officer with the Chicago Housing Authority, provided that: (1) |
18 |
| service credit is not available for that employment under any |
19 |
| other provision of this Article; (2) any service credit for |
20 |
| that employment received under any other provision of this Code |
21 |
| or under the retirement plan of the Chicago Housing Authority |
22 |
| has been terminated; and (3) the policeman applies for this |
23 |
| credit in writing within one year after the effective date of |
24 |
| this Section and pays to the Fund within 5 years after the date |
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| of application an amount to be determined by the Fund in |
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| the effective date of this Section may establish up to 10 years |
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| of additional service credit in 6-month increments for service |
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| in a law enforcement capacity under Articles 3, 7, 9, 10, 13, |
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| 14, and 15 and Division 1 of Article 22 or as a law enforcement |
7 |
| officer with the Chicago Housing Authority, provided that: (1) |
8 |
| service credit is not available for that employment under any |
9 |
| other provision of this Article; (2) any service credit for |
10 |
| that employment received under any other provision of this Code |
11 |
| or under the retirement plan of the Chicago Housing Authority |
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| has been terminated; and (3) the policeman applies for this |
13 |
| credit in writing within 2 years after he or she begins |
14 |
| employment under this Article and pays to the Fund within 5 |
15 |
| years after the date of application an amount to be determined |
16 |
| by the Fund in accordance with this Section. |
17 |
| The Fund must determine the policeman's payment required to |
18 |
| establish creditable service under this Section by taking into |
19 |
| account the appropriate actuarial assumptions, including |
20 |
| without limitation the police officer's service, age, and |
21 |
| salary history; the level of funding of the Fund; and any other |
22 |
| factors that the Fund determines to be relevant. For this |
23 |
| purpose, the policeman's required payment should result in no |
24 |
| significant increase to the Fund's unfunded actuarial accrued |
25 |
| liability determined as of the most recent actuarial valuation, |
26 |
| based on the same assumptions and methods used to develop and |
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| value of assets under Statement No. 25 of Governmental |
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| Accounting Standards Board or any subsequent applicable |
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| Statement.
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-139.11)
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| Sec. 7-139.11. Transfer to Article 3 pension fund. |
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| (a) Until January 1, 2009 2008 , a person who has become an |
8 |
| active
participant in a police pension fund established under |
9 |
| Article 3 of this Code may transfer who has less than 8 years |
10 |
| of creditable service under this Article and who has become an |
11 |
| active
participant in a police pension fund established under |
12 |
| Article 3 of this Code
may apply for transfer to that Article 3 |
13 |
| fund of his or her creditable service
accumulated under this |
14 |
| Article . At the
time of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the |
15 |
| police pension fund an amount
equal to: |
16 |
| (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the |
17 |
| applicant under this Article, including interest; and
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| (2) the municipality credits based on that service, |
19 |
| including interest;
and
|
20 |
| (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to |
21 |
| reinstate that service.
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22 |
| Participation in this Fund with respect to the transferred |
23 |
| credits shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
|
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| (b) An active member of a pension fund established under |
25 |
| Article 3
of this Code may reinstate creditable service
under |
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Fund the amount of the refund plus interest |
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| thereon at the actuarially assumed rate of 6% per year ,
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| compounded annually, from the date of refund to the date of |
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| payment.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-356, eff. 7-29-05; 95-530, eff. 8-28-07.) |
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| (40 ILCS 5/7-139.13)
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| Sec. 7-139.13
7-139.12 . Transfer from Article 3. |
9 |
| Notwithstanding subdivision (a)10 of Section 7-139, from the |
10 |
| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly until Until January 1, 2009 2008 , a person may |
12 |
| transfer to the Illinois Municipal Retirement System Systems up |
13 |
| to 8 years of creditable service accumulated under Article 3 of |
14 |
| this Code . To establish creditable service under this Section, |
15 |
| a person may elect to do either of the following: |
16 |
| (A) Pay upon payment to the Fund of an amount to be |
17 |
| determined by
the board, equal to (i) the difference |
18 |
| between the amount of
employee and employer contributions |
19 |
| transferred to the Fund
under Section 3-110.8 and the |
20 |
| amounts that would have been contributed had such
|
21 |
| contributions been made at the rates applicable to an |
22 |
| employee under this Article, plus (ii) interest thereon at |
23 |
| the actuarially assumed effective rate for
each year , |
24 |
| compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date |
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| of payment . |
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| established under this Section reduced by an amount |
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| corresponding to the amount by which (i) the employer and |
4 |
| employee contributions that would have been required if he |
5 |
| had participated in this Fund during the period for which |
6 |
| credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at the |
7 |
| actuarially assumed rate, compounded annually, from the |
8 |
| date of termination of the service for which credit is |
9 |
| being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (ii) the |
10 |
| amount actually transferred to the Fund .
