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
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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, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 14-110 as follows:
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6 | (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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7 | Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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8 | (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | than 20
years of eligible creditable service and
and has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | attained age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | with not less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | has attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | either of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | in service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | retirement annuity
computed as follows:
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17 | (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
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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
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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.
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11 | Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final | ||||||
12 | average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, | ||||||
13 | 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if | ||||||
14 | retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
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15 | These rates shall not be applicable to any service | ||||||
16 | performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not | ||||||
17 | eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee | ||||||
18 | which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to | ||||||
19 | the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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20 | (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable | ||||||
21 | service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one | ||||||
22 | or more of the following
positions:
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23 | (1) State policeman;
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24 | (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a | ||||||
25 | department;
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26 | (3) air pilot;
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1 | (4) special agent;
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2 | (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
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3 | (6) conservation police officer;
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4 | (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the | ||||||
5 | Illinois Gaming Board;
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6 | (8) security employee of the Department of Human | ||||||
7 | Services;
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8 | (9) Central Management Services security police | ||||||
9 | officer;
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10 | (10) security employee of the Department of | ||||||
11 | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
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12 | (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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13 | (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
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14 | (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney | ||||||
15 | General;
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16 | (14) controlled substance inspector;
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17 | (15) investigator for the Office of the State's | ||||||
18 | Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
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19 | (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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20 | (17) arson investigator;
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21 | (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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22 | A person employed in one of the positions specified in this | ||||||
23 | subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for | ||||||
24 | service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the | ||||||
25 | basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law | ||||||
26 | Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that |
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1 | training is required of persons serving in that position.
For | ||||||
2 | the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic | ||||||
3 | police
training course shall be deemed performance of the | ||||||
4 | duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not | ||||||
5 | a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
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6 | (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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16 | A person who became employed as an investigator for the | ||||||
17 | Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, | ||||||
18 | 1975, and who has served as
such until attainment of age | ||||||
19 | 60, either continuously or with a single break
in service | ||||||
20 | of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated | ||||||
21 | before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his | ||||||
22 | retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with | ||||||
23 | subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 | ||||||
24 | years of credit for such service.
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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
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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
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7 | Conservation Police Administrator.
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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.
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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
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18 | Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | ||||||
19 | 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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6 | Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), | ||||||
7 | 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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5 | Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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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
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11 | 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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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
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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.
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2 | (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means | ||||||
3 | a person who is
either of the following:
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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.
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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,
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18 | mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
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19 | water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger | ||||||
20 | H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
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21 | roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
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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 | ||||||
2 | the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of | ||||||
3 | the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health | ||||||
4 | police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative | ||||||
5 | retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she | ||||||
6 | meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the | ||||||
7 | time of retirement:
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8 | (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; | ||||||
9 | or
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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25 | Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this | ||||||
26 | Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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1 | Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the | ||||||
2 | Department
of Human Services in a position requiring | ||||||
3 | certification as a teacher may
count such service toward | ||||||
4 | establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements | ||||||
5 | of this Section; but such service may be used only for
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6 | establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of | ||||||
7 | increasing or
calculating any benefit.
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8 | (e) If a member enters military service while working in a | ||||||
9 | position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, | ||||||
10 | and returns to State
service in the same or another such | ||||||
11 | position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions | ||||||
12 | prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, | ||||||
13 | such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
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14 | service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed | ||||||
15 | in this Section.
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16 | (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | ||||||
17 | this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, | ||||||
18 | 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the | ||||||
19 | position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental | ||||||
20 | health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of | ||||||
21 | State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered | ||||||
22 | employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior | ||||||
23 | to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the | ||||||
24 | employee
contributions that would have been required for such | ||||||
25 | service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee | ||||||
26 | contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after |
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1 | July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item | ||||||
2 | (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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3 | For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under | ||||||
4 | this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, | ||||||
5 | 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the | ||||||
6 | position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be | ||||||
7 | deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided | ||||||
8 | that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an | ||||||
9 | amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee | ||||||
10 | contributions
that would have been required for such service as | ||||||
11 | a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions | ||||||
12 | actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, | ||||||
13 | 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from | ||||||
14 | the date of service to the date of payment.
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15 | (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, | ||||||
16 | 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 | ||||||
17 | years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing | ||||||
18 | a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an | ||||||
19 | amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the | ||||||
20 | difference between the amount of employee and employer
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21 | contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, | ||||||
22 | and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such | ||||||
23 | contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State | ||||||
24 | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at
the effective rate for | ||||||
25 | each year, compounded annually, from the date of
service to the | ||||||
26 | date of payment.
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1 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
2 | policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish | ||||||
3 | eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his service | ||||||
4 | as a member of the County Police Department
under Article 9, by | ||||||
5 | filing a written election with the Board, accompanied
by | ||||||
6 | payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to | ||||||
7 | (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer | ||||||
8 | contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 | ||||||
9 | and the amounts that would
have been contributed had those | ||||||
10 | contributions been made at the rates
applicable to State | ||||||
11 | policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
rate for | ||||||
12 | each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
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13 | date of payment.
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14 | (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
15 | policeman or
investigator for the Secretary of State may elect | ||||||
16 | to establish eligible
creditable service for up to 12 years of | ||||||
17 | his service as a policeman under
Article 5, by filing a written | ||||||
18 | election with the Board on or before January
31, 1992, and | ||||||
19 | paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
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20 | determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between | ||||||
21 | the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred | ||||||
22 | to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would | ||||||
23 | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | ||||||
24 | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | ||||||
25 | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | ||||||
26 | the date of service to the date of payment.
