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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2365 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Makes changes concerning transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund. Amends the General Assembly, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires each State-funded retirement system that does not already have a self-managed plan to
establish and maintain one. Authorizes participants to irrevocably elect to participate in such a plan. Provides that, for the purpose of calculating traditional benefit package benefits and contributions, the annual salary of a participant may not, except under certain circumstances, exceed certain limits. Requires participation in the self-managed plan to the extent that a participant's salary exceeds the salary cap. Revises the schedule of contributions for participants. Shifts a portion of the employer contributions for downstate teachers and university employees from the State to the actual employer. Authorizes the boards of trustees of each of these retirement systems to triennially recalculate the normal cost of benefit plans that they offer. Defines "traditional benefit package" and "self-managed plan". Changes the formula for calculating the minimum required State contribution
to these systems. Provides that the State is contractually obligated to pay the annual required State contribution to these retirement systems. Contains provisions requiring these retirement systems to bring a mandamus action to compel payment of the required State contribution. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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1 | | AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 3. The Budget Stabilization Act is amended by |
5 | | changing Sections 20 and 25 as follows:
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6 | | (30 ILCS 122/20) |
7 | | Sec. 20. Pension Stabilization Fund. |
8 | | (a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a |
9 | | special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be |
10 | | used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated |
11 | | retirement systems as provided in Section 25.
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12 | | (b) For each fiscal year when the General Assembly's
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13 | | appropriations and transfers or diversions as required by law
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14 | | from general funds do not exceed 99% of the
estimated general |
15 | | funds revenues pursuant to subsection (a)
of Section 10, the |
16 | | Comptroller shall transfer from the
General Revenue Fund as |
17 | | provided by this Section a total
amount equal to 0.5% of the |
18 | | estimated general funds revenues
to the Pension Stabilization |
19 | | Fund. |
20 | | (c) For each fiscal year through Fiscal Year 2013, when the |
21 | | General Assembly's
appropriations and transfers or diversions |
22 | | as required by law
from general funds do not exceed 98% of the
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23 | | estimated general funds revenues pursuant to subsection (b)
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1 | | Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer from the
General |
2 | | Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a total
amount equal |
3 | | to 1.0% of the estimated general funds revenues
to the Pension |
4 | | Stabilization Fund. |
5 | | (c-5) In Fiscal Year 2014, the State Comptroller shall |
6 | | order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer |
7 | | $4,600,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension |
8 | | Stabilization Fund. In each fiscal year thereafter, the State |
9 | | Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer |
10 | | shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension |
11 | | Stabilization Fund the amount transferred under this |
12 | | subsection (c-5) in the previous fiscal year increased by 2.5%. |
13 | | (c-10) In addition, in Fiscal Year 2016 and each fiscal |
14 | | year thereafter, the State Comptroller shall order transferred |
15 | | and the State Treasurer shall transfer $693,500,000 from the |
16 | | General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund. |
17 | | (c-15) In addition, in Fiscal Year 2020 and each fiscal |
18 | | year thereafter, the State Comptroller shall order transferred |
19 | | and the State Treasurer shall transfer $900,000,000 from the |
20 | | General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund. |
21 | | (c-20) In addition, in Fiscal Year 2034 and each fiscal |
22 | | year thereafter, the State Comptroller shall order transferred |
23 | | and the State Treasurer shall transfer $1,100,000,000 from the |
24 | | General Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund. |
25 | | (c-25) The transfers made pursuant to subsections (c-5) |
26 | | through (c-20) of this Section shall continue until Fiscal Year |
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1 | | 2045 or until each of the designated retirement systems, as |
2 | | defined in Section 25, has achieved a funding ratio of at least |
3 | | 100%, whichever occurs first. |
4 | | (d) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total
amount |
5 | | to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section
into the |
6 | | Pension Stabilization Fund on the first day of each
month of |
7 | | that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible; except that |
8 | | the final transfer of the fiscal year shall be made as soon as |
9 | | practical after the August 31 following the end of the fiscal |
10 | | year. |
11 | | Until Fiscal Year 2014, before Before the final transfer |
12 | | for a fiscal year is made, the Comptroller shall reconcile the |
13 | | estimated general funds revenues used in calculating the other |
14 | | transfers under this Section for that fiscal year with the |
15 | | actual general funds revenues for that fiscal year. The
final |
16 | | transfer for the fiscal year shall be adjusted so that the
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17 | | total amount transferred under this Section for that fiscal |
18 | | year is equal to the percentage specified in subsection
(b) or |
19 | | (c) of this Section, whichever is applicable, of the actual
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20 | | general funds revenues for that fiscal year. The actual general |
21 | | funds revenues for the fiscal year shall be calculated in a |
22 | | manner consistent with subsection (c) of
Section 10 of this |
23 | | Act.
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24 | | (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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25 | | (30 ILCS 122/25)
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1 | | Sec. 25. Transfers from the Pension Stabilization Fund. |
2 | | (a) As used in this Section, "designated retirement |
3 | | systems" means: |
4 | | (1) the State Employees' Retirement System of
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5 | | Illinois; |
6 | | (2) the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
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7 | | Illinois; |
8 | | (3) the State Universities Retirement System; |
9 | | (4) the Judges Retirement System of Illinois; and |
10 | | (5) the General Assembly Retirement System. |
11 | | (b) As soon as may be practical after any money is |
12 | | deposited into the Pension Stabilization Fund, the State |
13 | | Comptroller shall apportion the deposited amount among the |
14 | | designated retirement systems and the State Comptroller and |
15 | | State Treasurer shall pay the apportioned amounts to the |
16 | | designated retirement systems. The amount deposited shall be |
17 | | apportioned among the designated retirement systems in |
18 | | proportion to their respective certified State contributions |
19 | | for the State fiscal year in which the payment is made to those |
20 | | systems in the same proportion as their respective portions of |
21 | | the
total actuarial reserve deficiency of the designated |
22 | | retirement systems, as most
recently determined by the |
23 | | Governor's Office of Management and
Budget . Amounts received by |
24 | | a designated retirement system under this Section shall be used |
25 | | for funding the unfunded liabilities of the retirement system. |
26 | | Payments under this Section are authorized by the continuing |
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1 | | appropriation under Section 1.7 of the State Pension Funds |
2 | | Continuing Appropriation Act. The total amount transferred to |
3 | | the designated retirement systems in Fiscal Year 2014 shall not |
4 | | be less than $4,600,000,000. In each Fiscal Year thereafter, |
5 | | the total amount transferred to the designated retirement |
6 | | systems shall not be less than the total amount transferred in |
7 | | the previous fiscal year. |
8 | | (c) At the request of the State Comptroller, the Governor's |
9 | | Office of Management and Budget shall
determine the individual |
10 | | and total actuarial reserve deficiencies of the
designated |
11 | | retirement systems. For this purpose, the
Governor's Office of |
12 | | Management and Budget shall consider the
latest available audit |
13 | | and actuarial reports of each of the
retirement systems and the |
14 | | relevant reports and statistics of
the Public Pension Division |
15 | | of the Department of
Financial and Professional Regulation. |
16 | | (d) Payments to the designated retirement systems under |
17 | | this Section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any |
18 | | State contributions required under Section 2-124, 14-131, |
19 | | 15-155, 16-158, or 18-131 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
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21 | | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by adding |
22 | | Sections 2-103.1, 2-103.2, 2-108.2, 2-126.2, 2-134.1, |
23 | | 14-103.12a, 14-103.40, 14-103.41, 14-133.2, 14-135.08a, |
24 | | 15-112.1, 15-165.1, 16-121.1, 16-122.2, 16-122.3, 16-158.2, |
25 | | 16-181.4, 18-111.1, 18-118.1, 18-118.2, 18-133.2, and 18-140.1 |
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1 | | and by changing Sections 2-124, 2-126, 14-103.10, 14-131, |
2 | | 14-133, 15-111, 15-155, 15-157, 15-158.2, 16-121, 16-152, |
3 | | 16-158, 18-131, and 18-133 as follows:
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4 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new)
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5 | | Sec. 2-103.1. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional |
6 | | benefit
package" means the defined benefit retirement program |
7 | | maintained by the System, which
includes retirement annuities |
8 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
9 | | 2-119, 2-119.01, 2-119.1, and 2-120; survivor's annuities |
10 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
11 | | 2-121, 2-121.1, 2-121.2, and 2-121.3; and contribution |
12 | | refunds, as provided in Section
2-123.
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13 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-103.2 new)
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14 | | Sec. 2-103.2. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan" means |
15 | | the defined
contribution retirement program maintained by the |
16 | | System, as described in
Section 2-126.2. The self-managed plan |
17 | | does not
include retirement annuities or survivor's benefits
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18 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections |
19 | | 2-119, 2-119.01, 2-119.1, 2-120, 2-121, 2-121.1, 2-121.2, and |
20 | | 2-121.3 or refunds determined under Section 2-123.
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21 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-108.2 new) |
22 | | Sec. 2-108.2. Limitation on salary. For the purpose of |
23 | | calculating traditional benefit package benefits and |
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1 | | contributions, the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a |
2 | | participant shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount |
3 | | specified under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 or (ii) the |
4 | | annual salary of the participant during the 365 days |
5 | | immediately before the effective date of this Section.
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6 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-124)
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7 | | Sec. 2-124. Contributions by State.
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8 | | (a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
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9 | | appropriations of amounts which, together with the |
10 | | contributions of
participants, interest earned on investments, |
11 | | and other income
will meet the cost of maintaining and |
12 | | administering the System on a 100% 90%
funded basis in |
13 | | accordance with actuarial recommendations.
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14 | | (b) The Board shall determine the amount of State
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15 | | contributions required for each fiscal year on the basis of the
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16 | | actuarial tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and |
17 | | the
prescribed rate of interest, using the formula in |
18 | | subsection (c).
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19 | | (c) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum |
20 | | contribution
to the System to be made by the State for each |
21 | | fiscal year shall be an amount
determined by the System to be |
22 | | sufficient to bring the total assets of the
System up to 100% |
23 | | 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end |
24 | | of
State fiscal year 2045. |
25 | | Pursuant to Article XIII of the 1970 Constitution of the |
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1 | | State of Illinois, beginning on July 1, 2013, the State shall, |
2 | | as a retirement benefit to each participant and annuitant of |
3 | | the System be contractually obligated to the System (as a |
4 | | fiduciary and trustee of the participants and annuitants) to |
5 | | pay the Annual Required State Contribution, as determined by |
6 | | the Board of the System using generally accepted actuarial |
7 | | principles, as is necessary to bring the total assets of the |
8 | | System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the |
9 | | System by fiscal year 2045. As a further retirement benefit and |
10 | | contractual obligation, each fiscal year, the State shall pay |
11 | | to each designated retirement system the Annual Required State |
12 | | Contribution certified by the Board for that fiscal year. |
13 | | Payments of the Annual Required State Contribution for each |
14 | | fiscal year shall be made in equal monthly installments. This |
15 | | Section, and the security it provides to participants and |
16 | | annuitants is intended to be, and is, a contractual right that |
17 | | is part of the pension benefits provided to the participants |
18 | | and annuitants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the |
19 | | Court of Claims Act or any other law, a designated retirement |
20 | | system has the exclusive right to and shall bring a Mandamus |
21 | | action in the Circuit Court of Champaign County against the |
22 | | State to compel the State to make any installment of the Annual |
23 | | Required State Contribution required by this Section, |
24 | | irrespective of other remedies that may be available to the |
25 | | System. Each member or annuitant of the System has the right to |
26 | | bring a Mandamus action against the System in the Circuit Court |
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1 | | in any judicial district in which the System maintains an |
2 | | office if the System fails to bring an action specified in this |
3 | | Section, irrespective of other remedies that may be available |
4 | | to the member or annuitant. In making these determinations, the |
5 | | required State
contribution shall be calculated each year as a |
6 | | level percentage of payroll
over the years remaining to and |
7 | | including fiscal year 2045 and shall be
determined under the |
8 | | projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
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9 | | For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State |
10 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
11 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
12 | | so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is contributing at |
13 | | the rate required under this Section.
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14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
15 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is |
16 | | $4,157,000.
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17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
18 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is |
19 | | $5,220,300.
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20 | | For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State |
21 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
22 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
23 | | from the required State contribution for State fiscal year |
24 | | 2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is |
25 | | contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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26 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
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1 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is |
2 | | $10,454,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold |
3 | | in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General |
4 | | Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale |
5 | | expenses determined by the System's share of total bond |
6 | | proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue |
7 | | Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond |
8 | | proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if |
9 | | applicable. |
10 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
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11 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
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12 | | the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011 |
13 | | pursuant to Section 2-134 and shall be made from the proceeds |
14 | | of bonds sold
in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of |
15 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of |
16 | | bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total |
17 | | bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General |
18 | | Revenue
Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in |
19 | | bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
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20 | | applicable. |
21 | | Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State |
22 | | contribution for
each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to |
23 | | maintain the total assets of
the System at 100% 90% of the |
24 | | total actuarial liabilities of the System.
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25 | | Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of |
26 | | the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State |
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1 | | Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not |
2 | | constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State |
3 | | contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year. |
4 | | Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the |
5 | | calculation of, the required State contributions under this |
6 | | Article in any future year until the System has reached a |
7 | | funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to |
8 | | the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar |
9 | | term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the |
10 | | System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
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11 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
12 | | required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for |
13 | | fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as
calculated |
14 | | under this Section and
certified under Section 2-134, shall not |
15 | | exceed an amount equal to (i) the
amount of the required State |
16 | | contribution that would have been calculated under
this Section |
17 | | for that fiscal year if the System had not received any |
18 | | payments
under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General |
19 | | Obligation Bond Act, minus
(ii) the portion of the State's |
20 | | total debt service payments for that fiscal
year on the bonds |
21 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section |
22 | | 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is |
23 | | the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys |
24 | | distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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25 | | Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State |
26 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to |
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1 | | in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the |
2 | | applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated |
3 | | from the sum of the required State contribution for State |
4 | | fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's |
5 | | total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds |
6 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of |
7 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year |
8 | | 2011, the
State is contributing at the rate otherwise required |
9 | | under this Section.
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10 | | (d) For purposes of determining the required State |
11 | | contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets |
12 | | shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets, |
13 | | which shall be calculated as follows: |
14 | | As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's |
15 | | assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of |
16 | | that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's |
17 | | assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial |
18 | | gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal |
19 | | year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the |
20 | | 5-year period following that fiscal year. |
21 | | (e) For purposes of determining the required State |
22 | | contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial |
23 | | value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal |
24 | | to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return. |
25 | | (Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; |
26 | | 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-813, eff. |
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1 | | 7-13-12.)
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2 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-126) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-126)
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3 | | Sec. 2-126. Contributions by participants.
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4 | | (a) Each participant shall contribute toward the cost of |
5 | | his or her
retirement annuity a percentage of each payment of |
6 | | salary received by him or
her for service as a member as |
7 | | follows: for service between October 31, 1947
and January 1, |
8 | | 1959, 5%; for service between January 1, 1959 and June 30, |
9 | | 1969,
6%; for service between July 1, 1969 and January 10, |
10 | | 1973, 6 1/2%; for service
after January 10, 1973, 7%; for |
11 | | service after December 31, 1981, 8 1/2%.
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12 | | (b) Beginning August 2, 1949, each male participant, and |
13 | | from July 1,
1971, each female participant shall contribute |
14 | | towards the cost of the
survivor's annuity 2% of salary.
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15 | | A participant who has no eligible survivor's annuity |
16 | | beneficiary may elect
to cease making contributions for |
17 | | survivor's annuity under this subsection.
A survivor's annuity |
18 | | shall not be payable upon the death of a person who has
made |
19 | | this election, unless prior to that death the election has been |
20 | | revoked
and the amount of the contributions that would have |
21 | | been paid under this
subsection in the absence of the election |
22 | | is paid to the System, together
with interest at the rate of 4% |
23 | | per year from the date the contributions
would have been made |
24 | | to the date of payment.
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25 | | (c) Beginning July 1, 1967, each participant shall |
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1 | | contribute 1% of
salary towards the cost of automatic increase |
2 | | in annuity provided in
Section 2-119.1. These contributions |
3 | | shall be made concurrently with
contributions for retirement |
4 | | annuity purposes.
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5 | | (d) In addition, each participant serving as an officer of |
6 | | the General
Assembly shall contribute, for the same purposes |
7 | | and at the same rates
as are required of a regular participant, |
8 | | on each additional payment
received as an officer. If the |
9 | | participant serves as an
officer for at least 2 but less than 4 |
10 | | years, he or she shall
contribute an amount equal to the amount |
11 | | that would have been contributed
had the participant served as |
12 | | an officer for 4 years. Persons who serve
as officers in the |
13 | | 87th General Assembly but cannot receive the additional
payment |
14 | | to officers because of the ban on increases in salary during |
15 | | their
terms may nonetheless make contributions based on those |
16 | | additional payments
for the purpose of having the additional |
17 | | payments included in their highest
salary for annuity purposes; |
18 | | however, persons electing to make these
additional |
19 | | contributions must also pay an amount representing the
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20 | | corresponding employer contributions, as calculated by the |
21 | | System.
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22 | | (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, |
23 | | the required contribution of a participant who first becomes a |
24 | | participant on or after January 1, 2011 shall not exceed the |
25 | | contribution that would be due under this Article if that |
26 | | participant's highest salary for annuity purposes were |
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1 | | $106,800, plus any increases in that amount under Section |
2 | | 2-108.1. |
3 | | (e-1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
4 | | contrary, (i) for a participant who does not file an election |
5 | | under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-126.2, any contributions on |
6 | | amounts of salary in excess of the amount specified under |
7 | | Section 2-108.2 for that year shall instead be used to finance |
8 | | self-managed plan benefits and (ii) for a participant who files |
9 | | an election under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-126.2, any |
10 | | contributions made after the date of the election, including |
11 | | the contributions for a survivor's annuity, shall be used to |
12 | | finance the benefits under Section 2-126.2. Notwithstanding |
13 | | any provision of this Code to the contrary, a participant who |
14 | | does not file an election under subsection (a-5) of Section |
15 | | 2-126.2 shall contribute toward the traditional benefit |
16 | | package a percentage of salary equal to the greater of (i) |
17 | | one-half of the normal cost of the traditional benefit package |
18 | | or (ii) 6% of salary.