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| (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; revised 12-6-07.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/8-163) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 8-163)
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| Sec. 8-163. When disability benefit not payable. |
14 |
| (a) If an employee
receiving duty or ordinary disability |
15 |
| benefit refuses to submit to
examination by a physician |
16 |
| appointed by the board, or fails or refuses to
consent to and |
17 |
| sign an authorization allowing the board to receive copies
of |
18 |
| or examine the employee's medical and hospital records, or |
19 |
| fails or
refuses to provide complete information regarding any |
20 |
| other employment for
compensation he has received since he has |
21 |
| become disabled, he shall have no
further right to receive the |
22 |
| benefit.
|
23 |
| (b) Disability benefit shall not be paid for any time for |
24 |
| which the
employee receives any part of his salary or is |
25 |
| employed by any public
body supported in whole or in part by |
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| (c) Before any action is taken by the Board on an |
3 |
| application for a duty disability benefit or a widow's |
4 |
| compensation or supplemental benefit, the employee or widow |
5 |
| shall file a claim with the employer to establish that the |
6 |
| disability or death occurred while the employee was acting |
7 |
| within the scope of and in the course of his or her duties. |
8 |
| Any amounts provided to the employee or surviving spouse as |
9 |
| temporary total disability payments, permanent disability |
10 |
| payments, a lump sum settlement award, or other payment under |
11 |
| the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational |
12 |
| Diseases Act shall be applied as an offset to the disability |
13 |
| benefit paid by the Fund, whether duty or ordinary, or any |
14 |
| widow compensation or supplemental benefit payable under this |
15 |
| Article until a period of time has elapsed when the benefit |
16 |
| payable equals the amount of such compensation, payment, or |
17 |
| award. The duty disability benefit shall be offset at the rate |
18 |
| of the amount of temporary total disability payments or |
19 |
| permanent disability payments made under the Workers' |
20 |
| Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. |
21 |
| If such amounts are not readily determinable or if an |
22 |
| employee has not received temporary total disability payments |
23 |
| or permanent weekly or monthly payments for the entire period |
24 |
| of disability up to the time of the compensation, payment, or |
25 |
| award under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' |
26 |
| Occupational Diseases Act, the disability benefit paid by the |
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| Fund shall be offset by 66 2/3% of the employee's salary on the |
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| date of disablement. The offset shall not be greater than the |
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| amount of disability benefits due from the Fund. The offset |
4 |
| shall be applied until a period of time has elapsed when the |
5 |
| benefit payable equals the amount of such compensation, |
6 |
| payment, or award. This offset shall not apply to the initial |
7 |
| days of disability when workers' compensation would not |
8 |
| ordinarily be payable. If an employee who shall be disabled or |
9 |
| his widow receives any
compensation or payment from the city |
10 |
| for specific loss, disability or
death under the Workers' |
11 |
| Compensation Act, or
Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act, the |
12 |
| disability benefit or compensation or supplemental
annuity |
13 |
| payable as a result of such specific loss, disability or death
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| shall be reduced by any amount so received if such amount is |
15 |
| less than
the benefit or annuity or, subject to adjustment when |
16 |
| final
determination of the amount received can be made, the |
17 |
| amount estimated
to be received under the provisions of the |
18 |
| Workers' Compensation Act or
Workers' Occupational Diseases |
19 |
| Act. If the amount received as
compensation payment or award |
20 |
| under the aforesaid Acts exceeds the
disability benefit or |
21 |
| compensation or supplemental annuity payable as a
result of |
22 |
| such specific loss, disability or death, no payment of
|
23 |
| disability benefit or compensation or supplemental annuity |
24 |
| shall be made
until a period of time has elapsed when the |
25 |
| benefit or compensation or
supplemental annuity payable at the |
26 |
| rate herein stated equals the amount
of such compensation, |
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| payment or award. In calculating any such period
of time, |
2 |
| interest upon the amounts involved shall not be considered.
