95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4996


 
Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



40 ILCS 5/9-128.1
  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-128.1



30 ILCS 805/8.32 new










    Amends the Cook County Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds corrections officers  with the County Department of Corrections and County probation officers who withdraw or retire after December 31, 2008 to provisions concerning annuities for members of the County Police Department. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 9-128.1 as follows:
 



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    (40 ILCS 5/9-128.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 9-128.1)



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    Sec. 9-128.1. Annuities for members of the County Police 
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Department and  the County Department of Corrections and County 
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probation officers. 

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    (a) In lieu of the regular or minimum annuity or annuities 
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for any deputy
sheriff who is a member of a County Police 
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Department, he may, upon withdrawal
from service after not less 
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than 20 years of service in the position of
deputy sheriff as 
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defined below, upon
or after attainment of age 55, receive a 
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total annuity equal to 2% for each
year of service based upon 
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his highest average annual salary for any 4
consecutive years 
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within the last 10 years of service immediately
preceding the 
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date of withdrawal from service, subject to a maximum
annuity 
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equal to 75% of such average annual salary.

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    (b) Any deputy sheriff who withdraws from the service after 
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July 1, 1979,
after having attained age 53 in the service with 
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23 or more years of service
credit shall be entitled to an 
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annuity computed as follows if
such annuity
is greater than 
 


 






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that provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section

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9-128.1:  An annuity equal to 50% of the average salary for the 
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4 highest
consecutive years of the last 10 years of service 
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plus additional annuity
equal to 2% of such average salary for 
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each completed year of service or
fraction thereof rendered 
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after his attainment of age 53 and the completion
of 23 years 
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of service, plus an additional annuity equal to 1% of
such

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average salary for each completed year of service or fraction 
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thereof in
excess of 23 years up to age 53.

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    (c) Any deputy sheriff who withdraws from the service after 
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December 31,
1987, any  corrections officer with the County 
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Department of Corrections who withdraws from service after 
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December 31, 2008, and any County probation officer who 
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withdraws from service after December 31, 2008 with 20 or more 
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years of service credit, shall be entitled, upon
attainment of 
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age 50, to an annuity computed as follows if
such annuity is

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greater than that provided in the foregoing paragraphs of this 
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Section
9-128.1: An annuity equal to 50% of the average salary 
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for the 4 highest
consecutive years of the last 10 years of 
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service, plus additional annuity
equal to 2% of
such average 
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salary for each completed year of service or
fraction thereof 
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in excess of 20 years.

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    (d) A deputy sheriff who reaches compulsory retirement age, 
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a corrections officer with the County Department of Corrections 
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who reaches compulsory retirement age after December 31, 2007, 
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or a County probation officer who reaches compulsory retirement 
 


 






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age after December 31, 2007 and who has less
than 23 years of

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service shall be entitled to a minimum annuity equal to
an 
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amount determined by the product of (1) his years of service 
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and (2)
2% of his average salary for the 4 consecutive highest 
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years of salary within
the last 10 years of service immediately 
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prior to his reaching compulsory
retirement age.

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    (e) Any deputy sheriff who retires after January 1, 1984, 
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any  corrections officer with the County Department of 
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Corrections who retires after December 31, 2008, or any County 
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probation officer who  retires after December 31, 2008 who and 
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elects to
receive an annuity under this Section, and who has 
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credits under this
Article for service not as a deputy sheriff, 
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a corrections officer with the County Department of 
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Corrections, or a County probation officer, shall be entitled 
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to receive,
in addition to the amount of annuity otherwise 
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provided under this Section,
an additional amount of annuity 
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provided from the totals accumulated to his
 credit for prior 
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service and age and service annuities for such service not
as a 
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deputy sheriff, a corrections officer with the County 
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Department of Corrections, or a County probation officer.

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    (f) The term "deputy sheriff" means an employee charged 
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with the duty of
law enforcement as a deputy sheriff as 
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specified in Section 1 of "An Act
in relation to County Police 
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Departments in certain Counties, creating a
County Police 
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Department Merit Board and defining its powers and
duties", 
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approved August 5, 1963, who rendered service in
such position

 


 






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before and after
such date.

