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1 | AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
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5 | Sections 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, and 14-110 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (40 ILCS 5/3-110.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-110.6)
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8 | Sec. 3-110.6. Transfer to Article 14 System.
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9 | (a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | System who is an
investigator for the Office of the State's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor ,
an investigator for the Office | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of the Attorney General, or a controlled
substance inspector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
creditable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | service accumulated in any police pension fund under this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Article to
the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | with Section 14-110. The
creditable service shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | transferred only upon payment by the police pension
fund to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | State Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:
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19 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | applicant
for the service to be transferred
on the books of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | the fund on the date of transfer; and
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22 | (2) employer contributions in an amount equal to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | amount determined
under subparagraph (1); and
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24 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | reinstate that
service.
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26 | Participation in the police pension fund with respect to the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | credits
transferred shall terminate on the date of transfer.
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28 | (b) Any such investigator or inspector may reinstate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | service which was
terminated by receipt of a refund, by paying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | to the police pension fund the
amount of the refund with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year,
compounded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | annually, from the date of refund to the date of payment.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
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2 | (40 ILCS 5/5-236) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-236)
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3 | Sec. 5-236. Transfer to Article 14.
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4 | (a) Until January 31, 1994, any active member of the State | ||||||
5 | Employees'
Retirement System who is a State policeman or | ||||||
6 | investigator for the
Secretary of State may apply for transfer | ||||||
7 | of his creditable service
accumulated under this Article to the | ||||||
8 | State Employees' Retirement System.
At the time of the transfer | ||||||
9 | the Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
Retirement System an | ||||||
10 | amount equal to:
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11 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||
12 | applicant on the books
of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
13 | and
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14 | (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | ||||||
15 | interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | ||||||
18 | reinstate service.
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19 | Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of | ||||||
20 | transfer.
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21 | (b) Until January 31, 1994, any such State policeman or | ||||||
22 | investigator
for the Secretary of State may reinstate service | ||||||
23 | that was terminated by
receipt of a refund, by paying to the | ||||||
24 | Fund the amount of the refund with
interest thereon at the rate | ||||||
25 | of 6% per year, compounded annually, from the
date of refund to | ||||||
26 | the date of payment.
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27 | (c) Within 30 days after the effective date of this | ||||||
28 | amendatory Act of
1993, any active member of the State | ||||||
29 | Employees' Retirement System who was
earning eligible | ||||||
30 | creditable service under subdivision (b)(12) of Section
14-110 | ||||||
31 | on January 1, 1992 and who has at least 17 years of creditable
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32 | service under this Article may apply for transfer of his | ||||||
33 | creditable service
accumulated under this Article to the State | ||||||
34 | Employees' Retirement System.
At the time of the transfer the | ||||||
35 | Fund shall pay to the State Employees'
Retirement System an |
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1 | amount equal to:
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2 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||
3 | applicant on the books
of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | ||||||
6 | interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer.
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7 | Participation in this Fund shall terminate on the date of | ||||||
8 | transfer.
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9 | (d) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | ||||||
10 | System who is an
investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
11 | General may apply for transfer of
all or part of his or her | ||||||
12 | creditable service accumulated under this Article
to the State | ||||||
13 | Employees' Retirement System in accordance with Section | ||||||
14 | 14-110.
At the time of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the | ||||||
15 | State Employees'
Retirement System an amount equal to:
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16 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||
17 | applicant for the service
to be transferred on the books of | ||||||
18 | the Fund on the date of transfer; and
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19 | (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | ||||||
20 | interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
21 | and
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22 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | ||||||
23 | reinstate that service
credit.
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24 | Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | ||||||
25 | transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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26 | (e) Any such investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
27 | General may
reinstate service that was terminated by receipt of | ||||||
28 | a refund, by paying to
the Fund the amount of the refund plus | ||||||
29 | interest at the rate of 6% per year,
compounded annually, from | ||||||
30 | the date of the refund to the date of payment.