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| (d) An employee who enters service after December 31, 1987, |
4 |
| or an
employee who makes application for a disability benefit |
5 |
| or applies for a
disability benefit for a recurrence of a |
6 |
| previous disability, and who,
while in receipt of an ordinary |
7 |
| or duty disability benefit, assumes any
employment for |
8 |
| compensation, shall not be entitled to receive any amount of
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9 |
| such disability benefit which, when added to his compensation |
10 |
| for such
employment during disability, plus any amount payable |
11 |
| under the provisions
of the Workers' Compensation Act or |
12 |
| Workers' Occupational Diseases Act,
would exceed the rate of |
13 |
| salary on which his disability benefit is based.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 85-964.)
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| (40 ILCS 5/9-156) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-156)
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| Sec. 9-156. Duty disability benefit - Child's disability |
17 |
| benefit. An employee who becomes disabled after the effective |
18 |
| date while under age
65 and prior to January 1, 1979, or while |
19 |
| under age 70 after January 1,
1979 and prior to January 1, |
20 |
| 1987, as the result of injury incurred -
on or after the date |
21 |
| he has been
included under this Article - in the performance of |
22 |
| an act or acts of duty
shall have a right to receive duty |
23 |
| disability benefit, during any period of
such disability for |
24 |
| which he receives no salary. Any employee who
becomes disabled |
25 |
| after January 1, 1987, as the result of injury
incurred on or |
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| after the date he has been included under the Article and in
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| the performance of an act or acts of duty, shall have a right |
3 |
| to receive a
duty disability benefit during any period of such |
4 |
| disability for which he
receives no salary. The benefit shall |
5 |
| be 75%
of salary at date of injury; provided, that if |
6 |
| disability, in any measure,
has resulted from any physical |
7 |
| defect or disease which existed at the time
such injury was |
8 |
| sustained , the duty disability benefit shall be 50% of
salary |
9 |
| at date of such injury.
|
10 |
| The employee shall also have a right to receive child's |
11 |
| disability
benefit of $10 a month on account of each child less |
12 |
| than age 18. Child's
disability benefits shall not exceed 15% |
13 |
| of the salary as aforesaid.
|
14 |
| These benefits shall not be allowed unless application |
15 |
| therefor is made while the disability exists; except that this |
16 |
| limitation does not apply if the board finds that there was |
17 |
| reasonable cause for delay in filing the application while the |
18 |
| disability existed. This amendatory Act of the 95th General |
19 |
| Assembly is intended to be a restatement and clarification of |
20 |
| existing law and does not imply that application for a duty |
21 |
| disability benefit made after the disability had ceased, |
22 |
| without a finding of reasonable cause, was previously allowed |
23 |
| under this Article. |
24 |
| The first payment of duty disability or child's disability |
25 |
| benefit shall
be made not later than one month after such |
26 |
| benefit is granted and each
subsequent payment shall be made |
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| not later than one month after the last
preceding payment.
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| Duty disability benefit is payable during disability until |
3 |
| the employee
attains age 65 if the disability commences prior |
4 |
| to January 1, 1979. If
the disability commences on or after |
5 |
| January 1, 1979, the benefit prescribed
herein shall be payable |
6 |
| during disability until the employee attains age 65
for |
7 |
| disability commencing prior to age 60, or for a period of 5 |
8 |
| years or
until attainment of age 70, whichever occurs first, |
9 |
| for disability
commencing at age 60 or older and on or after |
10 |
| January 1, 1979 but prior
to January 1, 1987. If the disability |
11 |
| commences on or after January 1,
1987, the benefit prescribed |
12 |
| herein shall be payable during disability for
a period of 5 |
13 |
| years for disability commencing at age 60 or older. In
either |
14 |
| case, child's disability benefit shall be paid to the
employee |
15 |
| parent of any unmarried child less than age 18, during such |
16 |
| time
until the child marries or attains age 18. The employee |
17 |
| shall thereafter
receive such annuity as is otherwise provided |
18 |
| under this Article.
