99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2369

 

Introduced 1/28/2016, by Sen. Daniel Biss

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/7-139  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139
40 ILCS 5/7-139.2  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.2
40 ILCS 5/7-142.1  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1
40 ILCS 5/7-145.1
40 ILCS 5/7-169  from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to establishing certain types of service credit in the Fund, provides that application and payment must be received by the Board while the applicant is an active participant, except that one payment will be permitted after termination of participation. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Sections 7-139, 7-139.2, 7-142.1, 7-145.1, and 7-169 as
6follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/7-139)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139)
8    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
9which has been held unconstitutional)
10    Sec. 7-139. Credits and creditable service to employees.
11    (a) Each participating employee shall be granted credits
12and creditable service, for purposes of determining the amount
13of any annuity or benefit to which he or a beneficiary is
14entitled, as follows:
15        1. For prior service: Each participating employee who
16    is an employee of a participating municipality or
17    participating instrumentality on the effective date shall
18    be granted creditable service, but no credits under
19    paragraph 2 of this subsection (a), for periods of prior
20    service for which credit has not been received under any
21    other pension fund or retirement system established under
22    this Code, as follows:
23        If the effective date of participation for the

 

 

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1    participating municipality or participating
2    instrumentality is on or before January 1, 1998, creditable
3    service shall be granted for the entire period of prior
4    service with that employer without any employee
5    contribution.
6        If the effective date of participation for the
7    participating municipality or participating
8    instrumentality is after January 1, 1998, creditable
9    service shall be granted for the last 20% of the period of
10    prior service with that employer, but no more than 5 years,
11    without any employee contribution. A participating
12    employee may establish creditable service for the
13    remainder of the period of prior service with that employer
14    by making an application in writing, accompanied by payment
15    of an employee contribution in an amount determined by the
16    Fund, based on the employee contribution rates in effect at
17    the time of application for the creditable service and the
18    employee's salary rate on the effective date of
19    participation for that employer, plus interest at the
20    effective rate from the date of the prior service to the
21    date of payment. Application for this creditable service
22    may be made at any time while the employee is still in
23    service.
24        A municipality that (i) has at least 35 employees; (ii)
25    is located in a county with at least 2,000,000 inhabitants;
26    and (iii) maintains an independent defined benefit pension

 

 

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1    plan for the benefit of its eligible employees may restrict
2    creditable service in whole or in part for periods of prior
3    service with the employer if the governing body of the
4    municipality adopts an irrevocable resolution to restrict
5    that creditable service and files the resolution with the
6    board before the municipality's effective date of
7    participation.
8        Any person who has withdrawn from the service of a
9    participating municipality or participating
10    instrumentality prior to the effective date, who reenters
11    the service of the same municipality or participating
12    instrumentality after the effective date and becomes a
13    participating employee is entitled to creditable service
14    for prior service as otherwise provided in this subdivision
15    (a)(1) only if he or she renders 2 years of service as a
16    participating employee after the effective date.
17    Application for such service must be made while in a
18    participating status. The salary rate to be used in the
19    calculation of the required employee contribution, if any,
20    shall be the employee's salary rate at the time of first
21    reentering service with the employer after the employer's
22    effective date of participation.
23        2. For current service, each participating employee
24    shall be credited with:
25            a. Additional credits of amounts equal to each
26        payment of additional contributions received from him

 

 

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1        under Section 7-173, as of the date the corresponding
2        payment of earnings is payable to him.
3            b. Normal credits of amounts equal to each payment
4        of normal contributions received from him, as of the
5        date the corresponding payment of earnings is payable
6        to him, and normal contributions made for the purpose
7        of establishing out-of-state service credits as
8        permitted under the conditions set forth in paragraph 6
9        of this subsection (a).
10            c. Municipality credits in an amount equal to 1.4
11        times the normal credits, except those established by
12        out-of-state service credits, as of the date of
13        computation of any benefit if these credits would
14        increase the benefit.
15            d. Survivor credits equal to each payment of
16        survivor contributions received from the participating
17        employee as of the date the corresponding payment of
18        earnings is payable, and survivor contributions made
19        for the purpose of establishing out-of-state service
20        credits.
21        3. For periods of temporary and total and permanent
22    disability benefits, each employee receiving disability
23    benefits shall be granted creditable service for the period
24    during which disability benefits are payable. Normal and
25    survivor credits, based upon the rate of earnings applied
26    for disability benefits, shall also be granted if such

