103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1299

 

Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Michael T. Marron

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/1-160
40 ILCS 5/14-110  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
40 ILCS 5/14-152.1

    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the alternative retirement annuity provisions apply to a Tier 2 State highway maintenance worker. Authorizes a Tier 2 State highway maintenance worker to convert up to 8 years of certain service credit established before the effective date of the amendatory Act into eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions upon application and payment of a specified contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase".


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-160, 14-110, and 14-152.1 as follows:
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-719)
8    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
9    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
10on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
11participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
12fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
13system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
147, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
15of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
16self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
17participant of the retirement plan established under Section
1822-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
19elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
20writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
21under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
22to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
23a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section

 

 

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17-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
2system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
3deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
4to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
5subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
6Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
7intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
8date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
9Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
10    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
11noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
12implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
13for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
14(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
15under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
16Article.
17    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
18member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
19implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
20for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
21(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
22under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
23Article.
24    This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
25subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
26under Section 1-161.

 

 

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1    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
3months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
4Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
5of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
6Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
7which he or she is a member or participant.
8    (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
9provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual)
10salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
11calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
12participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
13years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
14service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
15the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
16(or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
17person who first becomes a member or participant of any
18retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
19applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
20average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
21        (1) (Blank).
22        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
23    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
24    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
25    withdrawal".
26        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".

 

 

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1        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
2        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
3        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
4    him at the date of retirement or discharge".
5    A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
6of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
7the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
8member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
9following for the purpose of determining the member's final
10average salary:
11        (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
12    paragraph of this subsection; or
13        (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
14    System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
15    monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
16    salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
17    to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
18    years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
19    of service in which the total salary or earnings
20    calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
21    of months (or years) of service in that period.
22    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
23this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
24benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
25salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
26participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed

 

 

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1$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
2increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
3previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
4percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
5price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
6preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
7    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
8means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
9the United States Department of Labor that measures the
10average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
11all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
121982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
13adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
14of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
15boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
161 of each year.
17    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
18annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1967 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
20subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
21Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
22Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
23election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
24and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
25eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
26    A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,

 

 

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1with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
2this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
3first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
4after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
5of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
6of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
7requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
8the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
9this Section.
10    (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
11subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
12date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
13provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
14retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
15application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
1610 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
17requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
18whichever is applicable.
19    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
20is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
21service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
22member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
23member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
242022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
25(d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
26credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month

 

 

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1that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
2service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
3member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
4member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
52022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
6(d-15) of this Section).
7    (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
8Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
9of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10
10years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
11each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
12    (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
13participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
14after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
15date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
16either:
17        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
18    provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
19    the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
20    or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
21    contributions for age and service annuities provided in
22    subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
23    service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
24    11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
25        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
26    (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall

 

 

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1    continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
2    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
3    contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
4    subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
5    under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
6    this Code (for service under Article 11).
7    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
8between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
9subject to this subsection who makes the required election
10shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
11subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
12election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
13deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
14    (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
15participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
16prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
17either:
18        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
19    specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
20    eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
21    participant agreeing to the increase in employee
22    contributions for service annuities specified in
23    subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
24        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
25    (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
26    be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in

 

 

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1    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
2    subject to the increase in employee contributions for
3    service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
4    12-150.
5    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
6between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
7this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
8bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
9who fails for any reason to make the required election within
10the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
11made the election under item (ii).
12    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
13be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
14either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
15respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
16Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
17first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
18after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
19of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
20effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
21service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
22who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
23(ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
24this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
25date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
26calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage

 

 

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1increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
2index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
3each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
4retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
5in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
6September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
7decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
8    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
9changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are
10applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
11active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
12of Public Act 102-263).
13    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
14changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
15applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
16active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
17Public Act 100-23).
18    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
19otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
20participant who first became a member or participant on or
21after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
22retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
23date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
24participant who has not retired and who first became a member
25or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
26survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the

 

 

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1applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
266 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
3child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
4amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
5survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
6January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
7annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
8retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
9occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
10the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
11one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
12less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
13ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
14is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
15annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
16index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
17each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
18annuity shall not be increased.
19    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person is a
20fire fighter in the fire protection service of a department, a
21security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
22Department of Juvenile Justice, or a security employee of the
23Department of Innovation and Technology, or a State highway
24maintenance worker, as those terms are defined in subsection
25(b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person who meets
26the requirements of this Section is entitled to an annuity

 

 

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1calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of
2the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person
3has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of
4eligible creditable service and has attained age 60,
5regardless of whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while
6the person is still in service.
7    (g-5) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply if the person
8is a State policeman, investigator for the Secretary of State,
9conservation police officer, investigator for the Department
10of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the
11Office of the Attorney General, Commerce Commission police
12officer, or arson investigator, as those terms are defined in
13subsection (b) and subsection (c) of Section 14-110. A person
14who meets the requirements of this Section is entitled to an
15annuity calculated under the provisions of Section 14-110, in
16lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the
17person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years
18of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55,
19regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while
20the person is still in service.
21    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
22of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
23on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
24or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
25member or participant under any other system or fund created
26by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for

 

 

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1those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
2this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
3person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
4system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
5termination of that employment, the person's retirement
6annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
7recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
8applicable Article of this Code.
9    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
10system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
11January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
12retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
13contractual basis a position to provide services to a
14governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
15that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
16active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
17contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
18retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
19fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
20annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
21contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
22accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
23such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
24required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
25contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
26retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,

 

 

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1be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
2    (i) (Blank).
3    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
4this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
5provisions of this Section shall control.
6(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
7102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-719, eff.
85-6-22.)
 
9    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
10    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
11    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
12on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
13participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
14fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
15system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
167, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
17of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
18self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
19participant of the retirement plan established under Section
2022-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
21elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
22writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
23under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
24to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
25a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section

 

 

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17-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
2system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
3deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
4to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
5subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
6Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
7intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
8date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
9Section 1-103.1 of this Code.
10    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
11noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
12implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
13for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
14(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
15under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
16Article.
17    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
18member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
19implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
20for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
21(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
22under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
23Article.
24    This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
25subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
26under Section 1-161.

 

 

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1    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
3months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
4Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
5of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
6Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
7which he or she is a member or participant.
8    (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
9provided in this subsection, the average monthly (or annual)
10salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
11calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
12participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
13years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
14service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
15the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
16(or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
17person who first becomes a member or participant of any
18retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
19applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
20average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
21        (1) (Blank).
22        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
23    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
24    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
25    withdrawal".
26        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".

