Bill Text: IL SB0520 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes technical changes in a Section relating to the alternative (State Police) formula.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0520 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB0520-Introduced.html


97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0520

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. John J. Cullerton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/14-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes technical changes in a Section relating to the alternative (State Police) formula.
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PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
5Section 14-110 as follows:
6 (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7 Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
8 (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
9than 20 years of eligible creditable service and and has
10attained age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service
11with not less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and
12has attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of
13either of the specified ages occurs while the member is still
14in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
15member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
16retirement annuity computed as follows:
17 (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
18 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
19 average compensation for each year of creditable service;
20 if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
21 final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
22 of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
23 to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%

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1 for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
2 (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
3 covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
4 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
5 of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
6 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
7 the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
8 next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
9 service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
10 each year in excess of 30.
11 Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
12average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
132001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
14retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
15 These rates shall not be applicable to any service
16performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
17eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
18which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
19the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
20 (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
21service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
22or more of the following positions:
23 (1) State policeman;
24 (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
25 department;
26 (3) air pilot;

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1 (4) special agent;
2 (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
3 (6) conservation police officer;
4 (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
5 Illinois Gaming Board;
6 (8) security employee of the Department of Human
7 Services;
8 (9) Central Management Services security police
9 officer;
10 (10) security employee of the Department of
11 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
12 (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
13 (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
14 (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
15 General;
16 (14) controlled substance inspector;
17 (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
18 Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
19 (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
20 (17) arson investigator;
21 (18) State highway maintenance worker.
22 A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
23subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
24service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
25basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
26Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that

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1training is required of persons serving in that position. For
2the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
3police training course shall be deemed performance of the
4duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
5a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
6 (c) For the purposes of this Section:
7 (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
8 position in the Department of State Police that is held by
9 an individual employed under the State Police Act.
10 (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
11 service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
12 protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
13 fire chiefs.
14 (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
15 official job description on file in the Department of
16 Central Management Services, or in the department by which
17 he is employed if that department is not covered by the
18 Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
19 operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
20 however, the change in this definition made by this
21 amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
22 noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
23 of this Section on January 1, 1984.
24 (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
25 reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
26 the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the

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

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1 Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
2 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
3 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
4 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
5 term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
6 of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
7 Conservation Police Administrator.
8 (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
9 Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
10 Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
11 him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
12 by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
13 218(l)(1) of that Act.
14 The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
15 means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
16 Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
17 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
18 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20 (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
21 Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
22 of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
23 Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
24 thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
25 facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
26 with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed

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1 at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
2 security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
3 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
4 or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
5 police officer" means any person employed by the Department
6 of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
7 Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
8 functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
9 render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
10 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
11 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
12 means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
13 care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
14 the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
15 persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
16 guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
17 employment, references to the Department of Human Services
18 include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
19 and Developmental Disabilities.
20 The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
21 Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
22 1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
23 (9) "Central Management Services security police
24 officer" means any person employed by the Department of
25 Central Management Services who is vested with such law
26 enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage

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1 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
2 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
3 (10) For a member who first became an employee under
4 this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
5 employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
6 of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
7 of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
8 former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
9 of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
10 inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
11 or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
12 Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
13 direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
14 his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
15 employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
16 term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
17 the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
18 following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
19 facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
20 Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
21 the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
22 unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
23 investigator.
24 (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
25 person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
26 Services.

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1 (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
2 Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
3 Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
4 Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
5 powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
6 Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8 (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
9 General" means any person who is employed as such by the
10 Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
11 investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
12 under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
13 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
14 the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
15 persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
16 the Attorney General, without regard to social security
17 status.
18 (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
19 who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
20 Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
21 as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
22 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
23 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
24 "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
25 Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
26 Executive of Enforcement.

