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1 | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 9-121.16, 9-134.2, 9-134.3, and 9-134.4 and adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Sections 9-121.18 and 9-121.19 as follows:
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7 | (40 ILCS 5/9-121.16)
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8 | Sec. 9-121.16. Contractual service to the Retirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Board. A person who
has rendered continuous contractual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | services (other than legal or actuarial
services) to
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Retirement Board for a period of at least 5 years may establish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | creditable
service in the Fund for up to 10 years of those | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | services by making written
application to the Board before July | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 1, 2003 and paying to the Fund an amount
to be determined by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | the Board, equal to the employee contributions that would
have | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | been required if those services had been performed as an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | employee.
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18 | For the purposes of calculating the required payment, the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Board may determine
the applicable salary equivalent based on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | the compensation received by the
person for performing those | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | contractual services. The salary equivalent
calculated under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | this Section shall not be used for determining final average
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23 | salary under Section 9-134 or any other provisions of this |
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1 | Code.
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2 | A person may not make optional contributions under Section | ||||||
3 | 9-121.6 , 9-121.18, or
9-179.3 for periods of credit established | ||||||
4 | under this Section.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/9-121.18 new)
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7 | Sec. 9-121.18. Alternative annuity for sworn sheriff's | ||||||
8 | personnel. | ||||||
9 | (a) Any
person employed as sworn sheriff's personnel may | ||||||
10 | elect to establish
alternative credits for an alternative | ||||||
11 | annuity by electing in writing to
make additional optional | ||||||
12 | contributions in accordance with this Section and
procedures | ||||||
13 | established by the board. Such sworn sheriff's personnel
may | ||||||
14 | discontinue making the additional optional contributions by | ||||||
15 | notifying
the Fund in writing in accordance with this Section | ||||||
16 | and procedures
established by the board.
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17 | Additional optional contributions for the alternative | ||||||
18 | annuity shall
be as follows: | ||||||
19 | (1) For service after the option is elected, an | ||||||
20 | additional contribution
of 3% of salary shall be | ||||||
21 | contributed to the Fund on the same basis and
under the | ||||||
22 | same conditions as contributions required under Sections | ||||||
23 | 9-170
and 9-176.
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24 | (2) For service before the option is elected, an | ||||||
25 | additional
contribution of 3% of the salary for the |
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1 | applicable period of service, plus
interest at the | ||||||
2 | effective rate from the date of service to the date of
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3 | payment. All payments for past service must be paid in full | ||||||
4 | before credit
is given. No additional optional | ||||||
5 | contributions may be made for any period
of service for | ||||||
6 | which credit has been previously forfeited by acceptance of
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7 | a refund, unless the refund is repaid in full with interest | ||||||
8 | at the
effective rate from the date of refund to the date | ||||||
9 | of repayment.