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19 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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20 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-126.2 new)
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21 | | Sec. 2-126.2. Self-managed plan. |
22 | | (a) The General Assembly Retirement System must
establish |
23 | | and administer a self-managed plan that shall offer |
24 | | participants the opportunity to accumulate assets for |
25 | | retirement through a
combination of participant and State |
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1 | | contributions that may be invested in
mutual funds, collective |
2 | | investment funds, or other investment products and
used to |
3 | | purchase annuity contracts, that are fixed, variable, or a |
4 | | combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified |
5 | | under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
6 | | The General Assembly Retirement System shall be the plan |
7 | | sponsor for the
self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan |
8 | | document and adopt any rules
and procedures that are considered |
9 | | necessary or desirable for the administration
of the |
10 | | self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
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11 | | participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the |
12 | | Board of Trustees
of the System may delegate aspects of plan |
13 | | administration as it sees fit to
companies authorized to do |
14 | | business in this State.
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15 | | (a-5) A participant may file an irrevocable election to |
16 | | transfer to the self-managed plan an amount equal to the |
17 | | participant's total contributions under the traditional |
18 | | benefit package, with interest. By filing the election, a |
19 | | participant forfeits all accrued rights and benefits under the |
20 | | traditional benefit package. |
21 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, (i) |
22 | | for a participant who does not file an election under |
23 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, any portion of his or her |
24 | | salary that exceeds the amount specified in Section 2-108.2 for |
25 | | that year shall be subject to the self-managed plan and (ii) |
26 | | for a participant who files an election under subsection (a-5) |
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1 | | of this Section, the entirety of the participant's salary |
2 | | shall, after the date of the election, be subject to the |
3 | | self-managed plan created under this Section. |
4 | | (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
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5 | | administrative services and funding vehicles for the |
6 | | self-managed plan from
insurance and annuity companies and |
7 | | mutual fund companies, banks, trust
companies, or other |
8 | | financial institutions authorized to do business in this
State. |
9 | | In reviewing the proposals received and approving and |
10 | | contracting with
no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies, |
11 | | the Board of Trustees of the System shall
consider, among other |
12 | | things, the following criteria:
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13 | | (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be |
14 | | provided
to the participants;
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15 | | (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to |
16 | | the premium
charged;
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17 | | (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
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18 | | interests of the participants and the State; and |
19 | | (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits |
20 | | under the contract and
the financial stability of the |
21 | | company.
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22 | | The System shall periodically review
each approved |
23 | | company. A company may continue to provide administrative
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24 | | services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so |
25 | | long as
it continues to be an approved company under contract |
26 | | with the Board.
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1 | | In addition to the companies approved by the System under |
2 | | this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an |
3 | | investment fund managed by the Illinois State Board of |
4 | | Investment.
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5 | | (d) Participants in the program
must be allowed to direct |
6 | | the transfer of their account balances among the
various |
7 | | investment options offered, subject to applicable contractual
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8 | | provisions.
The participant shall not be deemed a fiduciary by |
9 | | reason of providing such
investment direction. A person who is |
10 | | a fiduciary shall not be liable for any
loss resulting from |
11 | | that investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
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12 | | breached any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that |
13 | | direction.
Neither the System nor the State shall guarantee any |
14 | | of the investments in the
participant's account balances.
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15 | | (e) Participation in the self-managed plan under this |
16 | | Section shall constitute
participation in the General Assembly |
17 | | Retirement System.
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18 | | (f) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
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19 | | from participants in the self-managed plan and State
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20 | | contributions as provided in this Section.
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21 | | The contribution rate for participants in the self-managed |
22 | | plan
shall be, (i) for a participant who does not file an |
23 | | election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, 6% of the |
24 | | amount of salary in excess of the limit specified in Section |
25 | | 2-108.2 in that year, in addition to the amount specified under |
26 | | subsection (e-1) of Section 2-126 for that year and (ii) for a |
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1 | | participant who files an election under subsection (a-5) of |
2 | | Section 2-126.2, 8% of any amount of salary up to and including |
3 | | the limit specified in Section 2-108.2 for that year and 6% of |
4 | | any amount of salary in excess of that limit for that year. |
5 | | This required
contribution shall be made as an employer pick-up |
6 | | under Section 414(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or |
7 | | any successor Section thereof. Any participant in the System's |
8 | | traditional benefit package prior to his or her
election to |
9 | | participate in the self-managed plan shall continue to have the
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10 | | employer pick up the contributions required under Section |
11 | | 2-126. However, the
amounts picked up after the election of the |
12 | | self-managed plan shall be remitted
to and treated as assets of |
13 | | the self-managed plan. In no event shall a participant have the |
14 | | option of receiving these amounts in cash. Participants may |
15 | | make
additional contributions to the
self-managed plan in |
16 | | accordance with procedures prescribed by the System, to
the |
17 | | extent permitted under rules adopted by the System.
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18 | | The program shall provide for State contributions to the |
19 | | self-managed plan in the following amounts: (i) for a |
20 | | participant who does not file an election under subsection |
21 | | (a-5) of this Section, 3% of the amount of salary in excess of |
22 | | the limit specified in Section 2-108.2 for that year and (ii) |
23 | | for a participant who does not file an election under |
24 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, 7.1% of any amount of salary |
25 | | up to and including the limit specified in Section 2-108.2 for |
26 | | that year and 3% of any amount of salary in excess of that |
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1 | | limit for that year.
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2 | | The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
3 | | appropriations to the
System for participants in
the |
4 | | self-managed plan under this Section.
The amount required shall
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5 | | be certified by the Board of Trustees of the System and paid by |
6 | | the State in
accordance with Section 2-134. The System shall |
7 | | not be obligated to remit the
required State contributions to |
8 | | any of the insurance and annuity
companies, mutual fund
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9 | | companies, banks, trust companies, financial institutions, or |
10 | | other sponsors
of any of the funding vehicles offered under the |
11 | | self-managed plan
until it has received the required State |
12 | | contributions from the State.
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13 | | (g) If a participant in the self-managed plan who is |
14 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates employment, the |
15 | | participant shall be entitled to a
benefit that is based on the
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16 | | account values attributable to both State and
member |
17 | | contributions and any
investment return thereon.
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18 | | If a participant in the self-managed plan who is not |
19 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates
employment, the |
20 | | participant shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
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21 | | account values attributable to the participant's contributions |
22 | | and any investment
return thereon, and the State contributions |
23 | | and any investment return
thereon shall be forfeited. Any State |
24 | | contributions that are forfeited
shall be held in escrow by the
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25 | | company investing those contributions and shall be used, as |
26 | | directed by the
System, for future allocations of State |
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1 | | contributions.
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2 | | (40 ILCS 5/2-134.1 new) |
3 | | Sec. 2-134.1. To calculate the normal cost of benefits. To |
4 | | calculate the normal cost of each plan offered by the system as |
5 | | a percentage of salary and to update those amounts at least |
6 | | every 3 years.
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7 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-103.10) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10)
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8 | | Sec. 14-103.10. Compensation.
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9 | | (a) For periods of service prior to January 1, 1978, the |
10 | | full rate of salary
or wages payable to an employee for |
11 | | personal services performed if he worked
the full normal |
12 | | working period for his position, subject to the following
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13 | | maximum amounts: (1) prior to July 1, 1951, $400 per month or |
14 | | $4,800 per year;
(2) between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1957 |
15 | | inclusive, $625 per month or $7,500
per year; (3) beginning |
16 | | July 1, 1957, no limitation.
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17 | | In the case of service of an employee in a position |
18 | | involving
part-time employment, compensation shall be |
19 | | determined according to the
employees' earnings record.
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20 | | (b) For periods of service on and after January 1, 1978, |
21 | | all
remuneration for personal services performed defined as |
22 | | "wages" under
the Social Security Enabling Act, including that |
23 | | part of such
remuneration which is in excess of any maximum |
24 | | limitation provided in
such Act, and including any benefits |
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1 | | received by an employee under a sick
pay plan in effect before |
2 | | January 1, 1981, but excluding lump sum salary
payments:
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3 | | (1) for vacation,
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4 | | (2) for accumulated unused sick leave,
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5 | | (3) upon discharge or dismissal,
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6 | | (4) for approved holidays.
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7 | | (c) For periods of service on or after December 16, 1978, |
8 | | compensation
also includes any benefits, other than lump sum |
9 | | salary payments made at
termination of employment, which an |
10 | | employee receives or is eligible to
receive under a sick pay |
11 | | plan authorized by law.
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12 | | (d) For periods of service after September 30, 1985, |
13 | | compensation also
includes any remuneration for personal |
14 | | services not included as "wages"
under the Social Security |
15 | | Enabling Act, which is deducted for purposes of
participation |
16 | | in a program established pursuant to Section 125 of the
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17 | | Internal Revenue Code or its successor laws.
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18 | | (e) For members for which Section 1-160 applies for periods |
19 | | of service on and after January 1, 2011, all remuneration for |
20 | | personal services performed defined as "wages" under the Social |
21 | | Security Enabling Act, excluding remuneration that is in excess |
22 | | of the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a member or |
23 | | participant, as provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160, |
24 | | but including any benefits received by an employee under a sick |
25 | | pay plan in effect before January 1, 1981.
Compensation shall |
26 | | exclude lump sum salary payments: |
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1 | | (1) for vacation; |
2 | | (2) for accumulated unused sick leave; |
3 | | (3) upon discharge or dismissal; and |
4 | | (4) for approved holidays. |
5 | | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |
6 | | "compensation", except as used in Section 14-133.2, does not |
7 | | include any future increase in income due to a provision in a |
8 | | collectively bargained contract that grants an increase in |
9 | | salary based on an employee's expected date of retirement. The |
10 | | changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th |
11 | | General Assembly do not apply to an employee who is covered by |
12 | | a collective bargaining agreement or employment contract that |
13 | | is in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act of |
14 | | the 98th General Assembly and that provides for such increases, |
15 | | until that agreement or contract expires or is amended or |
16 | | renewed. |
17 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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18 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-103.12a new) |
19 | | Sec. 14-103.12a. Limitation on compensation. For the |
20 | | purpose of calculating traditional benefit package benefits |
21 | | and contributions, the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a |
22 | | participant shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount |
23 | | specified under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 or (ii) the |
24 | | annual salary of the participant during the 365 days |
25 | | immediately before the effective date of this Section. If, |
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1 | | however, an employment contract that is in place on or before |
2 | | the effective date of this Section authorizes an increase in |
3 | | earnings, salary, or wages on or after the effective date of |
4 | | this Section, then the annual earnings, salary, or wages of the |
5 | | participant during the 365 days that immediately precede the |
6 | | date that the contract expires may be used in lieu of the |
7 | | amount specified in item (ii) of this Section.
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8 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new)
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9 | | Sec. 14-103.40. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional |
10 | | benefit
package" means the defined benefit retirement program |
11 | | maintained by the System, which
includes retirement annuities |
12 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
13 | | 14-107, 14-108, 14-113, and 14-114; survivor's annuities |
14 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
15 | | 14-120, 14-121, and 14-121.1; and contribution refunds, as |
16 | | provided in Section
14-130.
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17 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 new)
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18 | | Sec. 14-103.41. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan" |
19 | | means the defined
contribution retirement program maintained |
20 | | by the System, as described in
Section 14-133.2. The |
21 | | self-managed plan does not
include retirement annuities or |
22 | | survivor's benefits
payable directly from the System, as |
23 | | provided in Sections 14-107, 14-108, 14-113, 14-114, 14-120, |
24 | | 14-121, and 14-121.1 or refunds determined under Section |
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1 | | 14-130.
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2 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-131)
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3 | | Sec. 14-131. Contributions by State.
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4 | | (a) The State shall make contributions to the System by |
5 | | appropriations of
amounts which, together with other employer |
6 | | contributions from trust, federal,
and other funds, employee |
7 | | contributions, investment income, and other income,
will be |
8 | | sufficient to meet the cost of maintaining and administering |
9 | | the System
on a 100% 90% funded basis in accordance with |
10 | | actuarial recommendations.
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11 | | For the purposes of this Section and Section 14-135.08, |
12 | | references to State
contributions refer only to employer |
13 | | contributions and do not include employee
contributions that |
14 | | are picked up or otherwise paid by the State or a
department on |
15 | | behalf of the employee.
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16 | | (b) The Board shall determine the total amount of State |
17 | | contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the |
18 | | actuarial tables and other
assumptions adopted by the Board, |
19 | | using the formula in subsection (e).
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20 | | The Board shall also determine a State contribution rate |
21 | | for each fiscal
year, expressed as a percentage of payroll, |
22 | | based on the total required State
contribution for that fiscal |
23 | | year (less the amount received by the System from
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24 | | appropriations under Section 8.12 of the State Finance Act and |
25 | | Section 1 of the
State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation |
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1 | | Act, if any, for the fiscal year
ending on the June 30 |
2 | | immediately preceding the applicable November 15
certification |
3 | | deadline), the estimated payroll (including all forms of
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4 | | compensation) for personal services rendered by eligible |
5 | | employees, and the
recommendations of the actuary.
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6 | | For the purposes of this Section and Section 14.1 of the |
7 | | State Finance Act,
the term "eligible employees" includes |
8 | | employees who participate in the System,
persons who may elect |
9 | | to participate in the System but have not so elected,
persons |
10 | | who are serving a qualifying period that is required for |
11 | | participation,
and annuitants employed by a department as |
12 | | described in subdivision (a)(1) or
(a)(2) of Section 14-111.
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13 | | (c) Contributions shall be made by the several departments |
14 | | for each pay
period by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller |
15 | | against their respective
funds or appropriations based upon |
16 | | vouchers stating the amount to be so
contributed. These amounts |
17 | | shall be based on the full rate certified by the
Board under |
18 | | Section 14-135.08 for that fiscal year.
From the effective date |
19 | | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly through the |
20 | | payment of the final payroll from fiscal year 2004
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21 | | appropriations, the several departments shall not make |
22 | | contributions
for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 but shall |
23 | | instead make payments
as required under subsection (a-1) of |
24 | | Section 14.1 of the State Finance Act.
The several departments |
25 | | shall resume those contributions at the commencement of
fiscal |
26 | | year 2005.
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1 | | (c-1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this Section, for |
2 | | fiscal years 2010, 2012, and 2013 only, contributions by the |
3 | | several departments are not required to be made for General |
4 | | Revenue Funds payrolls processed by the Comptroller. Payrolls |
5 | | paid by the several departments from all other State funds must |
6 | | continue to be processed pursuant to subsection (c) of this |
7 | | Section. |
8 | | (c-2) For State fiscal years 2010, 2012, and 2013 only, on |
9 | | or as soon as possible after the 15th day of each month, the |
10 | | Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions |
11 | | to the System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the |
12 | | fiscal year General Revenue Fund contribution as certified by |
13 | | the System pursuant to Section 14-135.08 of the Illinois |
14 | | Pension Code. |
15 | | (d) If an employee is paid from trust funds or federal |
16 | | funds, the
department or other employer shall pay employer |
17 | | contributions from those funds
to the System at the certified |
18 | | rate, unless the terms of the trust or the
federal-State |
19 | | agreement preclude the use of the funds for that purpose, in
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20 | | which case the required employer contributions shall be paid by |
21 | | the State.
From the effective date of this amendatory
Act of |
22 | | the 93rd General Assembly through the payment of the final
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23 | | payroll from fiscal year 2004 appropriations, the department or |
24 | | other
employer shall not pay contributions for the remainder of |
25 | | fiscal year
2004 but shall instead make payments as required |
26 | | under subsection (a-1) of
Section 14.1 of the State Finance |
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1 | | Act. The department or other employer shall
resume payment of
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2 | | contributions at the commencement of fiscal year 2005.
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3 | | (e) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum |
4 | | contribution
to the System to be made by the State for each |
5 | | fiscal year shall be an amount
determined by the System to be |
6 | | sufficient to bring the total assets of the
System up to 100% |
7 | | 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end
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8 | | of State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the |
9 | | required State
contribution shall be calculated each year as a |
10 | | level percentage of payroll
over the years remaining to and |
11 | | including fiscal year 2045 and shall be
determined under the |
12 | | projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
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13 | | Pursuant to Article XIII of the 1970 Constitution of the |
14 | | State of Illinois, beginning on July 1, 2013, the State shall, |
15 | | as a retirement benefit to each participant and annuitant of |
16 | | the System be contractually obligated to the System (as a |
17 | | fiduciary and trustee of the participants and annuitants) to |
18 | | pay the Annual Required State Contribution, as determined by |
19 | | the Board of the System using generally accepted actuarial |
20 | | principles, as is necessary to bring the total assets of the |
21 | | System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the |
22 | | System by the end of State fiscal year 2045. As a further |
23 | | retirement benefit and contractual obligation, each fiscal |
24 | | year, the State shall pay to each designated retirement system |
25 | | the Annual Required State Contribution certified by the Board |
26 | | for that fiscal year. Payments of the Annual Required State |
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1 | | Contribution for each fiscal year shall be made in equal |
2 | | monthly installments. This Section, and the security it |
3 | | provides to participants and annuitants is intended to be, and |
4 | | is, a contractual right that is part of the pension benefits |
5 | | provided to the participants and annuitants. Notwithstanding |
6 | | anything to the contrary in the Court of Claims Act or any |
7 | | other law, a designated retirement system has the exclusive |
8 | | right to and shall bring a Mandamus action in the Circuit Court |
9 | | of Champaign County against the State to compel the State to |
10 | | make any installment of the Annual Required State Contribution |
11 | | required by this Section, irrespective of other remedies that |
12 | | may be available to the System. Each member or annuitant of the |
13 | | System has the right to bring a Mandamus action against the |
14 | | System in the Circuit Court in any judicial district in which |
15 | | the System maintains an office if the System fails to bring an |
16 | | action specified in this Section, irrespective of other |
17 | | remedies that may be available to the member or annuitant. |
18 | | For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State |
19 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
20 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
21 | | so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is contributing at |
22 | | the rate required under this Section; except that
(i) for State |
23 | | fiscal year 1998, for all purposes of this Code and any other
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24 | | law of this State, the certified percentage of the applicable |
25 | | employee payroll
shall be 5.052% for employees earning eligible |
26 | | creditable service under Section
14-110 and 6.500% for all |
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1 | | other employees, notwithstanding any contrary
certification |
2 | | made under Section 14-135.08 before the effective date of this
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3 | | amendatory Act of 1997, and (ii)
in the following specified |
4 | | State fiscal years, the State contribution to
the System shall |
5 | | not be less than the following indicated percentages of the
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6 | | applicable employee payroll, even if the indicated percentage |
7 | | will produce a
State contribution in excess of the amount |
8 | | otherwise required under this
subsection and subsection (a):
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9 | | 9.8% in FY 1999;
10.0% in FY 2000;
10.2% in FY 2001;
10.4% in FY |
10 | | 2002;
10.6% in FY 2003; and
10.8% in FY 2004.