 

 

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1        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
2        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
3        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
4    him at the date of retirement or discharge".
5    A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
6of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
7the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
8member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
9following for the purpose of determining the member's final
10average salary:
11        (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
12    paragraph of this subsection; or
13        (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
14    System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
15    monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
16    salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
17    to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
18    years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
19    of service in which the total salary or earnings
20    calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
21    of months (or years) of service in that period.
22    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
23this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
24benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
25salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
26participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed

 

 

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1$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
2increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
3previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
4percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
5price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
6preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
7    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
8means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
9the United States Department of Labor that measures the
10average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
11all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
121982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
13adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
14of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
15boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
161 of each year.
17    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
18annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1967 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
20subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
21Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
22Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
23election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
24and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
25eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
26    A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,

 

 

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1with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
2this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
3first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
4after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
5of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
6of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
7requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
8the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
9this Section.
10    (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
11subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
12date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
13provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
14retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
15application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
1610 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
17requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
18whichever is applicable.
19    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
20is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
21service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
22member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
23member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
242022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
25(d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
26credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month

 

 

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1that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
2service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
3member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
4member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
52022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
6(d-15) of this Section).
7    (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
8Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
9of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10
10years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
11each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
12    (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
13participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
14after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
15date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
16either:
17        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
18    provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
19    the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
20    or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
21    contributions for age and service annuities provided in
22    subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
23    service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
24    11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
25        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
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1    continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
2    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
3    contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
4    subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
5    under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
6    this Code (for service under Article 11).
7    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
8between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
9subject to this subsection who makes the required election
10shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
11subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
12election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
13deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
14    (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
15participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
16prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
17either:
18        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
19    specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
20    eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
21    participant agreeing to the increase in employee
22    contributions for service annuities specified in
23    subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
24        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
25    (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
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1    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
2    subject to the increase in employee contributions for
3    service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
4    12-150.
5    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
6between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
7this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
8bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
9who fails for any reason to make the required election within
10the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
11made the election under item (ii).
12    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
13be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
14either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
15respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
16Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
17first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
18after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
19of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
20effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
21service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
22who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
23(ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
24this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
25date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
26calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage

 

 

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1increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
2index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
3each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
4retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
5in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
6September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
7decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
8    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
9changes made to this Section by Public Act 102-263 are
10applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
11active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
12of Public Act 102-263).
13    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
14changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
15applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
16active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
17Public Act 100-23).
18    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
19otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
20participant who first became a member or participant on or
21after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
22retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
23date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
24participant who has not retired and who first became a member
25or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
26survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the

 

 

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1applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
266 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
3child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
4amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
5survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
6January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
7annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
8retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
9occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of
10the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
11one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
12less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
13ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
14is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
15annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
16index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
17each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
18annuity shall not be increased.
19    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the
20person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire
21protection service of a department, a conservation police
22officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an arson
23investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer,
24investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois
25Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of
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1security employee of the Department of Innovation and
2Technology, or a State highway maintenance worker, as those
3terms are defined in subsection (b) and subsection (c) of
4Section 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this
5Section is entitled to an annuity calculated under the
6provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or
7minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn
8from service with not less than 20 years of eligible
9creditable service and has attained age 60, regardless of
10whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is
11still in service.
12    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
13of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
14on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
15or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
16member or participant under any other system or fund created
17by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
18those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
19this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
20person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
21system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
22termination of that employment, the person's retirement
23annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
24recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
25applicable Article of this Code.
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1system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
2January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
3retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
4contractual basis a position to provide services to a
5governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
6that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
7active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
8contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
9retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
10fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
11annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
12contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
13accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
14such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
15required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
16contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
17retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
18be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
19    (i) (Blank).
20    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
21this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
22provisions of this Section shall control.
23(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
24102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-813, eff.
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1    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
2    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
3    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
4on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
5participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
6fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
7system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
87, 15, or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision
9of this Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any
10self-managed plan established under this Code or to any
11participant of the retirement plan established under Section
1222-101; except that this Section applies to a person who
13elected to establish alternative credits by electing in
14writing after January 1, 2011, but before August 8, 2011,
15under Section 7-145.1 of this Code. Notwithstanding anything
16to the contrary in this Section, for purposes of this Section,
17a person who is a Tier 1 regular employee as defined in Section
187-109.4 of this Code or who participated in a retirement
19system under Article 15 prior to January 1, 2011 shall be
20deemed a person who first became a member or participant prior
21to January 1, 2011 under any retirement system or pension fund
22subject to this Section. The changes made to this Section by
23Public Act 98-596 are a clarification of existing law and are
24intended to be retroactive to January 1, 2011 (the effective
25date of Public Act 96-889), notwithstanding the provisions of
26Section 1-103.1 of this Code.

 

 

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1    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
2noncovered employee under Article 14 on or after the
3implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
4for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
5(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
6under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
7Article.
8    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
9member or participant under Article 16 on or after the
10implementation date of the plan created under Section 1-161
11for that Article, unless that person elects under subsection
12(b) of Section 1-161 to instead receive the benefits provided
13under this Section and the applicable provisions of that
14Article.
15    This Section does not apply to a person who elects under
16subsection (c-5) of Section 1-161 to receive the benefits
17under Section 1-161.
18    This Section does not apply to a person who first becomes a
19member or participant of an affected pension fund on or after 6
20months after the resolution or ordinance date, as defined in
21Section 1-162, unless that person elects under subsection (c)
22of Section 1-162 to receive the benefits provided under this
23Section and the applicable provisions of the Article under
24which he or she is a member or participant.
25    (b) "Final average salary" means, except as otherwise
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1salary obtained by dividing the total salary or earnings
2calculated under the Article applicable to the member or
3participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8 consecutive
4years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years) of
5service in which the total salary or earnings calculated under
6the applicable Article was the highest by the number of months
7(or years) of service in that period. For the purposes of a
8person who first becomes a member or participant of any
9retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
10applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
11average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
12        (1) (Blank).
13        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
14    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
15    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
16    withdrawal".
17        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
18        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
19        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
20        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by
21    him at the date of retirement or discharge".
22    A member of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
23of Illinois who retires on or after June 1, 2021 and for whom
24the 2020-2021 school year is used in the calculation of the
25member's final average salary shall use the higher of the
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1average salary:
2        (A) the amount otherwise calculated under the first
3    paragraph of this subsection; or
4        (B) an amount calculated by the Teachers' Retirement
5    System of the State of Illinois using the average of the
6    monthly (or annual) salary obtained by dividing the total
7    salary or earnings calculated under Article 16 applicable
8    to the member or participant during the 96 months (or 8
9    years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10 years)
10    of service in which the total salary or earnings
11    calculated under the Article was the highest by the number
12    of months (or years) of service in that period.
13    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
14this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
15benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
16salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
17participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
18$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
19increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
20previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
21percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer
22price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
23preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
24    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
25means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
26the United States Department of Labor that measures the

 

 

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1average change in prices of goods and services purchased by
2all urban consumers, United States city average, all items,
31982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each annual
4adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension Division
5of the Department of Insurance and made available to the
6boards of the retirement systems and pension funds by November
71 of each year.
8    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
9annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1067 (age 65, with respect to service under Article 12 that is
11subject to this Section, for a member or participant under
12Article 12 who first becomes a member or participant under
13Article 12 on or after January 1, 2022 or who makes the
14election under item (i) of subsection (d-15) of this Section)
15and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
16eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
17    A member or participant who has attained age 62 (age 60,
18with respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to
19this Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
20first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
21after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
22of subsection (d-15) of this Section) and has at least 10 years
23of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
24requirements of the applicable Article may elect to receive
25the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d) of
26this Section.

