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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 610

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  610  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Illinois  Pension  Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 14-110 as follows:

 6        (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
 7        Sec. 14-110.  Alternative retirement annuity.
 8        (a)  Any member who has withdrawn from service  with  not
 9    less  than  20  years  of eligible creditable service and has
10    attained age 55,  and  any  member  who  has  withdrawn  from
11    service  with  not  less than 25 years of eligible creditable
12    service and has attained age 50, regardless  of  whether  the
13    attainment  of  either of the specified ages occurs while the
14    member is still in service, shall be entitled to  receive  at
15    the  option  of the member, in lieu of the regular or minimum
16    retirement  annuity,  a  retirement   annuity   computed   as
17    follows:
18             (i)  for   periods   of   service  as  a  noncovered
19        employee: if retirement occurs on  or  after  January  1,
20        2001,  3%  of final average compensation for each year of
21        creditable service; if retirement occurs  before  January
22        1, 2001, 2 1/4% of final average compensation for each of
 
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 1        the first 10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each
 2        year  above  10  years  to  and  including  20  years  of
 3        creditable   service,   and  2  3/4%  for  each  year  of
 4        creditable service above 20 years; and
 5             (ii)  for periods of eligible creditable service  as
 6        a  covered  employee:  if  retirement  occurs on or after
 7        January 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average  compensation  for
 8        each  year  of  creditable  service; if retirement occurs
 9        before  January  1,  2001,   1.67%   of   final   average
10        compensation  for  each  of  the  first  10 years of such
11        service, 1.90% for each of the  next  10  years  of  such
12        service, 2.10% for each year of such service in excess of
13        20  but  not  exceeding  30,  and  2.30% for each year in
14        excess of 30.
15        Such annuity shall be subject to  a  maximum  of  75%  of
16    final   average  compensation  if  retirement  occurs  before
17    January 1, 2001 or to a  maximum  of  80%  of  final  average
18    compensation  if  retirement  occurs  on  or after January 1,
19    2001.
20        These rates  shall  not  be  applicable  to  any  service
21    performed  by  a  member  as  a covered employee which is not
22    eligible creditable service.  Service as a  covered  employee
23    which  is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
24    the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
25        (b)  For  the  purpose   of   this   Section,   "eligible
26    creditable  service"  means creditable service resulting from
27    service in one or more of the following positions:
28             (1)  State policeman;
29             (2)  fire fighter in the fire protection service  of
30        a department;
31             (3)  air pilot;
32             (4)  special agent;
33             (5)  investigator for the Secretary of State;
34             (6)  conservation police officer;
 
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 1             (7)  investigator for the Department of Revenue;
 2             (8)  security  employee  of  the Department of Human
 3        Services;
 4             (9)  Central  Management  Services  security  police
 5        officer;
 6             (10)  security  employee  of   the   Department   of
 7        Corrections;
 8             (11)  dangerous drugs investigator;
 9             (12)  investigator   for  the  Department  of  State
10        Police;
11             (13)  investigator for the Office  of  the  Attorney
12        General;
13             (14)  controlled substance inspector;
14             (15)  investigator  for  the  Office  of the State's
15        Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
16             (16)  Commerce Commission police officer;
17             (17)  arson investigator;
18             (18)  State highway maintenance worker;.
19             (19)  tollway employee.
20        A person employed in one of the  positions  specified  in
21    this  subsection  is  entitled to eligible creditable service
22    for service credit earned under this Article while undergoing
23    the basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
24    Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion  of  that
25    training is required of persons serving in that position. For
26    the  purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
27    police training course shall be  deemed  performance  of  the
28    duties  of  the specified position, even though the person is
29    not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
30        (c)  For the purposes of this Section:
31             (1)  The term "state policeman" includes  any  title
32        or  position  in  the  Department of State Police that is
33        held by an individual employed  under  the  State  Police
34        Act.
 
