99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB0440

 

Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

 

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. Makes technical changes in a Section relating to the alternative (State Police) formula.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 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8    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
9than 20 years of eligible creditable service and and has
10attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
11with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
12has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
13either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
14in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
15member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
16retirement 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
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    (a-5) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, for a
21Tier 1 member who begins receiving a retirement annuity under
22this Section on or after July 1, 2014, the required retirement
23age under subsection (a) is increased as follows, based on the
24Tier 1 member's age on June 1, 2014:
25        (1) If he or she is at least age 46 on June 1, 2014,
26    then the required retirement ages under subsection (a)

 

 

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1    remain unchanged.
2        (2) If he or she is at least age 45 but less than age 46
3    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
4    subsection (a) are increased by 4 months.
5        (3) If he or she is at least age 44 but less than age 45
6    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
7    subsection (a) are increased by 8 months.
8        (4) If he or she is at least age 43 but less than age 44
9    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
10    subsection (a) are increased by 12 months.
11        (5) If he or she is at least age 42 but less than age 43
12    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
13    subsection (a) are increased by 16 months.
14        (6) If he or she is at least age 41 but less than age 42
15    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
16    subsection (a) are increased by 20 months.
17        (7) If he or she is at least age 40 but less than age 41
18    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
19    subsection (a) are increased by 24 months.
20        (8) If he or she is at least age 39 but less than age 40
21    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
22    subsection (a) are increased by 28 months.
23        (9) If he or she is at least age 38 but less than age 39
24    on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
25    subsection (a) are increased by 32 months.
26        (10) If he or she is at least age 37 but less than age

 

 

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1    38 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
2    subsection (a) are increased by 36 months.
3        (11) If he or she is at least age 36 but less than age
4    37 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
5    subsection (a) are increased by 40 months.
6        (12) If he or she is at least age 35 but less than age
7    36 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
8    subsection (a) are increased by 44 months.
9        (13) If he or she is at least age 34 but less than age
10    35 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
11    subsection (a) are increased by 48 months.
12        (14) If he or she is at least age 33 but less than age
13    34 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
14    subsection (a) are increased by 52 months.
15        (15) If he or she is at least age 32 but less than age
16    33 on June 1, 2014, then the required retirement ages under
17    subsection (a) are increased by 56 months.
18        (16) If he or she is less than age 32 on June 1, 2014,
19    then the required retirement ages under subsection (a) are
20    increased by 60 months.
21    Notwithstanding Section 1-103.1, this subsection (a-5)
22applies without regard to whether or not the Tier 1 member is
23in active service under this Article on or after the effective
24date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
25    (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
26service" means creditable service resulting from service in one

 

 

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1or more of the following positions:
2        (1) State policeman;
3        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
4    department;
5        (3) air pilot;
6        (4) special agent;
7        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
8        (6) conservation police officer;
9        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
10    Illinois Gaming Board;
11        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
12    Services;
13        (9) Central Management Services security police
14    officer;
15        (10) security employee of the Department of
16    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
17        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
18        (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
19        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
20    General;
21        (14) controlled substance inspector;
22        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
23    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
24        (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
25        (17) arson investigator;
26        (18) State highway maintenance worker.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1    retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
2    subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
3    years of credit for such service.
4        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
5    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
6    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
7    enforcement 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. The
10    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
11    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
12    Conservation Police Administrator.
13        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
14    Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
15    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
16    him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
17    by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
18    218(l)(1) of that Act.
19        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
20    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
21    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
22    the person 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        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
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1    of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
2    Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
3    thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
4    facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
5    with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
6    at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
7    security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
8    50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
9    or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
10    police officer" means any person employed by the Department
11    of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
12    Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
13    functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
14    render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
15    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
16    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
17    means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
18    care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
19    the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
20    persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
21    guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
22    employment, references to the Department of Human Services
23    include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
24    and Developmental Disabilities.
25        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
26    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January

 

 