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31 | (Source: P.A. 86-1488; 87-1265.)
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32 | (40 ILCS 5/7-139.8) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.8)
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33 | Sec. 7-139.8. Transfer to Article 14 System.
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34 | (a) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | ||||||
35 | System who is an
investigator for the Office of the State's |
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1 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor , an
investigator for the Office | ||||||
2 | of the Attorney General, or a controlled
substance inspector | ||||||
3 | may apply for transfer of some or all of his or her
credits and | ||||||
4 | creditable service accumulated in this Fund for service as a
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5 | sheriff's law enforcement employee or service as a municipal | ||||||
6 | conservator of
the peace certified under the Police Training | ||||||
7 | Act,
to the State Employees' Retirement System in accordance | ||||||
8 | with
Section 14-110. The creditable service shall be | ||||||
9 | transferred only upon payment
by this Fund to the State | ||||||
10 | Employees' Retirement System of an amount equal to:
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11 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||
12 | applicant for the
service to be transferred
as a sheriff's | ||||||
13 | law enforcement employee ,
including interest; and
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14 | (2) municipality credits based on such service, | ||||||
15 | including interest; and
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16 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant to reinstate | ||||||
17 | such service.
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18 | Participation in this Fund as to any credits transferred under | ||||||
19 | this
Section shall terminate on the date of transfer.
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20 | (b) Any such investigator or inspector may reinstate | ||||||
21 | credits and
creditable service terminated upon receipt of a | ||||||
22 | separation benefit, by paying
to the Fund the amount of the | ||||||
23 | separation benefit plus interest thereon at the
rate of 6% per | ||||||
24 | year to the date of payment.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97.)
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26 | (40 ILCS 5/9-121.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-121.10)
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27 | Sec. 9-121.10. Transfer to Article 14.
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28 | (a) Until July 1, 1993, any active member of the State | ||||||
29 | Employees'
Retirement System who is a State policeman may apply | ||||||
30 | for transfer of some
or all of his creditable service as a | ||||||
31 | member of the County Police
Department accumulated under this | ||||||
32 | Article to the State Employees'
Retirement System. At the time | ||||||
33 | of the transfer the Fund shall pay to the
State Employees' | ||||||
34 | Retirement System an amount equal to:
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35 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the |
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1 | applicant on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer | ||||||
2 | for the service to be
transferred; and
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3 | (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | ||||||
4 | interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | ||||||
7 | reinstate such service.
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8 | Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | ||||||
9 | transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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10 | (b) Until July 1, 1993, any such State policeman
may | ||||||
11 | reinstate credit for service as a member of the County Police
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12 | Department that was terminated by receipt of a refund, by | ||||||
13 | paying to the
Fund the amount of the refund with interest | ||||||
14 | thereon at the rate of 6% per
year, compounded annually, from | ||||||
15 | the date of refund to the date of payment.
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16 | (c) Any active member of the State Employees' Retirement | ||||||
17 | System who is an
investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
18 | General may apply for transfer of
some or all of his or her | ||||||
19 | creditable service as a member of the County Police
Department | ||||||
20 | accumulated under this Article to the State Employees' | ||||||
21 | Retirement
System in accordance with Section 14-110. At the | ||||||
22 | time of the transfer the Fund
shall pay to the State Employees' | ||||||
23 | Retirement System an amount equal to:
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24 | (1) the amounts accumulated to the credit of the | ||||||
25 | applicant for the service
to be transferred on the books of | ||||||
26 | the Fund on the date of transfer; and
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27 | (2) the corresponding municipality credits, including | ||||||
28 | interest, on the
books of the Fund on the date of transfer; | ||||||
29 | and
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30 | (3) any interest paid by the applicant in order to | ||||||
31 | reinstate such service.
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32 | Participation in this Fund with respect to the credits | ||||||
33 | transferred shall
terminate on the date of transfer.
