103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2054

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Dave Vella

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/14-110  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
730 ILCS 5/3-2.5-15

    Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired by the Department and who participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's security, welfare and development, or participate in the personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training, supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform these duties must be over the age of 21 and have either a bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university or have 2 or more years of experience providing direct care to youth in the form of residential care, counseling, case management, or mentoring (rather than just any bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university). Amends the Illinois Pension Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning the Department of Juvenile Justice.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Section 14-110 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
8    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
10less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
11attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
12with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
13has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
14either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
15in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
17a retirement annuity computed as follows:
18        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
19    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
20    final average compensation for each year of creditable
21    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
22    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
23    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above

 

 

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1    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
2    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
3    years; and
4        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
5    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
6    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
7    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
8    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
9    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
10    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
11    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
12    each year in excess of 30.
13    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
14average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
152001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
16retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
17    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
18performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
19eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
20which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
21the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
22    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
23service" means creditable service resulting from service in
24one or more of the following positions:
25        (1) State policeman;
26        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a

 

 

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1    department;
2        (3) air pilot;
3        (4) special agent;
4        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
5        (6) conservation police officer;
6        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
7    Illinois Gaming Board;
8        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
9    Services;
10        (9) Central Management Services security police
11    officer;
12        (10) security employee of the Department of
13    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
14        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
15        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
16        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
17    General;
18        (14) controlled substance inspector;
19        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
20    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
21        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
22        (17) arson investigator;
23        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
24        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
25    and Technology; or
26        (20) transferred employee.

 

 

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1    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
2this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
3service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
4basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
5Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
6training is required of persons serving in that position. For
7the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
8police training course shall be deemed performance of the
9duties of the specified position, even though the person is
10not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
11    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
12creditable service for service credit earned under this
13Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
142003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
152016-1.
16    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
17        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
18    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
19    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
20        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
21    service of a department" includes all officers in such
22    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
23    assistant fire chiefs.
24        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
25    official job description on file in the Department of
26    Central Management Services, or in the department by which

 

 

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1    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
2    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
3    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
4    license; however, the change in this definition made by
5    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
6    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
7    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
8        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
9    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
10    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
11    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
12    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
13    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
14    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
15    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
16    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
17    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
18    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
19    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
20    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
21        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
22    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
23    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
24    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
25    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
26    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.

 

 

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1        A person who became employed as an investigator for
2    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
3    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
4    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
5    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
6    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
7    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
8    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
9    20 years of credit for such service.
10        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
11    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
12    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
13    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
14    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
15    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
16    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
17    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
18    Conservation Police Administrator.
19        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
20    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
21    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
22    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
23    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
26    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming

 

 