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1 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
2 | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | ||||||
3 | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | ||||||
4 | creditable service for up to 10 years of
service as a sheriff's | ||||||
5 | law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing
a written | ||||||
6 | election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and | ||||||
7 | paying
to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be | ||||||
8 | determined by the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between | ||||||
9 | the amount of employee and
employer contributions transferred | ||||||
10 | to the System under Section
7-139.7, and the amounts that would | ||||||
11 | have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the | ||||||
12 | rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon | ||||||
13 | at the effective rate for each year, compounded
annually, from | ||||||
14 | the date of service to the date of payment.
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15 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
16 | policeman,
conservation police officer, or investigator for | ||||||
17 | the Secretary of State may
elect to establish eligible | ||||||
18 | creditable service for up to 5 years of
service as a police | ||||||
19 | officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a | ||||||
20 | sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of | ||||||
21 | the county police department under Article 9, or a police | ||||||
22 | officer under Article 15 by filing
a written election with the | ||||||
23 | Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by | ||||||
24 | the Board,
equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | ||||||
25 | employee and
employer contributions transferred to the System | ||||||
26 | under Section
3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4 |
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1 | and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
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2 | contributions been made at the rates applicable to State | ||||||
3 | policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for | ||||||
4 | each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the | ||||||
5 | date of payment. | ||||||
6 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | ||||||
7 | investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an | ||||||
8 | investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to | ||||||
9 | establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of | ||||||
10 | service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under | ||||||
11 | Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article | ||||||
12 | 7, or a member of the county police department under Article 9 | ||||||
13 | by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months | ||||||
14 | after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) | ||||||
15 | and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the | ||||||
16 | Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of | ||||||
17 | employee and employer contributions transferred to the System | ||||||
18 | under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the | ||||||
19 | amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions | ||||||
20 | been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) | ||||||
21 | interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year, | ||||||
22 | compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of | ||||||
23 | payment. | ||||||
24 | Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State | ||||||
25 | policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the | ||||||
26 | Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the |
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1 | Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of | ||||||
2 | State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up | ||||||
3 | to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating | ||||||
4 | municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement | ||||||
5 | officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve | ||||||
6 | district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a | ||||||
7 | court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written | ||||||
8 | election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009 | ||||||
9 | (the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the | ||||||
10 | System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) | ||||||
11 | the difference between the amount of employee and employer | ||||||
12 | contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8 | ||||||
13 | and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed | ||||||
14 | had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to | ||||||
15 | State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially | ||||||
16 | assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date | ||||||
17 | of service to the date of payment. | ||||||
18 | (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service | ||||||
19 | established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), | ||||||
20 | and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
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21 | (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an | ||||||
22 | investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
23 | Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
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24 | establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his | ||||||
25 | service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law | ||||||
26 | enforcement employee under
Article 7, by filing a written |
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1 | election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to | ||||||
2 | be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between | ||||||
3 | the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred | ||||||
4 | to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
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5 | that would have been contributed had such contributions been | ||||||
6 | made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) | ||||||
7 | interest thereon at the
effective rate for each year, | ||||||
8 | compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of | ||||||
9 | payment.
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10 | (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this | ||||||
11 | Section, an
alternative formula employee may elect to establish | ||||||
12 | eligible creditable
service for periods spent as a full-time | ||||||
13 | law enforcement officer or full-time
corrections officer | ||||||
14 | employed by the federal government or by a state or local
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15 | government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not | ||||||
16 | held in any
other public employee pension fund or retirement | ||||||
17 | system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a | ||||||
18 | written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, | ||||||
19 | accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board | ||||||
20 | and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal | ||||||
21 | to (1) employee
contributions for the credit being established, | ||||||
22 | based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an | ||||||
23 | alternative formula employee after the employment
for which | ||||||
24 | credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
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25 | alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by | ||||||
26 | the Board
to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits |
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1 | accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular | ||||||
2 | interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day | ||||||
3 | as an alternative formula employee after the employment for | ||||||
4 | which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
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5 | (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security | ||||||
6 | employee of
the Department of Corrections may elect, not later | ||||||
7 | than July 1, 1998, to
establish eligible creditable service for | ||||||
8 | up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under | ||||||
9 | Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
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10 | accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the | ||||||
11 | Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of | ||||||
12 | employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System | ||||||
13 | under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been | ||||||
14 | contributed had such contributions been made at the rates | ||||||
15 | applicable
to security employees of the Department of | ||||||
16 | Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate | ||||||
17 | for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to | ||||||
18 | the date of payment.
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19 | (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this | ||||||
20 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) | ||||||
21 | security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice | ||||||
22 | employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective | ||||||
23 | date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and | ||||||
24 | transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this | ||||||
25 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons | ||||||
26 | employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the |
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1 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
2 | Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15 | ||||||
3 | of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or | ||||||
4 | advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a | ||||||
5 | specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology, | ||||||
6 | social work, or a closely related social science or, in the | ||||||
7 | case of persons who provide vocational training, who are | ||||||
8 | required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they | ||||||
9 | are providing the vocational training.
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10 | (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of | ||||||
11 | this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection | ||||||
12 | (j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in | ||||||
13 | any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years | ||||||
14 | of that service credit into service credit covered under this | ||||||
15 | Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the | ||||||
16 | additional employee contribution required under Section | ||||||
17 | 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required | ||||||
18 | under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at | ||||||
19 | the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to | ||||||
20 | the date of payment. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09; | ||||||
22 | 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff. | ||||||
23 | 7-2-10.)
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