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1 (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
2 State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
3 employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
4 authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
5 Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
6 (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
7 person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
8 vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
9 ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
10 reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
11 218(l)(1) of that Act.
12 (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
13 employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
14 and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
15 the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
16 Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
17 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
18 employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
19 no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
20 annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
21 employment as an arson investigator into eligible
22 creditable service by paying to the System the difference
23 between the employee contributions actually paid for that
24 service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
25 the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
26 persons with the same social security status earning

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1 eligible creditable service on the date of application.
2 (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
3 a person who is either of the following:
4 (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
5 Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
6 of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
7 worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
8 construction equipment operator, power shovel
9 operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
10 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
11 actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
12 form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
13 condition for vehicular traffic.
14 (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
15 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
16 of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
17 operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
18 mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
19 water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
20 H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
21 roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
22 painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
23 responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
24 actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
25 tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
26 traffic.

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1 (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
2the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
3the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
4police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
5retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
6meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
7time of retirement:
8 (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
9 or
10 (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
11 creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
12 creditable service and age 55; or
13 (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
14 creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
15 creditable service and age 55; or
16 (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
17 creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
18 creditable service and age 55; or
19 (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
20 creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
21 creditable service and age 55; or
22 (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
23 creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
24 creditable service and age 55.
25 Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
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1Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
2Department of Human Services in a position requiring
3certification as a teacher may count such service toward
4establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
5of this Section; but such service may be used only for
6establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
7increasing or calculating any benefit.
8 (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
9position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
10and returns to State service in the same or another such
11position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
12prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
13such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
14service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
15in this Section.
16 (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
17this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
181968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
19position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
20health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
21State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
22employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
23to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
24employee contributions that would have been required for such
25service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
26contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after

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1July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
2(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
3 For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
4this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
51968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
6position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
7deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
8that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
9amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
10contributions that would have been required for such service as
11a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
12actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
131990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
14the date of service to the date of payment.
15 (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
161990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
17years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
18a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
19amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
20difference between the amount of employee and employer
21contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
22and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
23contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
24policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
25each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
26date of payment.

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1 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
3eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
4as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
5filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
6payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
7(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
8contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
9and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
10contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
11policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
12each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
13date of payment.
14 (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
15policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
16to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
17his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
18election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
19paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
20determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
21the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
22to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
23have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
24rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
25at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
26the date of service to the date of payment.

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1 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
2policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
3the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
4creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
5law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
6election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
7paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
8determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
9the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
10to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
11have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
12rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
13at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
14the date of service to the date of payment.
15 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
16policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
17the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
18creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
19officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
20sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of
21the county police department under Article 9, or a police
22officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
23Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
24the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
25employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
26under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4

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1and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
2contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
3policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
4each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
5date of payment.
6 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
7investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
8investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
9establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of
10service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
11Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
127, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
13by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
14after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
15and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the
16Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
17employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
18under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
19amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions
20been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii)
21interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
22compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
23payment.
24 Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
25policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
26Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the

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1Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
2State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up
3to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating
4municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement
5officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
6district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
7court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written
8election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009
9(the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the
10System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
11the difference between the amount of employee and employer
12contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
13and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
14had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
15State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
16assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
17of service to the date of payment.
18 (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
19established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
20and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
21 (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
22investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
23Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
24establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
25service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
26enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written

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1election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
2be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
3the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
4to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
5that would have been contributed had such contributions been
6made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
7interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
8compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
9payment.
10 (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
11Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
12eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
13law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
14employed by the federal government or by a state or local
15government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
16held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
17system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
18written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
19accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
20and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
21to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
22based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
23alternative formula employee after the employment for which
24credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
25alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
26the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits

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1accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
2interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
3as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
4which credit is being established to the date of payment.
5 (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
6employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
7than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
8up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
9Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
10accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
11Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
12employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
13under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
14contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
15applicable to security employees of the Department of
16Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
17for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
18the date of payment.
19 (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
20amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
21security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
22employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
23date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
24transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
25amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
26employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the

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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
2Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
3of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
4advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
5specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
6social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
7case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
8required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
9are providing the vocational training.
10 (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
11this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
12(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
13any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
14of that service credit into service credit covered under this
15Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
16additional employee contribution required under Section
1714-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
18under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
19the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
20the date of payment.
21(Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09;
2296-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff.
237-2-10.)
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