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1    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
2    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
3    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
4    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
5        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
6    Human Services" means any person employed by the
7    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
8    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
9    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
10    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
11    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
12    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
13    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
14    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
15    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
16    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
17    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
18    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
19    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
20    such law enforcement duties as render the person
21    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
23    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
24    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
25    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
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1    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
2    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
3    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
4    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
5    Disabilities.
6        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
7    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
8    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
9        (9) "Central Management Services security police
10    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
11    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
12    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
13    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
14    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
16    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
17    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
18    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
19    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
20    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
21    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
22    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
23    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
24    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
25    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
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1    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
2    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
3    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
5    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
6    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
7    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
8    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
9    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
10        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
11    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
12    Services.
13        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
14    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
15    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
16    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
17    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
18    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
21    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
22    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
23    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
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1    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
2    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
3    status.
4        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
5    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
6    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
7    as render him 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. The term
10    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
11    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
12    Executive of Enforcement.
13        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
14    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
15    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
16    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
17    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
18        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
19    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
20    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
21    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
22    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
23    218(l)(1) of that Act.
24        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
25    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
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1    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. A person who was
4    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
5    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
6    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
7    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
8    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
9    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
10    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
11    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
12    to persons with the same social security status earning
13    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
14        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
15    a person who is either of the following:
16            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
17        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
18        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
19        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
20        construction equipment operator, power shovel
21        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
22        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
23        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
24        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
25        condition for vehicular traffic.
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1        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
2        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
3        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
4        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
5        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
6        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
7        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
8        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
9        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
10        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
11        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
12        traffic.
13        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
14    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
15    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
16    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
17    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
18    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
19    job functions under that Department.
20        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
21    transferred to the Department of Central Management
22    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
23    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
24    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
25    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
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1    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
2or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
3the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
4police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
5Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
6alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
7he or she meets the following minimum age and service
8requirements at the time of retirement:
9        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
10    55; or
11        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
12    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
13    creditable service and age 55; or
14        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
15    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 55; or
17        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
18    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 55; or
20        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
21    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 55; or
23        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
24    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 55.
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1Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
2Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
3Department of Human Services in a position requiring
4certification as a teacher may count such service toward
5establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
6of this Section; but such service may be used only for
7establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
8increasing or calculating any benefit.
9    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
10position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
11and returns to State service in the same or another such
12position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
13prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
14such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
15service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
16in this Section.
17    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
18this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
191968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
20position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
21health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
22State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
23employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
24to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
25the employee contributions that would have been required for
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1employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
2made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
3specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
4payment.
5    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
6this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
71968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
8position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
9be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
10provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
11retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
12employee contributions that would have been required for such
13service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
14contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
15January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
16item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
17    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
181990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
19years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
20a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
21an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
22difference between the amount of employee and employer
23contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
24and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
25contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
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1for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
2to the date of payment.
3    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
5eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
6as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
7filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
8payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
9(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
10contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
11and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
12contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
13policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
14for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
15to the date of payment.
16    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
17policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
18to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
19his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
20election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
21paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
22determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
23the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
24to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
25have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
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1thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
2annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
3    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
5the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
6creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
7law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
8election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
9paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
10determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
11the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
12to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
13would have been contributed had such contributions been made
14at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
15thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
18policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
19the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
20creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
21officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
22sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
23of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
24officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
25Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
26the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of

 

 

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1employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
2under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
3and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
4contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
5policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
6for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
7to the date of payment.
8    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
9investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
10investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
11establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
12service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
13Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
147, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
15by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
16after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
1796-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
18the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
19employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
20under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
21amounts that would have been contributed had such
22contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
24assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
25of service to the date of payment.
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1policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
2Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
3Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
4State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
5up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
6participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
7enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
8preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
9officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
10filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
11August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
12paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
13equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
14employer contributions transferred to the System under
15Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
16been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
17applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
18the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
19annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
20    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
21policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
22officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
23up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
24participating municipality to perform police duties under
25Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
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1filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
2July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
3paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
4equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
5employer contributions transferred to the System under
6Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
7would have been contributed had such contributions been made
8at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
9thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
10compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
11payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
13conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
14creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
15employed by a participating municipality to perform police
16duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
17court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
18election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
19(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
20System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
21difference between the amount of employee and employer
22contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
23and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
24had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
25State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
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1of service to the date of payment.
2    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
3policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
4service credit earned under this Article to eligible
5creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
6written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
72021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
8the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
9the difference between the amount of employee contributions
10originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
11have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
12rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
13between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
14conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
15normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
16Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
17assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
18of service to the date of payment.
19    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
20established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
21(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
22years.
23    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
25Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
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1his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
2enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
3election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
4to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
5between the amount of employee and employer contributions
6transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
7and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
10each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
11the date of payment.
12    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
13Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
14establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
15full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
16officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
17local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
18is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
19retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
20file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
21accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
22and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
23to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
24established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
25day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
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1applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
2amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
3cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
4plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
5from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
6the employment for which credit is being established to the
7date of payment.
8    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
9security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
10not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
11service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
12under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
13accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
14Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
15employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
16under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
17contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
18applicable to security employees of the Department of
19Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
20for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
21to the date of payment.
22    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
25law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
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1which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
2fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
3applicant must file a written application with the Board no
4later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
5Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
6acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
7determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
8for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
9salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
10after the employment for which credit is being established and
11the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
12plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
13normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
14established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
15(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
16employee after the employment for which credit is being
17established to the date of payment.
18    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
19Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
20Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
21Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
22Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
23Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
24Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
25effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
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1Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
2accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
3who provide vocational training, who are required to have
4adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
5the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
6bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
7of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
8Code.
9    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
10of this Section who has purchased service credit under
11subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1214-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
13to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
14under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
15the additional employee contribution required under Section
1614-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
17under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
18the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
19the date of payment.
20    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
21conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
22State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
23the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
24arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
25may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
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1Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
2investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
3police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
4the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
5Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
6election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
72020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
8by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
9(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
10contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
11the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
12employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
13serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
14defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
15thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
18102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
19    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-856)
20    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
21    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
22less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
23attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
24with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
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1either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
2in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
3member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
4a retirement annuity computed as follows:
5        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
6    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
7    final average compensation for each year of creditable
8    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
9    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
10    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
11    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
12    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
13    years; and
14        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
15    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
16    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
17    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
18    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
19    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
20    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
21    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
22    each year in excess of 30.
23    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
24average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
252001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
26retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.

