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92_HB6053
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1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 6. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
5 changing Section 14-105 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/14-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105)
7 Sec. 14-105. Service credit for which contributions are
8 not required.
9 (a) Each employee in service on December 31, 1943, or
10 then on leave of absence not in conflict with Civil Service
11 rules, if such leave had not extended for more than one year
12 continuously, or who is otherwise entitled to prior service
13 credit, who becomes a member shall file with the board on a
14 form supplied by it, a detailed statement of all service
15 rendered prior to January 1, 1944, for which credit is
16 claimed.
17 Upon verification thereof, the board shall issue a prior
18 service certificate certifying length of prior service. A
19 prior service certificate shall be conclusive so long as
20 membership continues, provided, that a member may, within one
21 year from the date of original issuance of the certificate or
22 modification thereof, request the board to modify or correct
23 the certificate.
24 When membership ceases, a prior service certificate shall
25 become void, and shall be revived only under the conditions
26 specified in this Article.
27 In the computation of prior service, the following
28 schedule shall govern: 9 months of service or more during any
29 fiscal year constitutes a year of service; 6 to 9 months, 3/4
30 of a year; 3 to 6 months, 1/2 year; less than 3 months shall
31 not be considered. Credit shall not be allowed for any
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1 period of absence without compensation or for less than 15
2 days service in any month, nor shall more than one year of
3 service be creditable for all service rendered in any one
4 fiscal year.
5 (b) Any member shall receive credit for military service
6 provided all of the following conditions are met:
7 (1) the member was a State employee within 6 months
8 immediately prior to entry into military service;
9 (2) the member returns as a State employee within
10 15 months after his unconditional discharge other than by
11 dishonorable discharge; and
12 (3) the member establishes creditable service for
13 State employment immediately prior to and following the
14 military service.
15 The total amount of creditable military service for any
16 member during his entire term of service shall not exceed 5
17 years in the aggregate, except that any member who on July 1,
18 1963, had accrued more than 5 years of such credit shall be
19 entitled to the total amount of such accrued credit.
20 (c) Any active member of the System who (1) was earning
21 eligible creditable service under subdivision (b)(12) of
22 Section 14-110 on January 1, 1992, and (2) has at least 17
23 years of creditable service under Article 5, and (3) is
24 eligible to transfer that creditable service to this System
25 under subsection (c) of Section 5-236 of this Code, and (4)
26 applies in writing for transfer of that creditable service to
27 this System within 30 days after the effective date of this
28 amendatory Act of 1993, shall receive eligible creditable
29 service in this System for that creditable service upon
30 receipt by this System of the amounts transferred under
31 Section 5-236. No additional contributions shall be required
32 for the transferred service.
33 (d) Any active member of the system who (1) was earning
34 eligible creditable service under subdivision (b)(5) of
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1 Section 14-110 on January 1, 1992, and (2) has no more than 7
2 years of creditable service as a municipal conservator of the
3 peace under Article 7, and (3) is eligible to transfer that
4 creditable service to this System under subsection (a) of
5 Section 7-139.7 of this Code, and (4) makes written
6 notification to this System by January 31, 1994, shall
7 receive eligible creditable service in this System for that
8 service upon receipt by this System of the amounts
9 transferred under Section 7-139.7. No additional
10 contributions shall be required for the transferred service.
11 (e) Any member may establish creditable service and
12 earnings credit for a period of up to 5 days of involuntary
13 furlough or involuntary short layoff, beginning on or after
14 January 1, 2002 and ending before July 1, 2002, that is
15 imposed as a means of addressing a State fiscal emergency.
16 To receive this credit, the member must apply in writing to
17 the System or the member's employer before July 1, 2005. No
18 additional contribution is required for this credit.
19 (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.