 

 

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1    credits would result in a higher benefit to any such
2    employee or his beneficiary.
3        4. For authorized leave of absence without pay: A
4    participating employee shall be granted credits and
5    creditable service for periods of authorized leave of
6    absence without pay under the following conditions:
7            a. An application for credits and creditable
8        service is submitted to the board while the employee is
9        in a status of active employment.
10            b. Not more than 12 complete months of creditable
11        service for authorized leave of absence without pay
12        shall be counted for purposes of determining any
13        benefits payable under this Article.
14            c. Credits and creditable service shall be granted
15        for leave of absence only if such leave is approved by
16        the governing body of the municipality, including
17        approval of the estimated cost thereof to the
18        municipality as determined by the fund, and employee
19        contributions, plus interest at the effective rate
20        applicable for each year from the end of the period of
21        leave to date of payment, have been paid to the fund in
22        accordance with Section 7-173. The contributions shall
23        be computed upon the assumption earnings continued
24        during the period of leave at the rate in effect when
25        the leave began.
26            d. Benefits under the provisions of Sections

 

 

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1        7-141, 7-146, 7-150 and 7-163 shall become payable to
2        employees on authorized leave of absence, or their
3        designated beneficiary, only if such leave of absence
4        is creditable hereunder, and if the employee has at
5        least one year of creditable service other than the
6        service granted for leave of absence. Any employee
7        contributions due may be deducted from any benefits
8        payable.
9            e. No credits or creditable service shall be
10        allowed for leave of absence without pay during any
11        period of prior service.
12        5. For military service: The governing body of a
13    municipality or participating instrumentality may elect to
14    allow creditable service to participating employees who
15    leave their employment to serve in the armed forces of the
16    United States for all periods of such service, provided
17    that the person returns to active employment within 90 days
18    after completion of full time active duty, but no
19    creditable service shall be allowed such person for any
20    period that can be used in the computation of a pension or
21    any other pay or benefit, other than pay for active duty,
22    for service in any branch of the armed forces of the United
23    States. If necessary to the computation of any benefit, the
24    board shall establish municipality credits for
25    participating employees under this paragraph on the
26    assumption that the employee received earnings at the rate

 

 

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1    received at the time he left the employment to enter the
2    armed forces. A participating employee in the armed forces
3    shall not be considered an employee during such period of
4    service and no additional death and no disability benefits
5    are payable for death or disability during such period.
6        Any participating employee who left his employment
7    with a municipality or participating instrumentality to
8    serve in the armed forces of the United States and who
9    again became a participating employee within 90 days after
10    completion of full time active duty by entering the service
11    of a different municipality or participating
12    instrumentality, which has elected to allow creditable
13    service for periods of military service under the preceding
14    paragraph, shall also be allowed creditable service for his
15    period of military service on the same terms that would
16    apply if he had been employed, before entering military
17    service, by the municipality or instrumentality which
18    employed him after he left the military service and the
19    employer costs arising in relation to such grant of
20    creditable service shall be charged to and paid by that
21    municipality or instrumentality.
22        Notwithstanding the foregoing, any participating
23    employee shall be entitled to creditable service as
24    required by any federal law relating to re-employment
25    rights of persons who served in the United States Armed
26    Services. Such creditable service shall be granted upon

 

 

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1    payment by the member of an amount equal to the employee
2    contributions which would have been required had the
3    employee continued in service at the same rate of earnings
4    during the military leave period, plus interest at the
5    effective rate.
6        5.1. In addition to any creditable service established
7    under paragraph 5 of this subsection (a), creditable
8    service may be granted for up to 48 months of service in
9    the armed forces of the United States.
10        In order to receive creditable service for military
11    service under this paragraph 5.1, a participating employee
12    must (1) apply to the Fund in writing and provide evidence
13    of the military service that is satisfactory to the Board;
14    (2) obtain the written approval of the current employer;
15    and (3) make contributions to the Fund equal to (i) the
16    employee contributions that would have been required had
17    the service been rendered as a member, plus (ii) an amount
18    determined by the board to be equal to the employer's
19    normal cost of the benefits accrued for that military
20    service, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) from the
21    date of first membership in the Fund to the date of
22    payment. The required interest shall be calculated at the
23    regular interest rate.
24        The changes made to this paragraph 5.1 by Public Acts
25    95-483 and 95-486 apply only to participating employees in
26    service on or after August 28, 2007 (the effective date of