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 1             (2)  The  term  "fire fighter in the fire protection
 2        service of a department" includes all  officers  in  such
 3        fire   protection   service  including  fire  chiefs  and
 4        assistant fire chiefs.
 5             (3)  The term  "air  pilot"  includes  any  employee
 6        whose  official job description on file in the Department
 7        of Central Management Services, or in the  department  by
 8        which he is employed if that department is not covered by
 9        the Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
10        operation  of  aircraft,  and  who  possesses  a  pilot's
11        license;  however,  the change in this definition made by
12        this amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to  exclude
13        any  noncovered  employee  who was an "air pilot" for the
14        purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
15             (4)  The term "special agent" means any  person  who
16        by  reason  of  employment  by  the  Division of Narcotic
17        Control, the Bureau of Investigation or,  after  July  1,
18        1977,   the   Division  of  Criminal  Investigation,  the
19        Division  of  Internal  Investigation,  the  Division  of
20        Operations,  or  any  other  Division  or  organizational
21        entity in the Department of State Police is vested by law
22        with  duties  to  maintain  public   order,   investigate
23        violations of the criminal law of this State, enforce the
24        laws  of  this  State, make arrests and recover property.
25        The term "special agent" includes any title  or  position
26        in  the  Department  of  State  Police that is held by an
27        individual employed under the State Police Act.
28             (5)  The term "investigator  for  the  Secretary  of
29        State"  means  any  person  employed by the Office of the
30        Secretary of State and  vested  with  such  investigative
31        duties  as  render  him ineligible for coverage under the
32        Social Security Act by reason of  Sections  218(d)(5)(A),
33        218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
34             A  person who became employed as an investigator for
 
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 1        the Secretary  of  State  between  January  1,  1967  and
 2        December  31,  1975,  and  who  has  served as such until
 3        attainment of age  60,  either  continuously  or  with  a
 4        single  break  in  service  of  not  more  than  3  years
 5        duration,  which break terminated before January 1, 1976,
 6        shall  be  entitled  to  have  his   retirement   annuity
 7        calculated     in   accordance   with   subsection   (a),
 8        notwithstanding that he has less than 20 years of  credit
 9        for such service.
10             (6)  The  term  "Conservation  Police Officer" means
11        any person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of
12        the Department of Natural Resources and vested with  such
13        law  enforcement  duties  as  render  him  ineligible for
14        coverage under the  Social  Security  Act  by  reason  of
15        Sections  218(d)(5)(A),  218(d)(8)(D),  and  218(l)(1) of
16        that  Act.   The  term  "Conservation   Police   Officer"
17        includes  the  positions  of  Chief  Conservation  Police
18        Administrator    and    Assistant   Conservation   Police
19        Administrator.
20             (7)  The term "investigator for  the  Department  of
21        Revenue"  means  any person employed by the Department of
22        Revenue and vested  with  such  investigative  duties  as
23        render  him  ineligible  for  coverage  under  the Social
24        Security  Act  by  reason   of   Sections   218(d)(5)(A),
25        218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
26             (8)  The  term  "security employee of the Department
27        of Human Services"  means  any  person  employed  by  the
28        Department  of  Human Services who (i) is employed at the
29        Chester Mental Health Center and has daily  contact  with
30        the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
31        unit  at  a  facility  operated by the Department and has
32        daily contact with the residents of  the  security  unit,
33        (iii)   is   employed  at  a  facility  operated  by  the
34        Department that includes a security unit and is regularly
 
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 1        scheduled to work at least 50%  of  his  or  her  working
 2        hours  within  that  security  unit,  or (iv) is a mental
 3        health police officer.  "Mental  health  police  officer"
 4        means  any  person  employed  by  the Department of Human
 5        Services in a position  pertaining  to  the  Department's
 6        mental  health  and  developmental disabilities functions
 7        who is vested with such law enforcement duties as  render
 8        the  person  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.  "Security unit"
11        means that portion of a facility that is devoted  to  the
12        care,  containment, and treatment of persons committed to
13        the Department of  Human  Services  as  sexually  violent
14        persons,  persons  unfit  to  stand trial, or persons not
15        guilty by reason  of  insanity.   With  respect  to  past
16        employment,   references   to  the  Department  of  Human
17        Services  include  its  predecessor,  the  Department  of
18        Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
19             The changes  made  to  this  subdivision  (c)(8)  by
20        Public  Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after
21        January 1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
22             (9)  "Central Management  Services  security  police
23        officer"  means  any person employed by the Department of
24        Central Management Services who is vested with  such  law
25        enforcement  duties as render him ineligible for coverage
26        under the Social  Security  Act  by  reason  of  Sections
27        218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
28             (10)  The  term "security employee of the Department
29        of Corrections" means any employee of the  Department  of
30        Corrections  or  the  former Department of Personnel, and
31        any member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board,  who
32        has  daily  contact  with  inmates  by  working  within a
33        correctional facility or who is a parole  officer  or  an
34        employee who has direct contact with committed persons in
 