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1    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
2        (9) "Central Management Services security police
3    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
4    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
5    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
6    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
7    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
9    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
10    employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
11    of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
12    of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
13    former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
14    of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
15    inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
16    or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
17    Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
18    direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
19    his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
20    employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
21    term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
22    the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
23    following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
24    facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
25    Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
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1    unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
2    investigator.
3        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
4    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
5    Services.
6        (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
7    Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
8    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
9    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
10    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
11    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
12    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
13        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
14    General" means any person who is employed as such by the
15    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
16    investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
17    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
18    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
19    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
20    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
21    the Attorney General, without regard to social security
22    status.
23        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
24    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
25    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
26    as render him 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. The term
3    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
4    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
5    Executive of Enforcement.
6        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
7    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
8    employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
9    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
10    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
11        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
12    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
13    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
14    ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
15    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
16    218(l)(1) of that Act.
17        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
18    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
19    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
20    the person 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. A person who was
23    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
24    no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
25    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
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1    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
2    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
3    service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
4    the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
5    persons with the same social security status earning
6    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
7        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
8    a person who is either of the following:
9            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
10        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
11        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
12        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
13        construction equipment operator, power shovel
14        operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
15        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
16        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
17        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
18        condition for vehicular traffic.
19            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
20        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
21        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
22        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
23        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
24        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
25        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
26        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,

 

 

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1        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
2        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
3        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
4        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
5        traffic.
6    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
7the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
8the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
9police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
10retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
11meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
12time of retirement:
13        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
14    or
15        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
16    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
17    creditable service and age 55; or
18        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
19    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
20    creditable service and age 55; or
21        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
22    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
23    creditable service and age 55; or
24        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
25    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
26    creditable service and age 55; or

 

 

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1        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55.
4    For members to whom subsection (a-5) of this Section
5applies, the references to age 50 and 55 in item (vi) of this
6subsection are increased as provided in subsection (a-5).
7    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
8Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
9Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
10Department of Human Services in a position requiring
11certification as a teacher may count such service toward
12establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
13of this Section; but such service may be used only for
14establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
15increasing or calculating any benefit.
16    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
17position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
18and returns to State service in the same or another such
19position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
20prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
21such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
22service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
23in this Section.
24    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
25this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
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1position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
2health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
3State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
4employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
5to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
6employee contributions that would have been required for such
7service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
8contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
9July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
10(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
11    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
12this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
131968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
14position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
15deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
16that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
17amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
18contributions that would have been required for such service as
19a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
20actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
211990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
22the date of service to the date of payment.
23    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
241990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
25years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
26a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an

 

 

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

 

 

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1paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
2determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
3the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
4to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
5have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
6rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
7at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
8the date of service to the date of payment.
9    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
10policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
11the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
12creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
13law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
14election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
15paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
16determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
17the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
18to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
19have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
20rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
21at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
22the date of service to the date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
24policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
25the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
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1officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
2sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of
3the county police department under Article 9, or a police
4officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
5Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
6the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
7employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
8under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
9and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
10contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
11policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
12each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
13date of payment.
14    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
15investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
16investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
17establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
18service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
19Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
207, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
21by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
22after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
23and paying to the System 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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1amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions
2been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii)
3interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
4compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
5payment.
6    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
8Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
9Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
10State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up
11to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating
12municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement
13officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
14district 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 August 25, 2009
17(the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the
18System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
19the difference 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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1established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
2and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
3    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
4investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
5Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
6establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
7service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
8enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
9election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
10be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
11the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
12to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
13that would have been contributed had such contributions been
14made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
15interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
16compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
17payment.
18    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
19Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
20eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
21law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
22employed by the federal government or by a state or local
23government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
24held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
25system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
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1accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
2and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
3to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
4based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
5alternative formula employee after the employment for which
6credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
7alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
8the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
9accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
10interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
11as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
12which credit is being established to the date of payment.
13    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
14employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
15than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
16up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
17Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
18accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
19Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
20employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
21under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
22contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
23applicable to security employees of the Department of
24Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
25for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
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1    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
2amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
3security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
4employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
5date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
6transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
7amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
8employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
10Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
11of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
12advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
13specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
14social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
15case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
16required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
17are providing the vocational training.
18    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
19this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
20(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
21any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
22of that service credit into service credit covered under this
23Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
24additional employee contribution required under Section
2514-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
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1the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
2the date of payment.
3(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)