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34 | (d) Any such investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
35 | General may
reinstate credit for service as a member of the | ||||||
36 | County Police Department that
was terminated by receipt of a |
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1 | refund, by paying to the Fund the amount of the
refund plus | ||||||
2 | interest at the rate of 6% per year, compounded annually, from | ||||||
3 | the
date of the refund to the date of payment.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
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5 | (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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6 | Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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7 | (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less | ||||||
8 | than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained | ||||||
9 | age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not | ||||||
10 | less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has | ||||||
11 | attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either | ||||||
12 | of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in | ||||||
13 | service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the | ||||||
14 | member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a | ||||||
15 | retirement annuity
computed as follows:
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16 | (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if | ||||||
17 | retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
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18 | average compensation for each year of creditable service; | ||||||
19 | if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of | ||||||
20 | final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years | ||||||
21 | of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years | ||||||
22 | to
and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4% | ||||||
23 | for each year of
creditable service above 20 years; and
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24 | (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a | ||||||
25 | covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January | ||||||
26 | 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year | ||||||
27 | of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January | ||||||
28 | 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of | ||||||
29 | the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the | ||||||
30 | next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such | ||||||
31 | service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for | ||||||
32 | each year in excess of 30.
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33 | Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final | ||||||
34 | average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, | ||||||
35 | 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if |
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1 | retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
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2 | These rates shall not be applicable to any service | ||||||
3 | performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not | ||||||
4 | eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee | ||||||
5 | which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to | ||||||
6 | the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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7 | (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable | ||||||
8 | service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one | ||||||
9 | or more of the following
positions:
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10 | (1) State policeman;
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11 | (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a | ||||||
12 | department;
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13 | (3) air pilot;
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14 | (4) special agent;
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15 | (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
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16 | (6) conservation police officer;
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17 | (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
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18 | (8) security employee of the Department of Human | ||||||
19 | Services;
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20 | (9) Central Management Services security police | ||||||
21 | officer;
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22 | (10) security employee of the Department of | ||||||
23 | Corrections;
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24 | (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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25 | (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
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26 | (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
27 | General;
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28 | (14) controlled substance inspector;
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29 | (15) investigator for the Office of the State's | ||||||
30 | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
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31 | (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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32 | (17) arson investigator;
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33 | (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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34 | A person employed in one of the positions specified in this | ||||||
35 | subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for | ||||||
36 | service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the |
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1 | basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law | ||||||
2 | Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that | ||||||
3 | training is required of persons serving in that position.
For | ||||||
4 | the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic | ||||||
5 | police
training course shall be deemed performance of the | ||||||
6 | duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not | ||||||
7 | a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
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8 | (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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9 | (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or | ||||||
10 | position
in the Department of State Police that is held by | ||||||
11 | an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
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12 | (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection | ||||||
13 | service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire | ||||||
14 | protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant | ||||||
15 | fire chiefs.
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16 | (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose | ||||||
17 | official job
description on file in the Department of | ||||||
18 | Central Management Services, or
in the department by which | ||||||
19 | he is employed if that department is not covered
by the | ||||||
20 | Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the | ||||||
21 | operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; | ||||||
22 | however, the change in this
definition made by this | ||||||
23 | amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any | ||||||
24 | noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes | ||||||
25 | of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
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26 | (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by | ||||||
27 | reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, | ||||||
28 | the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the | ||||||
29 | Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of | ||||||
30 | Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
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31 | other Division or organizational
entity in the Department | ||||||
32 | of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain | ||||||
33 | public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of | ||||||
34 | this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests | ||||||
35 | and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any | ||||||
36 | title or position in the Department
of State Police that is |
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1 | held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
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2 | (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" | ||||||
3 | means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of | ||||||
4 | State and vested with such
investigative duties as render | ||||||
5 | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | ||||||
6 | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | ||||||
7 | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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8 | A person who became employed as an investigator for the | ||||||
9 | Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, | ||||||
10 | 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age | ||||||
11 | 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service | ||||||
12 | of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated | ||||||
13 | before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his | ||||||
14 | retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with | ||||||
15 | subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 | ||||||
16 | years of credit for such service.