 

 

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1    those Public Acts).
2        6. For out-of-state service: Creditable service shall
3    be granted for service rendered to an out-of-state local
4    governmental body under the following conditions: The
5    employee had participated and has irrevocably forfeited
6    all rights to benefits in the out-of-state public employees
7    pension system; the governing body of his participating
8    municipality or instrumentality authorizes the employee to
9    establish such service; the employee has 2 years current
10    service with this municipality or participating
11    instrumentality; the employee makes a payment of
12    contributions, which shall be computed at 8% (normal) plus
13    2% (survivor) times length of service purchased times the
14    average rate of earnings for the first 2 years of service
15    with the municipality or participating instrumentality
16    whose governing body authorizes the service established
17    plus interest at the effective rate on the date such
18    credits are established, payable from the date the employee
19    completes the required 2 years of current service to date
20    of payment. In no case shall more than 120 months of
21    creditable service be granted under this provision.
22        7. For retroactive service: Any employee who could have
23    but did not elect to become a participating employee, or
24    who should have been a participant in the Municipal Public
25    Utilities Annuity and Benefit Fund before that fund was
26    superseded, may receive creditable service for the period

 

 

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1    of service not to exceed 50 months; however, a current or
2    former elected or appointed official of a participating
3    municipality may establish credit under this paragraph 7
4    for more than 50 months of service as an official of that
5    municipality, if the excess over 50 months is approved by
6    resolution of the governing body of the affected
7    municipality filed with the Fund before January 1, 2002.
8        Any employee who is a participating employee on or
9    after September 24, 1981 and who was excluded from
10    participation by the age restrictions removed by Public Act
11    82-596 may receive creditable service for the period, on or
12    after January 1, 1979, excluded by the age restriction and,
13    in addition, if the governing body of the participating
14    municipality or participating instrumentality elects to
15    allow creditable service for all employees excluded by the
16    age restriction prior to January 1, 1979, for service
17    during the period prior to that date excluded by the age
18    restriction. Any employee who was excluded from
19    participation by the age restriction removed by Public Act
20    82-596 and who is not a participating employee on or after
21    September 24, 1981 may receive creditable service for
22    service after January 1, 1979. Creditable service under
23    this paragraph shall be granted upon payment of the
24    employee contributions which would have been required had
25    he participated, with interest at the effective rate for
26    each year from the end of the period of service established

 

 

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1    to date of payment.
2        8. For accumulated unused sick leave: A participating
3    employee who is applying for a retirement annuity shall be
4    entitled to creditable service for that portion of the
5    employee's accumulated unused sick leave for which payment
6    is not received, as follows:
7            a. Sick leave days shall be limited to those
8        accumulated under a sick leave plan established by a
9        participating municipality or participating
10        instrumentality which is available to all employees or
11        a class of employees.
12            b. Except as provided in item b-1, only sick leave
13        days accumulated with a participating municipality or
14        participating instrumentality with which the employee
15        was in service within 60 days of the effective date of
16        his retirement annuity shall be credited; If the
17        employee was in service with more than one employer
18        during this period only the sick leave days with the
19        employer with which the employee has the greatest
20        number of unpaid sick leave days shall be considered.
21            b-1. If the employee was in the service of more
22        than one employer as defined in item (2) of paragraph
23        (a) of subsection (A) of Section 7-132, then the sick
24        leave days from all such employers shall be credited,
25        as long as the creditable service attributed to those
26        sick leave days does not exceed the limitation in item

 

 