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19 |
| Any employee whose duty disability benefit was terminated |
20 |
| on or after
January 1, 1987 by reason of his attainment of age |
21 |
| 70, and who continues to
be disabled after age 70, may elect |
22 |
| before March 31, 1988, to have such
benefits resumed beginning |
23 |
| at the time of such termination and continuing
until |
24 |
| termination is required under this Section as amended by this
|
25 |
| amendatory Act of 1987. The amount payable to any employee for |
26 |
| such
resumed benefit for any period shall be reduced by the |
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| amount of any
retirement annuity paid to such employee under |
2 |
| this Article for the same
period of time or by any refund paid |
3 |
| in lieu of annuity.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-964.)
|
5 |
| (40 ILCS 5/9-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-158)
|
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| Sec. 9-158. Proof of disability, duty and ordinary.
|
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| Proof of duty or ordinary disability shall be furnished to |
8 |
| the board by
at least one licensed and practicing physician |
9 |
| appointed by the board. With respect to duty disability, |
10 |
| satisfactory proof must be provided to the board that the final |
11 |
| adjudication of the claim required under subsection (d) of |
12 |
| Section 9-159 established that the disability or death resulted |
13 |
| from an injury incurred in the performance of an act or acts of |
14 |
| duty. The
board may require other evidence of disability. Each |
15 |
| disabled employee who
receives duty or ordinary disability |
16 |
| benefit shall be examined at least
once a year by one or more |
17 |
| licensed and practicing physicians appointed by
the board. When |
18 |
| the disability ceases, the board shall discontinue payment
of |
19 |
| the benefit and the employee shall be returned to active |
20 |
| service.
|
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| (Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
|
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| (40 ILCS 5/9-159) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-159)
|
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| Sec. 9-159. When disability benefit not payable. |
24 |
| (a) If an employee receiving duty disability or ordinary |
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benefit refuses to submit to examination by a |
2 |
| physician appointed by the
board, he shall have no further |
3 |
| right to receive the benefit.
|
4 |
| (b) Disability benefit shall not be paid for any time for |
5 |
| which the
employee receives any part of his salary, or while |
6 |
| employed by any
public body supported in whole or in part by |
7 |
| taxation.
|
8 |
| (c) If an employee who shall be disabled, or his widow or |
9 |
| children
receive any compensation or payment from the county |
10 |
| for specific loss,
disability or death under the Workers' |
11 |
| Compensation Act or Workers'
Occupational Diseases Act, the |
12 |
| disability benefit or any annuity for him
or his widow or |
13 |
| children payable as the result of such specific loss,
|
14 |
| disability or death shall be reduced by any amount so received |
15 |
| or
recoverable. If the amount received as such compensation or |
16 |
| payment
exceeds such disability benefit or other annuity |
17 |
| payable as the result
of such specific loss, disability or |
18 |
| death, no payment of disability
benefit or other annuity shall |
19 |
| be made until the accumulative amounts
thereof equals the |
20 |
| amount of such compensation or payment. In such
calculation no |
21 |
| interest shall be considered. In adjusting the amount of
any |
22 |
| annuity in relation to compensation received or recoverable |
23 |
| during
any period of time, the annuity to the widow shall be |
24 |
| first reduced.
|
25 |
| If any employee, or widow shall be denied compensation by |
26 |
| such county
under the aforesaid Acts, or if such county shall |
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| fail to act, such
denial or failure to act shall not be |
2 |
| considered final until the claim
has been adjudicated by the |
3 |
| Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.
|
4 |
| (d) Before any action may be taken by the board on an |
5 |
| application for duty disability benefit or widow's |
6 |
| compensation or supplemental benefit, other than rejection of |
7 |
| any such application that is otherwise incomplete or untimely, |
8 |
| the related applicant must file a timely claim under the |
9 |
| Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational |
10 |
| Diseases Act, as applicable, to establish that the disability |
11 |
| or death resulted from an injury incurred in the performance of |
12 |
| an act or acts of duty, and the applicant must receive |
13 |
| compensation or payment from the claim or the claim must |
14 |
| otherwise be finally adjudicated. |
15 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-721, eff. 1-1-05.)
|
16 |
| (40 ILCS 5/10-103) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 10-103)
|
17 |
| Sec. 10-103. Members, contributions and benefits. The |
18 |
| board shall cause the same deductions to be made
from salaries
|
19 |
| and , subject to Section 10-109, allow the same annuities, |
20 |
| refunds and benefits for employees of the
district as are made |
21 |
| and allowed for employees of the county.
|
22 |
| (Source: P.A. 81-1536.)