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    The terms "deputy sheriff" and "member of a County Police 
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Department"
shall also include an elected sheriff of the county 
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who has elected to become
a contributor and who has submitted 
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to the board his written election to
be included within the 
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provisions of this Section.  With respect to any
such sheriff, 
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service as the elected sheriff of the county shall be deemed
to 
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be service in the position of deputy sheriff for the purposes 
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of this
Section provided that the employee contributions 
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therefor are made at the
rate prescribed for members of the 
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County Police Department.  A sheriff
electing to be included 
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under this Section may also elect to have his service
as 
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sheriff of the county before the date of
such election included 
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as service
as a deputy sheriff for the purposes of this 
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Section, by making an additional
contribution for each year of 
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such service, equal to the difference between
the amount he 
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would have contributed to the Fund during
such year had he
 been 
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contributing at the rate then in effect for members of the 
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County Police
Department and the amount actually contributed, 
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plus interest thereon at
the rate of 6% per annum from the end 
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of such year to the date of payment.

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    (g) In no case shall an annual annuity provided in this 
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Section 9-128.1
exceed 80% of the average annual salary for any 
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4 consecutive years within
the last 10 years of service 
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immediately preceding the date of withdrawal from
service.

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    A deputy sheriff may in addition, be entitled to the 
 


 






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benefits provided by
Section 9-133 or 9-133.1 if he so 
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qualifies under
such Sections.

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    (h) A deputy sheriff may elect, between January 1 and 
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January 15, 1983, to
transfer his creditable service as a 
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member of the State Employees' Retirement
System of Illinois to 
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any Fund established under this Article of which he
 is a 
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member, and
such transferred creditable service shall be 
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included as
service for the purpose of calculating his benefits 
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under this Article to
the extent that the payment specified in 
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Section 14-105.3 has been received
by
such Fund.

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    (i) An active deputy sheriff who has at least 15 years of 
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service
credit in that capacity may elect to have any or all of 
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his credits under
this Article for service not as a deputy 
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sheriff deemed to be credits for
service as a deputy sheriff, 
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by filing a written election with the Board,
accompanied by 
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payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to

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(1) the difference between the amount of employee contributions 
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actually
contributed by the applicant for
such service not as a 
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deputy sheriff, and
the amounts that would have been 
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contributed had
such contributions been
made at the rates 
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applicable to service as a deputy sheriff, plus (2)
interest 
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thereon at the rate of 3% per annum, compounded annually, from 
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the
date of service to the date of payment.

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    (j) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
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of 1996, the
terms "deputy sheriff" and "member of a County 
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Police Department" shall also
include any chief of the County 
 


 






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Police Department or undersheriff of the
County Sheriff's 
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Department who has submitted to the board his or her written

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election to be included within the provisions of this Section.  
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With respect to
any such police chief or undersheriff, service 
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as a chief of the County Police
Department or an undersheriff 
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of the County Sheriff's Department shall be
deemed to be 
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service in the position of deputy sheriff for the purposes of 
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this
Section, provided that the employee contributions 
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therefor are made at the rate
prescribed for members of the 
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County Police Department.

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    A chief of the County Police Department or undersheriff of 
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the County
Sheriff's Department electing to be
included under 
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this Section may also elect to have his or her service as chief

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of the County Police Department or undersheriff of the County 
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Sheriff's
Department before the date of the election included 
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as service as a deputy
sheriff for the purposes of this 
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Section, by making an additional contribution
for each year of 
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such service, equal to the difference between the amount that

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he or she would have contributed to the Fund during that year 
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at the rate then
in effect for members of the County Police 
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Department and the amount actually
contributed, plus interest 
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thereon at the rate of 6% per year, compounded
annually, from 
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the end of that year to the date of payment.

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    A chief of the County Police Department or undersheriff of 
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the County
Sheriff's Department who has elected to be included 
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within the provisions of
this Section may transfer to this Fund 
 


 






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credits and creditable service
accumulated under any pension 
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fund or retirement system established under
Article 3, 7, 8, 
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14, or 15, upon payment to the Fund of (1) the amount by which

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the employee contributions that would have been required if he 
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or she had
participated in this Fund during the period for 
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which credit is being
transferred, plus interest, plus an equal 
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amount for employer
contributions, exceeds the amounts 
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actually transferred from that other fund or
system to this 
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Fund, plus (2) interest thereon at 6% per year, compounded

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annually, from the date of transfer to the date of payment.

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    A chief of the County Police Department or undersheriff of 
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the County
Sheriff's Department may purchase credits and 
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creditable service for up to 2
years of public employment 
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rendered to an out-of-state public agency.  Payment
for that 
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service shall be at the applicable rates in effect for employee 
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and
employer contributions during the period for which credit 
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is being purchased,
plus interest at the rate of 6% per year, 
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compounded annually, from the date of
service until the date of 
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payment.

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(Source: P.A. 89-643, eff. 8-9-96.)


 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.32 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)
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    Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
 


 






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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly.
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.