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1        f of this paragraph 8. In calculating the creditable
2        service under this item b-1, the sick leave days from
3        the last employer shall be considered first, then the
4        remaining sick leave days shall be considered until
5        there are no more days or the maximum creditable sick
6        leave threshold under item f of this paragraph 8 has
7        been reached.
8            c. The creditable service granted shall be
9        considered solely for the purpose of computing the
10        amount of the retirement annuity and shall not be used
11        to establish any minimum service period required by any
12        provision of the Illinois Pension Code, the effective
13        date of the retirement annuity, or the final rate of
14        earnings.
15            d. The creditable service shall be at the rate of
16        1/20 of a month for each full sick day, provided that
17        no more than 12 months may be credited under this
18        subdivision 8.
19            e. Employee contributions shall not be required
20        for creditable service under this subdivision 8.
21            f. Each participating municipality and
22        participating instrumentality with which an employee
23        has service within 60 days of the effective date of his
24        retirement annuity shall certify to the board the
25        number of accumulated unpaid sick leave days credited
26        to the employee at the time of termination of service.

 

 

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1        9. For service transferred from another system:
2    Credits and creditable service shall be granted for service
3    under Article 4, 5, 8, 14, or 16 of this Act, to any active
4    member of this Fund, and to any inactive member who has
5    been a county sheriff, upon transfer of such credits
6    pursuant to Section 4-108.3, 5-235, 8-226.7, 14-105.6, or
7    16-131.4, and payment by the member of the amount by which
8    (1) the employer and employee contributions that would have
9    been required if he had participated in this Fund as a
10    sheriff's law enforcement employee during the period for
11    which credit is being transferred, plus interest thereon at
12    the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
13    the date of termination of the service for which credit is
14    being transferred to the date of payment, exceeds (2) the
15    amount actually transferred to the Fund. Such transferred
16    service shall be deemed to be service as a sheriff's law
17    enforcement employee for the purposes of Section 7-142.1.
18        10. (Blank).
19        11. For service transferred from an Article 3 system
20    under Section 3-110.3: Credits and creditable service
21    shall be granted for service under Article 3 of this Act as
22    provided in Section 3-110.3, to any active member of this
23    Fund, upon transfer of such credits pursuant to Section
24    3-110.3. If the board determines that the amount
25    transferred is less than the true cost to the Fund of
26    allowing that creditable service to be established, then in

 

 

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1    order to establish that creditable service, the member must
2    pay to the Fund an additional contribution equal to the
3    difference, as determined by the board in accordance with
4    the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph. If
5    the member does not make the full additional payment as
6    required by this paragraph prior to termination of his
7    participation with that employer, then his or her
8    creditable service shall be reduced by an amount equal to
9    the difference between the amount transferred under
10    Section 3-110.3, including any payments made by the member
11    under this paragraph prior to termination, and the true
12    cost to the Fund of allowing that creditable service to be
13    established, as determined by the board in accordance with
14    the rules and procedures adopted under this paragraph.
15        The board shall establish by rule the manner of making
16    the calculation required under this paragraph 11, taking
17    into account the appropriate actuarial assumptions; the
18    member's service, age, and salary history, and any other
19    factors that the board determines to be relevant.
20        12. For omitted service: Any employee who was employed
21    by a participating employer in a position that required
22    participation, but who was not enrolled in the Fund, may
23    establish such credits under the following conditions:
24            a. Application for such credits is received by the
25        Board while the employee is an active participant of
26        the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system.

 

 

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1            b. Eligibility for participation and earnings are
2        verified by the Authorized Agent of the participating
3        employer for which the service was rendered.
4        Creditable service under this paragraph shall be
5    granted upon payment of the employee contributions that
6    would have been required had he participated, which shall
7    be calculated by the Fund using the member contribution
8    rate in effect during the period that the service was
9    rendered.
10    (b) Creditable service - amount:
11        1. One month of creditable service shall be allowed for
12    each month for which a participating employee made
13    contributions as required under Section 7-173, or for which
14    creditable service is otherwise granted hereunder. Not
15    more than 1 month of service shall be credited and counted
16    for 1 calendar month, and not more than 1 year of service
17    shall be credited and counted for any calendar year. A
18    calendar month means a nominal month beginning on the first
19    day thereof, and a calendar year means a year beginning
20    January 1 and ending December 31.
21        2. A seasonal employee shall be given 12 months of
22    creditable service if he renders the number of months of
23    service normally required by the position in a 12-month
24    period and he remains in service for the entire 12-month
25    period. Otherwise a fractional year of service in the
26    number of months of service rendered shall be credited.