 

 

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1    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
2performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
3eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
4which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
5the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
6    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
7service" means creditable service resulting from service in
8one or more of the following positions:
9        (1) State policeman;
10        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
11    department;
12        (3) air pilot;
13        (4) special agent;
14        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
15        (6) conservation police officer;
16        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
17    Illinois Gaming Board;
18        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
19    Services;
20        (9) Central Management Services security police
21    officer;
22        (10) security employee of the Department of
23    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
24        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
25        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
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1    General;
2        (14) controlled substance inspector;
3        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
4    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
5        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
6        (17) arson investigator;
7        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
8        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
9    and Technology; or
10        (20) transferred employee.
11    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
12this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
13service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
14basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
15Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
16training is required of persons serving in that position. For
17the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
18police training course shall be deemed performance of the
19duties of the specified position, even though the person is
20not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
21    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
22creditable service for service credit earned under this
23Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
242003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
252016-1.
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1        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
2    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
5    service of a department" includes all officers in such
6    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
7    assistant fire chiefs.
8        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
9    official job description on file in the Department of
10    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
11    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
12    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
13    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
14    license; however, the change in this definition made by
15    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
16    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
17    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
18        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
19    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
20    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
21    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
22    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
23    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
24    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
25    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
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1    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
2    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
3    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
6    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
7    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
8    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
9    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11        A person who became employed as an investigator for
12    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
13    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
14    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
15    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
16    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
17    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
18    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
19    20 years of credit for such service.
20        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
21    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
22    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
23    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
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1    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
2    Conservation Police Administrator.
3        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
4    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
5    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
6    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
10    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
11    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
12    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
16    Human Services" means any person employed by the
17    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
18    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
19    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
20    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
21    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
22    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
23    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
24    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
25    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
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1    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
2    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
3    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
4    such law enforcement duties as render the person
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
8    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
9    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
10    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
11    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
12    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
13    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
14    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
15    Disabilities.
16        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
17    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
18    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
19        (9) "Central Management Services security police
20    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
21    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
22    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
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1    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
2    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
3    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
5    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
6    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
7    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
8    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
9    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
10    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
11    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
12    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
13    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
14    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
15    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
16    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
17    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
18    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
19    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
20        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
21    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
22    Services.
23        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
24    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
25    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
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1    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
2    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
5    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
6    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
7    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
10    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
11    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
12    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
13    status.
14        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
15    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
16    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
17    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
18    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
20    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
21    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
22    Executive of Enforcement.
23        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
24    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
25    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
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1    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
3    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
4    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act.
8        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
9    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
10    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
11    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
12    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
13    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
14    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
15    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
16    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
17    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
18    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
19    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
20    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
21    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
22    to persons with the same social security status earning
23    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
24        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
25    a person who is either of the following:
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1        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
2        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
3        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
4        construction equipment operator, power shovel
5        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
6        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
7        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
8        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
9        condition for vehicular traffic.
10            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
11        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
12        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
13        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
14        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
15        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
16        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
17        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
18        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
19        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
20        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
21        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
22        traffic.
23        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
24    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
25    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
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1    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
2    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
3    job functions under that Department.
4        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
5    transferred to the Department of Central Management
6    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
7    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
8    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
9    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
10    immediately preceding the transfer.
11    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
12or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
13the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
14police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
15Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
16alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
17he or she meets the following minimum age and service
18requirements at the time of retirement:
19        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
20    55; or
21        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55; or
24        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
26    creditable service and age 55; or