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23 |
| (40 ILCS 5/10-109 new) |
24 |
| Sec. 10-109. Felony conviction. None of the benefits |
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| provided in this Article shall be paid to any
person who is |
2 |
| convicted of any felony relating to or arising out of or in
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3 |
| connection with his service as an employee. |
4 |
| This Section shall not operate to impair any contract or |
5 |
| vested right
heretofore acquired under any law or laws |
6 |
| continued in this Article, nor to
preclude the right to a |
7 |
| refund. |
8 |
| All future entrants entering service after the effective |
9 |
| date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall |
10 |
| be
deemed to have consented to the provisions of this Section |
11 |
| as a condition
of coverage.
|
12 |
| (40 ILCS 5/11-158) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 11-158)
|
13 |
| Sec. 11-158. When disability benefit not payable. |
14 |
| (a) If an
employee receiving duty or ordinary disability |
15 |
| benefit refuses to submit
to examination by a physician |
16 |
| appointed by the board, or fails or refuses
to consent to and |
17 |
| sign an authorization allowing the board to receive
copies of |
18 |
| or examine the employee's medical and hospital records, or |
19 |
| fails
or refuses to provide complete information regarding any |
20 |
| other employment
for compensation he has received since he has |
21 |
| become disabled, he shall have no
further right to receive the |
22 |
| benefit.
|
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| (b) Disability benefit shall not be paid for any time for |
24 |
| which the
employee receives any part of his salary or while |
25 |
| employed by any public
body supported in whole or in part by |
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| taxation.
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| (c) Before any action is taken by the Board on an |
3 |
| application for a duty disability benefit or a widow's |
4 |
| compensation or supplemental benefit, the employee or widow |
5 |
| shall file a claim with the employer to establish that the |
6 |
| disability or death occurred while the employee was acting |
7 |
| within the scope of and in the course of his duties. |
8 |
| Any amounts provided to the employee or surviving spouse |
9 |
| either as temporary total disability payments, permanent total |
10 |
| disability payments, a lump sum settlement, award, or other |
11 |
| payment under the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' |
12 |
| Occupational Diseases Act shall be applied as an offset to the |
13 |
| disability benefit paid by the Fund, whether duty or ordinary, |
14 |
| or any widow compensation or supplemental benefit payable |
15 |
| hereunder until a period of time has elapsed when the benefit |
16 |
| payable equals the amount of such compensation, payment, or |
17 |
| award. The duty disability benefit will be offset at the rate |
18 |
| of the amount of temporary total disability payments or |
19 |
| permanent disability payments made under the Workers' |
20 |
| Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. |
21 |
| If such amounts are not readily determinable or if an |
22 |
| employee has not received temporary total disability payments |
23 |
| or permanent weekly or monthly payments for the entire period |
24 |
| of disability up to the time of the compensation, payment, or |
25 |
| award under the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' |
26 |
| Occupational Diseases Act, the disability benefit paid by the |
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| Fund will be offset by 66 2/3% of the employee's salary on the |
2 |
| date of disablement. The offset will not be greater than the |
3 |
| amount of disability benefits due from the Fund. The offset |
4 |
| will be applied until a period of time has elapsed when the |
5 |
| benefit payable equals the amount of such compensation, |
6 |
| payment, or award. This offset will not apply to the initial |
7 |
| days of disability when workers' compensation would not |
8 |
| ordinarily be payable. |
9 |
| The amount of compensation or supplemental annuity payable |
10 |
| to a widow will be offset by any compensation, payment, or |
11 |
| award until a period of time has elapsed when the benefit |
12 |
| payable equals the amount of such compensation, payment, or |
13 |
| award. |
14 |
| If an employee who has been disabled has received ordinary |
15 |
| disability from the Fund and also receives any compensation or |
16 |
| payment for specific loss, disability, or death under the |
17 |
| Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases |
18 |
| Act, the ordinary disability benefit must be repaid to the Fund |
19 |
| before any other benefit under this Article can be granted or |
20 |
| paid. If no other benefit is applied for, the ordinary |
21 |
| disability would be offset according to the provisions of this |
22 |
| Section. |
23 |
| The employee and the employer shall provide the Fund on a |
24 |
| timely basis, with the entry of the settlement contract lump |
25 |
| sum petition and order settlement of any such lawsuit, |
26 |
| including all details of the settlement. |
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| If an employee who shall be disabled or his widow receives |
2 |
| any
compensation or payment from the city for specific loss, |
3 |
| disability or
death under the Workers' Compensation Act, or
|
4 |
| Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act, and the disability or |
5 |
| injury or loss which forms the basis
for any compensation, |
6 |
| award, pension or payment for a specific loss is
also a |
7 |
| condition which renders such employee incapable of performing |
8 |
| his
duties in the service, the disability benefit shall be |
9 |
| reduced by any
amount so received if such amount is less than |
10 |
| the benefit or, subject
to adjustment when final determination |
11 |
| of the amount received can be
made, the amount estimated to be |
12 |
| received under the provisions of the
Workers' Compensation Act |
13 |
| or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. If
the amount received |
14 |
| as compensation, payment or award under the
aforesaid Acts |
15 |
| exceeds the disability benefit, no payment of benefit
shall be |
16 |
| made until a period of time has elapsed when the benefit
|
17 |
| payable at the rate herein stated equals the amount of such
|
18 |
| compensation, payment or award. In calculating any such period |
19 |
| of time,
interest upon the amounts involved shall not be |
20 |
| considered.