 

 

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1        3. An intermittent employee shall be given creditable
2    service for only those months in which a contribution is
3    made under Section 7-173.
4    (c) No application for correction of credits or creditable
5service shall be considered unless the board receives an
6application for correction while (1) the applicant is a
7participating employee and in active employment with a
8participating municipality or instrumentality, or (2) while
9the applicant is actively participating in a pension fund or
10retirement system which is a participating system under the
11Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. A participating employee or
12other applicant shall not be entitled to credits or creditable
13service unless the required employee contributions are made in
14a lump sum or in installments made in accordance with board
15rule. Payments made to establish service credit under paragraph
161, 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, or 12 of subsection (a) of this Section must
17be received by the Board while the applicant is an active
18participant in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement system,
19except that an applicant may make one payment after termination
20of active participation in the Fund or a reciprocal retirement
21system.
22    (d) Upon the granting of a retirement, surviving spouse or
23child annuity, a death benefit or a separation benefit, on
24account of any employee, all individual accumulated credits
25shall thereupon terminate. Upon the withdrawal of additional
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1terminate. Terminated credits shall not be applied to increase
2the benefits any remaining employee would otherwise receive
3under this Article.
4(Source: P.A. 97-415, eff. 8-16-11; 98-439, eff. 8-16-13;
598-932, eff. 8-15-14.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/7-139.2)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-139.2)
7    Sec. 7-139.2. Validation of service credits. An active
8member of the General Assembly having no service credits or
9creditable service in the Fund, may establish service credit
10and creditable service for periods during which he was an
11employee of a municipality in an elective office and could have
12elected to participate in the Fund but did not so elect.
13Service credits and creditable service may be established by
14payment to the Fund of an amount equal to the contributions he
15would have made if he had elected to participate plus interest
16to the date of payment, together with the applicable
17municipality credits including interest, but the total period
18of such creditable service that may be validated shall not
19exceed 8 years. Payments made to establish such service credit
20must be received by the Board while the member is an active
21participant in the General Assembly Retirement System, except
22that one payment will be permitted after the member terminates
23such service.
24(Source: P.A. 81-1536.)
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-142.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1)
2    Sec. 7-142.1. Sheriff's law enforcement employees.
3    (a) In lieu of the retirement annuity provided by
4subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-142:
5    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
6years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
7prior to January 1, 1988 shall be entitled at his option to
8receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a
9sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2%
10for each year of such service up to 10 years, 2 1/4% for each
11year of such service above 10 years and up to 20 years, and 2
121/2% for each year of such service above 20 years, by his
13annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12.
14    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
15years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on
16or after January 1, 1988 and before July 1, 2004 shall be
17entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
18for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
19computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service up
20to 20 years, 2% for each year of such service above 20 years
21and up to 30 years, and 1% for each year of such service above
2230 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by
2312.
24    Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
25years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on
26or after July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his or her option to

 

 