 

 

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1        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55; or
4        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 55; or
7        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 55.
10    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
13Department of Human Services in a position requiring
14certification as a teacher may count such service toward
15establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
16of this Section; but such service may be used only for
17establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
18increasing or calculating any benefit.
19    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
20position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
21and returns to State service in the same or another such
22position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
23prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
24such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
25service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
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1    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
2this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
31968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
4position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
5health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
6State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
7employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
8to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
9the employee contributions that would have been required for
10such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
11employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
12made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
13specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
14payment.
15    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
171968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
18position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
19be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
20provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
21retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
22employee contributions that would have been required for such
23service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
24contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
25January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
26item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
21990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
3years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
4a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
5an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
6difference between the amount of employee and employer
7contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
8and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
11for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
12to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
15eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
16as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
17filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
18payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
19(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
20contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
21and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
22contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25to the date of payment.
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1policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
2to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
3his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
4election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
5paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
6determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
7the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
8to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
9have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
11thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
15the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
16creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
17law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
19paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
23would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
5officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
6sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
7of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
8officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
9Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
10the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
11employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
12under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
19investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
20investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
21establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
22service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
23Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
247, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
25by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
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196-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
2the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
5amounts that would have been contributed had such
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9of service to the date of payment.
10    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
12Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
13Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
14State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
15up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
16participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
17enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
18preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
19officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
20filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
21August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
22paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
23equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
24employer contributions transferred to the System under
25Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
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1applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
2the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
3annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
4    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
6officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
7up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
8participating municipality to perform police duties under
9Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
10officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
11filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
12July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
13paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
14equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
15employer contributions transferred to the System under
16Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
17would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
20compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21payment.
22    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
23conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
25employed by a participating municipality to perform police
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1court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
2election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
3(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
4System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
7and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
8had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
9State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11of service to the date of payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
13investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
14the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
15State, or arson investigator may elect to establish eligible
16creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
17employed by a participating municipality to perform police
18duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court
19services officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under
20Article 4 by filing a written election with the Board within 6
21months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
22102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
23determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between
24the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
25to the System under Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10
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1contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
2policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
3assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
4of service to the date of payment.
5    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
7service credit earned under this Article to eligible
8creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
9written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
102021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
11the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
12the difference between the amount of employee contributions
13originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
14have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
15rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
16between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
17conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
18normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
19Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
20assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
21of service to the date of payment.
22    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), an
23investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
24the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
25State, or arson investigator may elect to convert service
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1service, as defined by this Section, by filing a written
2election with the Board within 6 months after the effective
3date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
4paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
5equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
6contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
7that would have been contributed had such contributions been
8made at the rates applicable to investigators for the
9Department of Revenue, investigators for the Illinois Gaming
10Board, investigators for the Secretary of State, or arson
11investigators, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
12normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized
13by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the
14employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
15with this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, plus
16(iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for
17each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
18the date of payment.
19    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
20established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
21(k), (l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12
22years.
23    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
25Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
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1his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
2enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
3election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
4to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
5between the amount of employee and employer contributions
6transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
7and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
10each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
11the date of payment.
12    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
13Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
14establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
15full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
16officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
17local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
18is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
19retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
20file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
21accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
22and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
23to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
24established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
25day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
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1applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
2amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
3cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
4plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
5from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
6the employment for which credit is being established to the
7date of payment.
8    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
9security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
10not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
11service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
12under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
13accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
14Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
15employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
16under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
17contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
18applicable to security employees of the Department of
19Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
20for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
21to the date of payment.
22    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
25law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
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1which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
2fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
3applicant must file a written application with the Board no
4later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
5Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
6acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
7determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
8for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
9salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
10after the employment for which credit is being established and
11the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
12plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
13normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
14established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
15(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
16employee after the employment for which credit is being
17established to the date of payment.
18    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
19Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
20Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
21Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
22Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
23Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
24Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
25effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
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1Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
2accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
3who provide vocational training, who are required to have
4adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
5the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
6bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
7of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
8Code.
9    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
10of this Section who has purchased service credit under
11subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1214-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
13to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
14under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
15the additional employee contribution required under Section
1614-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
17under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
18the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
19the date of payment.
20    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
21conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
22State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
23the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
24arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
25may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
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1Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
2investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
3police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
4the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
5Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
6election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
72020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
8by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
9(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
10contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
11the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
12employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
13serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
14defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
15thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
16annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
17(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
18102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-856, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
19    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
20    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
21    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
22less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
23attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
24with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
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1either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
2in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
3member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
4a retirement annuity computed as follows:
5        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
6    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
7    final average compensation for each year of creditable
8    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
9    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
10    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
11    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
12    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
13    years; and
14        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
15    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
16    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
17    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
18    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
19    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
20    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
21    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
22    each year in excess of 30.
23    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
24average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
252001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
26retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.