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10 | (b) In lieu of the retirement annuity otherwise payable | ||||||
11 | under this
Article, any sworn sheriff's personnel who (1) has
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12 | elected to make additional optional
contributions in | ||||||
13 | accordance with this Section, and (2)
has attained age 50 with | ||||||
14 | at least 10 years of service credit,
or has attained age 55 | ||||||
15 | with at least 8 years of service credit, may elect
to have his | ||||||
16 | retirement annuity computed as follows: 3% of the
participant's | ||||||
17 | salary at the time of termination of service for each of the
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18 | first 8 years of service credit, plus 4% of such salary for | ||||||
19 | each of the
next 4 years of service credit, plus
5% of such | ||||||
20 | salary for each year of service credit in excess of 12 years,
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21 | subject to a maximum of 80% of such salary. To the extent such | ||||||
22 | sworn sheriff's personnel has made additional optional | ||||||
23 | contributions with respect to
only a portion of his or her | ||||||
24 | years of service credit, his or her retirement annuity will
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25 | first be determined in accordance with this Section to the | ||||||
26 | extent such
additional optional contributions were made, and |
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1 | then in accordance with
the remaining Sections of this Article | ||||||
2 | to the extent of years of service
credit with respect to which | ||||||
3 | additional optional contributions were not made. | ||||||
4 | (c) In lieu of the disability benefits otherwise payable | ||||||
5 | under this
Article, any sworn sheriff's personnel who (1) has | ||||||
6 | become
permanently disabled and as a consequence is unable to | ||||||
7 | perform the duties
of his or her employment and (2) was making | ||||||
8 | optional contributions in accordance with
this Section at the | ||||||
9 | time the disability was incurred, may elect to receive
a | ||||||
10 | disability annuity calculated in
accordance with the formula in | ||||||
11 | subsection (b). For the purposes of this
subsection, such sworn | ||||||
12 | sheriff's personnel shall be considered permanently
disabled | ||||||
13 | only if: (i) disability occurs while in service as sworn | ||||||
14 | sheriff's personnel and is of such a nature as to prevent him | ||||||
15 | or her from reasonably
performing the duties of his or her | ||||||
16 | employment at the time; and (ii) the board has
received a | ||||||
17 | written certification by at least 2 licensed physicians
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18 | appointed by it stating that the sworn sheriff's personnel is | ||||||
19 | disabled and that the
disability is likely to be permanent. | ||||||
20 | (d) Refunds of additional optional contributions shall be | ||||||
21 | made on the
same basis and under the same conditions as | ||||||
22 | provided under Section 9-164,
9-166, and 9-167. Interest shall | ||||||
23 | be credited at the effective rate on the
same basis and under | ||||||
24 | the same conditions as for other contributions.
Optional | ||||||
25 | contributions made by sworn sheriff's personnel shall be | ||||||
26 | accounted for in a separate Cook County Sworn Sheriff's |
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1 | Personnel Optional Contribution Reserve. Optional | ||||||
2 | contributions under this
Section shall be included in the | ||||||
3 | amount of employee contributions used to
compute the tax levy | ||||||
4 | under Section 9-169. | ||||||
5 | (e) The effective date of this plan of optional alternative | ||||||
6 | benefits
and contributions shall be January 1, 2009, or the | ||||||
7 | date upon which
approval is received from the U.S. Internal | ||||||
8 | Revenue Service, whichever is
later. The plan of optional | ||||||
9 | alternative benefits and contributions shall
not be available | ||||||
10 | to any former sworn sheriff's personnel receiving an
annuity | ||||||
11 | from the Fund on the effective date of the plan, unless he
or | ||||||
12 | she re-enters service as sworn sheriff's personnel and renders | ||||||
13 | at least 3 years
of additional service after the date of | ||||||
14 | re-entry.
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15 | (40 ILCS 5/9-121.19 new)
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16 | Sec. 9-121.19. Alternative survivor's benefits for | ||||||
17 | survivors of sworn sheriff's personnel. In lieu of the | ||||||
18 | survivor's benefits otherwise payable under this
Article, the | ||||||
19 | spouse or eligible child of any deceased sworn sheriff's | ||||||
20 | personnel who was either making additional optional | ||||||
21 | contributions in
accordance with Section 9-121.18 on the date | ||||||
22 | of death, or was receiving
an annuity calculated under that | ||||||
23 | Section at the time of death, may elect to
receive an annuity | ||||||
24 | beginning on the date of death of the sworn sheriff's | ||||||
25 | personnel, provided that the spouse and sworn sheriff's |
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1 | personnel must
have been married on the date of the last | ||||||
2 | termination of his or her service
as sworn sheriff's personnel | ||||||
3 | and for a continuous period of at least one year
immediately | ||||||
4 | preceding his or her death. | ||||||
5 | The annuity shall be payable beginning on the date of death | ||||||
6 | of the sworn sheriff's personnel if the spouse is then age 50 | ||||||
7 | or over, or beginning
at age 50 if the age of the spouse is less | ||||||
8 | than age 50. If an unmarried child or children of the sworn | ||||||
9 | sheriff's personnel under age 18 also
survive, and the child or | ||||||
10 | children are under the care of the eligible
spouse, the annuity | ||||||
11 | shall begin as of the date of death of the sworn sheriff's | ||||||
12 | personnel without regard to the spouse's age.