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11 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
12 | | total required State
contribution to the System for State |
13 | | fiscal year 2006 is $203,783,900.
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14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
15 | | total required State
contribution to the System for State |
16 | | fiscal year 2007 is $344,164,400.
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17 | | For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State |
18 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
19 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
20 | | from the required State contribution for State fiscal year |
21 | | 2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is |
22 | | contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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23 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
24 | | total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for |
25 | | State fiscal year 2010 is $723,703,100 and shall be made from |
26 | | the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to |
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1 | | Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the |
2 | | pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's |
3 | | share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from |
4 | | the General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any |
5 | | reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted |
6 | | bonds, if applicable. |
7 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
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8 | | total required State General Revenue Fund contribution for
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9 | | State fiscal year 2011 is the amount recertified by the System |
10 | | on or before April 1, 2011 pursuant to Section 14-135.08 and |
11 | | shall be made from
the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year |
12 | | 2011 pursuant to
Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond |
13 | | Act, less (i) the
pro rata share of bond sale expenses |
14 | | determined by the System's
share of total bond proceeds, (ii) |
15 | | any amounts received from
the General Revenue Fund in fiscal |
16 | | year 2011, and (iii) any
reduction in bond proceeds due to the |
17 | | issuance of discounted
bonds, if applicable. |
18 | | Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State |
19 | | contribution for
each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to |
20 | | maintain the total assets of
the System at 100% 90% of the |
21 | | total actuarial liabilities of the System.
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22 | | Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of |
23 | | the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State |
24 | | Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not |
25 | | constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State |
26 | | contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year. |
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1 | | Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the |
2 | | calculation of, the required State contributions under this |
3 | | Article in any future year until the System has reached a |
4 | | funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to |
5 | | the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar |
6 | | term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the |
7 | | System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
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8 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
9 | | required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for |
10 | | fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as
calculated |
11 | | under this Section and
certified under Section 14-135.08, shall |
12 | | not exceed an amount equal to (i) the
amount of the required |
13 | | State contribution that would have been calculated under
this |
14 | | Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any |
15 | | payments
under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General |
16 | | Obligation Bond Act, minus
(ii) the portion of the State's |
17 | | total debt service payments for that fiscal
year on the bonds |
18 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section |
19 | | 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is |
20 | | the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys |
21 | | distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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22 | | Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State |
23 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to |
24 | | in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the |
25 | | applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated |
26 | | from the sum of the required State contribution for State |
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1 | | fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's |
2 | | total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds |
3 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of |
4 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year |
5 | | 2011, the
State is contributing at the rate otherwise required |
6 | | under this Section.
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7 | | (f) After the submission of all payments for eligible |
8 | | employees
from personal services line items in fiscal year 2004 |
9 | | have been made,
the Comptroller shall provide to the System a |
10 | | certification of the sum
of all fiscal year 2004 expenditures |
11 | | for personal services that would
have been covered by payments |
12 | | to the System under this Section if the
provisions of this |
13 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly had not been
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14 | | enacted. Upon
receipt of the certification, the System shall |
15 | | determine the amount
due to the System based on the full rate |
16 | | certified by the Board under
Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year |
17 | | 2004 in order to meet the State's
obligation under this |
18 | | Section. The System shall compare this amount
due to the amount |
19 | | received by the System in fiscal year 2004 through
payments |
20 | | under this Section and under Section 6z-61 of the State Finance |
21 | | Act.
If the amount
due is more than the amount received, the |
22 | | difference shall be termed the
"Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall" for |
23 | | purposes of this Section, and the
Fiscal Year 2004 Shortfall |
24 | | shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the State
Pension Funds |
25 | | Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than |
26 | | the
amount received, the
difference shall be termed the "Fiscal |
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1 | | Year 2004 Overpayment" for purposes of
this Section, and the |
2 | | Fiscal Year 2004 Overpayment shall be repaid by
the System to |
3 | | the Pension Contribution Fund as soon as practicable
after the |
4 | | certification.
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5 | | (g) For purposes of determining the required State |
6 | | contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets |
7 | | shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets, |
8 | | which shall be calculated as follows: |
9 | | As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's |
10 | | assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of |
11 | | that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's |
12 | | assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial |
13 | | gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal |
14 | | year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the |
15 | | 5-year period following that fiscal year. |
16 | | (h) For purposes of determining the required State |
17 | | contribution to the System for a particular year, the actuarial |
18 | | value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal |
19 | | to the System's actuarially assumed rate of return. |
20 | | (i) After the submission of all payments for eligible |
21 | | employees from personal services line items paid from the |
22 | | General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010 have been made, the |
23 | | Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the |
24 | | sum of all fiscal year 2010 expenditures for personal services |
25 | | that would have been covered by payments to the System under |
26 | | this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the |
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1 | | 96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the |
2 | | certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the |
3 | | System based on the full rate certified by the Board under |
4 | | Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2010 in order to meet the |
5 | | State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare |
6 | | this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal |
7 | | year 2010 through payments under this Section. If the amount |
8 | | due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be |
9 | | termed the "Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall" for purposes of this |
10 | | Section, and the Fiscal Year 2010 Shortfall shall be satisfied |
11 | | under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing |
12 | | Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount |
13 | | received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2010 |
14 | | Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year |
15 | | 2010 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General |
16 | | Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification. |
17 | | (j) After the submission of all payments for eligible |
18 | | employees from personal services line items paid from the |
19 | | General Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011 have been made, the |
20 | | Comptroller shall provide to the System a certification of the |
21 | | sum of all fiscal year 2011 expenditures for personal services |
22 | | that would have been covered by payments to the System under |
23 | | this Section if the provisions of this amendatory Act of the |
24 | | 96th General Assembly had not been enacted. Upon receipt of the |
25 | | certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the |
26 | | System based on the full rate certified by the Board under |
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1 | | Section 14-135.08 for fiscal year 2011 in order to meet the |
2 | | State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare |
3 | | this amount due to the amount received by the System in fiscal |
4 | | year 2011 through payments under this Section. If the amount |
5 | | due is more than the amount received, the difference shall be |
6 | | termed the "Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall" for purposes of this |
7 | | Section, and the Fiscal Year 2011 Shortfall shall be satisfied |
8 | | under Section 1.2 of the State Pension Funds Continuing |
9 | | Appropriation Act. If the amount due is less than the amount |
10 | | received, the difference shall be termed the "Fiscal Year 2011 |
11 | | Overpayment" for purposes of this Section, and the Fiscal Year |
12 | | 2011 Overpayment shall be repaid by the System to the General |
13 | | Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after the certification. |
14 | | (k) For fiscal years 2012 and 2013 only, after the |
15 | | submission of all payments for eligible employees from personal |
16 | | services line items paid from the General Revenue Fund in the |
17 | | fiscal year have been made, the Comptroller shall provide to |
18 | | the System a certification of the sum of all expenditures in |
19 | | the fiscal year for personal services. Upon receipt of the |
20 | | certification, the System shall determine the amount due to the |
21 | | System based on the full rate certified by the Board under |
22 | | Section 14-135.08 for the fiscal year in order to meet the |
23 | | State's obligation under this Section. The System shall compare |
24 | | this amount due to the amount received by the System for the |
25 | | fiscal year. If the amount due is more than the amount |
26 | | received, the difference shall be termed the "Prior Fiscal Year |
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1 | | Shortfall" for purposes of this Section, and the Prior Fiscal |
2 | | Year Shortfall shall be satisfied under Section 1.2 of the |
3 | | State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act. If the amount |
4 | | due is less than the amount received, the difference shall be |
5 | | termed the "Prior Fiscal Year Overpayment" for purposes of this |
6 | | Section, and the Prior Fiscal Year Overpayment shall be repaid |
7 | | by the System to the General Revenue Fund as soon as |
8 | | practicable after the certification. |
9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; |
10 | | 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff. |
11 | | 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, |
12 | | eff. 6-30-12.)
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13 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-133) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-133)
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14 | | Sec. 14-133. Contributions on behalf of members.
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15 | | (a) Each participating employee shall make contributions |
16 | | to the System,
based on the employee's compensation, as |
17 | | follows:
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18 | | (1) Covered employees, except as indicated below, 3.5% |
19 | | for
retirement annuity, and 0.5% for a widow or survivors
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20 | | annuity;
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21 | | (2) Noncovered employees, except as indicated below, |
22 | | 7% for retirement
annuity and 1% for a widow or survivors |
23 | | annuity;
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24 | | (3) Noncovered employees serving in a position in which |
25 | | "eligible
creditable service" as defined in Section 14-110 |
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1 | | may be earned, 1% for a widow
or survivors annuity
plus the |
2 | | following amount for retirement annuity: 8.5% through |
3 | | December 31,
2001; 9.5% in 2002; 10.5% in 2003; and 11.5% |
4 | | in 2004 and thereafter;
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5 | | (4) Covered employees serving in a position in which |
6 | | "eligible creditable
service" as defined in Section 14-110 |
7 | | may be earned, 0.5% for a widow or survivors annuity
plus |
8 | | the following amount for retirement annuity: 5% through |
9 | | December 31,
2001; 6% in 2002; 7% in 2003; and 8% in 2004 |
10 | | and thereafter;
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11 | | (5) Each security employee of the Department of |
12 | | Corrections
or of the Department of Human Services who is a |
13 | | covered employee, 0.5% for a widow or survivors annuity
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14 | | plus the following amount for retirement annuity: 5% |
15 | | through December 31,
2001; 6% in 2002; 7% in 2003; and 8% |
16 | | in 2004 and thereafter;
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17 | | (6) Each security employee of the Department of |
18 | | Corrections
or of the Department of Human Services who is |
19 | | not a covered employee, 1% for a widow or survivors annuity
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20 | | plus the following amount for retirement annuity: 8.5% |
21 | | through December 31,
2001; 9.5% in 2002; 10.5% in 2003; and |
22 | | 11.5% in 2004 and thereafter.
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23 | | (b) Contributions shall be in the form of a deduction from
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24 | | compensation and shall be made notwithstanding that the |
25 | | compensation
paid in cash to the employee shall be reduced |
26 | | thereby below the minimum
prescribed by law or regulation. Each |
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1 | | member is deemed to consent and
agree to the deductions from |
2 | | compensation provided for in this Article,
and shall receipt in |
3 | | full for salary or compensation.
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4 | | (c) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
5 | | contrary, (i) for a participant who does not file an election |
6 | | under subsection (a-5) of Section 14-133.2, any contributions |
7 | | on amounts of salary in excess of the limit specified in |
8 | | Section 14-103.12a for that year shall instead be used to |
9 | | finance self-managed plan benefits and (ii) for a participant |
10 | | who files an election under subsection (a-5) of Section |
11 | | 14-133.2, any contributions made after the date of the |
12 | | election, including contributions for a survivor's annuity, |
13 | | shall instead be used to finance the benefits under Section |
14 | | 14-133.2. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
15 | | contrary, a participant who does not file an election under |
16 | | subsection (a-5) of Section 14-133.2 shall contribute towards |
17 | | the traditional benefit package a percentage of salary equal to |
18 | | the greater of (i) one-half of the normal cost of the |
19 | | traditional benefit package or (ii) 6% of salary.
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20 | | (Source: P.A. 92-14, eff. 6-28-01.)
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21 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-133.2 new)
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22 | | Sec. 14-133.2. Self-managed plan. |
23 | | (a) The State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois must
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24 | | establish and administer a self-managed plan that shall offer |
25 | | participants the opportunity to accumulate assets for |
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1 | | retirement through a
combination of participant and State |
2 | | contributions that may be invested in
mutual funds, collective |
3 | | investment funds, or other investment products and
used to |
4 | | purchase annuity contracts, that are fixed, variable, or a |
5 | | combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified |
6 | | under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
7 | | The State Employees' Retirement System of Illinois shall be |
8 | | the plan sponsor for the
self-managed plan and shall prepare a |
9 | | plan document and adopt any rules
and procedures that are |
10 | | considered necessary or desirable for the administration
of the |
11 | | self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
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12 | | participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the |
13 | | Board of Trustees
of the System may delegate aspects of plan |
14 | | administration as it sees fit to
companies authorized to do |
15 | | business in this State.
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16 | | (a-5) A participant may file an irrevocable election to |
17 | | transfer amounts equal to the participant's total |
18 | | contributions under the traditional benefit package, with |
19 | | interest, to the self-managed plan under this Section. By |
20 | | filing the election, a participant forfeits all accrued rights |
21 | | and benefits under the traditional benefit package. |
22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, (i) |
23 | | for a participant who does not file an election under |
24 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, any portion of his or her |
25 | | compensation that exceeds the limit specified in Section |
26 | | 14-103.12a for that year shall be subject to the self-managed |
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1 | | plan and (ii) for a participant who files an election under |
2 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, the entirety of the |
3 | | participant's compensation shall, after the date of the |
4 | | election, be subject to the self-managed plan created under |
5 | | this Section. |
6 | | (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
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7 | | administrative services and funding vehicles for the |
8 | | self-managed plan from
insurance and annuity companies and |
9 | | mutual fund companies, banks, trust
companies, or other |
10 | | financial institutions authorized to do business in this
State. |
11 | | In reviewing the proposals received and approving and |
12 | | contracting with
no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies, |
13 | | the Board of Trustees of the System shall
consider, among other |
14 | | things, the following criteria:
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15 | | (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be |
16 | | provided
to the participants;
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17 | | (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to |
18 | | the premium
charged;
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19 | | (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
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20 | | interests of the participants and the State; and |
21 | | (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits |
22 | | under the contract and
the financial stability of the |
23 | | company.
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24 | | The System shall periodically review
each approved |
25 | | company. A company may continue to provide administrative
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26 | | services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so |
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1 | | long as
it continues to be an approved company under contract |
2 | | with the Board.
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3 | | In addition to the companies approved by the System under |
4 | | this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an |
5 | | investment fund managed by the Illinois State Board of |
6 | | Investment.
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7 | | (d) Participants in the program
must be allowed to direct |
8 | | the transfer of their account balances among the
various |
9 | | investment options offered, subject to applicable contractual
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10 | | provisions.
The participant shall not be deemed a fiduciary by |
11 | | reason of providing such
investment direction. A person who is |
12 | | a fiduciary shall not be liable for any
loss resulting from |
13 | | that investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
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14 | | breached any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that |
15 | | direction.
Neither the System nor the State shall guarantee any |
16 | | of the investments in the
participant's account balances.
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17 | | (e) Participation in the self-managed plan under this |
18 | | Section shall constitute
participation in the State Employees' |
19 | | Retirement System of Illinois.
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20 | | (f) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
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21 | | from participants in the self-managed plan and State
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22 | | contributions as provided in this Section.
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23 | | The contribution rate for participants in the self-managed |
24 | | plan
shall be, (i) for a participant who does not file an |
25 | | election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, 6% of the |
26 | | amount of compensation in excess of the limit specified in |
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1 | | 14-103.12a for that year, in addition to the amount specified |
2 | | under subsection (c) of Section 14-133 for that year and (ii) |
3 | | for a participant who files an election under subsection (a-5) |
4 | | of Section 14-133.2, 8% of any amount of compensation up to and |
5 | | including the limit specified in Section 14-103.12a for that |
6 | | year and 6% of any amount of compensation in excess of that |
7 | | limit for that year. This required
contribution shall be made |
8 | | as an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of the
Internal |
9 | | Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section thereof. Any |
10 | | participant in the System's traditional benefit package prior |
11 | | to his or her
election to participate in the self-managed plan |
12 | | shall continue to have the
employer pick up the contributions |
13 | | required under Section 14-133. However, the
amounts picked up |
14 | | after the election of the self-managed plan shall be remitted
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15 | | to and treated as assets of the self-managed plan. In no event |
16 | | shall a participant have the option of receiving these amounts |
17 | | in cash. Participants may make
additional contributions to the
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18 | | self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by |
19 | | the System, to
the extent permitted under rules adopted by the |
20 | | System.
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21 | | The program shall provide for State contributions to the |
22 | | self-managed plan in the following amounts: (i) for a |
23 | | participant who does not file an election under subsection |
24 | | (a-5) of this Section, 3% of the amount of compensation in |
25 | | excess of the limit specified in 14-103.12a for that year and |
26 | | (ii) for a participant who does not file an election under |
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1 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, 7.1% of any amount of |
2 | | compensation up to and including the limit specified in Section |
3 | | 14-103.12a for that year and 3% of any amount of compensation |
4 | | in excess of that limit for that year.
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5 | | The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
6 | | appropriations to the
System for participants in
the |
7 | | self-managed plan under this Section.
The amount required shall
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8 | | be certified by the Board of Trustees of the System and paid by |
9 | | the State in
accordance with Sections 14-132 and 14-135.08. The |
10 | | System shall not be obligated to remit the
required State |
11 | | contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
companies, |
12 | | mutual fund
companies, banks, trust companies, financial |
13 | | institutions, or other sponsors
of any of the funding vehicles |
14 | | offered under the self-managed plan
until it has received the |
15 | | required State contributions from the State.
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16 | | (g) If a participant in the self-managed plan who is |
17 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates employment, the |
18 | | participant shall be entitled to a
benefit that is based on the
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19 | | account values attributable to both State and
member |
20 | | contributions and any
investment return thereon.
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21 | | If a participant in the self-managed plan who is not |
22 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates
employment, the |
23 | | participant shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
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24 | | account values attributable to the participant's contributions |
25 | | and any investment
return thereon, and the State contributions |
26 | | and any investment return
thereon shall be forfeited. Any State |
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1 | | contributions that are forfeited
shall be held in escrow by the
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2 | | company investing those contributions and shall be used, as |
3 | | directed by the
System, for future allocations of State |
4 | | contributions.
