Rep. Raymond Poe

Filed: 11/12/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1565

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1565 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Section 14-104 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/14-104)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104)
7    Sec. 14-104. Service for which contributions permitted.
8Contributions provided for in this Section shall cover the
9period of service granted. Except as otherwise provided in this
10Section, the contributions shall be based upon the employee's
11compensation and contribution rate in effect on the date he
12last became a member of the System; provided that for all
13employment prior to January 1, 1969 the contribution rate shall
14be that in effect for a noncovered employee on the date he last
15became a member of the System. Except as otherwise provided in
16this Section, contributions permitted under this Section shall

 

 

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1include regular interest from the date an employee last became
2a member of the System to the date of payment.
3    These contributions must be paid in full before retirement
4either in a lump sum or in installment payments in accordance
5with such rules as may be adopted by the board.
6    (a) Any member may make contributions as required in this
7Section for any period of service, subsequent to the date of
8establishment, but prior to the date of membership.
9    (b) Any employee who had been previously excluded from
10membership because of age at entry and subsequently became
11eligible may elect to make contributions as required in this
12Section for the period of service during which he was
13ineligible.
14    (c) An employee of the Department of Insurance who, after
15January 1, 1944 but prior to becoming eligible for membership,
16received salary from funds of insurance companies in the
17process of rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation or
18dissolution, may elect to make contributions as required in
19this Section for such service.
20    (d) Any employee who rendered service in a State office to
21which he was elected, or rendered service in the elective
22office of Clerk of the Appellate Court prior to the date he
23became a member, may make contributions for such service as
24required in this Section. Any member who served by appointment
25of the Governor under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
26and did not participate in this System may make contributions

 

 

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1as required in this Section for such service.
2    (e) Any person employed by the United States government or
3any instrumentality or agency thereof from January 1, 1942
4through November 15, 1946 as the result of a transfer from
5State service by executive order of the President of the United
6States shall be entitled to prior service credit covering the
7period from January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1943 as
8provided for in this Article and to membership service credit
9for the period from January 1, 1944 through November 15, 1946
10by making the contributions required in this Section. A person
11so employed on January 1, 1944 but whose employment began after
12January 1, 1942 may qualify for prior service and membership
13service credit under the same conditions.
14    (f) An employee of the Department of Labor of the State of
15Illinois who performed services for and under the supervision
16of that Department prior to January 1, 1944 but who was
17compensated for those services directly by federal funds and
18not by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts paid by the
19State Treasurer may establish credit for such employment by
20making the contributions required in this Section. An employee
21of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, who
22performed services for and under the supervision of that
23Department prior to June 1, 1963, but was compensated for those
24services directly by federal funds and not paid by a warrant of
25the Auditor of Public Accounts paid by the State Treasurer, and
26who did not contribute to any other public employee retirement

 

 

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1system for such service, may establish credit for such
2employment by making the contributions required in this
3Section.
4    (g) Any employee who executed a waiver of membership within
560 days prior to January 1, 1944 may, at any time while in the
6service of a department, file with the board a rescission of
7such waiver. Upon making the contributions required by this
8Section, the member shall be granted the creditable service
9that would have been received if the waiver had not been
10executed.
11    (h) Until May 1, 1990, an employee who was employed on a
12full-time basis by a regional planning commission for at least
135 continuous years may establish creditable service for such
14employment by making the contributions required under this
15Section, provided that any credits earned by the employee in
16the commission's retirement plan have been terminated.
17    (i) Any person who rendered full time contractual services
18to the General Assembly as a member of a legislative staff may
19establish service credit for up to 8 years of such services by
20making the contributions required under this Section, provided
21that application therefor is made not later than July 1, 1991.
22    (j) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
23this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
24equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
25interest, but with all of the interest calculated from the date
26the employee last became a member of the System or November 19,

 

 