|
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| (d) An employee who enters service after December 31, 1987, |
22 |
| or an
employee who makes application for a disability benefit |
23 |
| or applies for a
disability benefit for a recurrence of a |
24 |
| previous disability, and who,
while in receipt of an ordinary |
25 |
| or duty disability benefit, assumes any
employment for |
26 |
| compensation, shall not be entitled to receive any amount of
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| such disability benefit which, when added to his compensation |
2 |
| for such
employment during disability, plus any amount payable |
3 |
| under the provisions
of the Workers' Compensation Act or |
4 |
| Workers' Occupational Diseases Act,
would exceed the rate of |
5 |
| salary on which his disability benefit is based.
|
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| (Source: P.A. 85-964.)
|
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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| Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
|
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| (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less |
10 |
| than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained |
11 |
| age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not |
12 |
| less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has |
13 |
| attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either |
14 |
| of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in |
15 |
| service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the |
16 |
| member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a |
17 |
| retirement annuity
computed as follows:
|
18 |
| (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if |
19 |
| retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
|
20 |
| average compensation for each year of creditable service; |
21 |
| if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of |
22 |
| final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years |
23 |
| of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years |
24 |
| to
and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% |
25 |
| for each year of
creditable service above 20 years; and
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| covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January |
3 |
| 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year |
4 |
| of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January |
5 |
| 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of |
6 |
| the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the |
7 |
| next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such |
8 |
| service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for |
9 |
| each year in excess of 30.
|
10 |
| Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final |
11 |
| average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, |
12 |
| 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if |
13 |
| retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
|
14 |
| These rates shall not be applicable to any service |
15 |
| performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not |
16 |
| eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee |
17 |
| which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to |
18 |
| the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
|
19 |
| (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable |
20 |
| service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one |
21 |
| or more of the following
positions:
|
22 |
| (1) State policeman;
|
23 |
| (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a |
24 |
| department;
|
25 |
| (3) air pilot;
|
26 |
| (4) special agent;
|
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| (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
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| (6) conservation police officer;
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3 |
| (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
|
4 |
| (8) security employee of the Department of Human |
5 |
| Services;
|
6 |
| (9) Central Management Services security police |
7 |
| officer;
|
8 |
| (10) security employee of the Department of |
9 |
| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
|
10 |
| (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
|
11 |
| (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
|
12 |
| (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
13 |
| General;
|
14 |
| (14) controlled substance inspector;
|
15 |
| (15) investigator for the Office of the State's |
16 |
| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
|
17 |
| (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
|
18 |
| (17) arson investigator;
|
19 |
| (18) State highway maintenance worker.
|
20 |
| A person employed in one of the positions specified in this |
21 |
| subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for |
22 |
| service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the |
23 |
| basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law |
24 |
| Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that |
25 |
| training is required of persons serving in that position.
For |
26 |
| the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic |
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training course shall be deemed performance of the |
2 |
| duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not |
3 |
| a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
|
4 |
| (c) For the purposes of this Section:
|
5 |
| (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or |
6 |
| position
in the Department of State Police that is held by |
7 |
| an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
|
8 |
| (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection |
9 |
| service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire |
10 |
| protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant |
11 |
| fire chiefs.
|
12 |
| (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose |
13 |
| official job
description on file in the Department of |
14 |
| Central Management Services, or
in the department by which |
15 |
| he is employed if that department is not covered
by the |
16 |
| Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the |
17 |
| operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; |
18 |
| however, the change in this
definition made by this |
19 |
| amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any |
20 |
| noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes |
21 |
| of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
|
22 |
| (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by |
23 |
| reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, |
24 |
| the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the |
25 |
| Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of |
26 |
| Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
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| other Division or organizational
entity in the Department |
2 |
| of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain |
3 |
| public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of |
4 |
| this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests |
5 |
| and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any |
6 |
| title or position in the Department
of State Police that is |
7 |
| held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
|
8 |
| (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" |
9 |
| means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of |
10 |
| State and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
11 |
| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act |
12 |
| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
13 |
| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
|
14 |
| A person who became employed as an investigator for the |
15 |
| Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, |
16 |
| 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age |
17 |
| 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service |
18 |
| of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated |
19 |
| before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his |
20 |
| retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with |
21 |
| subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 |
22 |
| years of credit for such service.