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1receive a monthly retirement annuity for service as a sheriff's
2law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2.5% for each
3year of such service by his annual final rate of earnings and
4dividing by 12.
5    If a sheriff's law enforcement employee has service in any
6other capacity, his retirement annuity for service as a
7sheriff's law enforcement employee may be computed under this
8Section and the retirement annuity for his other service under
9Section 7-142.
10    In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity for
11persons who retire before July 1, 2004 exceed 75% of the
12monthly final rate of earnings. In no case shall the total
13monthly retirement annuity for persons who retire on or after
14July 1, 2004 exceed 80% of the monthly final rate of earnings.
15    (b) Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected
16in accordance with the provisions of Section 367h of the
17Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the total
18monthly premium for such continued group insurance coverage or
19such portion thereof as is not paid by the municipality shall,
20upon request of the person electing such continued group
21insurance coverage, be deducted from any monthly pension
22benefit otherwise payable to such person pursuant to this
23Section, to be remitted by the Fund to the insurance company or
24other entity providing the group insurance coverage.
25    (c) A sheriff's law enforcement employee who began service
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1Act of the 97th General Assembly and who has service in any
2other capacity may convert up to 10 years of that service into
3service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee by paying to
4the Fund an amount equal to (1) the additional employee
5contribution required under Section 7-173.1, plus (2) the
6additional employer contribution required under Section 7-172,
7plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at the prescribed rate
8from the date of the service to the date of payment.
9Application must be received by the Board while the employee is
10an active participant in the Fund. Payment must be received
11while the member is an active participant, except that one
12payment will be permitted after termination of participation.
13    (d) The changes to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
14made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply
15only to persons in service on or after July 1, 2004. In the
16case of such a person who begins to receive a retirement
17annuity before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1894th General Assembly, the annuity shall be recalculated
19prospectively to reflect those changes, with the resulting
20increase beginning to accrue on the first annuity payment date
21following the effective date of this amendatory Act.
22    (e) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive
23a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or
24before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the
25amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
2Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee
3contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii)
4employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the
5employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend
6not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the
7actuarially assumed rate.
8    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
9the provisions of this subsection (f) apply to a person who
10first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this
11Article on or after January 1, 2011.
12    A sheriff's law enforcement employee age 55 or more who has
1310 or more years of service in that capacity shall be entitled
14at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity for his
15or her service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee computed
16by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service by his or her
17final rate of earnings.
18    The retirement annuity of a sheriff's law enforcement
19employee who is retiring after attaining age 50 with 10 or more
20years of creditable service shall be reduced by one-half of 1%
21for each month that the sheriff's law enforcement employee's
22age is under age 55.
23    The maximum retirement annuity under this subsection (f)
24shall be 75% of final rate of earnings.
25    For the purposes of this subsection (f), "final rate of
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1dividing the total salary of the sheriff's law enforcement
2employee during the 96 consecutive months of service within the
3last 120 months of service in which the total earnings was the
4highest by the number of months of service in that period.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
6beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under this Code
7(including without limitation the calculation of benefits and
8employee contributions), the annual earnings of a sheriff's law
9enforcement employee to whom this Section applies shall not
10include overtime and shall not exceed $106,800; however, that
11amount shall annually thereafter be increased by the lesser of
12(i) 3% of that amount, including all previous adjustments, or
13(ii) one-half the annual unadjusted percentage increase (but
14not less than zero) in the consumer price index-u for the 12
15months ending with the September preceding each November 1,
16including all previous adjustments.
17    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
18the monthly annuity of a person who first becomes a sheriff's
19law enforcement employee under this Article on or after January
201, 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 occurring either on
21or after the attainment of age 60 or the first anniversary of
22the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual
23increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual
24unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
25consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
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1originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual
2unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
3a 12-month period ending in September is zero or, when compared
4with the preceding period, decreases, then the annuity shall
5not be increased.
6    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
7for a person who first becomes a sheriff's law enforcement
8employee under this Article on or after January 1, 2011, the
9annuity to which the surviving spouse, children, or parents are