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11991, whichever is later, to the date of payment, an employee
2may establish service credit for a period of up to 4 years
3spent in active military service for which he does not qualify
4for credit under Section 14-105, provided that (1) he was not
5dishonorably discharged from such military service, and (2) the
6amount of service credit established by a member under this
7subsection (j), when added to the amount of military service
8credit granted to the member under subsection (b) of Section
914-105, shall not exceed 5 years. The change in the manner of
10calculating interest under this subsection (j) made by this
11amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly applies to credit
12purchased by an employee on or after its effective date and
13does not entitle any person to a refund of contributions or
14interest already paid. In compliance with Section 14-152.1 of
15this Act concerning new benefit increases, any new benefit
16increase as a result of the changes to this subsection (j) made
17by Public Act 95-483 is funded through the employee
18contributions provided for in this subsection (j). Any new
19benefit increase as a result of the changes made to this
20subsection (j) by Public Act 95-483 is exempt from the
21provisions of subsection (d) of Section 14-152.1.
22    (k) An employee who was employed on a full-time basis by
23the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate
24Assistance Service LEAA-ILEC grant project prior to the time
25that project became the State's Attorneys Appellate Service
26Commission, now the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate

 

 

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1Prosecutor, an agency of State government, may establish
2creditable service for not more than 60 months service for such
3employment by making contributions required under this
4Section.
5    (l) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
6this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
7equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
8interest, a member may establish service credit for periods of
9less than one year spent on authorized leave of absence from
10service, provided that (1) the period of leave began on or
11after January 1, 1982 and (2) any credit established by the
12member for the period of leave in any other public employee
13retirement system has been terminated. A member may establish
14service credit under this subsection for more than one period
15of authorized leave, and in that case the total period of
16service credit established by the member under this subsection
17may exceed one year. In determining the contributions required
18for establishing service credit under this subsection, the
19interest shall be calculated from the beginning of the leave of
20absence to the date of payment.
21    (l-5) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
22this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
23equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
24interest, a member may establish service credit for periods of
25up to 2 years spent on authorized leave of absence from
26service, provided that during that leave the member represented

 

 

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1or was employed as an officer or employee of a statewide labor
2organization that represents members of this System. In
3determining the contributions required for establishing
4service credit under this subsection, the interest shall be
5calculated from the beginning of the leave of absence to the
6date of payment.
7    (m) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
8member of the General Assembly as a worker in the member's
9district office may establish creditable service for up to 3
10years of those contractual services by making the contributions
11required under this Section. The System shall determine a
12full-time salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the
13required contribution. To establish credit under this
14subsection, the applicant must apply to the System by March 1,
151998.
16    (n) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
17member of the General Assembly as a worker providing
18constituent services to persons in the member's district may
19establish creditable service for up to 8 years of those
20contractual services by making the contributions required
21under this Section. The System shall determine a full-time
22salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the required
23contribution. To establish credit under this subsection, the
24applicant must apply to the System by March 1, 1998.
25    (o) A member who participated in the Illinois Legislative
26Staff Internship Program may establish creditable service for

 

 

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1up to one year of that participation by making the contribution
2required under this Section. The System shall determine a
3full-time salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the
4required contribution. Credit may not be established under this
5subsection for any period for which service credit is
6established under any other provision of this Code.
7    (p) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
8this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
9equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
10interest, a member may establish service credit for a period of
11up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the
12Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program
13operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of
14Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency.
15    This subsection (p) applies without regard to whether the
16person was in service on or after the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. In the case of a
18person who is receiving a retirement annuity on that effective
19date, the increase, if any, shall begin to accrue on the first
20annuity payment date following receipt by the System of the
21contributions required under this subsection (p).
22    (q) By paying the required contributions under this
23Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be equal to
24the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus interest, an
25employee who was laid off but returned to any State employment
26may establish creditable service for the period of the layoff,

 

 

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1provided that (1) the applicant applies for the creditable
2service under this subsection (q) within 6 months after July
327, 2010 (the effective date of Public Act 96-1320) this
4amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, (2) the applicant
5does not receive credit for that period under any other
6provision of this Code, (3) at the time of the layoff, the
7applicant is not in an initial probationary status consistent
8with the rules of the Department of Central Management
9Services, and (4) the total amount of creditable service
10established by the applicant under this subsection (q) does not
11exceed 3 years. For service established under this subsection
12(q), the required employee contribution shall be based on the
13rate of compensation earned by the employee on the date of
14returning to employment after the layoff and the contribution
15rate then in effect, and the required interest shall be
16calculated at the actuarially assumed rate from the date of
17returning to employment after the layoff to the date of
18payment. Funding for any new benefit increase, as defined in
19Section 14-152.1 of this Act, that is created under this
20subsection (q) will be provided by the employee contributions
21required under this subsection (q).
22    (r) A member who participated in the University of Illinois
23Government Public Service Internship Program (GPSI) may
24establish creditable service for up to 2 years of that
25participation by making the contribution required under this
26Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be equal to