|
23 |
| (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any |
24 |
| person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the |
25 |
| Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law |
26 |
| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
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2 |
| 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The |
3 |
| term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions |
4 |
| of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
|
5 |
| Conservation Police Administrator.
|
6 |
| (7) The term "investigator for the Department of |
7 |
| Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of |
8 |
| Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
9 |
| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act |
10 |
| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
11 |
| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
|
12 |
| (8) The term "security employee of the Department of |
13 |
| Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department |
14 |
| of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental |
15 |
| Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents |
16 |
| thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a |
17 |
| facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact |
18 |
| with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed |
19 |
| at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a |
20 |
| security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
|
21 |
| 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, |
22 |
| or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health |
23 |
| police officer" means any person employed by the Department |
24 |
| of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the |
25 |
| Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities |
26 |
| functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as |
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| render the person 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. "Security unit" |
4 |
| means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the |
5 |
| care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to |
6 |
| the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent |
7 |
| persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not |
8 |
| guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past |
9 |
| employment,
references to the Department of Human Services |
10 |
| include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health |
11 |
| and Developmental Disabilities.
|
12 |
| The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public |
13 |
| Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January |
14 |
| 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
|
15 |
| (9) "Central Management Services security police |
16 |
| officer" means any
person employed by the Department of |
17 |
| Central Management Services who is
vested with such law |
18 |
| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
19 |
| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
20 |
| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
|
21 |
| (10) For a member who first became an employee under |
22 |
| this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security |
23 |
| employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department |
24 |
| of Juvenile Justice"
means any employee of the Department |
25 |
| of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the |
26 |
| former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee |
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| of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with |
2 |
| inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility |
3 |
| or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile |
4 |
| Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
|
5 |
| direct contact with committed persons in the performance of |
6 |
| his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an |
7 |
| employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the |
8 |
| term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or |
9 |
| the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the |
10 |
| following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional |
11 |
| facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of |
12 |
| Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of |
13 |
| the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence |
14 |
| unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an |
15 |
| investigator.
|
16 |
| (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any |
17 |
| person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human |
18 |
| Services.
|
19 |
| (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State |
20 |
| Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State |
21 |
| Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic |
22 |
| Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement |
23 |
| powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
|
24 |
| Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
25 |
| 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
|
26 |
| (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
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person who is employed as such by the |
2 |
| Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such |
3 |
| investigative duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
4 |
| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
5 |
| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For |
6 |
| the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all |
7 |
| persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of |
8 |
| the Attorney General, without regard to social security |
9 |
| status.
|
10 |
| (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person |
11 |
| who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional |
12 |
| Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties |
13 |
| as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
|
14 |
| Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), |
15 |
| 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of
that Act. The term |
16 |
| "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
|
17 |
| Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program |
18 |
| Executive of Enforcement.
|
19 |
| (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the |
20 |
| State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person |
21 |
| employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the |
22 |
| authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
|
23 |
| Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
|
24 |
| (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any |
25 |
| person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is |
26 |
| vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him |
|
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| ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by |
2 |
| reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
|
3 |
| 218(l)(1) of that Act.
|
4 |
| (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is |
5 |
| employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal |
6 |
| and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render |
7 |
| the person 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. A person who was |
10 |
| employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is |
11 |
| no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement |
12 |
| annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
|
13 |
| employment as an arson investigator into eligible |
14 |
| creditable service by paying
to the System the difference |
15 |
| between the employee contributions actually paid
for that |
16 |
| service and the amounts that would have been contributed if |
17 |
| the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to |
18 |
| persons with the same
social security status earning |
19 |
| eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
|
20 |
| (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means |
21 |
| a person who is
either of the following:
|
22 |
| (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
23 |
| Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position |
24 |
| of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead |
25 |
| worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy |
26 |
| construction equipment operator,
power shovel |
|
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| operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal |
2 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
3 |
| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that |
4 |
| form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable |
5 |
| condition for vehicular traffic.
|
6 |
| (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
7 |
| Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position |
8 |
| of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment |
9 |
| operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
|
10 |
| mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
|
11 |
| water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger |
12 |
| H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
|
13 |
| roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
|
14 |
| painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal |
15 |
| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
16 |
| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's |
17 |
| tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular |
18 |
| traffic.
|
19 |
| (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or |
20 |
| the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of |
21 |
| the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health |
22 |
| police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative |
23 |
| retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she |
24 |
| meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the |
25 |
| time of retirement:
|
26 |
| (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; |
|
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| or
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| (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55.