10entitled under this subsection (h) shall be in the amount of 66
112/3% of the sheriff's law enforcement employee's earned annuity
12at the date of death.
13    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
14the monthly annuity of a survivor of a person who first becomes
15a sheriff's law enforcement employee under this Article on or
16after January 1, 2011 shall be increased on the January 1 after
17attainment of age 60 by the recipient of the survivor's annuity
18and each January 1 thereafter by 3% or one-half the annual
19unadjusted percentage increase in the consumer price index-u
20for the 12 months ending with the September preceding each
21November 1, whichever is less, of the originally granted
22pension. If the annual unadjusted percentage change in the
23consumer price index-u for a 12-month period ending in
24September is zero or, when compared with the preceding period,
25decreases, then the annuity shall not be increased.
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1index-u" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
2Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that
3measures the average change in prices of goods and services
4purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
5all items, 1982-84 = 100. The new amount resulting from each
6annual adjustment shall be determined by the Public Pension
7Division of the Department of Insurance and made available to
8the boards of the pension funds.
9(Source: P.A. 96-961, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1495, eff. 1-1-11;
1097-272, eff. 8-8-11; 97-609, eff. 8-26-11.)
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/7-145.1)
12    Sec. 7-145.1. Alternative annuity for county officers.
13    (a) The benefits provided in this Section and Section
147-145.2 are available only if, prior to the effective date of
15this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the county
16board has filed with the Board of the Fund a resolution or
17ordinance expressly consenting to the availability of these
18benefits for its elected county officers. The county board's
19consent is irrevocable with respect to persons participating in
20the program, but may be revoked at any time with respect to
21persons who have not paid an additional optional contribution
22under this Section before the date of revocation.
23    An elected county officer may elect to establish
24alternative credits for an alternative annuity by electing in
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197th General Assembly to make additional optional
2contributions in accordance with this Section and procedures
3established by the board. These alternative credits are
4available only for periods of service as an elected county
5officer. The elected county officer may discontinue making the
6additional optional contributions by notifying the Fund in
7writing in accordance with this Section and procedures
8established by the board.
9    Additional optional contributions for the alternative
10annuity shall be as follows:
11        (1) For service as an elected county officer after the
12    option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of
13    salary shall be contributed to the Fund on the same basis
14    and under the same conditions as contributions required
15    under Section 7-173.
16        (2) For service as an elected county officer before the
17    option is elected, an additional contribution of 3% of the
18    salary for the applicable period of service, plus interest
19    at the effective rate from the date of service to the date
20    of payment, plus any additional amount required by the
21    county board under paragraph (3). All payments for past
22    service must be paid in full before credit is given.
23    Payment must be received by the Board while the member is
24    an active participant, except that one payment will be
25    permitted after termination of participation.
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1    officer before the option is elected, if payment is made
2    after the county board has filed with the Board of the Fund
3    a resolution or ordinance requiring an additional
4    contribution under this paragraph, then the contribution
5    required under paragraph (2) shall include an amount to be
6    determined by the Fund, equal to the actuarial present
7    value of the additional employer cost that would otherwise
8    result from the alternative credits being established for
9    that service. A county board's resolution or ordinance
10    requiring additional contributions under this paragraph
11    (3) is irrevocable. Payment must be received by the Board
12    while the member is an active participant, except that one
13    payment will be permitted after termination of
14    participation.
15    No additional optional contributions may be made for any
16period of service for which credit has been previously
17forfeited by acceptance of a refund, unless the refund is
18repaid in full with interest at the effective rate from the
19date of refund to the date of repayment.
20    (b) In lieu of the retirement annuity otherwise payable
21under this Article, an elected county officer who (1) has
22elected to participate in the Fund and make additional optional
23contributions in accordance with this Section, (2) has held and
24made additional optional contributions with respect to the same
25elected county office for at least 8 years, and (3) has
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1attained age 50 with at least 20 years of service as a
2sheriff's law enforcement employee) may elect to have his
3retirement annuity computed as follows: 3% of the participant's
4salary for each of the first 8 years of service credit, plus 4%
5of that salary for each of the next 4 years of service credit,
6plus 5% of that salary for each year of service credit in
7excess of 12 years, subject to a maximum of 80% of that salary.
8    This formula applies only to service in an elected county
9office that the officer held for at least 8 years, and only to
10service for which additional optional contributions have been
11paid under this Section. If an elected county officer qualifies
12to have this formula applied to service in more than one
13elected county office, the qualifying service shall be
14accumulated for purposes of determining the applicable accrual
15percentages, but the salary used for each office shall be the
16separate salary calculated for that office, as defined in
17subsection (g).
18    To the extent that the elected county officer has service
19credit that does not qualify for this formula, his retirement