 

 

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1    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
2performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
3eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
4which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
5the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
6    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
7service" means creditable service resulting from service in
8one or more of the following positions:
9        (1) State policeman;
10        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
11    department;
12        (3) air pilot;
13        (4) special agent;
14        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
15        (6) conservation police officer;
16        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
17    Illinois Gaming Board;
18        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
19    Services;
20        (9) Central Management Services security police
21    officer;
22        (10) security employee of the Department of
23    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
24        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
25        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
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1    General;
2        (14) controlled substance inspector;
3        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
4    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
5        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
6        (17) arson investigator;
7        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
8        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
9    and Technology; or
10        (20) transferred employee.
11    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
12this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
13service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
14basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
15Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
16training is required of persons serving in that position. For
17the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
18police training course shall be deemed performance of the
19duties of the specified position, even though the person is
20not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
21    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
22creditable service for service credit earned under this
23Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
242003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
252016-1.
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1        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
2    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
5    service of a department" includes all officers in such
6    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
7    assistant fire chiefs.
8        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
9    official job description on file in the Department of
10    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
11    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
12    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
13    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
14    license; however, the change in this definition made by
15    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
16    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
17    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
18        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
19    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
20    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
21    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
22    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
23    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
24    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
25    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
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1    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
2    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
3    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
6    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
7    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
8    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
9    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11        A person who became employed as an investigator for
12    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
13    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
14    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
15    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
16    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
17    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
18    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
19    20 years of credit for such service.
20        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
21    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
22    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
23    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
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1    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
2    Conservation Police Administrator.
3        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
4    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
5    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
6    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
10    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
11    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
12    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
16    Human Services" means any person employed by the
17    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
18    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
19    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
20    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
21    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
22    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
23    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
24    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
25    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
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1    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
2    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
3    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
4    such law enforcement duties as render the person
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
8    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
9    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
10    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
11    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
12    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
13    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
14    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
15    Disabilities.
16        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
17    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
18    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
19        (9) "Central Management Services security police
20    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
21    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
22    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
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1    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
2    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
3    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
5    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
6    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
7    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
8    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
9    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
10    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
11    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
12    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
13    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
14    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
15    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
16    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
17    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
18    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
19    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
20        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
21    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
22    Services.
23        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
24    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
25    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
26    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement

 

 