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13 | The annuity to a spouse shall be 66 2/3% of the amount of | ||||||
14 | retirement
annuity earned by the sworn sheriff's personnel on | ||||||
15 | the date of death, subject to a
minimum payment of 10% of | ||||||
16 | salary, provided that, if an eligible spouse,
regardless of | ||||||
17 | age, has in his or her care at the date of death of the
sworn | ||||||
18 | sheriff's personnel any unmarried child or children of the | ||||||
19 | sworn sheriff's personnel under age 18, the minimum annuity | ||||||
20 | shall be 30% of the salary of the sworn sheriff's personnel, | ||||||
21 | plus 10% of salary on account of each minor child
of the sworn | ||||||
22 | sheriff's personnel, subject to a combined total payment on
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23 | account of a spouse and minor children not to exceed 50% of the | ||||||
24 | salary of the deceased
sworn sheriff's personnel. In the event | ||||||
25 | there is no spouse
of the sworn sheriff's personnel, or should | ||||||
26 | a
spouse remarry or die while eligible minor children still |
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1 | survive the
sworn sheriff's personnel, each such child shall be | ||||||
2 | entitled to an annuity
equal to 20% of salary of the sworn | ||||||
3 | sheriff's personnel subject to a combined total
payment on | ||||||
4 | account of all such children not to exceed 50% of salary of the
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5 | sworn sheriff's personnel. The salary to be used in the | ||||||
6 | calculation of these
benefits shall be the same as that | ||||||
7 | prescribed for determining a retirement
annuity as provided in | ||||||
8 | Section 9-121.18. | ||||||
9 | Upon the death of sworn sheriff's personnel occurring after | ||||||
10 | termination
of service or while in receipt of a retirement | ||||||
11 | annuity, the combined total
payment to a spouse and minor | ||||||
12 | children, or to minor children alone if no
eligible spouse | ||||||
13 | survives, shall be limited to 75% of the amount of
retirement | ||||||
14 | annuity earned by the sworn sheriff's personnel. | ||||||
15 | Adopted children shall have status as children of the sworn | ||||||
16 | sheriff's personnel only if the proceedings for adoption were | ||||||
17 | commenced at least one
year prior to the date of the death of | ||||||
18 | the sworn sheriff's personnel. | ||||||
19 | Marriage of a child or attainment of age 18, whichever | ||||||
20 | first occurs,
shall render the child ineligible for further | ||||||
21 | consideration in the payment
of an annuity to a spouse or in | ||||||
22 | the increase in the amount thereof. Upon
attainment of | ||||||
23 | ineligibility of the youngest minor child of the sworn | ||||||
24 | sheriff's personnel, the annuity shall immediately revert to | ||||||
25 | the amount payable
upon death of sworn sheriff's personnel | ||||||
26 | leaving no minor children surviving
him or her. If the spouse |
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1 | is under age 50 at such time, the annuity as
revised shall be | ||||||
2 | deferred until such age is attained. Remarriage of a
widow or | ||||||
3 | widower prior to attainment of age 55 shall disqualify the | ||||||
4 | spouse
from the receipt of an annuity.
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5 | (40 ILCS 5/9-134.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-134.2)
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6 | Sec. 9-134.2. Early retirement incentives.