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5 | | (40 ILCS 5/14-135.08a new) |
6 | | Sec. 14-135.08a. To calculate the normal cost of benefits. |
7 | | To calculate the normal cost of each plan offered by the system |
8 | | as a percentage of compensation and to update those amounts at |
9 | | least every 3 years.
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10 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-111)
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11 | | Sec. 15-111. Earnings.
"Earnings": An amount paid for |
12 | | personal services equal to the sum of
the basic compensation |
13 | | plus extra compensation for summer teaching,
overtime or other |
14 | | extra service. For periods for which an employee receives
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15 | | service credit under subsection (c) of Section 15-113.1 or |
16 | | Section 15-113.2,
earnings are equal to the basic compensation |
17 | | on which contributions are
paid by the employee during such |
18 | | periods. Compensation for employment which is
irregular, |
19 | | intermittent and temporary shall not be considered earnings, |
20 | | unless
the participant is also receiving earnings from the |
21 | | employer as an employee
under Section 15-107.
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22 | | With respect to transition pay paid by the University of |
23 | | Illinois to a
person who was a participating employee employed |
24 | | in the fire department of
the University of Illinois's |
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1 | | Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to
the elimination |
2 | | of that fire department:
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3 | | (1) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the |
4 | | employee on or after
the effective date of this amendatory |
5 | | Act of the 91st General Assembly.
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6 | | (2) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the |
7 | | employee before the
effective date of this amendatory Act |
8 | | of the 91st General Assembly only if (i)
employee |
9 | | contributions under Section 15-157 have been withheld from |
10 | | that
transition pay or (ii) the employee pays to the System |
11 | | before January 1, 2001
an amount representing employee |
12 | | contributions under Section 15-157 on that
transition pay. |
13 | | Employee contributions under item (ii) may be paid in a |
14 | | lump
sum, by withholding from additional transition pay |
15 | | accruing before January 1,
2001, or in any other manner |
16 | | approved by the System. Upon payment of the
employee |
17 | | contributions on transition pay, the corresponding |
18 | | employer
contributions become an obligation of the State.
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19 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |
20 | | "earnings", except as used in Section 15-158.2, does not |
21 | | include any future increase in income due to a provision in a |
22 | | collectively bargained contract that grants an increase in |
23 | | earnings based on an employee's expected date of retirement. |
24 | | The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the |
25 | | 98th General Assembly do not apply to an employee who is |
26 | | covered by a collective bargaining agreement or employment |
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1 | | contract that is in effect on the effective date of this |
2 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly and that provides |
3 | | for such increases, until that agreement or contract expires or |
4 | | is amended or renewed. |
5 | | (Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
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6 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-112.1 new) |
7 | | Sec. 15-112.1. Limitation on earnings and required |
8 | | participation in the self-managed plan. |
9 | | (a) For the purpose of calculating traditional benefit |
10 | | package benefits and contributions, the annual earnings, |
11 | | salary, or wages of a participant shall not exceed the greater |
12 | | of (i) the amount specified under subsection (b-5) of Section |
13 | | 1-160 or (ii) the annual earnings of the participant during the |
14 | | 365 days immediately before the effective date of this Section. |
15 | | If, however, an employment contract that is in place on or |
16 | | before the effective date of this Section authorizes an |
17 | | increase in earnings, salary, or wages on or after the |
18 | | effective date of this Section, then the annual earnings, |
19 | | salary, or wages of the participant during the 365 days that |
20 | | immediately precede the date that the contract expires may be |
21 | | used in lieu of the amount specified in item (ii) of this |
22 | | Section. |
23 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, (i) |
24 | | for a participant who does not make an election under Section |
25 | | 15-134.5, any portion of his or her earnings that exceeds the |
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1 | | limit specified in subsection (a) of this Section for that year |
2 | | shall be subject to the self-managed plan and (ii) for a |
3 | | participant who makes an election under Section 15-134.5, the |
4 | | entirety of the participant's earnings shall, after the date of |
5 | | the election, be subject to the self-managed plan created under |
6 | | this Section, as is provided in Section 15-158.2.
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7 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-155) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-155)
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8 | | Sec. 15-155. Employer contributions.
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9 | | (a) The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
10 | | appropriations of
amounts which, together with the other |
11 | | employer contributions from trust,
federal, and other funds, |
12 | | employee contributions, income from investments,
and other |
13 | | income of this System, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
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14 | | maintaining and administering the System on a 100% 90% funded |
15 | | basis in accordance
with actuarial recommendations.
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16 | | The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions |
17 | | required for
each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial |
18 | | tables and other assumptions
adopted by the Board and the |
19 | | recommendations of the actuary, using the formula
in subsection |
20 | | (a-1).
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21 | | (a-1) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum |
22 | | contribution
to the System to be made by the State for each |
23 | | fiscal year shall be an amount
determined by the System to be |
24 | | sufficient to bring the total assets of the
System up to 100% |
25 | | 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end |
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State fiscal year 2045. |
2 | | Pursuant to Article XIII of the 1970 Constitution of the |
3 | | State of Illinois, beginning on July 1, 2013, the State shall, |
4 | | as a retirement benefit to each participant and annuitant of |
5 | | the System be contractually obligated to the System (as a |
6 | | fiduciary and trustee of the participants and annuitants) to |
7 | | pay the Annual Required State Contribution, as determined by |
8 | | the Board of the System using generally accepted actuarial |
9 | | principles, as is necessary to bring the total assets of the |
10 | | System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the |
11 | | System by the end of State fiscal year 2045. As a further |
12 | | retirement benefit and contractual obligation, each fiscal |
13 | | year, the State shall pay to each designated retirement system |
14 | | the Annual Required State Contribution certified by the Board |
15 | | for that fiscal year. Payments of the Annual Required State |
16 | | Contribution for each fiscal year shall be made in equal |
17 | | monthly installments. This Section, and the security it |
18 | | provides to participants and annuitants is intended to be, and |
19 | | is, a contractual right that is part of the pension benefits |
20 | | provided to the participants and annuitants. Notwithstanding |
21 | | anything to the contrary in the Court of Claims Act or any |
22 | | other law, a designated retirement system has the exclusive |
23 | | right to and shall bring a Mandamus action in the Circuit Court |
24 | | of Champaign County against the State to compel the State to |
25 | | make any installment of the Annual Required State Contribution |
26 | | required by this Section, irrespective of other remedies that |
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1 | | may be available to the System. Each member or annuitant of the |
2 | | System has the right to bring a Mandamus action against the |
3 | | System in the Circuit Court in any judicial district in which |
4 | | the System maintains an office if the System fails to bring an |
5 | | action specified in this Section, irrespective of other |
6 | | remedies that may be available to the member or annuitant. In |
7 | | making these determinations, the required State
contribution |
8 | | shall be calculated each year as a level percentage of payroll
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9 | | over the years remaining to and including fiscal year 2045 and |
10 | | shall be
determined under the projected unit credit actuarial |
11 | | cost method.
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12 | | For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State |
13 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
14 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
15 | | so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is contributing at |
16 | | the rate required under this Section.
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17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
18 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is |
19 | | $166,641,900.
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20 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
21 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is |
22 | | $252,064,100.
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23 | | For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State |
24 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
25 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
26 | | from the required State contribution for State fiscal year |
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1 | | 2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is |
2 | | contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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3 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
4 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is |
5 | | $702,514,000 and shall be made from the State Pensions Fund and |
6 | | proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section |
7 | | 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata |
8 | | share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's share of |
9 | | total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General |
10 | | Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2010, (iii) any reduction in bond |
11 | | proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if |
12 | | applicable. |
13 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
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14 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
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15 | | the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011 |
16 | | pursuant to Section 15-165 and shall be made from the State |
17 | | Pensions Fund and
proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 |
18 | | pursuant to Section
7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, |
19 | | less (i) the pro rata
share of bond sale expenses determined by |
20 | | the System's share of
total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts |
21 | | received from the General
Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2011, and |
22 | | (iii) any reduction in bond
proceeds due to the issuance of |
23 | | discounted bonds, if
applicable. |
24 | | Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State |
25 | | contribution for
each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to |
26 | | maintain the total assets of
the System at 100% 90% of the |
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1 | | total actuarial liabilities of the System.
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2 | | Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of |
3 | | the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State |
4 | | Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not |
5 | | constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State |
6 | | contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year. |
7 | | Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the |
8 | | calculation of, the required State contributions under this |
9 | | Article in any future year until the System has reached a |
10 | | funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to |
11 | | the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar |
12 | | term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the |
13 | | System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act. |
14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
15 | | required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for |
16 | | fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as
calculated |
17 | | under this Section and
certified under Section 15-165, shall |
18 | | not exceed an amount equal to (i) the
amount of the required |
19 | | State contribution that would have been calculated under
this |
20 | | Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any |
21 | | payments
under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General |
22 | | Obligation Bond Act, minus
(ii) the portion of the State's |
23 | | total debt service payments for that fiscal
year on the bonds |
24 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section |
25 | | 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is |
26 | | the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys |
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2 | | Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State |
3 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to |
4 | | in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the |
5 | | applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated |
6 | | from the sum of the required State contribution for State |
7 | | fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's |
8 | | total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds |
9 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of |
10 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year |
11 | | 2011, the
State is contributing at the rate otherwise required |
12 | | under this Section.
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13 | | (b) If an employee is paid from trust or federal funds, the |
14 | | employer
shall pay to the Board contributions from those funds |
15 | | which are
sufficient to cover the accruing normal costs on |
16 | | behalf of the employee.
However, universities having employees |
17 | | who are compensated out of local
auxiliary funds, income funds, |
18 | | or service enterprise funds are not required
to pay such |
19 | | contributions on behalf of those employees. The local auxiliary
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20 | | funds, income funds, and service enterprise funds of |
21 | | universities shall not be
considered trust funds for the |
22 | | purpose of this Article, but funds of alumni
associations, |
23 | | foundations, and athletic associations which are affiliated |
24 | | with
the universities included as employers under this Article |
25 | | and other employers
which do not receive State appropriations |
26 | | are considered to be trust funds for
the purpose of this |
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2 | | (b-1) The City of Urbana and the City of Champaign shall |
3 | | each make
employer contributions to this System for their |
4 | | respective firefighter
employees who participate in this |
5 | | System pursuant to subsection (h) of Section
15-107. The rate |
6 | | of contributions to be made by those municipalities shall
be |
7 | | determined annually by the Board on the basis of the actuarial |
8 | | assumptions
adopted by the Board and the recommendations of the |
9 | | actuary, and shall be
expressed as a percentage of salary for |
10 | | each such employee. The Board shall
certify the rate to the |
11 | | affected municipalities as soon as may be practical.
The |
12 | | employer contributions required under this subsection shall be |
13 | | remitted by
the municipality to the System at the same time and |
14 | | in the same manner as
employee contributions.
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15 | | (c) Through State fiscal year 1995: The total employer |
16 | | contribution shall
be apportioned among the various funds of |
17 | | the State and other employers,
whether trust, federal, or other |
18 | | funds, in accordance with actuarial procedures
approved by the |
19 | | Board. State of Illinois contributions for employers receiving
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20 | | State appropriations for personal services shall be payable |
21 | | from appropriations
made to the employers or to the System. The |
22 | | contributions for Class I
community colleges covering earnings |
23 | | other than those paid from trust and
federal funds, shall be |
24 | | payable solely from appropriations to the Illinois
Community |
25 | | College Board or the System for employer contributions.
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26 | | (d) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, the required State |
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1 | | contributions
to the System shall be appropriated directly to |
2 | | the System and shall be payable
through vouchers issued in |
3 | | accordance with subsection (c) of Section 15-165, except as |
4 | | provided in subsection (g).
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5 | | (e) The State Comptroller shall draw warrants payable to |
6 | | the System upon
proper certification by the System or by the |
7 | | employer in accordance with the
appropriation laws and this |
8 | | Code.
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9 | | (f) Normal costs under this Section means liability for
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10 | | pensions and other benefits which accrues to the System because |
11 | | of the
credits earned for service rendered by the participants |
12 | | during the
fiscal year and expenses of administering the |
13 | | System, but shall not
include the principal of or any |
14 | | redemption premium or interest on any bonds
issued by the Board |
15 | | or any expenses incurred or deposits required in
connection |
16 | | therewith.
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17 | | (g) If the amount of a participant's earnings for any |
18 | | academic year used to determine the final rate of earnings, |
19 | | determined on a full-time equivalent basis, exceeds the amount |
20 | | of his or her earnings with the same employer for the previous |
21 | | academic year, determined on a full-time equivalent basis, by |
22 | | more than 6%, the participant's employer shall pay to the |
23 | | System, in addition to all other payments required under this |
24 | | Section and in accordance with guidelines established by the |
25 | | System, the present value of the increase in benefits resulting |
26 | | from the portion of the increase in earnings that is in excess |
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1 | | of 6%. This present value shall be computed by the System on |
2 | | the basis of the actuarial assumptions and tables used in the |
3 | | most recent actuarial valuation of the System that is available |
4 | | at the time of the computation. The System may require the |
5 | | employer to provide any pertinent information or |
6 | | documentation. |
7 | | Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required |
8 | | under this subsection (g), the System shall calculate the |
9 | | amount of the payment and bill the employer for that amount. |
10 | | The bill shall specify the calculations used to determine the |
11 | | amount due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it |
12 | | may, within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the |
13 | | System in writing for a recalculation. The application must |
14 | | specify in detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the |
15 | | employer asserts that the calculation is subject to subsection |
16 | | (h) or (i) of this Section, must include an affidavit setting |
17 | | forth and attesting to all facts within the employer's |
18 | | knowledge that are pertinent to the applicability of subsection |
19 | | (h) or (i). Upon receiving a timely application for |
20 | | recalculation, the System shall review the application and, if |
21 | | appropriate, recalculate the amount due.
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22 | | The employer contributions required under this subsection |
23 | | (f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after |
24 | | receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid |
25 | | within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be |
26 | | charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially |
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1 | | assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from |
2 | | the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be |
3 | | concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the |
4 | | bill. |
5 | | (h) This subsection (h) applies only to payments made or |
6 | | salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July |
7 | | 1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not |
8 | | require the System to refund any payments received before July |
9 | | 31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057). |
10 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
11 | | (g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to |
12 | | participants under contracts or collective bargaining |
13 | | agreements entered into, amended, or renewed before June 1, |
14 | | 2005.
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15 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
16 | | (g), the System shall exclude earnings increases paid to a |
17 | | participant at a time when the participant is 10 or more years |
18 | | from retirement eligibility under Section 15-135.
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19 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
20 | | (g), the System shall exclude earnings increases resulting from |
21 | | overload work, including a contract for summer teaching, or |
22 | | overtime when the employer has certified to the System, and the |
23 | | System has approved the certification, that: (i) in the case of |
24 | | overloads (A) the overload work is for the sole purpose of |
25 | | academic instruction in excess of the standard number of |
26 | | instruction hours for a full-time employee occurring during the |
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1 | | academic year that the overload is paid and (B) the earnings |
2 | | increases are equal to or less than the rate of pay for |
3 | | academic instruction computed using the participant's current |
4 | | salary rate and work schedule; and (ii) in the case of |
5 | | overtime, the overtime was necessary for the educational |
6 | | mission. |
7 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
8 | | (g), the System shall exclude any earnings increase resulting |
9 | | from (i) a promotion for which the employee moves from one |
10 | | classification to a higher classification under the State |
11 | | Universities Civil Service System, (ii) a promotion in academic |
12 | | rank for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position, or (iii) a |
13 | | promotion that the Illinois Community College Board has |
14 | | recommended in accordance with subsection (k) of this Section. |
15 | | These earnings increases shall be excluded only if the |
16 | | promotion is to a position that has existed and been filled by |
17 | | a member for no less than one complete academic year and the |
18 | | earnings increase as a result of the promotion is an increase |
19 | | that results in an amount no greater than the average salary |
20 | | paid for other similar positions. |
21 | | (i) When assessing payment for any amount due under |
22 | | subsection (g), the System shall exclude any salary increase |
23 | | described in subsection (h) of this Section given on or after |
24 | | July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or |
25 | | collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or |
26 | | renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011. |
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1 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any |
2 | | payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014 |
3 | | shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under |
4 | | subsection (g) of this Section.
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5 | | (j) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of |
6 | | the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by |
7 | | January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information: |
8 | | (1) The number of recalculations required by the |
9 | | changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each |
10 | | employer. |
11 | | (2) The dollar amount by which each employer's |
12 | | contribution to the System was changed due to |
13 | | recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057. |
14 | | (3) The total amount the System received from each |
15 | | employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by |
16 | | Public Act 94-4. |
17 | | (4) The increase in the required State contribution |
18 | | resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public |
19 | | Act 94-1057. |
20 | | (k) The Illinois Community College Board shall adopt rules |
21 | | for recommending lists of promotional positions submitted to |
22 | | the Board by community colleges and for reviewing the |
23 | | promotional lists on an annual basis. When recommending |
24 | | promotional lists, the Board shall consider the similarity of |
25 | | the positions submitted to those positions recognized for State |
26 | | universities by the State Universities Civil Service System. |
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1 | | The Illinois Community College Board shall file a copy of its |
2 | | findings with the System. The System shall consider the |
3 | | findings of the Illinois Community College Board when making |
4 | | determinations under this Section. The System shall not exclude |
5 | | any earnings increases resulting from a promotion when the |
6 | | promotion was not submitted by a community college. Nothing in |
7 | | this subsection (k) shall require any community college to |
8 | | submit any information to the Community College Board.
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9 | | (l) For purposes of determining the required State |
10 | | contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets |
11 | | shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets, |
12 | | which shall be calculated as follows: |
13 | | As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's |
14 | | assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of |
15 | | that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's |
16 | | assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial |
17 | | gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal |
18 | | year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the |
19 | | 5-year period following that fiscal year. |
20 | | (m) For purposes of determining the required State |
21 | | contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial |
22 | | value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal |
23 | | to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return. |
24 | | (Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; |
25 | | 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-813, eff. |
26 | | 7-13-12.)
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1 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-157) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157)
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2 | | Sec. 15-157. Employee Contributions.