 

 

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1the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus interest. The
2System shall determine a full-time salary equivalent for the
3purpose of calculating the required contribution. Credit may
4not be established under this subsection for any period for
5which service credit is established under any other provision
6of this Code.
7    (s) A member who worked as a nurse under a contractual
8agreement for the Department of Public Aid, or its successor
9agency, the Department of Human Services, in the Client
10Assessment Unit and was subsequently determined to be a State
11employee by the United States Internal Revenue Service and the
12Illinois Labor Relations Board may establish creditable
13service for those contractual services by making the
14contributions required under this Section. To establish credit
15under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
16by July 1, 2008.
17    The Department of Human Services shall pay an employer
18contribution based upon an amount determined by the Board to be
19equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit, plus
20interest.
21    In compliance with Section 14-152.1 added by Public Act
2294-4, the cost of the benefits provided by Public Act 95-583
23are offset by the required employee and employer contributions.
24    (t) Any person who rendered contractual services on a
25full-time basis to the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
26and the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources may

 

 

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1establish creditable service for up to 4 years of those
2contractual services by making the contributions required
3under this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to
4be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
5interest at the actuarially assumed rate from the first day of
6the service for which credit is being established to the date
7of payment. To establish credit under this subsection (t), the
8applicant must apply to the System within 6 months after July
927, 2010 August 28, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
1096-1320 96-775) this amendatory Act of the 96th General
11Assembly.
12    (u) By paying the required contributions under this
13Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be equal to
14the employer's normal cost of the benefit, plus interest, a
15member may establish creditable service and earnings credit for
16periods of furlough beginning on or after July 1, 2008. To
17receive this credit, the participant must (i) apply in writing
18to the System before December 31, 2011 and (ii) not receive
19compensation for the furlough period. For service established
20under this subsection, the required employee contribution
21shall be based on the rate of compensation earned by the
22employee immediately following the date of the first furlough
23day in the time period specified in this subsection (u), and
24the required interest shall be calculated at the actuarially
25assumed rate from the date of the furlough to the date of
26payment. A member may establish creditable service and earnings

 

 

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1credit for a period of voluntary or involuntary furlough, not
2exceeding 5 days, beginning on or after July 1, 2008 and ending
3on or before June 30, 2009, that is utilized as a means of
4addressing a State fiscal emergency. To receive this credit,
5the member must apply in writing to the System before July 1,
62012, and make contributions required under this Section, plus
7an amount determined by the Board to be equal to the employer's
8normal cost of the benefit, plus interest at the actuarially
9assumed rate.
10    A member may establish creditable service and earnings
11credit for a period of voluntary or involuntary furlough, not
12exceeding 24 days, beginning on or after July 1, 2009 and
13ending on or before June 30, 2011, that is utilized as a means
14of addressing a State fiscal emergency. To receive this credit,
15the member must, before December 31, 2011, (i) apply in writing
16to the System and (ii) make the contributions required under
17this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
18equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit, plus
19interest at the actuarially assumed rate.
20    (v) Any member who rendered full-time contractual services
21to an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Department of
22Veterans' Affairs may establish service credit for up to 8
23years of such services by making the contributions required
24under this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to
25be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit, plus
26interest at the actuarially assumed rate. To establish credit

 

 

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1under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
2no later than 6 months after July 27, 2010 2009 (the effective
3date of Public Act 96-1320 96-97) this amendatory Act of the
496th General Assembly.
5(Source: P.A. 95-483, eff. 8-28-07; 95-583, eff. 8-31-07;
695-652, eff. 10-11-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-97, eff.
77-27-09; 96-718, eff. 8-25-09; 96-775, eff. 8-28-09; 96-961,
8eff. 7-2-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1320, eff. 7-27-10;
9revised 9-16-10.)
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.".