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 1        the performance of his or her job duties.
 2             (11)  The  term "dangerous drugs investigator" means
 3        any person who is employed as such by the  Department  of
 4        Human Services.
 5             (12)  The  term  "investigator for the Department of
 6        State Police" means a person employed by  the  Department
 7        of  State  Police  who  is  vested under Section 4 of the
 8        Narcotic Control Division Abolition  Act  with  such  law
 9        enforcement  powers as render him ineligible for coverage
10        under the Social  Security  Act  by  reason  of  Sections
11        218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
12             (13)  "Investigator  for  the Office of the Attorney
13        General" means any person who is employed as such by  the
14        Office  of  the  Attorney General and is vested with such
15        investigative  duties  as  render  him   ineligible   for
16        coverage  under  the  Social  Security  Act  by reason of
17        Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that
18        Act.  For the period before January  1,  1989,  the  term
19        includes  all  persons who were employed as investigators
20        by the Office of the Attorney General, without regard  to
21        social security status.
22             (14)  "Controlled  substance  inspector"  means  any
23        person  who  is  employed  as  such  by the Department of
24        Professional Regulation  and  is  vested  with  such  law
25        enforcement  duties as render him ineligible for coverage
26        under the Social  Security  Act  by  reason  of  Sections
27        218(d)(5)(A),  218(d)(8)(D)  and  218(l)(1)  of that Act.
28        The term "controlled substance  inspector"  includes  the
29        Program   Executive  of  Enforcement  and  the  Assistant
30        Program Executive of Enforcement.
31             (15)  The term "investigator for the Office  of  the
32        State's  Attorneys  Appellate  Prosecutor" means a person
33        employed in that capacity on a full time basis under  the
34        authority  of  Section  7.06  of  the  State's  Attorneys
 
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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
 4        is 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
14        was  employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995
15        and is no longer in  service  but  not  yet  receiving  a
16        retirement  annuity  may  convert  his  or her creditable
17        service for employment  as  an  arson  investigator  into
18        eligible  creditable  service by paying to the System the
19        difference between the  employee  contributions  actually
20        paid  for  that  service  and the amounts that would have
21        been contributed if the applicant  were  contributing  at
22        the  rate  applicable  to  persons  with  the same social
23        security status earning eligible  creditable  service  on
24        the date of application.
25             (18)  The  term  "State  highway maintenance worker"
26        means a person who is either of the following:
27                  (i)  A person employed on a full-time basis  by
28             the  Illinois  Department  of  Transportation in the
29             position of highway maintainer, highway  maintenance
30             lead  worker,  highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
31             heavy construction equipment operator, power  shovel
32             operator,  or  bridge  mechanic; and whose principal
33             responsibility is to perform, on  the  roadway,  the
34             actual  maintenance  necessary  to keep the highways
 
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 1             that form a part of  the  State  highway  system  in
 2             serviceable condition for vehicular traffic.
 3                  (ii)  A person employed on a full-time basis by
 4             the  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway Authority in the
 5             position   of   equipment   operator/laborer    H-4,
 6             equipment    operator/laborer    H-6,  welder   H-4,
 7             welder      H-6,     mechanical/electrical      H-4,
 8             mechanical/electrical    H-6,    water/sewer    H-4,
 9             water/sewer   H-6,   sign   maker/hanger  H-4,  sign
10             maker/hanger  H-6,  roadway  lighting  H-4,  roadway
11             lighting  H-6,  structural  H-4,   structural   H-6,
12             painter  H-4,  or  painter  H-6; and whose principal
13             responsibility is to perform, on  the  roadway,  the
14             actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
15             tollways  in  serviceable  condition  for  vehicular
16             traffic.
17             (19)  The  term  "tollway  employee"  means a person
18        employed by the Illinois Toll Highway Authority as a lane
19        walker, senior lane walker, toll collector,  senior  toll
20        collector,  clerk,  money  room  truck driver, money room
21        cash handler, custodian II, or custodian III.
22        (d)  A   security   employee   of   the   Department   of
23    Corrections, and a security employee  of  the  Department  of
24    Human  Services  who  is  not a mental health police officer,
25    shall not be eligible for the alternative retirement  annuity
26    provided by this Section unless he or she meets the following
27    minimum   age   and  service  requirements  at  the  time  of
28    retirement:
29             (i)  25 years of eligible creditable service and age
30        55; or
31             (ii)  beginning  January  1,  1987,  25   years   of
32        eligible  creditable  service  and age 54, or 24 years of
33        eligible creditable service and age 55; or
34             (iii)  beginning  January  1,  1988,  25  years   of
 
