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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 111

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 111  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

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

 9        (40 ILCS 5/14-103.05) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.05)
10        Sec. 14-103.05.  Employee.
11        (a)  Any  person  employed  by  a Department who receives
12    salary for personal services rendered to the Department on  a
13    warrant  issued  pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by a
14    Department and drawn by the State Comptroller upon the  State
15    Treasurer,   including   an  elected  official  described  in
16    subparagraph (d) of Section 14-104, shall become an  employee
17    for  purpose  of  membership  in the Retirement System on the
18    first day of such employment.
19        A person entering service on or after January 1, 1972 and
20    prior to January 1, 1984 shall become a member as a condition
21    of employment and shall begin making contributions as of  the
 
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 1    first day of employment.
 2        A  person  entering  service  on or after January 1, 1984
 3    shall, upon completion of  6  months  of  continuous  service
 4    which  is  not  interrupted by a break of more than 2 months,
 5    become a member as a condition of employment.   Contributions
 6    shall  begin  the  first of the month after completion of the
 7    qualifying period.
 8        The qualifying period of  6  months  of  service  is  not
 9    applicable  to:  (1) a person who has been granted credit for
10    service in a  position  covered  by  the  State  Universities
11    Retirement  System,  the  Teachers'  Retirement System of the
12    State of Illinois, the General Assembly Retirement System, or
13    the Judges Retirement System of Illinois unless that  service
14    has  been  forfeited  under  the laws of those systems; (2) a
15    person entering service  on  or  after  July  1,  1991  in  a
16    noncovered   position;  or  (3)  a  person  to  whom  Section
17    14-108.2a or 14-108.2b applies.
18        (b)  The term "employee" does not include the following:
19             (1)  members of the State Legislature,  and  persons
20        electing  to  become  members  of  the  General  Assembly
21        Retirement System pursuant to Section 2-105;
22             (2)  incumbents  of  offices normally filled by vote
23        of the people;
24             (3)  except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,
25        any  person appointed by the Governor with the advice and
26        consent of  the  Senate  unless  that  person  elects  to
27        participate in this system;
28             (4)  except  as  provided  in  Section  14-108.2  or
29        14-108.2c,  any  person  who is covered or eligible to be
30        covered by the Teachers' Retirement System of  the  State
31        of Illinois, the State Universities Retirement System, or
32        the Judges Retirement System of Illinois;
33             (5)  an  employee  of  a  municipality  or any other
34        political subdivision of the State;
 
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 1             (6)  any person who becomes an employee  after  June
 2        30,   1979   as   a  public  service  employment  program
 3        participant under the  Federal  Comprehensive  Employment
 4        and  Training  Act and whose wages or fringe benefits are
 5        paid in whole or in part by  funds  provided  under  such
 6        Act;
 7             (7)  enrollees   of   the   Illinois   Young   Adult
 8        Conservation   Corps   program,   administered   by   the
 9        Department   of  Natural  Resources,  authorized  grantee
10        pursuant to Title VIII of the  "Comprehensive  Employment
11        and  Training  Act  of  1973",  29  USC  993,  as  now or
12        hereafter amended;
13             (8)  enrollees  and  temporary  staff  of   programs
14        administered by the Department of Natural Resources under
15        the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970;
16             (9)  any  person who is a member of any professional
17        licensing or disciplinary  board  created  under  an  Act
18        administered by the Department of Professional Regulation
19        or  a successor agency or created or re-created after the
20        effective date of this amendatory Act of  1997,  and  who
21        receives  per  diem  compensation  rather  than a salary,
22        notwithstanding that such per diem compensation  is  paid
23        by  warrant  issued  pursuant  to a payroll voucher; such
24        persons have never been included  in  the  membership  of
25        this  System,  and  this  amendatory  Act  of  1987 (P.A.
26        84-1472) is not intended to  effect  any  change  in  the
27        status of such persons;
28             (10)  any  person  who  is  a member of the Illinois
29        Health Care Cost Containment Council,  and  receives  per
30        diem  compensation  rather than a salary, notwithstanding
31        that such per diem compensation is paid by warrant issued
32        pursuant to a payroll voucher; such  persons  have  never
33        been  included in the membership of this System, and this
34        amendatory Act of 1987 is  not  intended  to  effect  any
 
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 1        change in the status of such persons; or
 2             (11)  any  person who is a member of the Oil and Gas
 3        Board created by Section 1.2 of the Illinois Oil and  Gas
 4        Act,  and  receives  per  diem compensation rather than a
 5        salary, notwithstanding that such per  diem  compensation
 6        is paid by warrant issued pursuant to a payroll voucher.
 7        (c)  An  individual  who is employed on a full-time basis
 8    as an officer or employee of a statewide  labor  organization
 9    that represents members of this System may participate in the
10    System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that (1) the
11    individual  has  previously  earned  creditable service under
12    this Article, (2) the individual files  with  the  System  an
13    irrevocable  election  to  become  a participant, and (3) the
14    individual does not receive credit for that employment  under
15    any  other  provision  of  this Code.  An employee under this
16    subsection (c) is responsible for paying to the  System  both
17    (i)  employee  contributions based on the actual compensation
18    received for service with the  labor  organization  and  (ii)
19    employer  contributions  based  on  the percentage of payroll
20    certified  by  the  board;  all  or   any   part   of   these
21    contributions  may be paid on the employee's behalf or picked
22    up for tax purposes (if authorized under federal law) by  the
23    labor organization.
24        A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
25    may  establish service credit for similar employment prior to
26    becoming an employee under this subsection by paying  to  the
27    System  for  that  employment  the contributions specified in
28    this subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the
29    date of service to the  date  of  payment.   However,  credit
30    shall not be granted under this subsection for any such prior
31    employment  for which the applicant received credit under any
32    other provision of this Code, or during which  the  applicant
33    was on a leave of absence.
34    (Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.".