96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0505


 
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. David E. Miller
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:









  



40 ILCS 5/14-110
 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110



40 ILCS 5/14-152.2











 Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides
the alternative (State police) retirement formula for certain automotive
mechanics employed by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority who
are assigned to retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or
tollways and certain sign hangers employed by the Department of Transportation. In provisions concerning the alternative retirement formula, removes references to obsolete job designations of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Includes language concerning new benefit increases. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


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 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.


2
 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3
represented in the General Assembly:


4
 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing

5
Sections 14-110 and 14-152.2 as follows:





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 (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)


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 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity. 

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 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less 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member who has withdrawn from service with not 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 
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retirement annuity
computed as follows:


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  (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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 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.

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 (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:


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  (1) State policeman;


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  (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a 
25
 department;


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  (3) air pilot;


 


 






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  (4) special agent;


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  (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;


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  (6) conservation police officer;


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  (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;


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  (8) security employee of the Department of Human 
6
 Services;


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  (9) Central Management Services security police 
8
 officer;


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  (10) security employee of the Department of 
10
 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;


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  (11) dangerous drugs investigator;


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  (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;


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  (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney 
14
 General;


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  (14) controlled substance inspector;


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  (15) investigator for the Office of the State's 
17
 Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;


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  (16) Commerce Commission police officer;


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  (17) arson investigator;


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  (18) State highway maintenance worker; .

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  (19) automotive mechanic.

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 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 
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basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law 
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Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
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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.

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 (c) For the purposes of this Section:


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  (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.


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  (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.


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  (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.


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  (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
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 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.


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  (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any 
26
 person employed
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 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
  (8) The term "security employee of the Department of 
15
 Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department 
16
 of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental 
17
 Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents 
18
 thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a 
19
 facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact 
20
 with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed 
21
 at a facility operated by the Department
that includes a 
22
 security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least

23
 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, 
24
 or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health 
25
 police officer" means any person employed by the Department 
26
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 Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities 
2
 functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as 
3
 render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social 
4
 Security
Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 
5
 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that
Act. "Security unit" 
6
 means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the 
7
 care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to 
8
 the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent 
9
 persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not 
10
 guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past 
11
 employment,
references to the Department of Human Services 
12
 include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health 
13
 and Developmental Disabilities.


14
  The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public 
15
 Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January 
16
 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.


17
  (9) "Central Management Services security police 
18
 officer" means any
person employed by the Department of 
19
 Central Management Services who is
vested with such law 
20
 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage 
21
 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections 
22
 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.


23
  (10) For a member who first became an employee under 
24
 this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security 
25
 employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department 
26
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 of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the 
2
 former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee 
3
 of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with 
4
 inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility 
5
 or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile 
6
 Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has

7
 direct contact with committed persons in the performance of 
8
 his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an 
9
 employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the 
10
 term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or 
11
 the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the 
12
 following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional 
13
 facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of 
14
 Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of 
15
 the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence 
16
 unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an 
17
 investigator.


18
  (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any 
19
 person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human 
20
 Services.


21
  (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State 
22
 Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State 
23
 Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic 
24
 Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement 
25
 powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the

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 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.


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  (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney 
3
 General" means any
person who is employed as such by the 
4
 Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such 
5
 investigative 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. For 
8
 the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all 
9
 persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of 
10
 the Attorney General, without regard to social security 
11
 status.


12
  (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person 
13
 who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional 
14
 Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties 
15
 as render him 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. The term 
18
 "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program

19
 Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program 
20
 Executive of Enforcement.


21
  (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the 
22
 State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person 
23
 employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the 
24
 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys

25
 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.


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 person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is 
2
 vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him 
3
 ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by 
4
 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and

5
 218(l)(1) of that Act.


6
  (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is 
7
 employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal 
8
 and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render 
9
 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. A person who was 
12
 employed as an arson
investigator on January 1, 1995 and is 
13
 no longer in service but not yet
receiving a retirement 
14
 annuity may convert his or her creditable service for

15
 employment as an arson investigator into eligible 
16
 creditable service by paying
to the System the difference 
17
 between the employee contributions actually paid
for that 
18
 service and the amounts that would have been contributed if 
19
 the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to 
20
 persons with the same
social security status earning 
21
 eligible creditable service on the date of
application.


22
  (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means 
23
 a person who is
either of the following:


24
   (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the 
25
 Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position 
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 worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy 
2
 construction equipment operator,
power shovel 
3
 operator, sign hanger, sign hanger foreman, or
bridge 
4
 mechanic; and
whose principal responsibility is to 
5
 perform, on the roadway, the actual
maintenance 
6
 necessary to keep the highways that form a part of the 
7
 State
highway system in serviceable condition for 
8
 vehicular traffic.


9
   (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the 
10
 Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position 
11
 of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment 
12
 operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,

13
 mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,

14
 water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger 
15
 H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,

16
 roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,

17
 painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal 
18
 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the 
19
 actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's 
20
 tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular 
21
 traffic.

22
  The changes to paragraph (i) of this item (18) made by 
23
 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly apply 
24
 without regard to whether the member was in service on or 
25
 after its effective date, but do not entitle any person to 
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 granted. 
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  (19) The term "automotive mechanic" means a person who 
3
 is employed
as such on a full-time basis by the Illinois 
4
 State Toll Highway Authority
and who is assigned to 
5
 retrieve or repair
State vehicles on State highways or 
6
 tollways.