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 1        eligible  creditable  service  and age 53, or 23 years of
 2        eligible creditable service and age 55; or
 3             (iv)  beginning  January  1,  1989,  25   years   of
 4        eligible  creditable  service  and age 52, or 22 years of
 5        eligible creditable service and age 55; or
 6             (v)  beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
 7        creditable service and age 51, or 21  years  of  eligible
 8        creditable service and age 55; or
 9             (vi)  beginning   January   1,  1991,  25  years  of
10        eligible creditable service and age 50, or  20  years  of
11        eligible creditable service and age 55.
12        Persons  who have service credit under Article 16 of this
13    Code for service as a security employee of the Department  of
14    Corrections or the Department of Human Services in a position
15    requiring  certification  as a teacher may count such service
16    toward  establishing  their  eligibility  under  the  service
17    requirements of this Section; but such service  may  be  used
18    only  for  establishing  such  eligibility,  and  not for the
19    purpose of increasing or calculating any benefit.
20        (e)  If a member enters military service while working in
21    a position  in  which  eligible  creditable  service  may  be
22    earned,  and  returns to State service in the same or another
23    such  position,  and  fulfills  in  all  other  respects  the
24    conditions prescribed in this Article for credit for military
25    service, such military service shall be credited as  eligible
26    creditable service for the purposes of the retirement annuity
27    prescribed in this Section.
28        (f)  For  purposes  of  calculating  retirement annuities
29    under  this  Section,  periods  of  service  rendered   after
30    December  31,  1968  and  before October 1, 1975 as a covered
31    employee in  the  position  of  special  agent,  conservation
32    police officer, mental health police officer, or investigator
33    for  the  Secretary  of  State,  shall be deemed to have been
34    service as a noncovered employee, provided that the  employee
 
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 1    pays to the System prior to retirement an amount equal to (1)
 2    the  difference between the employee contributions that would
 3    have been required for such service as a noncovered employee,
 4    and the amount of employee contributions actually paid,  plus
 5    (2)  if payment is made after July 31, 1987, regular interest
 6    on the amount specified in item (1) from the date of  service
 7    to the date of payment.
 8        For  purposes  of  calculating retirement annuities under
 9    this Section, periods of service rendered after December  31,
10    1968  and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
11    position of investigator for the Department of Revenue  shall
12    be  deemed  to  have  been  service as a noncovered employee,
13    provided that the  employee  pays  to  the  System  prior  to
14    retirement  an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
15    employee contributions that would have been required for such
16    service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of  employee
17    contributions  actually  paid,  plus  (2)  if payment is made
18    after  January  1,  1990,  regular  interest  on  the  amount
19    specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
20    payment.
21        (g)  A State policeman may elect, not later than  January
22    1,  1990,  to establish eligible creditable service for up to
23    10 years of his service as a policeman under  Article  3,  by
24    filing  a  written  election  with  the Board, accompanied by
25    payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal  to
26    (i)  the  difference  between  the  amount  of  employee  and
27    employer   contributions  transferred  to  the  System  under
28    Section  3-110.5,  and  the  amounts  that  would  have  been
29    contributed had such contributions been  made  at  the  rates
30    applicable  to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
31    the effective rate for each year, compounded  annually,  from
32    the date of service to the date of payment.
33        Subject  to  the  limitation  in  subsection (i), a State
34    policeman  may  elect,  not  later  than  July  1,  1993,  to
 