 

 

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1    (c-5) A person who first becomes a member or a participant
2subject to this Section on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective
3date of Public Act 100-23), notwithstanding any other
4provision of this Code to the contrary, is entitled to a
5retirement annuity under Article 8 or Article 11 upon written
6application if he or she has attained age 65 and has at least
710 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible under the
8requirements of Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code,
9whichever is applicable.
10    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
11is retiring after attaining age 62 (age 60, with respect to
12service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
13member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
14member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
152022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
16(d-15) of this Section) with at least 10 years of service
17credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full month
18that the member's age is under age 67 (age 65, with respect to
19service under Article 12 that is subject to this Section, for a
20member or participant under Article 12 who first becomes a
21member or participant under Article 12 on or after January 1,
222022 or who makes the election under item (i) of subsection
23(d-15) of this Section).
24    (d-5) The retirement annuity payable under Article 8 or
25Article 11 to an eligible person subject to subsection (c-5)
26of this Section who is retiring at age 60 with at least 10

 

 

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1years of service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for
2each full month that the member's age is under age 65.
3    (d-10) Each person who first became a member or
4participant under Article 8 or Article 11 of this Code on or
5after January 1, 2011 and prior to July 6, 2017 (the effective
6date of Public Act 100-23) shall make an irrevocable election
7either:
8        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
9    provided in subsections (c-5) and (d-5) of this Section,
10    the eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member
11    or participant agreeing to the increases in employee
12    contributions for age and service annuities provided in
13    subsection (a-5) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for
14    service under Article 8) or subsection (a-5) of Section
15    11-170 of this Code (for service under Article 11); or
16        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
17    (d-10), in which case the member or participant shall
18    continue to be subject to the retirement age provisions in
19    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and the employee
20    contributions for age and service annuity as provided in
21    subsection (a) of Section 8-174 of this Code (for service
22    under Article 8) or subsection (a) of Section 11-170 of
23    this Code (for service under Article 11).
24    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
25between October 1, 2017 and November 15, 2017. A person
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1shall remain bound by that election. A person subject to this
2subsection who fails for any reason to make the required
3election within the time specified in this subsection shall be
4deemed to have made the election under item (ii).
5    (d-15) Each person who first becomes a member or
6participant under Article 12 on or after January 1, 2011 and
7prior to January 1, 2022 shall make an irrevocable election
8either:
9        (i) to be eligible for the reduced retirement age
10    specified in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, the
11    eligibility for which is conditioned upon the member or
12    participant agreeing to the increase in employee
13    contributions for service annuities specified in
14    subsection (b) of Section 12-150; or
15        (ii) to not agree to item (i) of this subsection
16    (d-15), in which case the member or participant shall not
17    be eligible for the reduced retirement age specified in
18    subsections (c) and (d) of this Section and shall not be
19    subject to the increase in employee contributions for
20    service annuities specified in subsection (b) of Section
21    12-150.
22    The election provided for in this subsection shall be made
23between January 1, 2022 and April 1, 2022. A person subject to
24this subsection who makes the required election shall remain
25bound by that election. A person subject to this subsection
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1the time specified in this subsection shall be deemed to have
2made the election under item (ii).
3    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall
4be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
5either on or after the attainment of age 67 (age 65, with
6respect to service under Article 12 that is subject to this
7Section, for a member or participant under Article 12 who
8first becomes a member or participant under Article 12 on or
9after January 1, 2022 or who makes the election under item (i)
10of subsection (d-15); and beginning on July 6, 2017 (the
11effective date of Public Act 100-23), age 65 with respect to
12service under Article 8 or Article 11 for eligible persons
13who: (i) are subject to subsection (c-5) of this Section; or
14(ii) made the election under item (i) of subsection (d-10) of
15this Section) or the first anniversary of the annuity start
16date, whichever is later. Each annual increase shall be
17calculated at 3% or one-half the annual unadjusted percentage
18increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer price
19index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
20each November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
21retirement annuity. If the annual unadjusted percentage change
22in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
23September preceding each November 1 is zero or there is a
24decrease, then the annuity shall not be increased.
25    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
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1applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
2active service on or after August 6, 2021 (the effective date
3of Public Act 102-263).
4    For the purposes of Section 1-103.1 of this Code, the
5changes made to this Section by Public Act 100-23 are
6applicable without regard to whether the employee was in
7active service on or after July 6, 2017 (the effective date of
8Public Act 100-23).
9    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
10otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
11participant who first became a member or participant on or
12after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
13retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
14date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
15participant who has not retired and who first became a member
16or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
17survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
18applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
1966 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
20child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
21amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
22survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
23January 1 occurring on or after the commencement of the
24annuity if the deceased member died while receiving a
25retirement annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1
26occurring after the first anniversary of the commencement of

 

 

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1the annuity. Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or
2one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not
3less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months
4ending with the September preceding each November 1, whichever
5is less, of the originally granted survivor's annuity. If the
6annual unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price
7index-u for the 12 months ending with the September preceding
8each November 1 is zero or there is a decrease, then the
9annuity shall not be increased.
10    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the
11person is a State policeman, a fire fighter in the fire
12protection service of a department, a conservation police
13officer, an investigator for the Secretary of State, an
14investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, an arson
15investigator, a Commerce Commission police officer,
16investigator for the Department of Revenue or the Illinois
17Gaming Board, a security employee of the Department of
18Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a
19security employee of the Department of Innovation and
20Technology, or a State highway maintenance worker, as those
21terms are defined in subsection (b) and subsection (c) of
22Section 14-110. A person who meets the requirements of this
23Section is entitled to an annuity calculated under the
24provisions of Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or
25minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn
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1creditable service and has attained age 60, regardless of
2whether the attainment of age 60 occurs while the person is
3still in service.
4    (h) If a person who first becomes a member or a participant
5of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
6on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
7or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
8member or participant under any other system or fund created
9by this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
10those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
11this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
12person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
13system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
14termination of that employment, the person's retirement
15annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
16recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
17applicable Article of this Code.
18    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
19system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
20January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
21retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
22contractual basis a position to provide services to a
23governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then
24that person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an
25active employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
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1retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
2fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
3annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
4contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before
5accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
6such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
7required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
8contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
9retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
10be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
11    (i) (Blank).
12    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
13this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
14provisions of this Section shall control.
15(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
16102-210, eff. 1-1-22; 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-956, eff.
175-27-22.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
19    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813)
20    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
21    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
22less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
23attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
24with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
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1either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
2in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
3member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
4a retirement annuity computed as follows:
5        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
6    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
7    final average compensation for each year of creditable
8    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
9    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
10    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
11    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
12    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
13    years; and
14        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
15    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
16    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
17    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
18    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
19    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
20    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
21    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
22    each year in excess of 30.
23    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
24average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
252001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
26retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.

