Bill Text: IL SB2766 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a State policeman may elect to convert service credit earned under the Article to eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula by filing a written election with the Board and making a specified contribution. Provides that the conversion of service credit to eligible creditable service is not subject to provisions that limit the amount of eligible creditable service that may be established to 12 years. Provides that a State policeman may elect to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula for up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article, a county corrections officer, or a court services officer under the Cook County Article by filing a written application with the Board and making a specified contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2766 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2766-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2766 Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/14-110 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
40 ILCS 5/14-152.1
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a State policeman may elect to convert service credit earned under the Article to eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula by filing a written election with the Board and making a specified contribution. Provides that the conversion of service credit to eligible creditable service is not subject to provisions that limit the amount of eligible creditable service that may be established to 12 years. Provides that a State policeman may elect to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity formula for up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties under the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article, a county corrections officer, or a court services officer under the Cook County Article by filing a written application with the Board and making a specified contribution. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Sections 14-110 and 14-152.1 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
(a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
retirement annuity computed as follows:
(i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
average compensation for each year of creditable service;
if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%

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

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(4) special agent;
(5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
(6) conservation police officer;
(7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
Illinois Gaming Board;
(8) security employee of the Department of Human
Services;
(9) Central Management Services security police
officer;
(10) security employee of the Department of
Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
(11) dangerous drugs investigator;
(12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
(13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
General;
(14) controlled substance inspector;
(15) investigator for the Office of the State's
Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
(16) Commerce Commission police officer;
(17) arson investigator;
(18) State highway maintenance worker;
(19) security employee of the Department of Innovation
and Technology; or
(20) transferred employee.
A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for

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service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
training is required of persons serving in that position. For
the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
police training course shall be deemed performance of the
duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
A person under paragraph (20) is entitled to eligible
creditable service for service credit earned under this Article
on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No.
2003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No.
2016-1.
(c) For the purposes of this Section:
(1) The term "State policeman" includes any title or
position in the Department of State Police that is held by
an individual employed under the State Police Act.
(2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
fire chiefs.
(3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
official job description on file in the Department of
Central Management Services, or in the department by which
he is employed if that department is not covered by the
Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the

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operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
however, the change in this definition made by this
amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
of this Section on January 1, 1984.
(4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
other Division or organizational entity in the Department
of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
title or position in the Department of State Police that is
held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
(5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
State and vested with such investigative duties as render
him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
A person who became employed as an investigator for the
Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age

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60, either continuously or with a single break in service
of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
years of credit for such service.
(6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
Conservation Police Administrator.
(7) The term "investigator for the Department of
Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),

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218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(8) The term "security employee of the Department of
Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
police officer" means any person employed by the Department
of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
employment, references to the Department of Human Services
include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health

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and Developmental Disabilities.
The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
(9) "Central Management Services security police
officer" means any person employed by the Department of
Central Management Services who is vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(10) For a member who first became an employee under
this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional

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facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
investigator.
(11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
Services.
(12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
(13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
General" means any person who is employed as such by the
Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
the Attorney General, without regard to social security
status.
(14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person

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who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
"controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
Executive of Enforcement.
(15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
(16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
218(l)(1) of that Act.
(17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is

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no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
employment as an arson investigator into eligible
creditable service by paying to the System the difference
between the employee contributions actually paid for that
service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
persons with the same social security status earning
eligible creditable service on the date of application.
(18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
a person who is either of the following:
(i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
construction equipment operator, power shovel
operator, or bridge mechanic; and whose principal
responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
condition for vehicular traffic.
(ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,

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water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
traffic.
(19) The term "security employee of the Department of
Innovation and Technology" means a person who was a
security employee of the Department of Corrections or the
Department of Juvenile Justice, was transferred to the
Department of Innovation and Technology pursuant to
Executive Order 2016-01, and continues to perform similar
job functions under that Department.
(20) "Transferred employee" means an employee who was
transferred to the Department of Central Management
Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order
No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation
and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and
was entitled to eligible creditable service for services
immediately preceding the transfer.
(d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
the Department of Juvenile Justice, a security employee of the
Department of Human Services who is not a mental health police
officer, and a security employee of the Department of

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Innovation and Technology shall not be eligible for the
alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section unless
he or she meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the time of retirement:
(i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
or
(ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55; or
(vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
creditable service and age 55.
Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
Department of Human Services in a position requiring
certification as a teacher may count such service toward

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establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
of this Section; but such service may be used only for
establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
increasing or calculating any benefit.
(e) If a member enters military service while working in a
position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
and returns to State service in the same or another such
position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
in this Section.
(f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
employee contributions that would have been required for such
service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under

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this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
contributions that would have been required for such service as
a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
1990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
the date of service to the date of payment.
(g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service

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as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
date of payment.
(h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
the date of service to the date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible

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

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

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municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement
officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written
election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009
(the effective date of Public Act 96-745) and paying to the
System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
the difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to the date of payment.
Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman may elect to establish eligible creditable service
for up to 5 years of service as a person employed by a
participating municipality to perform police duties under
Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a court services
officer under Article 9 by filing a written election with the
Board within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly and paying to the
System an amount to be determined by the Board equal to (i) the
difference between the amount of employee and employer
contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed