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 1    establish eligible creditable service for up to 10  years  of
 2    his service as a member of the County Police Department under
 3    Article  9,  by  filing  a  written  election with the Board,
 4    accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined  by  the
 5    Board,  equal  to  (i)  the  difference between the amount of
 6    employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
 7    under Section 9-121.10 and the amounts that would  have  been
 8    contributed  had  those  contributions been made at the rates
 9    applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon  at
10    the  effective  rate for each year, compounded annually, from
11    the date of service to the date of payment.
12        (h)  Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13    policeman or investigator for  the  Secretary  of  State  may
14    elect  to  establish eligible creditable service for up to 12
15    years of his service as  a  policeman  under  Article  5,  by
16    filing a written election with the Board on or before January
17    31,  1992,  and  paying  to the System by January 31, 1994 an
18    amount to be determined  by  the  Board,  equal  to  (i)  the
19    difference  between  the  amount  of  employee  and  employer
20    contributions  transferred to the System under Section 5-236,
21    and the amounts that would have  been  contributed  had  such
22    contributions  been  made  at  the  rates applicable to State
23    policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the  effective  rate
24    for  each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25    to the date of payment.
26        Subject to the limitation  in  subsection  (i),  a  State
27    policeman,  conservation  police officer, or investigator for
28    the Secretary  of  State  may  elect  to  establish  eligible
29    creditable  service  for  up  to  10  years  of  service as a
30    sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
31    a written election with the Board on or  before  January  31,
32    1993,  and paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount
33    to be determined by the Board, equal to  (i)  the  difference
34    between  the  amount  of  employee and employer contributions
 
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 1    transferred to the System  under  Section  7-139.7,  and  the
 2    amounts   that   would   have   been   contributed  had  such
 3    contributions been made at  the  rates  applicable  to  State
 4    policemen,  plus  (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
 5    for each year, compounded annually, from the date of  service
 6    to the date of payment.
 7        (i)  The  total  amount  of  eligible  creditable service
 8    established by any person under subsections  (g),  (h),  (j),
 9    (k), and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
10        (j)  Subject  to  the  limitation  in  subsection (i), an
11    investigator  for  the  Office  of  the   State's   Attorneys
12    Appellate  Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may
13    elect to establish eligible creditable service for up  to  10
14    years  of  his  service  as  a policeman under Article 3 or a
15    sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
16    a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment  of
17    an  amount  to  be  determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
18    difference  between  the  amount  of  employee  and  employer
19    contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6
20    or 7-139.8, and the amounts that would have been  contributed
21    had  such  contributions been made at the rates applicable to
22    State policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at  the  effective
23    rate  for  each  year,  compounded annually, from the date of
24    service to the date of payment.
25        (k)  Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of  this
26    Section,   an  alternative  formula  employee  may  elect  to
27    establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as  a
28    full-time  law  enforcement  officer or full-time corrections
29    officer employed by the federal government or by a  state  or
30    local  government  located  outside  of  Illinois,  for which
31    credit is not held in any other public employee pension  fund
32    or  retirement  system.  To obtain this credit, the applicant
33    must file a written application with the Board by  March  31,
34    1998,  accompanied  by  evidence of eligibility acceptable to
 
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 1    the Board and payment of an amount to be  determined  by  the
 2    Board,  equal  to  (1)  employee contributions for the credit
 3    being established, based upon the applicant's salary  on  the
 4    first  day  as  an  alternative  formula  employee  after the
 5    employment for which credit  is  being  established  and  the
 6    rates  then applicable to alternative formula employees, plus
 7    (2) an amount determined by the Board to  be  the  employer's
 8    normal  cost  of  the  benefits  accrued for the credit being
 9    established, plus (3) regular  interest  on  the  amounts  in
10    items  (1)  and  (2)  from  the  first  day as an alternative
11    formula employee after the employment  for  which  credit  is
12    being established to the date of payment.
13        (l)  Subject  to  the  limitation  in  subsection  (i), a
14    security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
15    not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
16    service for up to 10  years  of  his  or  her  service  as  a
17    policeman  under Article 3, by filing a written election with
18    the  Board,  accompanied  by  payment  of  an  amount  to  be
19    determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference  between
20    the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
21    to  the  System  under  Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that
22    would have been contributed had such contributions been  made
23    at   the  rates  applicable  to  security  employees  of  the
24    Department of Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at  the
25    effective  rate  for each year, compounded annually, from the
26    date of service to the date of payment.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-760,  eff.  1-1-01;
28    92-14,  eff.  6-28-01;  92-257,  eff.  8-6-01;  92-651,  eff.
29    7-11-02.)

30        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
31    becoming law.".