 

 

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1    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
2performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
3eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
4which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
5the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
6    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
7service" means creditable service resulting from service in
8one or more of the following positions:
9        (1) State policeman;
10        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
11    department;
12        (3) air pilot;
13        (4) special agent;
14        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
15        (6) conservation police officer;
16        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
17    Illinois Gaming Board;
18        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
19    Services;
20        (9) Central Management Services security police
21    officer;
22        (10) security employee of the Department of
23    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
24        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
25        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
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1    General;
2        (14) controlled substance inspector;
3        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
4    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
5        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
6        (17) arson investigator;
7        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
8        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
9    and Technology; or
10        (20) transferred employee.
11    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
12this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
13service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
14basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
15Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
16training is required of persons serving in that position. For
17the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
18police training course shall be deemed performance of the
19duties of the specified position, even though the person is
20not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
21    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
22creditable service for service credit earned under this
23Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
242003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
252016-1.
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1        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
2    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
5    service of a department" includes all officers in such
6    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
7    assistant fire chiefs.
8        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
9    official job description on file in the Department of
10    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
11    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
12    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
13    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
14    license; however, the change in this definition made by
15    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
16    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
17    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
18        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
19    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
20    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
21    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
22    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
23    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
24    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
25    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
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1    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
2    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
3    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
4    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
5        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
6    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
7    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
8    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
9    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11        A person who became employed as an investigator for
12    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
13    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
14    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
15    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
16    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
17    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
18    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
19    20 years of credit for such service.
20        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
21    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
22    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
23    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
24    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
25    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
26    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions

 

 

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1    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
2    Conservation Police Administrator.
3        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
4    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
5    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
6    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
9        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
10    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
11    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
12    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
13    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
15        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
16    Human Services" means any person employed by the
17    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
18    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
19    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
20    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
21    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
22    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
23    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
24    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
25    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
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1    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
2    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
3    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
4    such law enforcement duties as render the person
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
8    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
9    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
10    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
11    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
12    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
13    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
14    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
15    Disabilities.
16        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
17    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
18    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
19        (9) "Central Management Services security police
20    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
21    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
22    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
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1    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
2    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
3    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
4    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
5    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
6    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
7    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
8    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
9    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
10    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
11    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
12    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
13    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
14    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
15    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
16    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
17    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
18    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
19    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
20        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
21    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
22    Services.
23        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
24    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
25    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
26    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement

 

 

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1    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
2    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
3    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
4        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
5    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
6    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
7    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
8    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
9    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
10    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
11    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
12    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
13    status.
14        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
15    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
16    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
17    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
18    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
20    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
21    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
22    Executive of Enforcement.
23        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
24    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
25    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
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1    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
2        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
3    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
4    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
5    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
6    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
7    218(l)(1) of that Act.
8        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
9    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
10    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
11    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. A person who was
14    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
15    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
16    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
17    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
18    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
19    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
20    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
21    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
22    to persons with the same social security status earning
23    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
24        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
25    a person who is either of the following:
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1        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
2        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
3        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
4        construction equipment operator, power shovel
5        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
6        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
7        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
8        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
9        condition for vehicular traffic.
10            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
11        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
12        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
13        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
14        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
15        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
16        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
17        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
18        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
19        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
20        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
21        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
22        traffic.
23        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
24    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
25    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
26    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the

 

 

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1    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
2    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
3    job functions under that Department.
4        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
5    transferred to the Department of Central Management
6    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
7    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
8    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
9    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
10    immediately preceding the transfer.
11    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
12or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
13the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
14police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
15Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
16alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
17he or she meets the following minimum age and service
18requirements at the time of retirement:
19        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
20    55; or
21        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55; or
24        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
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1        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55; or
4        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 55; or
7        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 55.
10    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
11Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
12Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
13Department of Human Services in a position requiring
14certification as a teacher may count such service toward
15establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
16of this Section; but such service may be used only for
17establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
18increasing or calculating any benefit.
19    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
20position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
21and returns to State service in the same or another such
22position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
23prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
24such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
25service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
26in this Section.

 

 