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| Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this |
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| Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the |
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| Department
of Human Services in a position requiring |
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| certification as a teacher may
count such service toward |
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| establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements |
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| of this Section; but such service may be used only for
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| establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of |
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| increasing or
calculating any benefit.
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| (e) If a member enters military service while working in a |
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| position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, |
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| and returns to State
service in the same or another such |
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| position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions |
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| prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, |
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| such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
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| service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed |
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| in this Section.
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| (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
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| this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, |
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| 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the |
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| position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental |
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| health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of |
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| State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered |
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| employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior |
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| to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the |
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| employee
contributions that would have been required for such |
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| service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee |
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| contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after |
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| July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item |
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| (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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| For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
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| this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, |
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| 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the |
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| position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be |
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| deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided |
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| that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an |
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| amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee |
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| contributions
that would have been required for such service as |
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| a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions |
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| actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, |
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| 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from |
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| the date of service to the date of payment.
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| (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, |
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| 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 |
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| years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing |
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| a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an |
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| amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the |
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| difference between the amount of employee and employer
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| contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, |
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| and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such |
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| contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for |
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| each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the |
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| date of payment.
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
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| policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish |
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| eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service |
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| as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by |
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| filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by |
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| payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to |
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| (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer |
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| contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 |
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| and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those |
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| contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for |
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| each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
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| date of payment.
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| (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
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| policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect |
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| to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of |
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| his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written |
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| election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and |
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| paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
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| determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between |
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| the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred |
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| to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would |
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| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the |
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| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon |
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| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from |
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| the date of service to the date of payment.
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
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| policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for |
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| the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible |
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| creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's |
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| law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written |
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| election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and |
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| paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be |
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| determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between |
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employer contributions transferred |
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7-139.7, and the amounts that would |
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| have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the |
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| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon |
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| at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from |
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| the date of service to the date of payment.
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
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| policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for |
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| the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible |
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| creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police |
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| officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a |
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| sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of |
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| the county police department under Article 9, or a police |
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| officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the |
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| Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by |
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| the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between the amount of |
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| employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System |
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| under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 |
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| and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
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| contributions been made at the rates applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for |
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| each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the |
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| date of payment. |
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| (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service |
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| established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), |
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| and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
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| (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an |
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| investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate |
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| Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
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| establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his |
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| service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law |
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| enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written |
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| election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to |
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| be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between |
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| the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred |
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| to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
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| that would have been contributed had such contributions been |
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| made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) |
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| interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, |
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| compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of |
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| payment.
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| (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this |
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| Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish |
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| eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time |
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| law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer |
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| employed by the federal government or by a state or local
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| government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not |
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| held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement |
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| system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a |
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| written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, |
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| accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board |
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| and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal |
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| to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, |
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| based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an |
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| alternative formula employee after the employment
for which |
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| credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
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| alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by |
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| the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits |
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| accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular |
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| interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day |
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| as an alternative formula employee after the employment for |
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| which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
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| (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security |
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| employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later |
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| than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for |
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| up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under |
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| Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
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| accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the |
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| Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of |
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| employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System |
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| under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been |
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| contributed had such contributions been made at the rates |
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| applicable
to security employees of the Department of |
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| Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate |
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| for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to |
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| the date of payment.
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| (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) |
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| security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice |
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| employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and |
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| transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons |
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| employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the |
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| effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
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| Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 |
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| of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or |
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| advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a |
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| specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, |
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| social work, or a closely related social science or, in the |
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| case of persons who provide vocational training, who are |
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| required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they |
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| are providing the vocational training.
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| (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of |
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| this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection |
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| (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in |
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| any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years |
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| of that service credit into service credit covered under this |
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| Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the |
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| additional employee contribution required under Section |
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| 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required |
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| under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at |
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| the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to |
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| the date of payment. |
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| (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-530, |
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| eff. 8-28-07.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.32 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) |
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| Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
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| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
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| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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