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3 | | (a) Each participating employee
shall make contributions |
4 | | towards the retirement
benefits payable under the retirement |
5 | | program applicable to the
employee from each payment
of |
6 | | earnings applicable to employment under this system on and |
7 | | after the
date of becoming a participant as follows: Prior to |
8 | | September 1, 1949,
3 1/2% of earnings; from September 1, 1949 |
9 | | to August 31, 1955, 5%; from
September 1, 1955 to August 31, |
10 | | 1969, 6%; from September 1, 1969, 6 1/2%.
These contributions |
11 | | are to be considered as normal contributions for purposes
of |
12 | | this Article.
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13 | | Each participant who is a police officer or firefighter |
14 | | shall make normal
contributions of 8% of each payment of |
15 | | earnings applicable to employment as a
police officer or |
16 | | firefighter under this system on or after September 1, 1981,
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17 | | unless he or she files with the board within 60 days after the |
18 | | effective date
of this amendatory Act of 1991 or 60 days after |
19 | | the board receives notice that
he or she is employed as a |
20 | | police officer or firefighter, whichever is later,
a written |
21 | | notice waiving the retirement formula provided by Rule 4 of |
22 | | Section
15-136. This waiver shall be irrevocable. If a |
23 | | participant had met the
conditions set forth in Section |
24 | | 15-132.1 prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of |
25 | | 1991 but failed to make the additional normal contributions
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1 | | required by this paragraph, he or she may elect to pay the |
2 | | additional
contributions plus compound interest at the |
3 | | effective rate. If such payment
is received by the board, the |
4 | | service shall be considered as police officer
service in |
5 | | calculating the retirement annuity under Rule 4 of Section |
6 | | 15-136.
While performing service described in clause (i) or |
7 | | (ii) of Rule 4 of Section
15-136, a participating employee |
8 | | shall be deemed to be employed as a
firefighter for the purpose |
9 | | of determining the rate of employee contributions
under this |
10 | | Section.
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11 | | (b) Starting September 1, 1969, each participating |
12 | | employee shall make
additional contributions of 1/2 of 1% of |
13 | | earnings to finance a portion
of the cost of the annual |
14 | | increases in retirement annuity provided under
Section 15-136, |
15 | | except that with respect to participants in the
self-managed |
16 | | plan this additional contribution shall be used to finance the
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17 | | benefits obtained under that retirement program.
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18 | | (c) In addition to the amounts described in subsections (a) |
19 | | and (b) of this
Section, each participating employee shall make |
20 | | contributions of 1% of earnings
applicable under this system on |
21 | | and after August 1, 1959. The contributions
made under this |
22 | | subsection (c) shall be considered as survivor's insurance
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23 | | contributions for purposes of this Article if the employee is |
24 | | covered under
the traditional benefit package, and such |
25 | | contributions shall be considered
as additional contributions |
26 | | for purposes of this Article if the employee is
participating |
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1 | | in the self-managed plan or has elected to participate in the
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2 | | portable benefit package and has completed the applicable |
3 | | one-year waiting
period. Contributions in excess of $80 during |
4 | | any fiscal year beginning before
August 31, 1969 and in excess |
5 | | of $120 during any fiscal year thereafter until
September 1, |
6 | | 1971 shall be considered as additional contributions for |
7 | | purposes
of this Article.
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8 | | (d) If the board by board rule so permits and subject to |
9 | | such conditions
and limitations as may be specified in its |
10 | | rules, a participant may make
other additional contributions of |
11 | | such percentage of earnings or amounts as
the participant shall |
12 | | elect in a written notice thereof received by the board.
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13 | | (e) That fraction of a participant's total accumulated |
14 | | normal
contributions, the numerator of which is equal to the |
15 | | number of years of
service in excess of that which is required |
16 | | to qualify for the maximum
retirement annuity, and the |
17 | | denominator of which is equal to the total
service of the |
18 | | participant, shall be considered as accumulated additional
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19 | | contributions. The determination of the applicable maximum |
20 | | annuity and
the adjustment in contributions required by this |
21 | | provision shall be made
as of the date of the participant's |
22 | | retirement.
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23 | | (f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a participating |
24 | | employee shall not
be required to make contributions under this |
25 | | Section after the date upon
which continuance of such |
26 | | contributions would otherwise cause his or her
retirement |
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1 | | annuity to exceed the maximum retirement annuity as specified |
2 | | in
clause (1) of subsection (c) of Section 15-136.
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3 | | (g) A participating employee may make contributions for the |
4 | | purchase of
service credit under this Article.
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5 | | (h) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
6 | | contrary, (i) for a member who does not file an election under |
7 | | subsection (e) of Section 15-158.2, any contributions on |
8 | | amounts of earnings in excess of the limit specified in Section |
9 | | 15-112.1 for that year shall instead be used to finance |
10 | | self-managed plan benefits and (ii) for a member who files an |
11 | | election under subsection (e) of Section 15-158.2, any |
12 | | contributions made after the date of the election, including |
13 | | the contributions for a survivor's annuity, shall be used to |
14 | | finance the benefits under Section 15-158.2. Notwithstanding |
15 | | any provision of this Code to the contrary, a member who does |
16 | | not file an election under subsection (a-5) of Section 15-158.2 |
17 | | shall contribute towards the traditional benefit package a |
18 | | percentage of earnings equal to the greater of (i) one-half of |
19 | | the normal cost of the traditional benefit package or (ii) 6% |
20 | | of earnings.
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21 | | (Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97; 90-65, eff. 7-7-97; 90-448, |
22 | | eff. 8-16-97;
90-511, eff. 8-22-97; 90-576, eff. 3-31-98; |
23 | | 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-766, eff.
8-14-98.)
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24 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-158.2)
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25 | | Sec. 15-158.2. Self-managed plan.
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1 | | (a) Purpose. The General Assembly finds that it is |
2 | | important for colleges
and universities to be able to attract |
3 | | and retain the most qualified employees
and that in order to |
4 | | attract and retain these employees, colleges and
universities |
5 | | should have the flexibility to provide a defined contribution
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6 | | plan as an alternative for eligible employees who elect not to |
7 | | participate
in a defined benefit retirement program provided |
8 | | under this Article.
Accordingly, the State Universities |
9 | | Retirement System is hereby authorized to
establish and |
10 | | administer a self-managed plan, which shall offer |
11 | | participating
employees the opportunity to accumulate assets |
12 | | for retirement through a
combination of employee and employer |
13 | | contributions that may be invested in
mutual funds, collective |
14 | | investment funds, or other investment products and
used to |
15 | | purchase annuity contracts, either fixed or variable or a |
16 | | combination
thereof. The plan must be qualified under the |
17 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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18 | | (b) Adoption by employers. Each employer subject to this |
19 | | Article may
elect to adopt the self-managed plan established |
20 | | under this Section; this
election is irrevocable. An employer's |
21 | | election to adopt the self-managed
plan makes available to the |
22 | | eligible employees of that employer the elections
described in |
23 | | Section 15-134.5.
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24 | | The State Universities Retirement System shall be the plan |
25 | | sponsor for the
self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan |
26 | | document and prescribe such rules
and procedures as are |
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1 | | considered necessary or desirable for the administration
of the |
2 | | self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
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3 | | participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the |
4 | | Board of Trustees
of the System may delegate aspects of plan |
5 | | administration as it sees fit to
companies authorized to do |
6 | | business in this State, to the employers, or to a
combination |
7 | | of both.
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8 | | (c) Selection of service providers and funding vehicles. |
9 | | The System, in
consultation with the employers, shall solicit |
10 | | proposals to provide
administrative services and funding |
11 | | vehicles for the self-managed plan from
insurance and annuity |
12 | | companies and mutual fund companies, banks, trust
companies, or |
13 | | other financial institutions authorized to do business in this
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14 | | State. In reviewing the proposals received and approving and |
15 | | contracting with
no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies, |
16 | | the Board of Trustees of the System shall
consider, among other |
17 | | things, the following criteria:
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18 | | (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be |
19 | | provided
to the participants;
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20 | | (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to |
21 | | the premium
charged;
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22 | | (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
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23 | | interests of the participating employees and the employer;
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24 | | (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits |
25 | | under the contract and
the financial stability of the |
26 | | company; and
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1 | | (5) the efficacy of the contract in the recruitment and |
2 | | retention of
employees.
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3 | | The System, in consultation with the employers, shall |
4 | | periodically review
each approved company. A company may |
5 | | continue to provide administrative
services and funding |
6 | | vehicles for the self-managed plan only so long as
it continues |
7 | | to be an approved company under contract with the Board.
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8 | | (d) Employee Direction. Employees who are participating in |
9 | | the program
must be allowed to direct the transfer of their |
10 | | account balances among the
various investment options offered, |
11 | | subject to applicable contractual
provisions.
The participant |
12 | | shall not be deemed a fiduciary by reason of providing such
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13 | | investment direction. A person who is a fiduciary shall not be |
14 | | liable for any
loss resulting from such investment direction |
15 | | and shall not be deemed to have
breached any fiduciary duty by |
16 | | acting in accordance with that direction.
Neither the System |
17 | | nor the employer guarantees any of the investments in the
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18 | | employee's account balances.
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19 | | (e) Participation. An employee eligible to participate in |
20 | | the
self-managed plan must make a written election in |
21 | | accordance with the
provisions of Section 15-134.5 and the |
22 | | procedures established by the System or become subject to the |
23 | | limitation specified in Section 15-112.1 .
Participation in the |
24 | | self-managed plan by an electing employee shall begin
on the |
25 | | first day of the first pay period following the later of the |
26 | | date the
employee's election is filed with the System , or the |
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1 | | effective date as of
which the employee's employer begins to |
2 | | offer participation in the self-managed
plan , or the date the |
3 | | participant's annual earnings exceeds the limitation specified |
4 | | in Section 15-112.1 . Employers may not make the self-managed |
5 | | plan available earlier than
January 1, 1998. An employee's |
6 | | participation in any other retirement program
administered by |
7 | | the System under this Article shall terminate on the date that
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8 | | participation in the self-managed plan begins.
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9 | | An employee who participates has elected to participate in |
10 | | the self-managed plan under
this Section must continue |
11 | | participation while employed in an eligible
position, and may |
12 | | not participate in any other retirement program administered
by |
13 | | the System under this Article while employed by that employer |
14 | | or any other
employer that has adopted the self-managed plan, |
15 | | unless the self-managed plan
is terminated in accordance with |
16 | | subsection (i).
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17 | | Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section |
18 | | shall constitute
membership in the State Universities |
19 | | Retirement System.
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20 | | A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the |
21 | | benefits of
Article 20 of this Code.
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22 | | (f) Establishment of Initial Account Balance. If at the |
23 | | time an employee
elects to participate in the self-managed plan |
24 | | he or she has rights and credits
in the System due to previous |
25 | | participation in the traditional benefit package,
the System |
26 | | shall establish for the employee an opening account balance in |
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1 | | the
self-managed plan, equal to the amount of contribution |
2 | | refund that the employee
would be eligible to receive under |
3 | | Section 15-154 if the employee terminated
employment on that |
4 | | date and elected a refund of contributions, except that this
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5 | | hypothetical refund shall include interest at the effective |
6 | | rate for the
respective years. The System shall transfer assets |
7 | | from the defined benefit
retirement program to the self-managed |
8 | | plan, as a tax free transfer in
accordance with Internal |
9 | | Revenue Service guidelines, for purposes of funding
the |
10 | | employee's opening account balance.
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11 | | (g) No Duplication of Service Credit. Notwithstanding any |
12 | | other provision
of this Article, an employee may not purchase |
13 | | or receive service or service
credit applicable to any other |
14 | | retirement program administered by the System
under this |
15 | | Article for any period during which the employee was a |
16 | | participant
in the self-managed plan established under this |
17 | | Section.
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18 | | (h) Contributions. |
19 | | (1) The self-managed plan shall be funded by |
20 | | contributions
from employees participating in the |
21 | | self-managed plan and employer
contributions as provided |
22 | | in this Section.
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23 | | (A) Before the effective date of this amendatory |
24 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly, the The contribution |
25 | | rate for employees participating in the self-managed |
26 | | plan
under this Section shall be equal to the employee |
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1 | | contribution rate for other
participants in the |
2 | | System, as provided in Section 15-157. This required
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3 | | contribution shall be made as an "employer pick-up" |
4 | | under Section 414(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of |
5 | | 1986 or any successor Section thereof. Any employee
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6 | | participating in the System's traditional benefit |
7 | | package prior to his or her
election to participate in |
8 | | the self-managed plan shall continue to have the
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9 | | employer pick up the contributions required under |
10 | | Section 15-157. However, the
amounts picked up after |
11 | | the election of the self-managed plan shall be remitted
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12 | | to and treated as assets of the self-managed plan. In |
13 | | no event shall an
employee have an option of receiving |
14 | | these amounts in cash. Employees may make
additional |
15 | | contributions to the
self-managed plan in accordance |
16 | | with procedures prescribed by the System, to
the extent |
17 | | permitted under rules prescribed by the System.
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18 | | (B) On and after the effective date of this |
19 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, the |
20 | | contribution rate for participants in the self-managed |
21 | | plan
shall be, (i) for a participant who does not file |
22 | | an election under subsection (e) of this Section, 6% of |
23 | | the amount of earnings in excess of the limit specified |
24 | | in 15-112.1 for that year, in addition to the amount |
25 | | specified under subsection (h) of Section 15-157 for |
26 | | that year and (ii) for a participant who files an |
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1 | | election under subsection (e) of this Section, 8% of |
2 | | any amount of earnings up to and including the limit |
3 | | specified in Section 15-112.1 for that year and 6% of |
4 | | any amount of earnings in excess of that limit for that |
5 | | year. This required
contribution shall be made as an |
6 | | employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of the
Internal |
7 | | Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section thereof. |
8 | | Any participant in the System's traditional benefit |
9 | | package prior to his or her
election to participate in |
10 | | the self-managed plan shall continue to have the
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11 | | employer pick up the contributions required under |
12 | | Section 15-157. However, the
amounts picked up after |
13 | | the election of the self-managed plan shall be remitted
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14 | | to and treated as assets of the self-managed plan. In |
15 | | no event shall a participant have the option of |
16 | | receiving these amounts in cash. Participants may make
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17 | | additional contributions to the
self-managed plan in |
18 | | accordance with procedures prescribed by the System, |
19 | | to
the extent permitted under rules adopted by the |
20 | | System.
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21 | | (2) The program shall provide for employer and State |
22 | | contributions to the self-managed plan in the following |
23 | | amounts: (i) for a member who does not file an election |
24 | | under subsection (e) of this Section, 3% of the amount of |
25 | | earnings in excess of the limit specified in Section |
26 | | 15-112.1 for that year, to be paid by the actual employer, |
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1 | | and (ii) for a member who files an election under |
2 | | subsection (e) of this Section, 7.1% of any amount of |
3 | | earnings up to and including the limit specified in Section |
4 | | 15-112.1 for that year, to be paid by the State, and 3% of |
5 | | any amount of earnings in excess of that limit for that |
6 | | year, to be paid by the actual employer.
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7 | | The program shall provide for these employer and State |
8 | | contributions to be credited to each
self-managed plan |
9 | | participant at a rate of 7.6%
of the participating |
10 | | employee's salary , less the amount used by
the System to |
11 | | provide disability benefits for the employee.
The amounts |
12 | | so credited
shall be paid into the participant's |
13 | | self-managed plan accounts in a manner
to be prescribed by |
14 | | the System.
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15 | | (3) An amount of employer contribution, not exceeding |
16 | | 1% of the participating
employee's salary, shall be used |
17 | | for the purpose of providing the disability
benefits of the |
18 | | System to the employee. Prior to the beginning of each plan
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19 | | year under the self-managed plan, the Board of Trustees |
20 | | shall determine, as a
percentage of salary, the amount of |
21 | | employer contributions to be allocated
during that plan |
22 | | year for providing disability benefits for employees in the
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23 | | self-managed plan.
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24 | | (4) The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
25 | | appropriations to the
System of the employer contributions |
26 | | required for employees who participate in
the self-managed |
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1 | | plan under this Section.
The amount required shall
be |
2 | | certified by the Board of Trustees of the System and paid |
3 | | by the State in
accordance with Section 15-165. The System |
4 | | shall not be obligated to remit the
required employer |
5 | | contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
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6 | | companies, mutual fund
companies, banks, trust companies, |
7 | | financial institutions, or other sponsors
of any of the |
8 | | funding vehicles offered under the self-managed plan
until |
9 | | it has received the required employer contributions from |
10 | | the State. In
the event of a deficiency in the amount of |
11 | | State contributions, the System
shall implement those |
12 | | procedures described in subsection (c) of Section 15-165
to |
13 | | obtain the required funding from the General Revenue
Fund.
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14 | | (i) Termination. The self-managed plan authorized under |
15 | | this
Section may be terminated by the System, subject to the |
16 | | terms
of any relevant
contracts, and the System shall have no |
17 | | obligation to
reestablish the self-managed plan under this |
18 | | Section. This Section does not
create a right
to continued |
19 | | participation in any self-managed plan set up by the System |
20 | | under
this Section. If the self-managed plan is terminated,
the |
21 | | participants shall have the right to participate in one of the |
22 | | other
retirement programs offered by the System and receive |
23 | | service credit in such
other retirement program for any years |
24 | | of employment following the termination.
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25 | | (j) Vesting; Withdrawal; Return to Service. A participant |
26 | | in the
self-managed plan becomes vested in the employer |
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1 | | contributions credited to his
or her accounts in the |
2 | | self-managed plan on the earliest to occur of the
following: |
3 | | (1) completion of 5 years of service with an employer described |
4 | | in
Section 15-106; (2) the death of the participating employee |
5 | | while employed by
an employer described in Section 15-106, if |
6 | | the participant has completed at
least 1 1/2 years of service; |
7 | | or (3) the participant's election to retire and
apply the |
8 | | reciprocal provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
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9 | | A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a |
10 | | distribution of his or
her vested amounts from the self-managed |
11 | | plan
while not yet eligible for retirement under this Article
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12 | | (and Article 20, if applicable) shall forfeit all service |
13 | | credit
and accrued rights in the System; if subsequently |
14 | | re-employed, the participant
shall be considered a new
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15 | | employee. If a former participant again becomes a participating |
16 | | employee (or
becomes employed by a participating system under |
17 | | Article 20 of this Code) and
continues as such for at least 2 |
18 | | years, all such rights, service credits, and
previous status as |
19 | | a participant shall be restored upon repayment of the amount
of |
20 | | the distribution, without interest.
