96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2995

 

Introduced 2/3/2010, by Sen. John M. Sullivan

 

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

    Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a person employed on a full-time basis by the Illinois Department of Transportation in the position of highway maintainer who has in excess of 20 years of eligible creditable service under the alternative formula to elect to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative formula for up to 5 years of his or her service at Illinois Veterans Homes. 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 Section 14-110 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7     Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
8     (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
9 than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
10 age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
11 less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
12 attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
13 of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
14 service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
15 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
16 retirement annuity computed as follows:
17         (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
18     retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
19     average compensation for each year of creditable service;
20     if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
21     final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
22     of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
23     to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%

 

 

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1     for each year of creditable service above 20 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
12 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
13 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
14 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
15     These rates shall not be applicable to any service
16 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
17 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
18 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
19 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
20     (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
21 service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
22 or more of the following positions:
23         (1) State policeman;
24         (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
25     department;
26         (3) air pilot;

 

 

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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 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     A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
23 subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
24 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
25 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
26 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that

 

 

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1 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
2 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
3 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
4 duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
5 a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
6     (c) For the purposes of this Section:
7         (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
8     position in the Department of State Police that is held by
9     an individual employed under the State Police Act.
10         (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
11     service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
12     protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
13     fire chiefs.
14         (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
15     official job description on file in the Department of
16     Central Management Services, or in the department by which
17     he is employed if that department is not covered by the
18     Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
19     operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
20     however, the change in this definition made by this
21     amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
22     noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
23     of this Section on January 1, 1984.
24         (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
25     reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
26     the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
2     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3         (10) For a member who first became an employee under
4     this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
5     employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
6     of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
7     of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
8     former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
9     of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
10     inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
11     or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
12     Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
13     direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
14     his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
15     employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
16     term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
17     the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
18     following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
19     facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
20     Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
21     the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
22     unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
23     investigator.
24         (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
25     person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
26     Services.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
2 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
3 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
4 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
5 date of payment.
6     Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
7 investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
8 investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
9 establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
10 service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
11 Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
12 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
13 by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
14 after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
15 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and paying to
16 the System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
17 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
18 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.6,
19 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have
20 been contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
21 applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
22 the actuarially assumed rate for each year, compounded
23 annually, from the date of service to the date of payment.
24     Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25 policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
26 Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
2 accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
3 interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
4 as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
5 which credit is being established to the date of payment.
6     (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
7 employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
8 than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
9 up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
10 Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
11 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
12 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
13 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
14 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
15 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
16 applicable to security employees of the Department of
17 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
18 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
19 the date of payment.
20     (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
21 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
22 security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
23 employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
24 date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
25 transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
26 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons

 

 

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1 employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
2 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
3 Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
4 of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
5 advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
6 specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
7 social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
8 case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
9 required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
10 are providing the vocational training.
11     (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
12 this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
13 (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
14 any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
15 of that service credit into service credit covered under this
16 Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
17 additional employee contribution required under Section
18 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
19 under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
20 the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
21 the date of payment.
22     (o) A person employed on a full-time basis by the Illinois
23 Department of Transportation in the position of highway
24 maintainer who has in excess of 20 years of eligible creditable
25 service under this Section may elect, within 6 months after the
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1 Assembly, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 5
2 years of his or her service at Illinois Veterans Homes under
3 this Article by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
4 additional employee contribution required under Section
5 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
6 under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
7 the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
8 the date of payment.
9 (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09;
10 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; revised 10-1-09.)
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.