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1    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
2    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
5    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
6    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
7    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
10    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
11    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
12    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
13    status.
14        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
15    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
16    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
17    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
18    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
20    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
21    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
22    Executive of Enforcement.
23        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
24    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
25    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
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1    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
3    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
4    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act.
8        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
9    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
10    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
11    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
12    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
13    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
14    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
15    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
16    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
17    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
18    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
19    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
20    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
21    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
22    to persons with the same social security status earning
23    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
24        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
25    a person who is either of the following:
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1        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
2        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
3        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
4        construction equipment operator, power shovel
5        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
6        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
7        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
8        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
9        condition for vehicular traffic.
10            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
11        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
12        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
13        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
14        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
15        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
16        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
17        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
18        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
19        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
20        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
21        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
22        traffic.
23        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
24    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
25    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
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1    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
2    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
3    job functions under that Department.
4        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
5    transferred to the Department of Central Management
6    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
7    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
8    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
9    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
10    immediately preceding the transfer.
11    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
12or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
13the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
14police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
15Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
16alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
17he or she meets the following minimum age and service
18requirements at the time of retirement:
19        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
20    55; or
21        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55; or
24        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
26    creditable service and age 55; or

 

 

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1        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55; or
4        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 55; or
7        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 55.
10    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
13Department of Human Services in a position requiring
14certification as a teacher may count such service toward
15establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
16of this Section; but such service may be used only for
17establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
18increasing or calculating any benefit.
19    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
20position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
21and returns to State service in the same or another such
22position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
23prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
24such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
25service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
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1    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
2this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
31968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
4position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
5health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
6State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
7employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
8to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
9the employee contributions that would have been required for
10such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
11employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
12made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
13specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
14payment.
15    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
171968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
18position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
19be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
20provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
21retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
22employee contributions that would have been required for such
23service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
24contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
25January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
26item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
21990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
3years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
4a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
5an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
6difference between the amount of employee and employer
7contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
8and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
11for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
12to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
15eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
16as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
17filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
18payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
19(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
20contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
21and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
22contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25to the date of payment.
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1policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
2to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
3his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
4election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
5paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
6determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
7the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
8to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
9have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
11thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
15the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
16creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
17law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
19paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
23would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
5officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
6sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
7of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
8officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
9Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
10the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
11employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
12under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
19investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
20investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
21establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
22service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
23Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
247, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
25by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
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196-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
2the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
5amounts that would have been contributed had such
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9of service to the date of payment.
10    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
12Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
13Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
14State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
15up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
16participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
17enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
18preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
19officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
20filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
21August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
22paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
23equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
24employer contributions transferred to the System under
25Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
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1applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
2the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
3annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
4    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
6officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
7up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
8participating municipality to perform police duties under
9Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
10officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
11filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
12July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
13paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
14equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
15employer contributions transferred to the System under
16Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
17would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
20compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21payment.
22    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
23conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
25employed by a participating municipality to perform police
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1court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
2election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
3(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
4System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
7and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
8had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
9State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11of service to the date of payment.
12    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
14service credit earned under this Article to eligible
15creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
16written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
172021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
18the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
19the difference between the amount of employee contributions
20originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
21have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
22rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
23between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
24conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
25normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
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1assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
2of service to the date of payment.
3    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
4established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
5(k), (l), (l-5), (o), and (p) of this Section shall not exceed
612 years.
7    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
8investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
9Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
10establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
11his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
12enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
13election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
14to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
15between the amount of employee and employer contributions
16transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
17and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
18contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
19policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
20each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
21the date of payment.
22    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
24establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
25full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
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1local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
2is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
3retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
4file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
5accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
6and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
7to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
8established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
9day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
10for which credit is being established and the rates then
11applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
12amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
13cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
14plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
15from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
16the employment for which credit is being established to the
17date of payment.
18    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
19security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
20not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
21service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
22under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
23accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
24Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
25employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
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1contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
2applicable to security employees of the Department of
3Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
4for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
5to the date of payment.
6    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
7Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
8creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
9law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
10by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
11which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
12fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
13applicant must file a written application with the Board no
14later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
15Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
16acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
17determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
18for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
19salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
20after the employment for which credit is being established and
21the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
22plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
23normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
24established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
25(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
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1established to the date of payment.
2    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
3Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
4Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
5Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
6Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
7Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
8Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
9effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
10subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
11Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
12accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
13who provide vocational training, who are required to have
14adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
15the vocational training. On and after June 1, 2023, the
16bachelor's or advanced degree requirement in Section 3-2.5-15
17of the Unified Code of Corrections no longer applies to this
18Code.
19    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
20of this Section who has purchased service credit under
21subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
2214-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
23to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
24under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
25the additional employee contribution required under Section
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1under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
2the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
3the date of payment.
4    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
5conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
6State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
7the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
8arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
9may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
10established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
11Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
12investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
13police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
14the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
15Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
16election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
172020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
18by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
19(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
20contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
21the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
22employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
23serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
24defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
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1    (p) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
2investigator for the Office of the Attorney General subject to
3subsection (g) of Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8
4years of service credit established before the effective date
5of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly as an
6investigator for the Office of the Attorney General under this
7Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
8election with the Board no later than one year after the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
10Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
11by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
12the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
13the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
14paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
15employee serving in a position in which eligible creditable
16service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
17interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
18compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
19payment.
20(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
21102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
22    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
23changing Section 3-2.5-15 as follows:
 