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21 | | (k) Benefit amounts. If an employee who is vested in |
22 | | employer
contributions terminates employment, the employee |
23 | | shall be entitled to a
benefit which is based on the
account |
24 | | values attributable to both employer and
employee |
25 | | contributions and any
investment return thereon.
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26 | | If an employee who is not vested in employer contributions |
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1 | | terminates
employment, the employee shall be entitled to a |
2 | | benefit based solely on the
account values attributable to the |
3 | | employee's contributions and any investment
return thereon, |
4 | | and the employer contributions and any investment return
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5 | | thereon shall be forfeited. Any employer contributions which |
6 | | are forfeited
shall be held in escrow by the
company investing |
7 | | those contributions and shall be used as directed by the
System |
8 | | for future allocations of employer contributions or for the |
9 | | restoration
of amounts previously forfeited by former |
10 | | participants who again become
participating employees.
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11 | | (Source: P.A. 93-347, eff. 7-24-03.)
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12 | | (40 ILCS 5/15-165.1 new) |
13 | | Sec. 15-165.1. To calculate the normal cost of benefits. To |
14 | | calculate the normal cost of each plan offered by the system as |
15 | | a percentage of earnings and to update those amounts at least |
16 | | every 3 years.
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17 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
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18 | | Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation |
19 | | received by a teacher during any
school year and recognized by |
20 | | the system in accordance with
rules of the board. For purposes |
21 | | of this Section, "school year" includes
the regular school term |
22 | | plus any additional period for which a teacher is
compensated |
23 | | and such compensation is recognized by the rules of the board. |
24 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, "salary", |
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1 | | except as used in Section 16-158.2, does not include any future |
2 | | increase in income due to a provision in a collectively |
3 | | bargained contract that grants an increase in salary based on a |
4 | | teacher's expected date of retirement. The changes made to this |
5 | | Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly do |
6 | | not apply to a teacher who is covered by a collective |
7 | | bargaining agreement or employment contract that is in effect |
8 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th |
9 | | General Assembly and that provides for such increases, until |
10 | | that agreement or contract expires or is amended or renewed.
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11 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
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12 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-121.1 new) |
13 | | Sec. 16-121.1. Limitation on salary. For the purpose of |
14 | | calculating traditional benefit package benefits and |
15 | | contributions, the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a |
16 | | member shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount specified |
17 | | under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 or (ii) the annual |
18 | | salary of the member during the 365 days immediately before the |
19 | | effective date of this Section. If, however, an employment |
20 | | contract that is in place on or before the effective date of |
21 | | this Section authorizes an increase in earnings, salary, or |
22 | | wages on or after the effective date of this Section, then the |
23 | | annual earnings, salary, or wages of the member during the 365 |
24 | | days that immediately precede the date that the contract |
25 | | expires may be used in lieu of the amount specified in item |
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2 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-122.2 new)
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3 | | Sec. 16-122.2. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional |
4 | | benefit
package" means the defined benefit retirement program |
5 | | maintained by the System, which
includes retirement annuities |
6 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
7 | | 16-132, 16-133, 16-133.1, and 16-136; survivor's annuities |
8 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
9 | | 16-140, 16-141, 16-142, 16-142.1, 16-142.2, 16-142.3, 16-143, |
10 | | and 16-143.1; and contribution refunds, as provided in Section
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11 | | 16-151.
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12 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-122.3 new)
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13 | | Sec. 16-122.3. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan" |
14 | | means the defined
contribution retirement program maintained |
15 | | by the System, as described in
Section 16-158.2. The |
16 | | self-managed plan does not
include retirement annuities or |
17 | | survivor's benefits
payable directly from the System, as |
18 | | provided in Sections 16-132, 16-133, 16-133.1, 16-136, 16-140, |
19 | | 16-141, 16-142, 16-142.1, 16-142.2, 16-142.3, 16-143, and |
20 | | 16-143.1 or refunds determined under Section 16-151.
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21 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-152) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-152)
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22 | | Sec. 16-152. Contributions by members.
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23 | | (a) Each member shall make contributions for membership |
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1 | | service to this
System as follows:
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2 | | (1) Effective July 1, 1998, contributions of 7.50% of |
3 | | salary towards the
cost of the retirement annuity. Such |
4 | | contributions shall be deemed "normal
contributions".
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5 | | (2) Effective July 1, 1969, contributions of 1/2 of 1% |
6 | | of salary toward
the cost of the automatic annual increase |
7 | | in retirement annuity provided
under Section 16-133.1.
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8 | | (3) Effective July 24, 1959, contributions of 1% of |
9 | | salary towards the
cost of survivor benefits. Such |
10 | | contributions shall not be credited to
the individual |
11 | | account of the member and shall not be subject to refund
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12 | | except as provided under Section 16-143.2.
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13 | | (4) Effective July 1, 2005, contributions of 0.40% of |
14 | | salary toward the cost of the early retirement without |
15 | | discount option provided under Section 16-133.2. This |
16 | | contribution shall cease upon termination of the early |
17 | | retirement without discount option as provided in Section |
18 | | 16-176.
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19 | | (b) The minimum required contribution for any year of |
20 | | full-time
teaching service shall be $192.
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21 | | (c) Contributions shall not be required of any annuitant |
22 | | receiving
a retirement annuity who is given employment as |
23 | | permitted under Section 16-118 or 16-150.1.
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24 | | (d) A person who (i) was a member before July 1, 1998, (ii) |
25 | | retires with
more than 34 years of creditable service, and |
26 | | (iii) does not elect to qualify
for the augmented rate under |
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1 | | Section 16-129.1 shall be entitled, at the time
of retirement, |
2 | | to receive a partial refund of contributions made under this
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3 | | Section for service occurring after the later of June 30, 1998 |
4 | | or attainment
of 34 years of creditable service, in an amount |
5 | | equal to 1.00% of the salary
upon which those contributions |
6 | | were based.
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7 | | (e) A member's contributions toward the cost of early |
8 | | retirement without discount made under item (a)(4) of this |
9 | | Section shall not be refunded if the member has elected early |
10 | | retirement without discount under Section 16-133.2 and has |
11 | | begun to receive a retirement annuity under this Article |
12 | | calculated in accordance with that election. Otherwise, a |
13 | | member's contributions toward the cost of early retirement |
14 | | without discount made under item (a)(4) of this Section shall |
15 | | be refunded according to whichever one of the following |
16 | | circumstances occurs first: |
17 | | (1) The contributions shall be refunded to the member, |
18 | | without interest, within 120 days after the member's |
19 | | retirement annuity commences, if the member does not elect |
20 | | early retirement without discount under Section 16-133.2. |
21 | | (2) The contributions shall be included, without |
22 | | interest, in any refund claimed by the member under Section |
23 | | 16-151. |
24 | | (3) The contributions shall be refunded to the member's |
25 | | designated beneficiary (or if there is no beneficiary, to |
26 | | the member's estate), without interest, if the member dies |
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1 | | without having begun to receive a retirement annuity under |
2 | | this Article. |
3 | | (4) The contributions shall be refunded to the member, |
4 | | without interest, within 120 days after the early |
5 | | retirement without discount option provided under Section |
6 | | 16-133.2 is terminated under Section 16-176.
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7 | | (f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
8 | | contrary, (i) for a member who does not file an election under |
9 | | subsection (a-5) of Section 16-158.2, any contributions on |
10 | | amounts of salary in excess of the limit specified in Section |
11 | | 16-121.1 for that year shall instead be used to finance |
12 | | self-managed plan benefits and (ii) for a member who files an |
13 | | election under subsection (a-5) of Section 16-158.2, any |
14 | | contributions made after the date of the election, including |
15 | | the contributions for a survivor's annuity, shall be used to |
16 | | finance the benefits under Section 16-158.2. Notwithstanding |
17 | | any provision of this Code to the contrary, a member who does |
18 | | not file an election under subsection (a-5) of Section 16-158.2 |
19 | | shall contribute towards the traditional benefit package a |
20 | | percentage of salary equal to the greater of (i) one-half of |
21 | | the normal cost of the traditional benefit package or (ii) 6% |
22 | | of salary.
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23 | | (Source: P.A. 93-320, eff. 7-23-03; 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
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24 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-158)
(from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-158)
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25 | | Sec. 16-158. Contributions by State and other employing |
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2 | | (a) The State shall make contributions to the System by |
3 | | means of
appropriations from the Common School Fund and other |
4 | | State funds of amounts
which, together with other employer |
5 | | contributions, employee contributions,
investment income, and |
6 | | other income, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
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7 | | maintaining and administering the System on a 100% 90% funded |
8 | | basis in accordance
with actuarial recommendations.
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9 | | The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions |
10 | | required for
each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial |
11 | | tables and other assumptions
adopted by the Board and the |
12 | | recommendations of the actuary, using the formula
in subsection |
13 | | (b-3).
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14 | | (a-1) Annually, on or before November 15 until November 15, |
15 | | 2011, the Board shall certify to the
Governor the amount of the |
16 | | required State contribution for the coming fiscal
year. The |
17 | | certification under this subsection (a-1) shall include a copy |
18 | | of the actuarial recommendations
upon which it is based and |
19 | | shall specifically identify the System's projected State |
20 | | normal cost for that fiscal year.
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21 | | On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and |
22 | | recertify to
the Governor the amount of the required State |
23 | | contribution to the System for
State fiscal year 2005, taking |
24 | | into account the amounts appropriated to and
received by the |
25 | | System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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26 | | Obligation Bond Act.
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1 | | On or before July 1, 2005, the Board shall recalculate and |
2 | | recertify
to the Governor the amount of the required State
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3 | | contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2006, taking |
4 | | into account the changes in required State contributions made |
5 | | by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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6 | | On or before April 1, 2011, the Board shall recalculate and |
7 | | recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State |
8 | | contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2011, applying |
9 | | the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the System's assets |
10 | | and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though Public Act 96-889 |
11 | | was approved on that date. |
12 | | (a-5) On or before November 1 of each year, beginning |
13 | | November 1, 2012, the Board shall submit to the State Actuary, |
14 | | the Governor, and the General Assembly a proposed certification |
15 | | of the amount of the required State contribution to the System |
16 | | for the next fiscal year, along with all of the actuarial |
17 | | assumptions, calculations, and data upon which that proposed |
18 | | certification is based. On or before January 1 of each year, |
19 | | beginning January 1, 2013, the State Actuary shall issue a |
20 | | preliminary report concerning the proposed certification and |
21 | | identifying, if necessary, recommended changes in actuarial |
22 | | assumptions that the Board must consider before finalizing its |
23 | | certification of the required State contributions. On or before |
24 | | January 15, 2013 and each January 15 thereafter, the Board |
25 | | shall certify to the Governor and the General Assembly the |
26 | | amount of the required State contribution for the next fiscal |
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1 | | year. The Board's certification must note any deviations from |
2 | | the State Actuary's recommended changes, the reason or reasons |
3 | | for not following the State Actuary's recommended changes, and |
4 | | the fiscal impact of not following the State Actuary's |
5 | | recommended changes on the required State contribution. |
6 | | (b) Through State fiscal year 1995, the State contributions |
7 | | shall be
paid to the System in accordance with Section 18-7 of |
8 | | the School Code.
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9 | | (b-1) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on the 15th day |
10 | | of each month,
or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the |
11 | | Board shall submit vouchers
for payment of State contributions |
12 | | to the System, in a total monthly amount of
one-twelfth of the |
13 | | required annual State contribution certified under
subsection |
14 | | (a-1).
From the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
15 | | 93rd General Assembly
through June 30, 2004, the Board shall |
16 | | not submit vouchers for the
remainder of fiscal year 2004 in |
17 | | excess of the fiscal year 2004
certified contribution amount |
18 | | determined under this Section
after taking into consideration |
19 | | the transfer to the System
under subsection (a) of Section |
20 | | 6z-61 of the State Finance Act.
These vouchers shall be paid by |
21 | | the State Comptroller and
Treasurer by warrants drawn on the |
22 | | funds appropriated to the System for that
fiscal year.
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23 | | If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all |
24 | | other appropriations
to the System for the applicable fiscal |
25 | | year (including the appropriations to
the System under Section |
26 | | 8.12 of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the
State |
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1 | | Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the |
2 | | amount
lawfully vouchered under this subsection, the |
3 | | difference shall be paid from the
Common School Fund under the |
4 | | continuing appropriation authority provided in
Section 1.1 of |
5 | | the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
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6 | | (b-2) Allocations from the Common School Fund apportioned |
7 | | to school
districts not coming under this System shall not be |
8 | | diminished or affected by
the provisions of this Article.
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9 | | (b-3) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum |
10 | | contribution
to the System to be made by the State for each |
11 | | fiscal year shall be an amount
determined by the System to be |
12 | | sufficient to bring the total assets of the
System up to 100% |
13 | | 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end |
14 | | of
State fiscal year 2045. |
15 | | Pursuant to Article XIII of the 1970 Constitution of the |
16 | | State of Illinois, beginning on July 1, 2013, the State shall, |
17 | | as a retirement benefit to each participant and annuitant of |
18 | | the System be contractually obligated to the System (as a |
19 | | fiduciary and trustee of the participants and annuitants) to |
20 | | pay the Annual Required State Contribution, as determined by |
21 | | the Board of the System using generally accepted actuarial |
22 | | principles, as is necessary to bring the total assets of the |
23 | | System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the |
24 | | System by the end of State fiscal year 2045. As a further |
25 | | retirement benefit and contractual obligation, each fiscal |
26 | | year, the State shall pay to each designated retirement system |
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1 | | the Annual Required State Contribution certified by the Board |
2 | | for that fiscal year. Payments of the Annual Required State |
3 | | Contribution for each fiscal year shall be made in equal |
4 | | monthly installments. This Section, and the security it |
5 | | provides to participants and annuitants is intended to be, and |
6 | | is, a contractual right that is part of the pension benefits |
7 | | provided to the participants and annuitants. Notwithstanding |
8 | | anything to the contrary in the Court of Claims Act or any |
9 | | other law, a designated retirement system has the exclusive |
10 | | right to and shall bring a Mandamus action in the Circuit Court |
11 | | of Champaign County against the State to compel the State to |
12 | | make any installment of the Annual Required State Contribution |
13 | | required by this Section, irrespective of other remedies that |
14 | | may be available to the System. Each member or annuitant of the |
15 | | System has the right to bring a Mandamus action against the |
16 | | System in the Circuit Court in any judicial district in which |
17 | | the System maintains an office if the System fails to bring an |
18 | | action specified in this Section, irrespective of other |
19 | | remedies that may be available to the member or annuitant. In |
20 | | making these determinations, the required State
contribution |
21 | | shall be calculated each year as a level percentage of payroll
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22 | | over the years remaining to and including fiscal year 2045 and |
23 | | shall be
determined under the projected unit credit actuarial |
24 | | cost method.
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25 | | For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State |
26 | | contribution to the
System, as a percentage of the applicable |
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1 | | employee payroll, shall be increased
in equal annual increments |
2 | | so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
contributing at |
3 | | the rate required under this Section; except that in the
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4 | | following specified State fiscal years, the State contribution |
5 | | to the System
shall not be less than the following indicated |
6 | | percentages of the applicable
employee payroll, even if the |
7 | | indicated percentage will produce a State
contribution in |
8 | | excess of the amount otherwise required under this subsection
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9 | | and subsection (a), and notwithstanding any contrary |
10 | | certification made under
subsection (a-1) before the effective |
11 | | date of this amendatory Act of 1998:
10.02% in FY 1999;
10.77% |
12 | | in FY 2000;
11.47% in FY 2001;
12.16% in FY 2002;
12.86% in FY |
13 | | 2003; and
13.56% in FY 2004.
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14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
15 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is |
16 | | $534,627,700.
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17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
18 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is |
19 | | $738,014,500.
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20 | | For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State |
21 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
22 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
23 | | from the required State contribution for State fiscal year |
24 | | 2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is |
25 | | contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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26 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
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1 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is |
2 | | $2,089,268,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds |
3 | | sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General |
4 | | Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale |
5 | | expenses determined by the System's share of total bond |
6 | | proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the Common School Fund |
7 | | in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds |
8 | | due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable. |
9 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
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10 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
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11 | | the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011 |
12 | | pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this Section and shall be made |
13 | | from the proceeds of bonds
sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to |
14 | | Section 7.2 of the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the |
15 | | pro rata share of bond sale
expenses determined by the System's |
16 | | share of total bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from |
17 | | the Common School Fund
in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any |
18 | | reduction in bond proceeds
due to the issuance of discounted |
19 | | bonds, if applicable. This amount shall include, in addition to |
20 | | the amount certified by the System, an amount necessary to meet |
21 | | employer contributions required by the State as an employer |
22 | | under paragraph (e) of this Section, which may also be used by |
23 | | the System for contributions required by paragraph (a) of |
24 | | Section 16-127. |
25 | | Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State |
26 | | contribution for
each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to |
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1 | | maintain the total assets of
the System at 100% 90% of the |
2 | | total actuarial liabilities of the System.
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3 | | Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of |
4 | | the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State |
5 | | Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not |
6 | | constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State |
7 | | contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year. |
8 | | Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the |
9 | | calculation of, the required State contributions under this |
10 | | Article in any future year until the System has reached a |
11 | | funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to |
12 | | the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar |
13 | | term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the |
14 | | System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act. |
15 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
16 | | required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for |
17 | | fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as
calculated |
18 | | under this Section and
certified under subsection (a-1), shall |
19 | | not exceed an amount equal to (i) the
amount of the required |
20 | | State contribution that would have been calculated under
this |
21 | | Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any |
22 | | payments
under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General |
23 | | Obligation Bond Act, minus
(ii) the portion of the State's |
24 | | total debt service payments for that fiscal
year on the bonds |
25 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section |
26 | | 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is |
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1 | | the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys |
2 | | distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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3 | | Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State |
4 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to |
5 | | in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the |
6 | | applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated |
7 | | from the sum of the required State contribution for State |
8 | | fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's |
9 | | total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds |
10 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of |
11 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year |
12 | | 2011, the
State is contributing at the rate otherwise required |
13 | | under this Section.
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14 | | (c) Payment of the required State contributions and of all |
15 | | pensions,
retirement annuities, death benefits, refunds, and |
16 | | other benefits granted
under or assumed by this System, and all |
17 | | expenses in connection with the
administration and operation |
18 | | thereof, are obligations of the State.