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7 | (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this | ||||||
8 | Section, a person must:
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9 | (1) be a current contributing member of this Fund who, | ||||||
10 | on May 1,
1992 and within 30 days prior to the date of | ||||||
11 | retirement, is (i) in active
payroll status in a position | ||||||
12 | of employment under this Article, or (ii)
receiving | ||||||
13 | disability benefits under Section 9-156 or 9-157;
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14 | (2) have not previously retired under this Article;
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15 | (3) file with the Board before May 1, 1993, a written | ||||||
16 | application
requesting the benefits provided in this | ||||||
17 | Section;
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18 | (4) elect to retire under this Section on or after | ||||||
19 | December
1, 1992 and on or before May 29, 1993 (or the date | ||||||
20 | established under
subsection (c), if applicable);
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21 | (5) have attained age 55 on or before the date of | ||||||
22 | retirement; and
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23 | (6) have at least 10 years of creditable service under | ||||||
24 | this Fund or
any of the participating systems under the | ||||||
25 | Retirement Systems Reciprocal
Act by the effective date of |
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1 | the retirement annuity.
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2 | (b) An employee who qualifies for the benefits provided | ||||||
3 | under this
Section shall be entitled to the following:
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4 | (1) The employee's retirement annuity, as calculated | ||||||
5 | under the other
provisions of this Article, shall be | ||||||
6 | increased at the time of retirement by
an amount equal to | ||||||
7 | 1% of the employee's average annual salary for the
highest | ||||||
8 | 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service,
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9 | multiplied by the employee's number of years of service | ||||||
10 | credit in this Fund up
to a maximum of 10 years; except | ||||||
11 | that the total retirement annuity, including
any | ||||||
12 | additional benefits elected under Section 9-121.6 , | ||||||
13 | 9-121.18, or 9-179.3, shall not
exceed 80% of that highest | ||||||
14 | average annual salary.
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15 | (2) If the employee's retirement annuity is calculated | ||||||
16 | under Section
9-134, the employee shall not be subject to | ||||||
17 | the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement | ||||||
18 | below age 60 that is otherwise required under
that Section.
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19 | (c) In the case of an employee whose immediate retirement | ||||||
20 | could
jeopardize public safety or create hardship for the | ||||||
21 | employer, the deadline
for retirement provided in subdivision | ||||||
22 | (a)(4) of this Section may be
extended to a specified date, no | ||||||
23 | later than November 30, 1993, by the
employee's department | ||||||
24 | head, with the approval of the President of the
County Board. | ||||||
25 | In the case of an employee who is not employed by a
department | ||||||
26 | of the County, the employee's "department head", for the
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1 | purposes of this Section, shall be a person designated by the | ||||||
2 | President of
the County Board.
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3 | (d) Notwithstanding Section 9-161, an annuitant who | ||||||
4 | reenters service
under this Article after receiving a | ||||||
5 | retirement annuity based on benefits
provided under this | ||||||
6 | Section thereby forfeits the right to continue to
receive those | ||||||
7 | benefits, and shall have his or her retirement annuity
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8 | recalculated without the benefits provided in this Section.
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9 | (Source: P.A. 87-1130.)
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10 | (40 ILCS 5/9-134.3)
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11 | Sec. 9-134.3. Early retirement incentives.
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12 | (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this | ||||||
13 | Section, a person must:
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14 | (1) be a current contributing member of the Fund | ||||||
15 | established under this
Article who, on May 1, 1997 and | ||||||
16 | within 30 days prior to the date of retirement,
is (i) in | ||||||
17 | active payroll status in a position of employment under | ||||||
18 | this Article
or (ii) receiving disability benefits under | ||||||
19 | Section 9-156 or 9-157; or else
be eligible under | ||||||
20 | subsection (g);
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21 | (2) have not previously retired from the Fund, except | ||||||
22 | as provided under
subsection (g);
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23 | (3) file with the Board before October 1, 1997 (or the | ||||||
24 | date specified
in subsection (g), if applicable) a written | ||||||
25 | application requesting the
benefits provided in this |
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1 | Section;
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2 | (4) elect to retire under this Section on or after | ||||||
3 | September 1, 1997 and
on or before February 28, 1998 (or | ||||||
4 | the date established under subsection (d)
or (g), if | ||||||
5 | applicable);
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6 | (5) have attained age 55 on or before the date of | ||||||
7 | retirement and before
February 28, 1998; and
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8 | (6) have at least 10 years of creditable service in the | ||||||
9 | Fund, excluding
service in any of the other participating | ||||||
10 | systems under the Retirement Systems
Reciprocal Act, by the | ||||||
11 | effective date of the retirement annuity or February 28,
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12 | 1998, whichever occurs first.
