96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4143

 

Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Mike Fortner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/14-110   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
40 ILCS 5/14-131.1 new
40 ILCS 5/14-152.2

    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides the alternative (State police) retirement formula for certain tollway employees, automotive mechanics, mechanic/autobody technicians, automotive attendants, sign hangers, and sign hanger foremen. In provisions concerning the alternative retirement formula, makes changes to reflect obsolete job designations of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Requires the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to make contributions to the System of amounts that will be sufficient to meet the cost of any additional liability created by the amendatory Act for its employees. Includes language in compliance with the new benefit increase provisions. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 14-110 and 14-152.2 and by adding Section 14-131.1 as
6 follows:
 
7     (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
8     Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9     (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
10 than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
11 age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
12 less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
13 attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
14 of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
15 service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
17 retirement annuity computed as follows:
18         (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
19     retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
20     average compensation for each year of creditable service;
21     if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
22     final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
23     of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years

 

 

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1     to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
2     for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
3         (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
4     covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
5     1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
6     of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
7     1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
8     the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
9     next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
10     service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
11     each year in excess of 30.
12     Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
13 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
14 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
15 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
16     These rates shall not be applicable to any service
17 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
18 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
19 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
20 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
21     (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
22 service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
23 or more of the following positions:
24         (1) State policeman;
25         (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
26     department;

 

 

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1         (3) air pilot;
2         (4) special agent;
3         (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
4         (6) conservation police officer;
5         (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
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 Department of 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) tollway employee;
23         (20) automotive mechanic;
24         (21) mechanic/autobody technician;
25         (22) automotive attendant.
26     A person employed in one of the positions specified in this

 

 

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1 subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
2 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
3 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
4 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
5 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
6 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
7 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
8 duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
9 a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
10     (c) For the purposes of this Section:
11         (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
12     position in the Department of State Police that is held by
13     an individual employed under the State Police Act.
14         (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
15     service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
16     protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
17     fire chiefs.
18         (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
19     official job description on file in the Department of
20     Central Management Services, or in the department by which
21     he is employed if that department is not covered by the
22     Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
23     operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
24     however, the change in this definition made by this
25     amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
26     noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes

 

 

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1     of this Section on January 1, 1984.
2         (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
3     reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
4     the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
5     Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
6     Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
7     other Division or organizational entity in the Department
8     of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
9     public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
10     this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
11     and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
12     title or position in the Department of State Police that is
13     held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
14         (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
15     means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
16     State and vested with such investigative duties as render
17     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
18     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
19     218(l)(1) of that Act.
20         A person who became employed as an investigator for the
21     Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
22     1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
23     60, either continuously or with a single break in service
24     of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
25     before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
26     retirement annuity calculated in accordance with

 

 

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1     subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
2     years of credit for such service.
3         (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
4     person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
5     Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
6     enforcement 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. The
9     term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
10     of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
11     Conservation Police Administrator.
12         (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
13     Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
14     Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
15     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
16     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
17     218(l)(1) of that Act.
18         (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
19     Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
20     of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
21     Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
22     thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
23     facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
24     with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
25     at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
26     security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least

 

 

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1     50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
2     or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
3     police officer" means any person employed by the Department
4     of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
5     Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
6     functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
7     render the person 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. "Security unit"
10     means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
11     care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
12     the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
13     persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
14     guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
15     employment, references to the Department of Human Services
16     include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
17     and Developmental Disabilities.
18         The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
19     Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
20     1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
21         (9) "Central Management Services security police
22     officer" means any person employed by the Department of
23     Central Management Services who is vested with such law
24     enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
25     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
26     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.

 

 

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1         (10) For a member who first became an employee under
2     this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
3     employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
4     of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
5     of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
6     former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
7     of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
8     inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
9     or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
10     Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
11     direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
12     his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
13     employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
14     term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
15     the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
16     following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
17     facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
18     Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
19     the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
20     unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
21     investigator.
22         (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
23     person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
24     Services.
25         (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
26     Police" means a person employed by the Department of State

 

 

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1     Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
2     Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
3     powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
4     Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
5     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
6         (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
7     General" means any person who is employed as such by the
8     Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
9     investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
10     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
11     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
12     the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
13     persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
14     the Attorney General, without regard to social security
15     status.
16         (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
17     who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
18     Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
19     as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
20     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
21     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
22     "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
23     Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
24     Executive of Enforcement.
25         (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
26     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person

 

 

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1     employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
2     authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
3     Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
4         (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
5     person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
6     vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
7     ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
8     reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
9     218(l)(1) of that Act.
10         (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
11     employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
12     and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
13     the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
14     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
15     218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
16     employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
17     no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
18     annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
19     employment as an arson investigator into eligible
20     creditable service by paying to the System the difference
21     between the employee contributions actually paid for that
22     service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
23     the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
24     persons with the same social security status earning
25     eligible creditable service on the date of application.
26         (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means

 

 

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1     a person who is either of the following:
2             (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
3         Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
4         of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
5         worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
6         construction equipment operator, power shovel
7         operator, sign hanger, sign hanger foreman, or bridge
8         mechanic; and whose principal responsibility is to
9         perform, on the roadway, the actual maintenance
10         necessary to keep the highways that form a part of the
11         State highway system in serviceable condition for
12         vehicular traffic.
13             (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
14         Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
15         of equipment operator/laborer, equipment
16         operator/laborer H-4, equipment operator/laborer H-6,
17         welder, welder H-4, welder H-6, mechanical/electrical,
18         mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
19         water/sewer, water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign
20         maker/hanger, sign maker/hanger H-4, sign maker/hanger
21         H-6, roadway lighting, roadway lighting H-4, roadway
22         lighting H-6, structural, structural H-4, structural
23         H-6, painter, painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose
24         principal responsibility is to perform, on the
25         roadway, the actual maintenance necessary to keep the
26         Authority's tollways in serviceable condition for