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17 | (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any | ||||||
18 | person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the | ||||||
19 | Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law | ||||||
20 | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
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21 | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | ||||||
22 | 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The | ||||||
23 | term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions | ||||||
24 | of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
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25 | Conservation Police Administrator.
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26 | (7) The term "investigator for the Department of | ||||||
27 | Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of | ||||||
28 | Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render | ||||||
29 | him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act | ||||||
30 | by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and | ||||||
31 | 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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32 | (8) The term "security employee of the Department of | ||||||
33 | Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department | ||||||
34 | of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental | ||||||
35 | Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents | ||||||
36 | thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a |
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1 | facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact | ||||||
2 | with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed | ||||||
3 | at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a | ||||||
4 | security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
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5 | 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, | ||||||
6 | or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health | ||||||
7 | police officer" means any person employed by the Department | ||||||
8 | of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the | ||||||
9 | Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities | ||||||
10 | functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as | ||||||
11 | render 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. "Security unit" | ||||||
14 | means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the | ||||||
15 | care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to | ||||||
16 | the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent | ||||||
17 | persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not | ||||||
18 | guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past | ||||||
19 | employment,
references to the Department of Human Services | ||||||
20 | include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health | ||||||
21 | and Developmental Disabilities.
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22 | The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public | ||||||
23 | Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January | ||||||
24 | 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
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25 | (9) "Central Management Services security police | ||||||
26 | officer" means any
person employed by the Department of | ||||||
27 | Central Management Services who is
vested with such law | ||||||
28 | enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage | ||||||
29 | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | ||||||
30 | 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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31 | (10) The term "security employee of the Department of | ||||||
32 | Corrections"
means any employee of the Department of | ||||||
33 | Corrections or the former
Department of Personnel, and any | ||||||
34 | member or employee of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has | ||||||
35 | daily contact with inmates by working within a
correctional | ||||||
36 | facility or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
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1 | direct contact with committed persons in the performance of | ||||||
2 | his or her
job duties.
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3 | (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any | ||||||
4 | person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human | ||||||
5 | Services.
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6 | (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State | ||||||
7 | Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State | ||||||
8 | Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic | ||||||
9 | Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement | ||||||
10 | powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
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11 | Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | ||||||
12 | 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
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13 | (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
14 | General" means any
person who is employed as such by the | ||||||
15 | Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such | ||||||
16 | investigative duties as render him ineligible for
coverage | ||||||
17 | under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections | ||||||
18 | 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For | ||||||
19 | the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all | ||||||
20 | persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of | ||||||
21 | the Attorney General, without regard to social security | ||||||
22 | status.
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23 | (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person | ||||||
24 | who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional | ||||||
25 | Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties | ||||||
26 | as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
| ||||||
27 | Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | ||||||
28 | 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of
that Act. The term | ||||||
29 | "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
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30 | Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program | ||||||
31 | Executive of Enforcement.
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32 | (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the | ||||||
33 | State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person | ||||||
34 | employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the | ||||||
35 | authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
| ||||||
36 | Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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1 | (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any | ||||||
2 | person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is | ||||||
3 | vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him | ||||||
4 | ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by | ||||||
5 | reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
| ||||||
6 | 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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7 | (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is | ||||||
8 | employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal | ||||||
9 | and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render | ||||||
10 | the person ineligible for coverage under the Social | ||||||
11 | Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | ||||||
12 | 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. A person who was | ||||||
13 | employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is | ||||||
14 | no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement | ||||||
15 | annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
| ||||||
16 | employment as an arson investigator into eligible | ||||||
17 | creditable service by paying
to the System the difference | ||||||
18 | between the employee contributions actually paid
for that | ||||||
19 | service and the amounts that would have been contributed if | ||||||
20 | the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to | ||||||
21 | persons with the same
social security status earning | ||||||
22 | eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
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23 | (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means | ||||||
24 | a person who is
either of the following:
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25 | (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | ||||||
26 | Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position | ||||||
27 | of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead | ||||||
28 | worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy | ||||||
29 | construction equipment operator,
power shovel | ||||||
30 | operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal | ||||||
31 | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | ||||||
32 | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that | ||||||
33 | form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable | ||||||
34 | condition for vehicular traffic.