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1    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
2this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
31968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
4position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
5health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
6State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
7employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
8to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
9the employee contributions that would have been required for
10such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
11employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
12made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
13specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
14payment.
15    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
171968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
18position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
19be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
20provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
21retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
22employee contributions that would have been required for such
23service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
24contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
25January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
26item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
21990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
3years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
4a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
5an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
6difference between the amount of employee and employer
7contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
8and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
9contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
11for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
12to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
15eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
16as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
17filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
18payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
19(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
20contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
21and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
22contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
23policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
24for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
25to the date of payment.
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1policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
2to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
3his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
4election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
5paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
6determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
7the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
8to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
9have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
11thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
15the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
16creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
17law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
19paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
23would have been contributed had such contributions been made
24at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
26annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
5officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
6sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
7of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
8officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
9Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
10the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
11employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
12under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
16for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
17to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
19investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
20investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
21establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
22service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
23Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
247, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
25by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
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196-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
2the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
5amounts that would have been contributed had such
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
8assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
9of service to the date of payment.
10    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
11policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
12Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
13Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
14State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
15up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
16participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
17enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
18preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
19officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
20filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
21August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
22paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
23equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
24employer contributions transferred to the System under
25Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
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1applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
2the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
3annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
4    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
6officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
7up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
8participating municipality to perform police duties under
9Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
10officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
11filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
12July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
13paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
14equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
15employer contributions transferred to the System under
16Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
17would have been contributed had such contributions been made
18at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
19thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
20compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21payment.
22    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
23conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
24creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
25employed by a participating municipality to perform police
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1court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
2election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
3(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
4System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
7and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
8had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
9State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
10assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
11of service to the date of payment.
12    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
14service credit earned under this Article to eligible
15creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
16written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
172021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
18the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
19the difference between the amount of employee contributions
20originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
21have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
22rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
23between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
24conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
25normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
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1assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
2of service to the date of payment.
3    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
4established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
5(k), (l), (l-5), and (o), and (q) of this Section shall not
6exceed 12 years.
7    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
8investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
9Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
10establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
11his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
12enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
13election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
14to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
15between the amount of employee and employer contributions
16transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
17and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
18contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
19policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
20each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
21the date of payment.
22    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
24establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
25full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
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1local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
2is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
3retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
4file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
5accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
6and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
7to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
8established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
9day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
10for which credit is being established and the rates then
11applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
12amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
13cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
14plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
15from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
16the employment for which credit is being established to the
17date of payment.
18    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
19security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
20not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
21service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
22under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
23accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
24Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
25employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
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1contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
2applicable to security employees of the Department of
3Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
4for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
5to the date of payment.
6    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
7Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
8creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
9law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
10by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
11which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
12fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
13applicant must file a written application with the Board no
14later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
15Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
16acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
17determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
18for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
19salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
20after the employment for which credit is being established and
21the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
22plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
23normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
24established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
25(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
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1established to the date of payment.
2    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
3Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
4Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
5Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
6Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
7Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
8Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
9effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
10subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
11Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
12accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
13who provide vocational training, who are required to have
14adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
15the vocational training.
16    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
17of this Section who has purchased service credit under
18subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
1914-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
20to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
21under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
22the additional employee contribution required under Section
2314-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
24under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
25the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
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1    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
2conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
3State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
4the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
5arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
6may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
7established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
8Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
9investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
10police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
11the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
12Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
13election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
142020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
15by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
16(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
17contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
18the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
19employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
20serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
21defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
22thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
23annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
24    (q) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25highway maintenance worker subject to subsection (g) of
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1credit established before the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly as a State
3highway maintenance work under this Article into eligible
4creditable service by filing a written election with the Board
5no later than one year after the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, accompanied by
7payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
8the difference between the amount of the employee
9contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
10the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
11employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
12serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
13defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
14thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
15annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
16(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
17102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
18    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-856)
19    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
20    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
21less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
22attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
23with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
24has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
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1in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
2member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
3a retirement annuity computed as follows:
4        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
5    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
6    final average compensation for each year of creditable
7    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
8    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
9    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
10    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
11    and 2 3/4% for each year of creditable service above 20
12    years; and
13        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
14    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
15    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
16    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
17    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
18    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
19    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
20    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
21    each year in excess of 30.
22    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
23average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
242001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
25retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
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1performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
2eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
3which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
4the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
5    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
6service" means creditable service resulting from service in
7one or more of the following positions:
8        (1) State policeman;
9        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
10    department;
11        (3) air pilot;
12        (4) special agent;
13        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
14        (6) conservation police officer;
15        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
16    Illinois Gaming Board;
17        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
18    Services;
19        (9) Central Management Services security police
20    officer;
21        (10) security employee of the Department of
22    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
23        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
24        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
25        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
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1        (14) controlled substance inspector;
2        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
3    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
4        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
5        (17) arson investigator;
6        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
7        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
8    and Technology; or
9        (20) transferred employee.
10    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
11this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
12service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
13basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
14Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
15training is required of persons serving in that position. For
16the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
17police training course shall be deemed performance of the
18duties of the specified position, even though the person is
19not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
20    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
21creditable service for service credit earned under this
22Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
232003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
242016-1.
25    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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1    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
2    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
3        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
4    service of a department" includes all officers in such
5    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
6    assistant fire chiefs.
7        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
8    official job description on file in the Department of
9    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
10    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
11    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
12    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
13    license; however, the change in this definition made by
14    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
15    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
16    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
17        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
18    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
19    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
20    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
21    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
22    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
23    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
24    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
25    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
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1    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
2    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
3    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
4        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
5    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
6    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
7    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
8    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
9    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
10        A person who became employed as an investigator for
11    the Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and
12    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
13    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
14    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
15    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
16    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
17    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
18    20 years of credit for such service.
19        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
20    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
21    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
22    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
23    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
24    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
25    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
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1    Conservation Police Administrator.
2        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
3    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
4    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
5    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
6    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
9    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
10    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
11    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.
14        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
15    Human Services" means any person employed by the
16    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
17    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
18    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
19    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
20    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
21    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
22    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
23    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
24    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
25    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
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1    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
2    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
3    such law enforcement duties as render the person
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. "Security unit" means that portion
7    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
8    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
9    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
10    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
11    insanity. With respect to past employment, references to
12    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
13    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
14    Disabilities.
15        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
16    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
17    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
18        (9) "Central Management Services security police
19    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
20    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
21    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
22    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
23    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
24        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
25    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
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1    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
2    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
3    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
4    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
5    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
6    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
7    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
8    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
9    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
10    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
11    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the
12    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
13    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
14    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
15    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
16    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
17    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
18    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
19        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
20    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
21    Services.
22        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
23    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
24    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
25    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
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1    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
2    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
4    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
5    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
6    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
7    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
8    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
9    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
10    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
11    of the Attorney General, without regard to social security
12    status.
13        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
14    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
15    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
16    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
17    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
18    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
19    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
20    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
21    Executive of Enforcement.
22        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
23    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
24    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
25    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
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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.
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
14    is 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
20    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
21    to persons with the same social security status earning
22    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
23        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
24    a person who is either of the following:
25            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
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1        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
2        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
3        construction equipment operator, power shovel
4        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
5        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
6        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
7        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
8        condition for vehicular traffic.
9            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
10        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
11        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
12        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
13        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
14        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
15        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
16        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
17        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
18        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
19        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
20        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
21        traffic.
22        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
23    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
24    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
25    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
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1    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
2    job functions under that Department.
3        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
4    transferred to the Department of Central Management
5    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
6    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
7    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
8    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
9    immediately preceding the transfer.
10    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
11or the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of
12the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
13police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
14Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
15alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
16he or she meets the following minimum age and service
17requirements at the time of retirement:
18        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
19    55; 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
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1    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 55; or
3        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
4    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 55; or
6        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
7    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 55.
9    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
10Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
11Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
12Department of Human Services in a position requiring
13certification as a teacher may count such service toward
14establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
15of this Section; but such service may be used only for
16establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
17increasing or calculating any benefit.
18    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
19position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
20and returns to State service in the same or another such
21position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
22prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
23such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
24service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
25in this Section.
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1this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
21968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
3position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
4health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
5State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
6employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
7to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
8the employee contributions that would have been required for
9such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
10employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
11made after July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount
12specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
13payment.
14    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
15this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
161968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
17position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
18be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
19provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
20retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
21employee contributions that would have been required for such
22service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
23contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
24January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
25item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
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11990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
2years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
3a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
4an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
5difference between the amount of employee and employer
6contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
7and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
8contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
9policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
10for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
11to the date of payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
14eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
15as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
16filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
17payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
18(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
19contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
20and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
21contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
22policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
23for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
24to the date of payment.
25    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
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1to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
2his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
3election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
4paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
5determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
6the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
7to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
8have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
9rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
10thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
11annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
12    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
13policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
14the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
15creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
16law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
17election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
18paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
19determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
20the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
21to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
22would have been contributed had such contributions been made
23at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
24thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
25annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
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1policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
2the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
3creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
4officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
5sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
6of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
7officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
8Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
9the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
10employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
11under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
12and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
13contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
14policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
15for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
16to the date of payment.
17    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
18investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
19investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
20establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
21service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
22Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
237, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
24by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
25after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
2696-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by