 

 

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1         vehicular traffic.
2         (19) The term "tollway employee" means a person
3     employed by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority as a
4     lane walker, senior lane walker, toll collector, senior
5     toll collector, money room truck driver, custodian II,
6     custodian III, custodian supervisor, custodian manager,
7     maintenance manager, maintenance supervisor, plaza
8     manager, plaza supervisor, sign shop manager, sign shop
9     supervisor, building maintenance manager, or roadway
10     electric manager.
11         (20) The term "automotive mechanic" means a person
12     employed as such on a full-time basis by the Illinois
13     Department of Transportation, Department of Central
14     Management Services, Illinois Department of Agriculture,
15     or Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and who is
16     assigned to retrieve or repair State vehicles on State
17     highways or tollways.
18         (21) The term "mechanic/autobody technician" means a
19     person who is employed as such on a full-time basis by the
20     Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and who is assigned
21     to retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or
22     tollways.
23         (22) The term "automotive attendant" means a person who
24     is employed as such on a full-time basis by the Illinois
25     State Toll Highway Authority and who is assigned to
26     retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or

 

 

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1     tollways.
2     (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
3 the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
4 the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
5 police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
6 retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
7 meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
8 time of retirement:
9         (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
10     or
11         (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
12     creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
13     creditable service and age 55; or
14         (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
15     creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
16     creditable service and age 55; or
17         (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
18     creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
19     creditable service and age 55; or
20         (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
21     creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
22     creditable service and age 55; or
23         (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
24     creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
25     creditable service and age 55.
26     Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this

 

 

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1 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
2 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
3 Department of Human Services in a position requiring
4 certification as a teacher may count such service toward
5 establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
6 of this Section; but such service may be used only for
7 establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
8 increasing or calculating any benefit.
9     (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
10 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
11 and returns to State service in the same or another such
12 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
13 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
14 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
15 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
16 in this Section.
17     (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
18 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
19 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
20 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
21 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
22 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
23 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
24 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
25 employee contributions that would have been required for such
26 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee

 

 

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1 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
2 July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
3 (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
4     For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
5 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
6 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
7 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
8 deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
9 that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
10 amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
11 contributions that would have been required for such service as
12 a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
13 actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
14 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
15 the date of service to the date of payment.
16     (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
17 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
18 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
19 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
20 amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
21 difference between the amount of employee and employer
22 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
23 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
24 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
25 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
26 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
2 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
3 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
4 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
5 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
6 date of payment.
7     (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
8 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
9 and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
10     (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
11 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
12 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
13 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
14 service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
15 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
16 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
17 be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
18 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
19 to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
20 that would have been contributed had such contributions been
21 made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
22 interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
23 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
24 payment.
25     (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
26 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish

 

 

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1 eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
2 law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
3 employed by the federal government or by a state or local
4 government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
5 held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
6 system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
7 written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
8 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
9 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
10 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
11 based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
12 alternative formula employee after the employment for which
13 credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
14 alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
15 the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
16 accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
17 interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
18 as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
19 which credit is being established to the date of payment.
20     (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
21 employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
22 than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
23 up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
24 Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
25 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
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1 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
2 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
3 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
4 applicable to security employees of the Department of
5 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
6 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
7 the date of payment.
8     (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
9 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
10 security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
11 employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
12 date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
13 transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
14 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
15 employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
16 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
17 Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
18 of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
19 advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
20 specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
21 social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
22 case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
23 required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
24 are providing the vocational training.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-530,
26 eff. 8-28-07.)
 

 

 

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1     (40 ILCS 5/14-131.1 new)
2     Sec. 14-131.1. Contributions by the Illinois State Toll
3 Highway Authority. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
4 must make contributions to the System of amounts that will be
5 sufficient to meet the cost of any additional liability created
6 by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly for its
7 employees. The Board shall determine the total amount of the
8 contributions required on the basis of actuarial tables and
9 other assumptions adopted by the Board and shall certify the
10 amount of the required contributions to the Governor and the
11 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority on or before November 15,
12 2009. The contributions required under this Section may be
13 amortized over a period of not more than 10 years as a level
14 dollar amount in a manner consistent with rules adopted by the
15 Board.
 
16     (40 ILCS 5/14-152.2)
17     Sec. 14-152.2. New benefit increases.
18     (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the
19 amendment to Section 14-104 made by this amendatory Act of the
20 95th General Assembly that allows members to establish
21 creditable service for certain participation in the University
22 of Illinois Government Public Service Internship Program
23 (GPSI) constitutes a new benefit increase within the meaning of
24 Section 14-152.1. Funding for this new benefit increase will be

 

 

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1 provided by additional employee contributions under subsection
2 (r) of Section 14-104.
3     (b) The General Assembly finds and declares that the
4 amendment to Section 14-110 made by this amendatory Act of the
5 96th General Assembly that adds certain groups of employees to
6 the alternative formula constitutes a new benefit increase
7 within the meaning of Section 14-152.1. This new benefit
8 increase will expire 5 years after the effective date of this
9 amendatory Act. Funding for this new benefit increase will be
10 provided by annual contributions from the Illinois State Toll
11 Highway Authority (for employees of the Illinois State Toll
12 Highway Authority), increased employee contributions and
13 increased State contributions, beginning in FY 2011, per the
14 funding plan contained in subsection (e) of Section 14-131.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-652, eff. 10-11-07.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.