| ||||||
35 | (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the | ||||||
36 | Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position |
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1 | of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment | ||||||
2 | operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
| ||||||
3 | mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
| ||||||
4 | water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger | ||||||
5 | H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
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6 | roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
| ||||||
7 | painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal | ||||||
8 | responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the | ||||||
9 | actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's | ||||||
10 | tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular | ||||||
11 | traffic.
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12 | (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections, | ||||||
13 | and a security
employee of the Department of Human Services who | ||||||
14 | is not a mental health police
officer, shall not be eligible | ||||||
15 | for the alternative retirement annuity provided
by this Section | ||||||
16 | unless he or she meets the following minimum age and service
| ||||||
17 | requirements at the time of retirement:
| ||||||
18 | (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; | ||||||
19 | or
| ||||||
20 | (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible | ||||||
21 | creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible | ||||||
22 | creditable service and age 55; or
| ||||||
23 | (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible | ||||||
24 | creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible | ||||||
25 | creditable service and age 55; or
| ||||||
26 | (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible | ||||||
27 | creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible | ||||||
28 | creditable service and age 55; or
| ||||||
29 | (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible | ||||||
30 | creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible | ||||||
31 | creditable service and age 55; or
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32 | (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible | ||||||
33 | creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible | ||||||
34 | creditable service and age 55.
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35 | Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this | ||||||
36 | Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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1 | Corrections or the Department
of Human Services in a position | ||||||
2 | requiring certification as a teacher may
count such service | ||||||
3 | toward establishing their eligibility under the service
| ||||||
4 | requirements of this Section; but such service may be used only | ||||||
5 | for
establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of | ||||||
6 | increasing or
calculating any benefit.
| ||||||
7 | (e) If a member enters military service while working in a | ||||||
8 | position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, | ||||||
9 | and returns to State
service in the same or another such | ||||||
10 | position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions | ||||||
11 | prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, | ||||||
12 | such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
| ||||||
13 | service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed | ||||||
14 | in this Section.
| ||||||
15 | (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | ||||||
16 | this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, | ||||||
17 | 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the | ||||||
18 | position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental | ||||||
19 | health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of | ||||||
20 | State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered | ||||||
21 | employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior | ||||||
22 | to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the | ||||||
23 | employee
contributions that would have been required for such | ||||||
24 | service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee | ||||||
25 | contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after | ||||||
26 | July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item | ||||||
27 | (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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28 | For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | ||||||
29 | this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, | ||||||
30 | 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the | ||||||
31 | position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be | ||||||
32 | deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided | ||||||
33 | that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an | ||||||
34 | amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee | ||||||
35 | contributions
that would have been required for such service as | ||||||
36 | a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions |
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1 | actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, | ||||||
2 | 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from | ||||||
3 | the date of service to the date of payment.
| ||||||
4 | (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, | ||||||
5 | 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 | ||||||
6 | years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing | ||||||
7 | a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an | ||||||
8 | amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the | ||||||
9 | difference between the amount of employee and employer
| ||||||
10 | contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, | ||||||
11 | and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such | ||||||
12 | contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State | ||||||
13 | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for | ||||||
14 | each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the | ||||||
15 | date of payment.