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1    Sec. 3-2.5-15. Department of Juvenile Justice; assumption
2of duties of the Juvenile Division.
3    (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall assume the
4rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Juvenile
5Division of the Department of Corrections. Personnel, books,
6records, property, and unencumbered appropriations pertaining
7to the Juvenile Division of the Department of Corrections
8shall be transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10Assembly. Any rights of employees or the State under the
11Personnel Code or any other contract or plan shall be
12unaffected by this transfer.
13    (b) Department of Juvenile Justice personnel who are hired
14by the Department on or after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and who
16participate or assist in the rehabilitative and vocational
17training of delinquent youths, supervise the daily activities
18involving direct and continuing responsibility for the youth's
19security, welfare and development, or participate in the
20personal rehabilitation of delinquent youth by training,
21supervising, and assisting lower level personnel who perform
22these duties must be over the age of 21 and have either a any
23bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or
24university or have 2 or more years of experience providing
25direct care to youth in the form of residential care,
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1shall not apply to security, clerical, food service, and
2maintenance staff that do not have direct and regular contact
3with youth. The degree requirements specified in this
4subsection (b) are not required of persons who provide
5vocational training and who have adequate knowledge in the
6skill for which they are providing the vocational training.
7    (c) Subsection (b) of this Section does not apply to
8personnel transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice on
9the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10Assembly.
11    (d) The Department shall be under the direction of the
12Director of Juvenile Justice as provided in this Code.
13    (e) The Director shall organize divisions within the
14Department and shall assign functions, powers, duties, and
15personnel as required by law. The Director may create other
16divisions and may assign other functions, powers, duties, and
17personnel as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the
18functions and responsibilities vested by law in the
19Department. The Director may, with the approval of the Office
20of the Governor, assign to and share functions, powers,
21duties, and personnel with other State agencies such that
22administrative services and administrative facilities are
23provided by a shared administrative service center. Where
24possible, shared services which impact youth should be done
25with child-serving agencies. These administrative services may
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1functions: budgeting, accounting related functions, auditing,
2human resources, legal, procurement, training, data collection
3and analysis, information technology, internal investigations,
4intelligence, legislative services, emergency response
5capability, statewide transportation services, and general
6office support.
7    (f) The Department of Juvenile Justice may enter into
8intergovernmental cooperation agreements under which minors
9adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Department of
10Juvenile Justice may participate in county juvenile impact
11incarceration programs established under Section 3-6039 of the
12Counties Code.
13    (g) The Department of Juvenile Justice must comply with
14the ethnic and racial background data collection procedures
15provided in Section 4.5 of the Criminal Identification Act.
16    (h) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall implement a
17wellness program to support health and wellbeing among staff
18and service providers within the Department of Juvenile
19Justice environment. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall
20establish response teams to provide support to employees and
21staff affected by events that are both duty-related and not
22duty-related and provide training to response team members.
23The Department's wellness program shall be accessible to any
24Department employee or service provider, including contractual
25employees and approved volunteers. The wellness program may
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1to support health and well-being within the Department's
2environment. Access to wellness response team support shall be
3voluntary and remain confidential.
4(Source: P.A. 102-616, eff. 1-1-22.)
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.