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19 | | If members are paid from special trust or federal funds |
20 | | which are
administered by the employing unit, whether school |
21 | | district or other
unit, the employing unit shall pay to the |
22 | | System from such
funds the full accruing retirement costs based |
23 | | upon that
service, as determined by the System. Employer |
24 | | contributions, based on
salary paid to members from federal |
25 | | funds, may be forwarded by the distributing
agency of the State |
26 | | of Illinois to the System prior to allocation, in an
amount |
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1 | | determined in accordance with guidelines established by such
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2 | | agency and the System.
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3 | | (d) Effective July 1, 1986, any employer of a teacher as |
4 | | defined in
paragraph (8) of Section 16-106 shall pay the |
5 | | employer's normal cost
of benefits based upon the teacher's |
6 | | service, in addition to
employee contributions, as determined |
7 | | by the System. Such employer
contributions shall be forwarded |
8 | | monthly in accordance with guidelines
established by the |
9 | | System.
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10 | | However, with respect to benefits granted under Section |
11 | | 16-133.4 or
16-133.5 to a teacher as defined in paragraph (8) |
12 | | of Section 16-106, the
employer's contribution shall be 12% |
13 | | (rather than 20%) of the member's
highest annual salary rate |
14 | | for each year of creditable service granted, and
the employer |
15 | | shall also pay the required employee contribution on behalf of
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16 | | the teacher. For the purposes of Sections 16-133.4 and |
17 | | 16-133.5, a teacher
as defined in paragraph (8) of Section |
18 | | 16-106 who is serving in that capacity
while on leave of |
19 | | absence from another employer under this Article shall not
be |
20 | | considered an employee of the employer from which the teacher |
21 | | is on leave.
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22 | | (e) Beginning July 1, 1998, every employer of a teacher
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23 | | shall pay to the System an employer contribution computed as |
24 | | follows:
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25 | | (1) Beginning July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, the |
26 | | employer
contribution shall be equal to 0.3% of each |
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2 | | (2) Beginning July 1, 1999 and thereafter, the employer
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3 | | contribution shall be equal to 0.58% of each teacher's |
4 | | salary.
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5 | | The school district or other employing unit may pay these |
6 | | employer
contributions out of any source of funding available |
7 | | for that purpose and
shall forward the contributions to the |
8 | | System on the schedule established
for the payment of member |
9 | | contributions.
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10 | | These employer contributions are intended to offset a |
11 | | portion of the cost
to the System of the increases in |
12 | | retirement benefits resulting from this
amendatory Act of 1998.
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13 | | Each employer of teachers is entitled to a credit against |
14 | | the contributions
required under this subsection (e) with |
15 | | respect to salaries paid to teachers
for the period January 1, |
16 | | 2002 through June 30, 2003, equal to the amount paid
by that |
17 | | employer under subsection (a-5) of Section 6.6 of the State |
18 | | Employees
Group Insurance Act of 1971 with respect to salaries |
19 | | paid to teachers for that
period.
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20 | | The additional 1% employee contribution required under |
21 | | Section 16-152 by
this amendatory Act of 1998 is the |
22 | | responsibility of the teacher and not the
teacher's employer, |
23 | | unless the employer agrees, through collective bargaining
or |
24 | | otherwise, to make the contribution on behalf of the teacher.
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25 | | If an employer is required by a contract in effect on May |
26 | | 1, 1998 between the
employer and an employee organization to |
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1 | | pay, on behalf of all its full-time
employees
covered by this |
2 | | Article, all mandatory employee contributions required under
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3 | | this Article, then the employer shall be excused from paying |
4 | | the employer
contribution required under this subsection (e) |
5 | | for the balance of the term
of that contract. The employer and |
6 | | the employee organization shall jointly
certify to the System |
7 | | the existence of the contractual requirement, in such
form as |
8 | | the System may prescribe. This exclusion shall cease upon the
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9 | | termination, extension, or renewal of the contract at any time |
10 | | after May 1,
1998.
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11 | | (f) If the amount of a teacher's salary for any school year |
12 | | used to determine final average salary exceeds the member's |
13 | | annual full-time salary rate with the same employer for the |
14 | | previous school year by more than 6%, the teacher's employer |
15 | | shall pay to the System, in addition to all other payments |
16 | | required under this Section and in accordance with guidelines |
17 | | established by the System, the present value of the increase in |
18 | | benefits resulting from the portion of the increase in salary |
19 | | that is in excess of 6%. This present value shall be computed |
20 | | by the System on the basis of the actuarial assumptions and |
21 | | tables used in the most recent actuarial valuation of the |
22 | | System that is available at the time of the computation. If a |
23 | | teacher's salary for the 2005-2006 school year is used to |
24 | | determine final average salary under this subsection (f), then |
25 | | the changes made to this subsection (f) by Public Act 94-1057 |
26 | | shall apply in calculating whether the increase in his or her |
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1 | | salary is in excess of 6%. For the purposes of this Section, |
2 | | change in employment under Section 10-21.12 of the School Code |
3 | | on or after June 1, 2005 shall constitute a change in employer. |
4 | | The System may require the employer to provide any pertinent |
5 | | information or documentation.
The changes made to this |
6 | | subsection (f) by this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
7 | | Assembly apply without regard to whether the teacher was in |
8 | | service on or after its effective date.
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9 | | Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required |
10 | | under this subsection, the System shall calculate the amount of |
11 | | the payment and bill the employer for that amount. The bill |
12 | | shall specify the calculations used to determine the amount |
13 | | due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it may, |
14 | | within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the System |
15 | | in writing for a recalculation. The application must specify in |
16 | | detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the employer asserts |
17 | | that the calculation is subject to subsection (g) or (h) of |
18 | | this Section, must include an affidavit setting forth and |
19 | | attesting to all facts within the employer's knowledge that are |
20 | | pertinent to the applicability of that subsection. Upon |
21 | | receiving a timely application for recalculation, the System |
22 | | shall review the application and, if appropriate, recalculate |
23 | | the amount due.
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24 | | The employer contributions required under this subsection |
25 | | (f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after |
26 | | receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid |
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1 | | within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be |
2 | | charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially |
3 | | assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from |
4 | | the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be |
5 | | concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the |
6 | | bill.
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7 | | (g) This subsection (g) applies only to payments made or |
8 | | salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July |
9 | | 1, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not |
10 | | require the System to refund any payments received before
July |
11 | | 31, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057). |
12 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
13 | | (f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to teachers |
14 | | under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered |
15 | | into, amended, or renewed before June 1, 2005.
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16 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
17 | | (f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to a |
18 | | teacher at a time when the teacher is 10 or more years from |
19 | | retirement eligibility under Section 16-132 or 16-133.2.
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20 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
21 | | (f), the System shall exclude salary increases resulting from |
22 | | overload work, including summer school, when the school |
23 | | district has certified to the System, and the System has |
24 | | approved the certification, that (i) the overload work is for |
25 | | the sole purpose of classroom instruction in excess of the |
26 | | standard number of classes for a full-time teacher in a school |
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1 | | district during a school year and (ii) the salary increases are |
2 | | equal to or less than the rate of pay for classroom instruction |
3 | | computed on the teacher's current salary and work schedule.
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4 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
5 | | (f), the System shall exclude a salary increase resulting from |
6 | | a promotion (i) for which the employee is required to hold a |
7 | | certificate or supervisory endorsement issued by the State |
8 | | Teacher Certification Board that is a different certification |
9 | | or supervisory endorsement than is required for the teacher's |
10 | | previous position and (ii) to a position that has existed and |
11 | | been filled by a member for no less than one complete academic |
12 | | year and the salary increase from the promotion is an increase |
13 | | that results in an amount no greater than the lesser of the |
14 | | average salary paid for other similar positions in the district |
15 | | requiring the same certification or the amount stipulated in |
16 | | the collective bargaining agreement for a similar position |
17 | | requiring the same certification.
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18 | | When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection |
19 | | (f), the System shall exclude any payment to the teacher from |
20 | | the State of Illinois or the State Board of Education over |
21 | | which the employer does not have discretion, notwithstanding |
22 | | that the payment is included in the computation of final |
23 | | average salary.
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24 | | (h) When assessing payment for any amount due under |
25 | | subsection (f), the System shall exclude any salary increase |
26 | | described in subsection (g) of this Section given on or after |
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1 | | July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or |
2 | | collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or |
3 | | renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011. |
4 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any |
5 | | payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014 |
6 | | shall be used in assessing payment for any amount due under |
7 | | subsection (f) of this Section.
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8 | | (i) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of |
9 | | the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by |
10 | | January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information: |
11 | | (1) The number of recalculations required by the |
12 | | changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each |
13 | | employer. |
14 | | (2) The dollar amount by which each employer's |
15 | | contribution to the System was changed due to |
16 | | recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057. |
17 | | (3) The total amount the System received from each |
18 | | employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by |
19 | | Public Act 94-4. |
20 | | (4) The increase in the required State contribution |
21 | | resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public |
22 | | Act 94-1057.
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23 | | (j) For purposes of determining the required State |
24 | | contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets |
25 | | shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets, |
26 | | which shall be calculated as follows: |
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1 | | As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's |
2 | | assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of |
3 | | that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's |
4 | | assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial |
5 | | gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal |
6 | | year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the |
7 | | 5-year period following that fiscal year. |
8 | | (k) For purposes of determining the required State |
9 | | contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial |
10 | | value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal |
11 | | to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return. |
12 | | (Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; |
13 | | 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-694, eff. |
14 | | 6-18-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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15 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-158.2 new)
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16 | | Sec. 16-158.2. Self-managed plan. |
17 | | (a) The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of |
18 | | Illinois must
establish and administer a self-managed plan that |
19 | | shall offer member the opportunity to accumulate assets for |
20 | | retirement through a
combination of member and State |
21 | | contributions that may be invested in
mutual funds, collective |
22 | | investment funds, or other investment products and
used to |
23 | | purchase annuity contracts, that are fixed, variable, or a |
24 | | combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified |
25 | | under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
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1 | | The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois |
2 | | shall be the plan sponsor for the
self-managed plan and shall |
3 | | prepare a plan document and adopt any rules
and procedures that |
4 | | are considered necessary or desirable for the administration
of |
5 | | the self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to |
6 | | the
members and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the |
7 | | Board of Trustees
of the System may delegate aspects of plan |
8 | | administration as it sees fit to
companies authorized to do |
9 | | business in this State.
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10 | | (a-5) A member may file an irrevocable election to transfer |
11 | | amounts equal to the member's total contributions under the |
12 | | traditional benefit package, with interest, to the |
13 | | self-managed plan under this Section. By filing the election, a |
14 | | member forfeits all accrued rights and benefits under the |
15 | | traditional benefit package. |
16 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, (i) |
17 | | for a member who does not file an election under subsection |
18 | | (a-5) of this Section, any portion of his or her salary that |
19 | | exceeds the limit specified in Section 16-121.1 for that year |
20 | | shall be subject to the self-managed plan and (ii) for a member |
21 | | who files an election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, |
22 | | the entirety of the member's salary shall, after the date of |
23 | | the election, be subject to the self-managed plan created under |
24 | | this Section. |
25 | | (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
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26 | | administrative services and funding vehicles for the |
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1 | | self-managed plan from
insurance and annuity companies and |
2 | | mutual fund companies, banks, trust
companies, or other |
3 | | financial institutions authorized to do business in this
State. |
4 | | In reviewing the proposals received and approving and |
5 | | contracting with
no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies, |
6 | | the Board of Trustees of the System shall
consider, among other |
7 | | things, the following criteria:
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8 | | (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be |
9 | | provided
to the members;
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10 | | (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to |
11 | | the premium
charged;
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12 | | (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
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13 | | interests of the members and the State; and |
14 | | (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits |
15 | | under the contract and
the financial stability of the |
16 | | company.
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17 | | The System shall periodically review
each approved |
18 | | company. A company may continue to provide administrative
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19 | | services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so |
20 | | long as
it continues to be an approved company under contract |
21 | | with the Board.
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22 | | In addition to the companies approved by the System under |
23 | | this subsection (c), the System may offer its members an |
24 | | investment fund managed by the Illinois State Board of |
25 | | Investment.
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26 | | (d) Members in the program
must be allowed to direct the |
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1 | | transfer of their account balances among the
various investment |
2 | | options offered, subject to applicable contractual
provisions.
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3 | | The member shall not be deemed a fiduciary by reason of |
4 | | providing such
investment direction. A person who is a |
5 | | fiduciary shall not be liable for any
loss resulting from that |
6 | | investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
breached |
7 | | any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that direction.
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8 | | Neither the System nor the State shall guarantee any of the |
9 | | investments in the
member's account balances.
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10 | | (e) Participation in the self-managed plan under this |
11 | | Section shall constitute
participation in the Teachers' |
12 | | Retirement System of the State of Illinois.
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13 | | (f) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
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14 | | from members in the self-managed plan and State
contributions |
15 | | as provided in this Section.
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16 | | The contribution rate for members in the self-managed plan
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17 | | shall be, (i) for a member who does not file an election under |
18 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, 6% of the amount of salary in |
19 | | excess of the limit specified in Section 16-121.1 for that |
20 | | year, in addition to the amount specified under subsection (f) |
21 | | of Section 16-152 for that year and (ii) for a member who files |
22 | | an election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, 8% of any |
23 | | amount of salary up to and including the limit specified in |
24 | | Section 16-121.1 for that year and 6% of any amount of salary |
25 | | in excess of that limit for that year. This required
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26 | | contribution shall be made as an employer pick-up under Section |
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1 | | 414(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor |
2 | | Section thereof. Any member in the System's traditional benefit |
3 | | package prior to his or her
election to participate in the |
4 | | self-managed plan shall continue to have the
employer pick up |
5 | | the contributions required under Section 16-152. However, the
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6 | | amounts picked up after the election of the self-managed plan |
7 | | shall be remitted
to and treated as assets of the self-managed |
8 | | plan. In no event shall a member have the option of receiving |
9 | | these amounts in cash. Members may make
additional |
10 | | contributions to the
self-managed plan in accordance with |
11 | | procedures prescribed by the System, to
the extent permitted |
12 | | under rules adopted by the System.
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13 | | The program shall provide for employer and State |
14 | | contributions to the self-managed plan in the following |
15 | | amounts: (i) for a member who does not file an election under |
16 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, 3% of the amount of salary in |
17 | | excess of the limit specified in Section 16-121.1 for that |
18 | | year, to be paid by the actual employer, and (ii) for a member |
19 | | who files an election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, |
20 | | 7.1% of any amount of salary up to and including the limit |
21 | | specified in Section 16-121.1 for that year, to be paid by the |
22 | | State, and 3% of any amount of salary in excess of that limit |
23 | | for that year, to be paid by the actual employer.
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24 | | The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
25 | | appropriations to the
System for members in
the self-managed |
26 | | plan under this Section.
The amount required shall
be certified |
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2 | | accordance with Section 16-158. The System shall not be |
3 | | obligated to remit the
required State contributions to any of |
4 | | the insurance and annuity
companies, mutual fund
companies, |
5 | | banks, trust companies, financial institutions, or other |
6 | | sponsors
of any of the funding vehicles offered under the |
7 | | self-managed plan
until it has received the required State |
8 | | contributions from the State.
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9 | | (g) If a member in the self-managed plan who is otherwise |
10 | | vested under this Article terminates employment, the member |
11 | | shall be entitled to a
benefit that is based on the
account |
12 | | values attributable to both State and
member contributions and |
13 | | any
investment return thereon.
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14 | | If a member in the self-managed plan who is not otherwise |
15 | | vested under this Article terminates
employment, the member |
16 | | shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
account |
17 | | values attributable to the member's contributions and any |
18 | | investment
return thereon, and the State contributions and any |
19 | | investment return
thereon shall be forfeited. Any State |
20 | | contributions that are forfeited
shall be held in escrow by the
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21 | | company investing those contributions and shall be used, as |
22 | | directed by the
System, for future allocations of State |
23 | | contributions.
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24 | | (40 ILCS 5/16-181.4 new) |
25 | | Sec. 16-181.4. To calculate the normal cost of benefits. To |
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1 | | calculate the normal cost of each plan offered by the system as |
2 | | a percentage of salary and to update those amounts at least |
3 | | every 3 years.
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4 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-111.1 new) |
5 | | Sec. 18-111.1. Limitation on salary. For the purpose of |
6 | | calculating traditional benefit package benefits and |
7 | | contributions, the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a |
8 | | participant shall not exceed the greater of (i) the amount |
9 | | specified under subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160 or (ii) the |
10 | | annual salary of the participant during the 365 days |
11 | | immediately before the effective date of this Section.
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12 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-118.1 new)
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13 | | Sec. 18-118.1. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional |
14 | | benefit
package" means the defined benefit retirement program |
15 | | maintained by the System, which
includes retirement annuities |
16 | | payable directly from the System, as provided in
Sections |
17 | | 18-124, 18-125, and 18-125.1; survivor's annuities payable |
18 | | directly from the System, as provided in
Sections 18-128, |
19 | | 18-128.01, 18-128.1, 18-128.1, and 18-128.3; and contribution |
20 | | refunds, as provided in Section
18-129.
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21 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-118.2 new)
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22 | | Sec. 18-118.2. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan" |
23 | | means the defined
contribution retirement program maintained |
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1 | | by the System, as described in
Section 18-133.2. The |
2 | | self-managed plan does not
include retirement annuities or |
3 | | survivor's benefits
payable directly from the System, as |
4 | | provided in Sections 18-124, 18-125, 18-125.1, 18-128, |
5 | | 18-128.01, 18-128.1, 18-128.1, and 18-128.3 or refunds |
6 | | determined under Section 18-129.
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7 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-131) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-131)
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8 | | Sec. 18-131. Financing; employer contributions.
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9 | | (a) The State of Illinois shall make contributions to this |
10 | | System by
appropriations of the amounts which, together with |
11 | | the contributions of
participants, net earnings on |
12 | | investments, and other income, will meet the
costs of |
13 | | maintaining and administering this System on a 100% 90% funded |
14 | | basis in
accordance with actuarial recommendations.