 

 

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1the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
2employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
3under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
4amounts that would have been contributed had such
5contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
6policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
7assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
8of service to the date of payment.
9    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
10policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
11Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
12Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
13State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
14up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
15participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
16enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
17preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
18officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
19filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
20August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
21paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
22equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
23employer contributions transferred to the System under
24Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
25been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
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1the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
2annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
3    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
4policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
5officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
6up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
7participating municipality to perform police duties under
8Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
9officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
10filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
11July 30, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and
12paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
13equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
14employer contributions transferred to the System under
15Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
16would have been contributed had such contributions been made
17at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
18thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
19compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
20payment.
21    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
22conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
23creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
24employed by a participating municipality to perform police
25duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
26court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written

 

 

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1election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
2(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
3System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
4difference between the amount of employee and employer
5contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
6and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
7had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
8State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
9assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
10of service to the date of payment.
11    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
12investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
13the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
14State, or arson investigator may elect to establish eligible
15creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
16employed by a participating municipality to perform police
17duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court
18services officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under
19Article 4 by filing a written election with the Board within 6
20months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
21102nd General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
22determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between
23the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
24to the System under Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10
25and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
26contributions been made at the rates applicable to State

 

 

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1policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
2assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
3of service to the date of payment.
4    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
5policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
6service credit earned under this Article to eligible
7creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
8written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
92021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
10the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
11the difference between the amount of employee contributions
12originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
13have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
14rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
15between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
16conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
17normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
18Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
19assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
20of service to the date of payment.
21    Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), an
22investigator for the Department of Revenue, investigator for
23the Illinois Gaming Board, investigator for the Secretary of
24State, or arson investigator may elect to convert service
25credit earned under this Article to eligible creditable
26service, as defined by this Section, by filing a written

 

 

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1election with the Board within 6 months after the effective
2date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and
3paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
4equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee
5contributions originally paid for that service and the amounts
6that would have been contributed had such contributions been
7made at the rates applicable to investigators for the
8Department of Revenue, investigators for the Illinois Gaming
9Board, investigators for the Secretary of State, or arson
10investigators, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
11normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized
12by this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly and the
13employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
14with this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, plus
15(iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for
16each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
17the date of payment.
18    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
19established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
20(k), (l), (l-5), and (o), and (q) of this Section shall not
21exceed 12 years.
22    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
23investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
24Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
25establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
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1enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
2election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
3to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
4between the amount of employee and employer contributions
5transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
6and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
7contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
8policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
9each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
10the date of payment.
11    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
12Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
13establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
14full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
15officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
16local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
17is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
18retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
19file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
20accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
21and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
22to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
23established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
24day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
25for which credit is being established and the rates then
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1amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal
2cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
3plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
4from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
5the employment for which credit is being established to the
6date of payment.
7    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
8security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
9not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
10service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
11under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
12accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
13Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
14employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
15under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
16contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
17applicable to security employees of the Department of
18Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
19for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
20to the date of payment.
21    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
22Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
23creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
24law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
25by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
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1fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the
2applicant must file a written application with the Board no
3later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
4Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
5acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
6determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
7for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
8salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
9after the employment for which credit is being established and
10the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
11plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
12normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
13established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
14(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
15employee after the employment for which credit is being
16established to the date of payment.
17    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
18Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
19Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
20Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
21Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
22Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
23Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
24effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
25subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
26Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an

 

 

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1accredited college or university or, in the case of persons
2who provide vocational training, who are required to have
3adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
4the vocational training.
5    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
6of this Section who has purchased service credit under
7subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
814-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
9to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
10under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
11the additional employee contribution required under Section
1214-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
13under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
14the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
15the date of payment.
16    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
17conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
18State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
19the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
20arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
21may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
22established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
23Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
24investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
25police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
26the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this

 

 

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1Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
2election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
32020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
4by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
5(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
6contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
7the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
8employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
9serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
10defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
11thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
12annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
13    (q) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14highway maintenance worker subject to subsection (g) of
15Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service
16credit established before the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly as a State
18highway maintenance work under this Article into eligible
19creditable service by filing a written election with the Board
20no later than one year after the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, accompanied by
22payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
23the difference between the amount of the employee
24contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
25the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
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1serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
2defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
3thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
4annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
5(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
6102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-856, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 102-956)
8    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not
10less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
11attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
12with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
13has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
14either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
15in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity,
17a retirement annuity computed as follows:
18        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
19    if retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of
20    final average compensation for each year of creditable
21    service; if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2
22    1/4% of final average compensation for each of the first
23    10 years of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above
24    10 years to and including 20 years of creditable service,
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1    years; and
2        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
3    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
4    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
5    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
6    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
7    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
8    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
9    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
10    each year in excess of 30.
11    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
12average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
132001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
14retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
15    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
16performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
17eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
18which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
19the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
20    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
21service" means creditable service resulting from service in
22one or more of the following positions:
23        (1) State policeman;
24        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
25    department;
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1        (4) special agent;
2        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
3        (6) conservation police officer;
4        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
5    Illinois Gaming Board;
6        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
7    Services;
8        (9) Central Management Services security police
9    officer;
10        (10) security employee of the Department of
11    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
12        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
13        (12) investigator for the Illinois State Police;
14        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
15    General;
16        (14) controlled substance inspector;
17        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
18    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
19        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
20        (17) arson investigator;
21        (18) State highway maintenance worker;
22        (19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
23    and Technology; or
24        (20) transferred employee.
25    A person employed in one of the positions specified in
26this subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for

 

 