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13 | (b) An employee who qualifies for the benefits provided | ||||||
14 | under this Section
shall be entitled to the following:
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15 | (1) The employee's retirement annuity, as calculated | ||||||
16 | under the other
provisions of this Article, shall be | ||||||
17 | increased at the time of retirement by
an amount equal to | ||||||
18 | 1% of the employee's average annual salary for the highest
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19 | 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service, | ||||||
20 | multiplied by the
employee's number of years of service | ||||||
21 | credit in this Fund up to a maximum of
10 years; except | ||||||
22 | that the total retirement annuity, including any | ||||||
23 | additional
benefits elected under Section 9-121.6 , | ||||||
24 | 9-121.18, or 9-179.3, shall not exceed 80% of
that highest | ||||||
25 | average annual salary.
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26 | (2) If the employee's retirement annuity is calculated |
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1 | under Section
9-134, the employee shall not be subject to | ||||||
2 | the reduction in retirement annuity
because of retirement | ||||||
3 | below age 60 that is otherwise required under that
Section.
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4 | (c) A person who elects to retire under the provisions of | ||||||
5 | this Section
thereby relinquishes his or her right, if any, to | ||||||
6 | have the retirement
annuity calculated under the alternative | ||||||
7 | formula formerly set forth in Section
20-122 of the Retirement | ||||||
8 | Systems Reciprocal Act.
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9 | (d) In the case of an employee whose immediate retirement | ||||||
10 | could jeopardize
public safety or create hardship for the | ||||||
11 | employer, the deadline for retirement
provided in subdivision | ||||||
12 | (a)(4) of this Section may be extended to a specified
date, no | ||||||
13 | later than August 31, 1998, by the employee's department head, | ||||||
14 | with
the approval of the President of the County Board. In the | ||||||
15 | case of an employee
who is not employed by a department of the | ||||||
16 | County, the employee's "department
head", for the purposes of | ||||||
17 | this Section, shall be a person designated by the
President of | ||||||
18 | the County Board.
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19 | (e) Notwithstanding Section 9-161, an annuitant who | ||||||
20 | reenters service under
this Article after receiving a | ||||||
21 | retirement annuity based on benefits provided
under this | ||||||
22 | Section thereby forfeits the right to continue to receive those
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23 | benefits and shall have his or her retirement annuity | ||||||
24 | recalculated without the
benefits provided in this Section.
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25 | (f) This Section also applies to the Fund established under
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26 | Article 10 of this Code.
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1 | (g) A person who (1) was a participating employee on | ||||||
2 | November 30, 1996,
(2) was laid off on or after December 1, | ||||||
3 | 1996 and before May 1, 1997 due to
the elimination of the | ||||||
4 | employee's job or position, (3) meets the requirements
of items | ||||||
5 | (3) through (6) of subsection (a), and (4) has not been | ||||||
6 | reinstated
as a Cook County employee since being laid off is | ||||||
7 | eligible for the benefits
provided under this Section. For such | ||||||
8 | a person, the application required under
subdivision (a)(3) of | ||||||
9 | this Section must be filed within 60 days after the
effective | ||||||
10 | date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, and | ||||||
11 | the
date of retirement must be within 60 days after the | ||||||
12 | effective date of this
amendatory Act.
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13 | In the case of a person eligible under this subsection (g) | ||||||
14 | who began to
receive a retirement annuity before the effective | ||||||
15 | date of this amendatory Act,
the annuity shall be recalculated | ||||||
16 | to include the increase under this Section,
and that increase | ||||||
17 | shall take effect on the first annuity payment date following
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18 | the date of application.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
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20 | (40 ILCS 5/9-134.4)
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21 | Sec. 9-134.4. Early retirement incentives.