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15 | | (b) The Board shall determine the amount of State |
16 | | contributions
required for each fiscal year on the basis of the |
17 | | actuarial tables and other
assumptions adopted by the Board and |
18 | | the prescribed rate of interest, using
the formula in |
19 | | subsection (c).
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20 | | (c) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum |
21 | | contribution
to the System to be made by the State for each |
22 | | fiscal year shall be an amount
determined by the System to be |
23 | | sufficient to bring the total assets of the
System up to 100% |
24 | | 90% of the total actuarial liabilities of the System by the end |
25 | | of
State fiscal year 2045. |
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1 | | Pursuant to Article XIII of the 1970 Constitution of the |
2 | | State of Illinois, beginning on July 1, 2013, the State shall, |
3 | | as a retirement benefit to each participant and annuitant of |
4 | | the System be contractually obligated to the System (as a |
5 | | fiduciary and trustee of the participants and annuitants) to |
6 | | pay the Annual Required State Contribution, as determined by |
7 | | the Board of the System using generally accepted actuarial |
8 | | principles, as is necessary to bring the total assets of the |
9 | | System up to 100% of the total actuarial liabilities of the |
10 | | System by the end of State fiscal year 2045. As a further |
11 | | retirement benefit and contractual obligation, each fiscal |
12 | | year, the State shall pay to each designated retirement system |
13 | | the Annual Required State Contribution certified by the Board |
14 | | for that fiscal year. Payments of the Annual Required State |
15 | | Contribution for each fiscal year shall be made in equal |
16 | | monthly installments. This Section, and the security it |
17 | | provides to participants and annuitants is intended to be, and |
18 | | is, a contractual right that is part of the pension benefits |
19 | | provided to the participants and annuitants. Notwithstanding |
20 | | anything to the contrary in the Court of Claims Act or any |
21 | | other law, a designated retirement system has the exclusive |
22 | | right to and shall bring a Mandamus action in the Circuit Court |
23 | | of Champaign County against the State to compel the State to |
24 | | make any installment of the Annual Required State Contribution |
25 | | required by this Section, irrespective of other remedies that |
26 | | may be available to the System. Each member or annuitant of the |
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1 | | System has the right to bring a Mandamus action against the |
2 | | System in the Circuit Court in any judicial district in which |
3 | | the System maintains an office if the System fails to bring an |
4 | | action specified in this Section, irrespective of other |
5 | | remedies that may be available to the member or annuitant. In |
6 | | making these determinations, the required State
contribution |
7 | | shall be calculated each year as a level percentage of payroll
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8 | | over the years remaining to and including fiscal year 2045 and |
9 | | shall be
determined under the projected unit credit actuarial |
10 | | cost method.
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11 | | For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State |
12 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
13 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
14 | | so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is contributing at |
15 | | the rate required under this Section.
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16 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
17 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is |
18 | | $29,189,400.
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19 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
20 | | total required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is |
21 | | $35,236,800.
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22 | | For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State |
23 | | contribution to
the System, as a percentage of the applicable |
24 | | employee payroll, shall be
increased in equal annual increments |
25 | | from the required State contribution for State fiscal year |
26 | | 2007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the
State is |
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1 | | contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
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2 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
3 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is |
4 | | $78,832,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds sold |
5 | | in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General |
6 | | Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale |
7 | | expenses determined by the System's share of total bond |
8 | | proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General Revenue |
9 | | Fund in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond |
10 | | proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if |
11 | | applicable. |
12 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the |
13 | | total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
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14 | | the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011 |
15 | | pursuant to Section 18-140 and shall be made from the proceeds |
16 | | of bonds sold
in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of |
17 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of |
18 | | bond sale
expenses determined by the System's share of total |
19 | | bond
proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the General |
20 | | Revenue
Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any reduction in |
21 | | bond
proceeds due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if
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22 | | applicable. |
23 | | Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State |
24 | | contribution for
each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to |
25 | | maintain the total assets of
the System at 100% 90% of the |
26 | | total actuarial liabilities of the System.
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1 | | Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of |
2 | | the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State |
3 | | Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not |
4 | | constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State |
5 | | contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year. |
6 | | Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the |
7 | | calculation of, the required State contributions under this |
8 | | Article in any future year until the System has reached a |
9 | | funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to |
10 | | the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar |
11 | | term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the |
12 | | System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
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13 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the |
14 | | required State
contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for |
15 | | fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as
calculated |
16 | | under this Section and
certified under Section 18-140, shall |
17 | | not exceed an amount equal to (i) the
amount of the required |
18 | | State contribution that would have been calculated under
this |
19 | | Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any |
20 | | payments
under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General |
21 | | Obligation Bond Act, minus
(ii) the portion of the State's |
22 | | total debt service payments for that fiscal
year on the bonds |
23 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section |
24 | | 7.2, as determined
and certified by the Comptroller, that is |
25 | | the same as the System's portion of
the total moneys |
26 | | distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
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1 | | Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State |
2 | | fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to |
3 | | in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the |
4 | | applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated |
5 | | from the sum of the required State contribution for State |
6 | | fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's |
7 | | total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds |
8 | | issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of |
9 | | the General
Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year |
10 | | 2011, the
State is contributing at the rate otherwise required |
11 | | under this Section.
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12 | | (d) For purposes of determining the required State |
13 | | contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets |
14 | | shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets, |
15 | | which shall be calculated as follows: |
16 | | As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's |
17 | | assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of |
18 | | that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's |
19 | | assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial |
20 | | gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal |
21 | | year shall be recognized in equal annual amounts over the |
22 | | 5-year period following that fiscal year. |
23 | | (e) For purposes of determining the required State |
24 | | contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial |
25 | | value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal |
26 | | to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return. |
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1 | | (Source: P.A. 96-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; |
2 | | 96-1511, eff. 1-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; 97-813, eff. |
3 | | 7-13-12.)
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4 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-133) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-133)
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5 | | Sec. 18-133. Financing; employee contributions.
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6 | | (a) Effective July 1, 1967, each participant is required to |
7 | | contribute
7 1/2% of each payment of salary toward the |
8 | | retirement annuity. Such
contributions shall continue during |
9 | | the entire time the participant is in
service, with the |
10 | | following exceptions:
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11 | | (1) Contributions for the retirement annuity are not |
12 | | required on salary
received after 18 years of service by |
13 | | persons who were participants before
January 2, 1954.
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14 | | (2) A participant who continues to serve as a judge |
15 | | after becoming
eligible to receive the maximum rate of |
16 | | annuity may elect, through a written
direction filed with |
17 | | the Board, to discontinue contributing to the System.
Any |
18 | | such option elected by a judge shall be irrevocable unless |
19 | | prior to
January 1, 2000, and while continuing to
serve as |
20 | | judge, the judge (A) files with the Board a letter |
21 | | cancelling the
direction to discontinue contributing to |
22 | | the System and requesting that such
contributing resume, |
23 | | and (B) pays into the System an amount equal to the total
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24 | | of the discontinued contributions plus interest thereon at |
25 | | 5% per annum.
Service credits earned in any other |
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1 | | "participating system" as defined in
Article 20 of this |
2 | | Code shall be considered for purposes of determining a
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3 | | judge's eligibility to discontinue contributions under |
4 | | this subdivision
(a)(2).
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5 | | (3) A participant who (i) has attained age 60, (ii) |
6 | | continues to serve
as a judge after becoming eligible to |
7 | | receive the maximum rate of annuity,
and (iii) has not |
8 | | elected to discontinue contributing to the System under
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9 | | subdivision (a)(2) of this Section (or has revoked any such |
10 | | election) may
elect, through a written direction filed with |
11 | | the Board, to make contributions
to the System based only |
12 | | on the amount of the increases in salary received by
the |
13 | | judge on or after the date of the election, rather than the |
14 | | total salary
received. If a judge who is making |
15 | | contributions to the System on the
effective date of this |
16 | | amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly makes an
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17 | | election to limit contributions under this subdivision |
18 | | (a)(3) within 90 days
after that effective date, the |
19 | | election shall be deemed to become
effective on that |
20 | | effective date and the judge shall be entitled to receive a
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21 | | refund of any excess contributions paid to the System |
22 | | during that 90-day
period; any other election under this |
23 | | subdivision (a)(3) becomes effective
on the first of the |
24 | | month following the date of the election. An election to
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25 | | limit contributions under this subdivision (a)(3) is |
26 | | irrevocable. Service
credits earned in any other |
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1 | | participating system as defined in Article 20 of
this Code |
2 | | shall be considered for purposes of determining a judge's |
3 | | eligibility
to make an election under this subdivision |
4 | | (a)(3).
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5 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 1969, each participant is required to |
6 | | contribute
1% of each payment of salary towards the automatic |
7 | | increase in annuity
provided in Section 18-125.1. However, such |
8 | | contributions need not be made
by any participant who has |
9 | | elected prior to September 15, 1969, not to be
subject to the |
10 | | automatic increase in annuity provisions.
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11 | | (c) Effective July 13, 1953, each married participant |
12 | | subject to the
survivor's annuity provisions is required to |
13 | | contribute 2 1/2% of each
payment of salary, whether or not he |
14 | | or she is required to make any other
contributions under this |
15 | | Section. Such contributions shall be made
concurrently with the |
16 | | contributions made for annuity purposes.
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17 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, |
18 | | the required contributions for a participant who first becomes |
19 | | a participant on or after January 1, 2011 shall not exceed the |
20 | | contributions that would be due under this Article if that |
21 | | participant's highest salary for annuity purposes were |
22 | | $106,800, plus any increase in that amount under Section |
23 | | 18-125. |
24 | | (e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the |
25 | | contrary, (i) for a participant who does not file an election |
26 | | under subsection (a-5) of Section 18-133.2, any contributions |
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1 | | on amounts of salary in excess of the limit specified in |
2 | | Section 18-118.1 for that year shall instead be used to finance |
3 | | self-managed plan benefits and (ii) for a member who files an |
4 | | election under subsection (a-5) of Section 18-133.2, any |
5 | | contributions made after the date of the election, including |
6 | | the contributions for a survivor's annuity, shall be used to |
7 | | finance the benefits under Section 18-133.2. Notwithstanding |
8 | | any provision of this Code to the contrary, a member who does |
9 | | not file an election under subsection (a-5) of Section 18-133.2 |
10 | | shall contribute towards the traditional benefit package a |
11 | | percentage of salary equal to the greater of (i) one-half of |
12 | | the normal cost of the traditional benefit package or (ii) 6% |
13 | | of salary.
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14 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
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15 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-133.2 new)
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16 | | Sec. 18-133.2. Self-managed plan. |
17 | | (a) The Judges Retirement System of Illinois must
establish |
18 | | and administer a self-managed plan that shall offer |
19 | | participants the opportunity to accumulate assets for |
20 | | retirement through a
combination of participant and State |
21 | | contributions that may be invested in
mutual funds, collective |
22 | | investment funds, or other investment products and
used to |
23 | | purchase annuity contracts, that are fixed, variable, or a |
24 | | combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified |
25 | | under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. |
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1 | | The Judges Retirement System of Illinois shall be the plan |
2 | | sponsor for the
self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan |
3 | | document and adopt any rules
and procedures that are considered |
4 | | necessary or desirable for the administration
of the |
5 | | self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
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6 | | participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the |
7 | | Board of Trustees
of the System may delegate aspects of plan |
8 | | administration as it sees fit to
companies authorized to do |
9 | | business in this State.
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10 | | (a-5) A participant may file an irrevocable election to |
11 | | transfer amounts equal to the participant's total |
12 | | contributions under the traditional benefit package, with |
13 | | interest, to the self-managed plan under this Section. By |
14 | | filing the election, a participant forfeits all accrued rights |
15 | | and benefits under the traditional benefit package. |
16 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, (i) |
17 | | for a participant who does not file an election under |
18 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, any portion of his or her |
19 | | salary that exceeds the limit specified in Section 18-111.1 for |
20 | | that year shall be subject to the self-managed plan and (ii) |
21 | | for a participant who files an election under subsection (a-5) |
22 | | of this Section, the entirety of the participant's salary |
23 | | shall, after the date of the election, be subject to the |
24 | | self-managed plan created under this Section. |
25 | | (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
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26 | | administrative services and funding vehicles for the |
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1 | | self-managed plan from
insurance and annuity companies and |
2 | | mutual fund companies, banks, trust
companies, or other |
3 | | financial institutions authorized to do business in this
State. |
4 | | In reviewing the proposals received and approving and |
5 | | contracting with
no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies, |
6 | | the Board of Trustees of the System shall
consider, among other |
7 | | things, the following criteria:
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8 | | (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be |
9 | | provided
to the participants;
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10 | | (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to |
11 | | the premium
charged;
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12 | | (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
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13 | | interests of the participants and the State; and |
14 | | (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits |
15 | | under the contract and
the financial stability of the |
16 | | company.
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17 | | The System shall periodically review
each approved |
18 | | company. A company may continue to provide administrative
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19 | | services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so |
20 | | long as
it continues to be an approved company under contract |
21 | | with the Board.
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22 | | In addition to the companies approved by the System under |
23 | | this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an |
24 | | investment fund managed by the Illinois State Board of |
25 | | Investment.
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26 | | (d) Participants in the program
must be allowed to direct |
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1 | | the transfer of their account balances among the
various |
2 | | investment options offered, subject to applicable contractual
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3 | | provisions.
The participant shall not be deemed a fiduciary by |
4 | | reason of providing such
investment direction. A person who is |
5 | | a fiduciary shall not be liable for any
loss resulting from |
6 | | that investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
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7 | | breached any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that |
8 | | direction.
Neither the System nor the State shall guarantee any |
9 | | of the investments in the
participant's account balances.
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10 | | (e) Participation in the self-managed plan under this |
11 | | Section shall constitute
participation in the Judges |
12 | | Retirement System of Illinois.
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13 | | (f) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
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14 | | from participants in the self-managed plan and State
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15 | | contributions as provided in this Section.
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16 | | The contribution rate for participants in the self-managed |
17 | | plan
shall be, (i) for a participant who does not file an |
18 | | election under subsection (a-5) of this Section, 6% of the |
19 | | amount of salary in excess of the limit specified in Section |
20 | | 18-111.1 for that year, in addition to the amount specified |
21 | | under subsection (e) of Section 18-133 for that year and (ii) |
22 | | for a participant who files an election under subsection (a-5) |
23 | | of this Section, 8% of any amount of salary up to and including |
24 | | the limit specified in Section 18-111.1 for that year and 6% of |
25 | | any amount of salary in excess of that limit for that year. |
26 | | This required
contribution shall be made as an employer pick-up |
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1 | | under Section 414(h) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or |
2 | | any successor Section thereof. Any participant in the System's |
3 | | traditional benefit package prior to his or her
election to |
4 | | participate in the self-managed plan shall continue to have the
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5 | | employer pick up the contributions required under Section |
6 | | 18-133. However, the
amounts picked up after the election of |
7 | | the self-managed plan shall be remitted
to and treated as |
8 | | assets of the self-managed plan. In no event shall a |
9 | | participant have the option of receiving these amounts in cash. |
10 | | participants may make
additional contributions to the
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11 | | self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by |
12 | | the System, to
the extent permitted under rules adopted by the |
13 | | System.
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14 | | The program shall provide for State contributions to the |
15 | | self-managed plan in the following amounts: (i) for a |
16 | | participant who does not file an election under subsection |
17 | | (a-5) of this Section, 3% of the amount of salary in excess of |
18 | | the limit specified in Section 18-111.1 for that year and (ii) |
19 | | for a participant who does not file an election under |
20 | | subsection (a-5) of this Section, 7.1% of any amount of salary |
21 | | up to and including the limit specified in Section 18-111.1 for |
22 | | that year and 3% of any amount of salary in excess of that |
23 | | limit for that year.
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24 | | The State of Illinois shall make contributions by |
25 | | appropriations to the
System for participants in
the |
26 | | self-managed plan under this Section.
The amount required shall
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1 | | be certified by the Board of Trustees of the System and paid by |
2 | | the State in
accordance with Sections 18-132 and 18-140. The |
3 | | System shall not be obligated to remit the
required State |
4 | | contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
companies, |
5 | | mutual fund
companies, banks, trust companies, financial |
6 | | institutions, or other sponsors
of any of the funding vehicles |
7 | | offered under the self-managed plan
until it has received the |
8 | | required State contributions from the State.
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9 | | (g) If a participant in the self-managed plan who is |
10 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates employment, the |
11 | | participant shall be entitled to a
benefit that is based on the
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12 | | account values attributable to both State and
participant |
13 | | contributions and any
investment return thereon.
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14 | | If a participant in the self-managed plan who is not |
15 | | otherwise vested under this Article terminates
employment, the |
16 | | participant shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
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17 | | account values attributable to the participant's contributions |
18 | | and any investment
return thereon, and the State contributions |
19 | | and any investment return
thereon shall be forfeited. Any State |
20 | | contributions that are forfeited
shall be held in escrow by the
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21 | | company investing those contributions and shall be used, as |
22 | | directed by the
System, for future allocations of State |
23 | | contributions.
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24 | | (40 ILCS 5/18-140.1 new) |
25 | | Sec. 18-140.1. To calculate the normal cost of benefits. To |
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1 | | calculate the normal cost of each plan offered by the system as |
2 | | a percentage of salary and to update those amounts at least |
3 | | every 3 years.
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4 | | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
5 | | Section 8.37 as follows:
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6 | | (30 ILCS 805/8.37 new) |
7 | | Sec. 8.37. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 |
8 | | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the |
9 | | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of |
10 | | the 98th General Assembly.
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11 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
12 | | becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
| | 3 | | 30 ILCS 122/20 | | | 4 | | 30 ILCS 122/25 | | | 5 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new | | | 6 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-103.2 new | | | 7 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-108.2 new | | | 8 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-124 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-124 | | 9 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-126 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-126 | | 10 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-126.2 new | | | 11 | | 40 ILCS 5/2-134.1 new | | | 12 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-103.10 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10 | | 13 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-103.12a new | | | 14 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new | | | 15 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 new | | | 16 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-131 | | | 17 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-133 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-133 | | 18 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-133.2 new | | | 19 | | 40 ILCS 5/14-135.08a new | | | 20 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-111 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-111 | | 21 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-112.1 new | | | 22 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-155 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-155 | | 23 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-157 | from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-157 | | 24 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-158.2 | | | 25 | | 40 ILCS 5/15-165.1 new | | |
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