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1service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
2basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
3Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
4training is required of persons serving in that position. For
5the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
6police training course shall be deemed performance of the
7duties of the specified position, even though the person is
8not a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
9    A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
10creditable service for service credit earned under this
11Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
122003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
132016-1.
14    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
15        (1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
16    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
17    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
18        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
19    service of a department" includes all officers in such
20    fire protection service including fire chiefs and
21    assistant fire chiefs.
22        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
23    official job description on file in the Department of
24    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
25    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
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1    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's
2    license; however, the change in this definition made by
3    Public Act 83-842 shall not operate to exclude any
4    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the
5    purposes of this Section on January 1, 1984.
6        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
7    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
8    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
9    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
10    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, the
11    Division of Patrol Operations, or any other Division or
12    organizational entity in the Illinois State Police is
13    vested by law with duties to maintain public order,
14    investigate violations of the criminal law of this State,
15    enforce the laws of this State, make arrests and recover
16    property. The term "special agent" includes any title or
17    position in the Illinois State Police that is held by an
18    individual employed under the Illinois State Police Act.
19        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
20    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary
21    of State and vested with such investigative duties as
22    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
23    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        A person who became employed as an investigator for
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1    December 31, 1975, and who has served as such until
2    attainment of age 60, either continuously or with a single
3    break in service of not more than 3 years duration, which
4    break terminated before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled
5    to have his retirement annuity calculated in accordance
6    with subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than
7    20 years of credit for such service.
8        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
9    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
10    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
11    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
12    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
13    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
14    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
15    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
16    Conservation Police Administrator.
17        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
18    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
19    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as
20    render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
21    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
22    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
23        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
24    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
25    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
26    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social

 

 

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1    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
2    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
4    Human Services" means any person employed by the
5    Department of Human Services who (i) is employed at the
6    Chester Mental Health Center and has daily contact with
7    the residents thereof, (ii) is employed within a security
8    unit at a facility operated by the Department and has
9    daily contact with the residents of the security unit,
10    (iii) is employed at a facility operated by the Department
11    that includes a security unit and is regularly scheduled
12    to work at least 50% of his or her working hours within
13    that security unit, or (iv) is a mental health police
14    officer. "Mental health police officer" means any person
15    employed by the Department of Human Services in a position
16    pertaining to the Department's mental health and
17    developmental disabilities functions who is vested with
18    such law enforcement duties as render the person
19    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
20    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
21    218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit" means that portion
22    of a facility that is devoted to the care, containment,
23    and treatment of persons committed to the Department of
24    Human Services as sexually violent persons, persons unfit
25    to stand trial, or persons not guilty by reason of
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1    the Department of Human Services include its predecessor,
2    the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
3    Disabilities.
4        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
5    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
6    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
7        (9) "Central Management Services security police
8    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
9    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
10    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
11    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
12    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
13        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
14    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
15    employee of the Department of Corrections or the
16    Department of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the
17    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
18    Justice or the former Department of Personnel, and any
19    member or employee of the Prisoner Review Board, who has
20    daily contact with inmates or youth by working within a
21    correctional facility or Juvenile facility operated by the
22    Department of Juvenile Justice or who is a parole officer
23    or an employee who has direct contact with committed
24    persons in the performance of his or her job duties. For a
25    member who first becomes an employee under this Article on
26    or after July 1, 2005, the term means an employee of the

 

 

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1    Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
2    Justice who is any of the following: (i) officially
3    headquartered at a correctional facility or Juvenile
4    facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice,
5    (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the apprehension
6    unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit, (v) a member
7    of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
8        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
9    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
10    Services.
11        (12) The term "investigator for the Illinois State
12    Police" means a person employed by the Illinois State
13    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
14    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
15    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
16    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
17    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
18        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
19    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
20    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
21    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
22    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
23    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
24    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
25    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office
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1    status.
2        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
3    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
4    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
5    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
6    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
8    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
9    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
10    Executive of Enforcement.
11        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
12    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
13    employed in that capacity on a full-time basis under the
14    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
15    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
16        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
17    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
18    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
19    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
20    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
21    218(l)(1) of that Act.
22        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
23    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
24    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
25    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
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1    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
2    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and
3    is no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
4    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
5    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
6    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
7    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
8    service and the amounts that would have been contributed
9    if the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable
10    to persons with the same social security status earning
11    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
12        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
13    a person who is either of the following:
14            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
15        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
16        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
17        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
18        construction equipment operator, power shovel
19        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
20        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
21        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
22        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
23        condition for vehicular traffic.
24            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
25        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
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1        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
2        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
3        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
4        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
5        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
6        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
7        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
8        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
9        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
10        traffic.
11        (19) The term "security employee of the Department of
12    Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
13    security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
14    Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
15    Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
16    Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
17    job functions under that Department.
18        (20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
19    transferred to the Department of Central Management
20    Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
21    No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
22    and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
23    was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
24    immediately preceding the transfer.
25    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections
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1the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
2police officer, and a security employee of the Department of
3Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
4alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
5he or she meets the following minimum age and service
6requirements at the time of retirement:
7        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age
8    55; or
9        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
10    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
11    creditable service and age 55; or
12        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
13    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
14    creditable service and age 55; or
15        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
17    creditable service and age 55; or
18        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
20    creditable service and age 55; or
21        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55.
24    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
25Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
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1Department of Human Services in a position requiring
2certification as a teacher may count such service toward
3establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
4of this Section; but such service may be used only for
5establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
6increasing or calculating any benefit.
7    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
8position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
9and returns to State service in the same or another such
10position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
11prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
12such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
13service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
14in this Section.
15    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
16this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
171968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
18position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
19health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
20State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
21employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
22to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between
23the employee contributions that would have been required for
24such service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of
25employee contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is
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1specified in item (1) from the date of service to the date of
2payment.
3    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
4this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
51968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
6position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall
7be deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee,
8provided that the employee pays to the System prior to
9retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
10employee contributions that would have been required for such
11service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
12contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
13January 1, 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
14item (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
15    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
161990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
17years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
18a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of
19an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
20difference between the amount of employee and employer
21contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
22and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
23contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
24policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
25for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
26to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
3eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
4as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
5filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
6payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
7(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
8contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
9and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
10contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
11policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
12for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
13to the date of payment.
14    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
15policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
16to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
17his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
18election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
19paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
23have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
24rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
25thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
26annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.