| ||||||
16 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
17 | policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish | ||||||
18 | eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service | ||||||
19 | as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by | ||||||
20 | filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by | ||||||
21 | payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to | ||||||
22 | (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer | ||||||
23 | contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 | ||||||
24 | and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those | ||||||
25 | contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State | ||||||
26 | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for | ||||||
27 | each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
| ||||||
28 | date of payment.
| ||||||
29 | (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
30 | policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect | ||||||
31 | to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of | ||||||
32 | his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written | ||||||
33 | election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and | ||||||
34 | paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
| ||||||
35 | determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between | ||||||
36 | the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred |
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1 | to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would | ||||||
2 | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | ||||||
3 | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | ||||||
4 | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | ||||||
5 | the date of service to the date of payment.
| ||||||
6 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
7 | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | ||||||
8 | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | ||||||
9 | creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's | ||||||
10 | law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written | ||||||
11 | election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and | ||||||
12 | paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be | ||||||
13 | determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between | ||||||
14 | the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred | ||||||
15 | to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would | ||||||
16 | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | ||||||
17 | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | ||||||
18 | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | ||||||
19 | the date of service to the date of payment.
| ||||||
20 | (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service | ||||||
21 | established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), | ||||||
22 | and (l) , and (m) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
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23 | (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | ||||||
24 | investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
25 | Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
| ||||||
26 | establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his | ||||||
27 | service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law | ||||||
28 | enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written | ||||||
29 | election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to | ||||||
30 | be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between | ||||||
31 | the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred | ||||||
32 | to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
| ||||||
33 | that would have been contributed had such contributions been | ||||||
34 | made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) | ||||||
35 | interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, | ||||||
36 | compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of |
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| |||||||
1 | payment.
| ||||||
2 | (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this | ||||||
3 | Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish | ||||||
4 | eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time | ||||||
5 | law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer | ||||||
6 | employed by the federal government or by a state or local
| ||||||
7 | government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not | ||||||
8 | held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement | ||||||
9 | system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a | ||||||
10 | written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, | ||||||
11 | accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board | ||||||
12 | and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal | ||||||
13 | to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, | ||||||
14 | based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an | ||||||
15 | alternative formula employee after the employment
for which | ||||||
16 | credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
| ||||||
17 | alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by | ||||||
18 | the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits | ||||||
19 | accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular | ||||||
20 | interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day | ||||||
21 | as an alternative formula employee after the employment for | ||||||
22 | which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
| ||||||
23 | (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security | ||||||
24 | employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later | ||||||
25 | than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for | ||||||
26 | up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under | ||||||
27 | Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
| ||||||
28 | accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the | ||||||
29 | Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of | ||||||
30 | employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System | ||||||
31 | under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been | ||||||
32 | contributed had such contributions been made at the rates | ||||||
33 | applicable
to security employees of the Department of | ||||||
34 | Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate | ||||||
35 | for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to | ||||||
36 | the date of payment.
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1 | (m) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | ||||||
2 | investigator for the
Office of the Attorney General may elect | ||||||
3 | to establish eligible creditable
service for up to 12 years of | ||||||
4 | service as a policeman under Article 3 or 5, as a
sheriff's law | ||||||
5 | enforcement employee or municipal conservator of the peace | ||||||
6 | under
Article 7, or as a member of the County Police Department | ||||||
7 | under Article 9, by
filing a written election with the Board, | ||||||
8 | accompanied by payment of an amount
to be determined by the | ||||||
9 | Board, equal to (1) the difference between the amount
of | ||||||
10 | employee and employer contributions transferred to the System | ||||||
11 | under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the | ||||||
12 | amounts that would have been
contributed had those | ||||||
13 | contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
| ||||||
14 | policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for | ||||||
15 | each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the | ||||||
16 | date of payment.
| ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-760, eff. 1-1-01; 92-14, | ||||||
18 | eff.
6-28-01; 92-257, eff. 8-6-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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