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had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to the date of payment.
Notwithstanding the limitation in subsection (i), a State
policeman may elect to convert service credit earned under this
Article to eligible creditable service, as defined by this
Section, by filing a written election with the Board within 6
months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
101st General Assembly and paying to the System an amount to be
determined by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the
amount of employee contributions originally paid for that
service and the amounts that would have been contributed had
such contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
policemen, plus (ii) the difference between the employer's
normal cost of the credit prior to the conversion authorized by
this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly and the
employer's normal cost of the credit converted in accordance
with this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, plus
(iii) interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each
year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the date
of payment.
(i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
(l), (l-5), and (o) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
(j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an

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investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
that would have been contributed had such contributions been
made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
payment.
(k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
employed by the federal government or by a state or local
government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,

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based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
alternative formula employee after the employment for which
credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
which credit is being established to the date of payment.
(l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
applicable to security employees of the Department of
Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
the date of payment.
(l-5) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
Section, a State policeman may elect to establish eligible
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law enforcement officer employed by the federal government or
by a state or local government located outside of Illinois for
which credit is not held in any other public employee pension
fund or retirement system. To obtain this credit, the applicant
must file a written application with the Board no later than 3
years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
101st General Assembly, accompanied by evidence of eligibility
acceptable to the Board and payment of an amount to be
determined by the Board, equal to (1) employee contributions
for the credit being established, based upon the applicant's
salary on the first day as an alternative formula employee
after the employment for which credit is being established and
the rates then applicable to alternative formula employees,
plus (2) an amount determined by the Board to be the employer's
normal cost of the benefits accrued for the credit being
established, plus (3) regular interest on the amounts in items
(1) and (2) from the first day as an alternative formula
employee after the employment for which credit is being
established to the date of payment.
(m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
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employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
of the Unified Code of Corrections to have any bachelor's or
advanced degree from an accredited college or university or, in
the case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
are providing the vocational training.
(n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
of that service credit into service credit covered under this
Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
additional employee contribution required under Section
14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
the date of payment.
(o) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a
conservation police officer, investigator for the Secretary of
State, Commerce Commission police officer, investigator for
the Department of Revenue or the Illinois Gaming Board, or
arson investigator subject to subsection (g) of Section 1-160
may elect to convert up to 8 years of service credit
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the 101st General Assembly as a conservation police officer,
investigator for the Secretary of State, Commerce Commission
police officer, investigator for the Department of Revenue or
the Illinois Gaming Board, or arson investigator under this
Article into eligible creditable service by filing a written
election with the Board no later than one year after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
Assembly, accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined
by the Board equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
the employee contributions actually paid for that service and
the amount of the employee contributions that would have been
paid had the employee contributions been made as a noncovered
employee serving in a position in which eligible creditable
service, as defined in this Section, may be earned, plus (ii)
interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
payment.
(Source: P.A. 100-19, eff. 1-1-18; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18;
101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)
(40 ILCS 5/14-152.1)
Sec. 14-152.1. Application and expiration of new benefit
increases.
(a) As used in this Section, "new benefit increase" means
an increase in the amount of any benefit provided under this
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any benefit under this Article, that results from an amendment
to this Code that takes effect after June 1, 2005 (the
effective date of Public Act 94-4). "New benefit increase",
however, does not include any benefit increase resulting from
the changes made to Article 1 or this Article by Public Act
96-37, Public Act 100-23, Public Act 100-587, Public Act
100-611, Public Act 101-10, Public Act 101-610, or this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly or this amendatory
Act of the 101st General Assembly.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any
subsequent amendment to this Code, every new benefit increase
is subject to this Section and shall be deemed to be granted
only in conformance with and contingent upon compliance with
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Public Act enacting a new benefit increase must
identify and provide for payment to the System of additional
funding at least sufficient to fund the resulting annual
increase in cost to the System as it accrues.
Every new benefit increase is contingent upon the General
Assembly providing the additional funding required under this
subsection. The Commission on Government Forecasting and
Accountability shall analyze whether adequate additional
funding has been provided for the new benefit increase and
shall report its analysis to the Public Pension Division of the
Department of Insurance. A new benefit increase created by a
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required under this subsection is null and void. If the Public
Pension Division determines that the additional funding
provided for a new benefit increase under this subsection is or
has become inadequate, it may so certify to the Governor and
the State Comptroller and, in the absence of corrective action
by the General Assembly, the new benefit increase shall expire
at the end of the fiscal year in which the certification is
made.
(d) Every new benefit increase shall expire 5 years after
its effective date or on such earlier date as may be specified
in the language enacting the new benefit increase or provided
under subsection (c). This does not prevent the General
Assembly from extending or re-creating a new benefit increase
by law.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the language creating
the new benefit increase, a new benefit increase that expires
under this Section continues to apply to persons who applied
and qualified for the affected benefit while the new benefit
increase was in effect and to the affected beneficiaries and
alternate payees of such persons, but does not apply to any
other person, including, without limitation, a person who
continues in service after the expiration date and did not
apply and qualify for the affected benefit while the new
benefit increase was in effect.
(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
100-611, eff. 7-20-18; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff.

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7-12-19; 101-610, eff. 1-1-20.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.