 

 

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1    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
5law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
6election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
7paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
8determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
9the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
10to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that
11would have been contributed had such contributions been made
12at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
13thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
14annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
15    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
16policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
17the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
18creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
19officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
20sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member
21of the county police department under Article 9, or a police
22officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
23Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
24the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
25employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
26under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4

 

 

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1and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
2contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
3policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
4for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
5to the date of payment.
6    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
7investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
8investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
9establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
10service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
11Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
127, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
13by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
14after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act
1596-745) and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
16the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
17employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
18under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
19amounts that would have been contributed had such
20contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
21policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
22assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
23of service to the date of payment.
24    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
26Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the

 

 

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1Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
2State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
3up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
4participating municipality to perform police duties, or law
5enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest
6preserve district under Article 7, a county corrections
7officer, or a court services officer under Article 9, by
8filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
9August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and
10paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board,
11equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
12employer contributions transferred to the System under
13Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
14been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
15applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
16the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
17annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman, arson investigator, or Commerce Commission police
20officer may elect to establish eligible creditable service for
21up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
22participating municipality to perform police duties under
23Article 7, a county corrections officer, a court services
24officer under Article 9, or a firefighter under Article 4 by
25filing a written election with the Board within 6 months after
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1paying to the System an amount to be determined by the Board
2equal to (i) the difference between the amount of employee and
3employer contributions transferred to the System under
4Sections 4-108.8, 7-139.8, and 9-121.10 and the amounts that
5would have been contributed had such contributions been made
6at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest
7thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
8compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
9payment.
10    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
11conservation police officer may elect to establish eligible
12creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a person
13employed by a participating municipality to perform police
14duties under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
15court services officer under Article 9 by filing a written
16election with the Board within 6 months after July 30, 2021
17(the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to the
18System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
19difference between the amount of employee and employer
20contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
21and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
22had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
23State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
24assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
25of service to the date of payment.
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1policeman or conservation police officer may elect to convert
2service credit earned under this Article to eligible
3creditable service, as defined by this Section, by filing a
4written election with the board within 6 months after July 30,
52021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-210) and paying to
6the System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
7the difference between the amount of employee contributions
8originally paid for that service and the amounts that would
9have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
10rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) the difference
11between the employer's normal cost of the credit prior to the
12conversion authorized by Public Act 102-210 and the employer's
13normal cost of the credit converted in accordance with Public
14Act 102-210, plus (iii) interest thereon at the actuarially
15assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
16of service to the date of payment.
17    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
18established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j),
19(k), (l), (l-5), (o), and (p), and (q) of this Section shall
20not exceed 12 years.
21    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
22investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
23Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
24establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of
25his service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
26enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written

 

 

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1election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount
2to be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference
3between the amount of employee and employer contributions
4transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8,
5and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
6contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
7policemen, plus (2) interest thereon at the effective rate for
8each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
9the date of payment.
10    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
11Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to
12establish eligible creditable service for periods spent as a
13full-time law enforcement officer or full-time corrections
14officer employed by the federal government or by a state or
15local government located outside of Illinois, for which credit
16is not held in any other public employee pension fund or
17retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must
18file a written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
19accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
20and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
21to (1) employee contributions for the credit being
22established, based upon the applicant's salary on the first
23day as an alternative formula employee after the employment
24for which credit is being established and the rates then
25applicable to alternative formula employees, plus (2) an
26amount determined by the Board to be the employer's normal

 

 

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1cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being established,
2plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2)
3from the first day as an alternative formula employee after
4the employment for which credit is being established to the
5date of payment.
6    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
7security employee of the Department of Corrections may elect,
8not later than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable
9service for up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman
10under Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
11accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
12Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
13employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
14under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
15contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
16applicable to security employees of the Department of
17Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
18for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service
19to the date of payment.
20    (l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
21Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
22creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a full-time
23law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
24by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
25which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
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1applicant must file a written application with the Board no
2later than 3 years after January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
3Public Act 101-610), accompanied by evidence of eligibility
4acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
5determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
6for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
7salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
8after the employment for which credit is being established and
9the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
10plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
11normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
12established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
13(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
14employee after the employment for which credit is being
15established to the date of payment.
16    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by Public
17Act 94-696 apply only to: (1) security employees of the
18Department of Juvenile Justice employed by the Department of
19Corrections before June 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public
20Act 94-696) and transferred to the Department of Juvenile
21Justice by Public Act 94-696; and (2) persons employed by the
22Department of Juvenile Justice on or after June 1, 2006 (the
23effective date of Public Act 94-696) who are required by
24subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 of the Unified Code of
25Corrections to have any bachelor's or advanced degree from an
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1who provide vocational training, who are required to have
2adequate knowledge in the skill for which they are providing
3the vocational training.
4    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b)
5of this Section who has purchased service credit under
6subsection (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section
714-105 in any other capacity under this Article may convert up
8to 5 years of that service credit into service credit covered
9under this Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1)
10the additional employee contribution required under Section
1114-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
12under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
13the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
14the date of payment.
15    (o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
16conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
17State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
18the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
19arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
20may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
21established before January 1, 2020 (the effective date of
22Public Act 101-610) as a conservation police officer,
23investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
24police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
25the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
26Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written

 

 

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1election with the Board no later than one year after January 1,
22020 (the effective date of Public Act 101-610), accompanied
3by payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to
4(i) the difference between the amount of the employee
5contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
6the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
7employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
8serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
9defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
10thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
11annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
12    (p) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
13investigator for the Office of the Attorney General subject to
14subsection (g) of Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8
15years of service credit established before the effective date
16of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly as an
17investigator for the Office of the Attorney General under this
18Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
19election with the Board no later than one year after the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General
21Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
22by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
23the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
24the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
25paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
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1service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
2interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
3compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
4payment.
5    (q) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6highway maintenance worker subject to subsection (g) of
7Section 1-160 may elect to convert up to 8 years of service
8credit established before the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly as a State
10highway maintenance work under this Article into eligible
11creditable service by filing a written election with the Board
12no later than one year after the effective date of this
13amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, accompanied by
14payment of an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i)
15the difference between the amount of the employee
16contributions actually paid for that service and the amount of
17the employee contributions that would have been paid had the
18employee contributions been made as a noncovered employee
19serving in a position in which eligible creditable service, as
20defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii) interest
21thereon at the effective rate for each year, compounded
22annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
23(Source: P.A. 101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21;
24102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)
 
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1    Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
2increases.
3    (a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
4an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
5Article, or an expansion of the conditions of eligibility for
6any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
7to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
8effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
9however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
10the changes made to Article 1 or this Article by Public Act
1196-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
12100-611, Public Act 101-10, Public Act 101-610, Public Act
13102-210, Public Act 102-856, Public Act 102-956, or this
14amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or this
15amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.
16    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or
17any subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit
18increase is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be
19granted only in conformance with and contingent upon
20compliance with the provisions of this Section.
21    (c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
22identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
23funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
24increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
25    Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
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1subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
2Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
3funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
4shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of
5the Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by
6a Public Act that does not include the additional funding
7required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
8Pension Division determines that the additional funding
9provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is
10or has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
11the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
12by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
13at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
14made.
15    (d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
16its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
17in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
18under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
19Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
20by law.
21    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
22the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
23under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
24and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
25increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
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1other person, including, without limitation, a person who
2continues in service after the expiration date and did not
3apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
4benefit increase was in effect.
5(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19;
6101-610, eff. 1-1-20; 102-210, eff. 7-30-21; 102-856, eff.
71-1-23; 102-956, eff. 5-27-22.)