7
 (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or 
8
the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of 
9
the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health 
10
police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative 
11
retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she 
12
meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the 
13
time of retirement:


14
  (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; 
15
 or


16
  (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible 
17
 creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible 
18
 creditable service and age 55; or


19
  (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible 
20
 creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible 
21
 creditable service and age 55; or


22
  (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible 
23
 creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible 
24
 creditable service and age 55; or


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  (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible 
26
 creditable service
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 creditable service and age 55; or


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  (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible 
3
 creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible 
4
 creditable service and age 55.

5
 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this 
6
Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of 
7
Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the 
8
Department
of Human Services in a position requiring 
9
certification as a teacher may
count such service toward 
10
establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements 
11
of this Section; but such service may be used only for

12
establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of 
13
increasing or
calculating any benefit.

14
 (e) If a member enters military service while working in a 
15
position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, 
16
and returns to State
service in the same or another such 
17
position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions 
18
prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, 
19
such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable

20
service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed 
21
in this Section.

22
 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under 
23
this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, 
24
1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the 
25
position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental 
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State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered 
2
employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior 
3
to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the 
4
employee
contributions that would have been required for such 
5
service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee 
6
contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after 
7
July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item 
8
(1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.

9
 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under 
10
this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, 
11
1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the 
12
position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be 
13
deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided 
14
that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an 
15
amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee 
16
contributions
that would have been required for such service as 
17
a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions 
18
actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, 
19
1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from 
20
the date of service to the date of payment.

21
 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, 
22
1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 
23
years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing 
24
a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an 
25
amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the 
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contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, 
2
and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such 
3
contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State 
4
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for 
5
each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the 
6
date of payment.

7
 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 
8
policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish 
9
eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service 
10
as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by 
11
filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by 
12
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to 
13
(i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer 
14
contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 
15
and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those 
16
contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State 
17
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for 
18
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the

19
date of payment.

20
 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 
21
policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect 
22
to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of 
23
his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written 
24
election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and 
25
paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be

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the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred 
2
to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would 
3
have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the 
4
rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon 
5
at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from 
6
the date of service to the date of payment.

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

21
 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State 
22
policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for 
23
the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible 
24
creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police 
25
officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a 
26
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the county police department under Article 9, or a police 
2
officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the 
3
Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by 
4
the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between the amount of 
5
employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System 
6
under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 
7
and the amounts that would have been contributed had such

8
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State 
9
policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for 
10
each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the 
11
date of payment.
12
 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service 
13
established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), 
14
and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.

15
 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an 
16
investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate 
17
Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to

18
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his 
19
service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law 
20
enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written 
21
election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to 
22
be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between 
23
the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred 
24
to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts

25
that would have been contributed had such contributions been 
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interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, 
2
compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of 
3
payment.

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 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this 
5
Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish 
6
eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time 
7
law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer 
8
employed by the federal government or by a state or local

9
government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not 
10
held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement 
11
system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a 
12
written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, 
13
accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board 
14
and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal 
15
to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, 
16
based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an 
17
alternative formula employee after the employment
for which 
18
credit is being established and the rates then applicable to

19
alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by 
20
the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits 
21
accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular 
22
interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day 
23
as an alternative formula employee after the employment for 
24
which
credit is being established to the date of payment.

25
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than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for 
2
up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under 
3
Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,

4
accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the 
5
Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of 
6
employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System 
7
under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been 
8
contributed had such contributions been made at the rates 
9
applicable
to security employees of the Department of 
10
Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate 
11
for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to 
12
the date of payment.

13
 (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this 
14
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) 
15
security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice 
16
employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective 
17
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and 
18
transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this 
19
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons 
20
employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the 
21
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General 
22
Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 
23
of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or 
24
advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a 
25
specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, 
26
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case of persons who provide vocational training, who are 
2
required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they 
3
are providing the vocational training.

4
(Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-530, 
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eff. 8-28-07.)


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 (40 ILCS 5/14-152.2)

7
 Sec. 14-152.2. New benefit increases. 
8
 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the 
9
amendment to Section 14-104 made by Public Act 95-652 this 
10
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly that allows members 
11
to establish creditable service for certain participation in 
12
the University of Illinois Government Public Service 
13
Internship Program (GPSI) constitutes a new benefit increase 
14
within the meaning of Section 14-152.1. Funding for this new 
15
benefit increase will be provided by additional employee 
16
contributions under subsection (r) of Section 14-104.

17
 (b) The General Assembly finds and declares that the 
18
amendment to Section 14-110 made by this amendatory Act of the 
19
96th General Assembly that provides the alternative formula to 
20
automotive mechanics employed by the Illinois State Toll 
21
Highway Authority who
are assigned to retrieve or repair State 
22
vehicles on State highways or
tollways and certain sign hangers 
23
employed by the Department of Transportation constitutes a new 
24
benefit increase within the meaning of Section 14-152.1. This 
25
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date of this amendatory Act. Funding for this new benefit 
2
increase will be provided by additional employee contributions 
3
under Section 14-133.
4
(Source: P.A. 95-652, eff. 10-11-07.)


5
 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6