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22 | (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this | ||||||
23 | Section, a person must:
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24 | (1) be a current contributing member of the Fund | ||||||
25 | established under this
Article who, on January 1, 2001 and |
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1 | within 30 days prior to the date of
retirement, is (i) in | ||||||
2 | active payroll status in a position of employment under
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3 | this Article or (ii) receiving disability benefits under | ||||||
4 | Section 9-156 or
9-157;
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5 | (2) have not previously retired from the Fund;
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6 | (3) file with the Board before March 1, 2003 a written | ||||||
7 | application
requesting the benefits provided in this | ||||||
8 | Section;
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9 | (4) elect to retire under this Section on or after | ||||||
10 | November 30, 2002 and
on or before March 31, 2003 (or the | ||||||
11 | date established under subsection (d),
if applicable);
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12 | (5) have attained age 50 on or before the date of | ||||||
13 | retirement and
on or before March 31, 2003; and
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14 | (6) have at least 20 years of creditable service in the | ||||||
15 | Fund, excluding
service in any of the other participating | ||||||
16 | systems under the Retirement Systems
Reciprocal Act, by the | ||||||
17 | effective date of the retirement annuity or March 31,
2003, | ||||||
18 | whichever occurs first.
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19 | (b) An employee who qualifies for the benefits provided | ||||||
20 | under this Section
shall be entitled to the following:
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21 | (1) The employee's retirement annuity, as calculated | ||||||
22 | under the other
provisions of this Article, shall be | ||||||
23 | increased at the time of retirement by
an amount equal to | ||||||
24 | 1% of the employee's average annual salary for the highest
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25 | 4 consecutive years within the last 10 years of service, | ||||||
26 | multiplied by the
employee's number of years of service |
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1 | credit in this Fund up to a maximum of
10 years; except | ||||||
2 | that the total retirement annuity, including any | ||||||
3 | additional
benefits elected under Section 9-121.6 , | ||||||
4 | 9-121.18, or 9-179.3, shall not exceed 80% of
that highest | ||||||
5 | average annual salary.
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6 | (2) If the employee's retirement annuity is calculated | ||||||
7 | under Section
9-134, the employee shall not be subject to | ||||||
8 | the reduction in retirement
annuity because of retirement | ||||||
9 | below age 60 that is otherwise required under
that Section.
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10 | (c) A person who elects to retire under the provisions of | ||||||
11 | this Section
thereby relinquishes his or her right, if any, to | ||||||
12 | have the retirement
annuity calculated under the alternative | ||||||
13 | formula formerly set forth in Section
20-122 of the Retirement | ||||||
14 | Systems Reciprocal Act.
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15 | (d) In the case of an employee whose immediate retirement | ||||||
16 | could jeopardize
public safety or create hardship for the | ||||||
17 | employer, the deadline for retirement
provided in subdivision | ||||||
18 | (a)(4) of this Section may be extended to a specified
date, no | ||||||
19 | later than September 30, 2003, by the employee's department | ||||||
20 | head, with
the approval of the President of the County Board. | ||||||
21 | In the case of an employee
who is not employed by a department | ||||||
22 | of the County, the employee's "department
head", for the | ||||||
23 | purposes of this Section, shall be a person designated by the
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24 | President of the County Board.
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25 | (e) Notwithstanding Section 9-161, an annuitant who | ||||||
26 | reenters service under
this Article after receiving a |
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1 | retirement annuity based on benefits provided
under this | ||||||
2 | Section thereby forfeits the right to continue to receive those
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3 | benefits and shall have his or her retirement annuity | ||||||
4 | recalculated without the
benefits provided in this Section.
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5 | (f) This Section also applies to the Fund established under | ||||||
6 | Article 10 of
this Code.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
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8 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 8.32 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
12 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
13 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
14 | the 95th General Assembly.
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15 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
16 | becoming law.
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