20annuity will first be determined in accordance with this
21formula with respect to the service to which this formula
22applies, and then in accordance with the remaining Sections of
23this Article with respect to the service to which this formula
24does not apply.
25    (c) In lieu of the disability benefits otherwise payable
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1elected to participate in the Fund, and (2) has become
2permanently disabled and as a consequence is unable to perform
3the duties of his office, and (3) was making optional
4contributions in accordance with this Section at the time the
5disability was incurred, may elect to receive a disability
6annuity calculated in accordance with the formula in subsection
7(b). For the purposes of this subsection, an elected county
8officer shall be considered permanently disabled only if: (i)
9disability occurs while in service as an elected county officer
10and is of such a nature as to prevent him from reasonably
11performing the duties of his office at the time; and (ii) the
12board has received a written certification by at least 2
13licensed physicians appointed by it stating that the officer is
14disabled and that the disability is likely to be permanent.
15    (d) Refunds of additional optional contributions shall be
16made on the same basis and under the same conditions as
17provided under Section 7-166, 7-167 and 7-168. Interest shall
18be credited at the effective rate on the same basis and under
19the same conditions as for other contributions.
20    If an elected county officer fails to hold that same
21elected county office for at least 8 years, he or she shall be
22entitled after leaving office to receive a refund of the
23additional optional contributions made with respect to that
24office, plus interest at the effective rate.
25    (e) The plan of optional alternative benefits and
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1county officers and active contributors to the Fund on or after
2November 15, 1994 and elected to establish alternative credit
3before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
4General Assembly. A person who was an elected county officer
5and an active contributor to the Fund on November 15, 1994 but
6is no longer an active contributor may apply to make additional
7optional contributions under this Section at any time within 90
8days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
9if the person is an annuitant, the resulting increase in
10annuity shall begin to accrue on the first day of the month
11following the month in which the required payment is received
12by the Fund.
13    (f) For the purposes of this Section and Section 7-145.2,
14the terms "elected county officer" and "elected county office"
15include, but are not limited to: (1) the county clerk,
16recorder, treasurer, coroner, assessor (if elected), auditor,
17sheriff, and State's Attorney; members of the county board; and
18the clerk of the circuit court; and (2) a person who has been
19appointed to fill a vacancy in an office that is normally
20filled by election on a countywide basis, for the duration of
21his or her service in that office. The terms "elected county
22officer" and "elected county office" do not include any officer
23or office of a county that has not consented to the
24availability of benefits under this Section and Section
257-145.2.
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1the term "salary" means the final rate of earnings for the
2elected county office held, calculated in a manner consistent
3with Section 7-116, but for that office only. If an elected
4county officer qualifies to have the formula in subsection (b)
5applied to service in more than one elected county office, a
6separate salary shall be calculated and applied with respect to
7each such office.
8    (h) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
9of the 91st General Assembly apply to persons who first make an
10additional optional contribution under this Section on or after
11the effective date of this amendatory Act.
12    (i) Any elected county officer who was entitled to receive
13a stipend from the State on or after July 1, 2009 and on or
14before June 30, 2010 may establish earnings credit for the
15amount of stipend not received, if the elected county official
16applies in writing to the fund within 6 months after the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
18Assembly and pays to the fund an amount equal to (i) employee
19contributions on the amount of stipend not received, (ii)
20employer contributions determined by the Board equal to the
21employer's normal cost of the benefit on the amount of stipend
22not received, plus (iii) interest on items (i) and (ii) at the
23actuarially assumed rate.
24(Source: P.A. 96-961, eff. 7-2-10; 97-272, eff. 8-8-11; 97-609,
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1    (40 ILCS 5/7-169)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169)
2    Sec. 7-169. Separation benefits; repayments.
3    (a) If an employee who has received a separation benefit
4subsequently becomes a participating employee, and renders at
5least 2 years of contributing service from the date of such
6re-entry, he may pay to the fund the amount of the separation
7benefit, plus interest at the effective rate for each year from
8the date of payment of the separation benefit to the date of
9repayment. Upon payment his creditable service shall be
10reinstated and the payment shall be credited to his account as
11normal contributions. Application must be received by the Board
12while the employee is an active participant in the Fund or a
13reciprocal retirement system. Payment must be received while
14the member is an active participant, except that one payment
15will be permitted after termination of participation in the
16Fund or a reciprocal retirement system.
17     (b) Beginning July 1, 2004, the requirement of returning
18to service for at least 2 years does not apply to persons who
19return to service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee. This
20subsection applies only to persons in service on or after July
211, 2004. In the case of such a person who begins to receive a
22retirement annuity before the effective date of this amendatory
23Act of the 94th General Assembly, the annuity shall be
24recalculated prospectively to reflect any credits reinstated
25as a result of this subsection, with the resulting increase in
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1following the effective date of this amendatory Act, but not
2earlier than the date the repayment is received by the Fund.
3(Source: P.A. 94-712, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.