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| AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 14-110 as follows:
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| (40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
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| Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
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| (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less |
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| than 20
years of eligible creditable service and has attained |
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| age 55, and any
member who has withdrawn from service with not |
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| less than 25 years of
eligible creditable service and has |
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| attained age 50, regardless of whether
the attainment of either |
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| of the specified ages occurs while the member is
still in |
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| service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the |
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| member,
in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a |
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| retirement annuity
computed as follows:
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| (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee:
if |
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| retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
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| average compensation for each year of creditable service; |
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| if retirement occurs
before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of |
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| final average compensation for each of the
first 10 years |
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| of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years |
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| 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
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| (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a |
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| covered employee:
if retirement occurs on or after January |
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| 1, 2001, 2.5% of final average
compensation for each year |
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| of creditable service; if retirement occurs before
January |
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| 1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of |
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| the first
10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the |
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| next 10 years of such service,
2.10% for each year of such |
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| service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and
2.30% for |
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| each year in excess of 30.
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| Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final |
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| average
compensation if retirement occurs before January 1, |
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| 2001 or to a maximum
of 80% of final average compensation if |
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| retirement occurs on or after January
1, 2001.
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| These rates shall not be applicable to any service |
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| performed
by a member as a covered employee which is not |
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| eligible creditable service.
Service as a covered employee |
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| which is not eligible creditable service
shall be subject to |
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| the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
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| (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable |
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| service" means
creditable service resulting from service in one |
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| or more of the following
positions:
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| (1) State policeman;
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| (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a |
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| department;
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| (3) air pilot;
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| (4) special agent;
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| (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
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| (6) conservation police officer;
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| (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the |
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| Illinois Gaming Board;
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| (8) security employee of the Department of Human |
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| Services;
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| (9) Central Management Services security police |
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| officer;
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| (10) security employee of the Department of |
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| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
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| (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
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| (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
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| (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
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| General;
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| (14) controlled substance inspector;
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| (15) investigator for the Office of the State's |
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| Attorneys Appellate
Prosecutor;
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| (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
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| (17) arson investigator;
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| (18) State highway maintenance worker.
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| A person employed in one of the positions specified in this |
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| subsection is
entitled to eligible creditable service for |
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| service credit earned under this
Article while undergoing the |
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| basic police training course approved by the
Illinois Law |
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| Enforcement Training
Standards Board, if
completion of that |
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| training is required of persons serving in that position.
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| the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic |
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| police
training course shall be deemed performance of the |
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| duties of the specified
position, even though the person is not |
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| a sworn peace officer at the time of
the training.
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| (c) For the purposes of this Section:
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| (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or |
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| position
in the Department of State Police that is held by |
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| an individual employed
under the State Police Act.
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| (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection |
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| service of a
department" includes all officers in such fire |
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| protection service
including fire chiefs and assistant |
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| fire chiefs.
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| (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose |
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| official job
description on file in the Department of |
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| Central Management Services, or
in the department by which |
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| he is employed if that department is not covered
by the |
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| Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the |
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| operation of
aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license; |
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| however, the change in this
definition made by this |
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| amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude
any |
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| noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes |
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| of this
Section on January 1, 1984.
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| (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by |
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| reason of
employment by the Division of Narcotic Control, |
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| the Bureau of Investigation
or, after July 1, 1977, the |
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| Division of Criminal Investigation, the
Division of |
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| Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
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| other Division or organizational
entity in the Department |
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| of State Police is vested by law with duties to
maintain |
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| public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of |
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| this
State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests |
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| and recover property.
The term "special agent" includes any |
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| title or position in the Department
of State Police that is |
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| held by an individual employed under the State
Police Act.
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| (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State" |
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| means any person
employed by the Office of the Secretary of |
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| State and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
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| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act |
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| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
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| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| A person who became employed as an investigator for the |
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| Secretary of
State between January 1, 1967 and December 31, |
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| 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 |
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| of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated |
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| before
January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his |
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| retirement annuity
calculated in accordance with |
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| subsection (a), notwithstanding
that he has less than 20 |
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| years of credit for such service.
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| (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any |
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| person employed
by the Division of Law Enforcement of the |
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| Department of Natural Resources and
vested with such law |
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| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
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| 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D),
and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The |
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| term "Conservation Police Officer" includes
the positions |
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| of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
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| Conservation Police Administrator.
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| (7) The term "investigator for the Department of |
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| Revenue" means any
person employed by the Department of |
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| Revenue and vested with such
investigative duties as render |
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| him ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act |
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| by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and |
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| 218(l)(1)
of that Act.
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| The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board" |
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| means any
person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming |
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| Board and vested with such
peace officer duties as render |
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| the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
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| 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.
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| (8) The term "security employee of the Department of |
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| Human Services"
means any person employed by the Department |
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| of Human Services who (i) is
employed at the Chester Mental |
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| Health Center and has daily contact with the
residents |
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| thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a |
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| facility
operated by the Department and has daily contact |
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| with the residents of the
security unit, (iii) is employed |
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| at a facility operated by the Department
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| security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
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| 50% of his or her working hours within that security unit, |
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| or (iv) is a mental health police officer.
"Mental health |
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| police officer" means any person employed by the Department |
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| of
Human Services in a position pertaining to the |
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| Department's mental health and
developmental disabilities |
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| functions who is vested with such law enforcement
duties as |
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| render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social |
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| 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. "Security unit" |
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| means that portion of a facility that is devoted to
the |
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| care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to |
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| the Department of
Human Services as sexually violent |
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| persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or
persons not |
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| guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past |
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| employment,
references to the Department of Human Services |
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| include its predecessor, the
Department of Mental Health |
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| and Developmental Disabilities.
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| The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public |
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| Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January |
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| 1,
2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
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| (9) "Central Management Services security police |
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| officer" means any
person employed by the Department of |
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| Central Management Services who is
vested with such law |
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| enforcement duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
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| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (10) For a member who first became an employee under |
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| this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security |
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| employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department |
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| of Juvenile Justice"
means any employee of the Department |
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| of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the |
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| former
Department of Personnel, and any member or employee |
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| of the Prisoner
Review Board, who has daily contact with |
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| inmates or youth by working within a
correctional facility |
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| or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile |
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| Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
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| direct contact with committed persons in the performance of |
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| his or her
job duties. For a member who first becomes an |
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| employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the |
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| term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or |
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| the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the |
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| following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional |
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| facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of |
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| Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of |
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| the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence |
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| unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an |
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| investigator.
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| (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any |
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| person who is
employed as such by the Department of Human |
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| Services.
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| (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State |
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| Police" means
a person employed by the Department of State |
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| Police who is vested under
Section 4 of the Narcotic |
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| Control Division Abolition Act with such
law enforcement |
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| powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
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| 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.
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| (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney |
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| General" means any
person who is employed as such by the |
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| Office of the Attorney General and
is vested with such |
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| investigative duties as render him ineligible for
coverage |
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| under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections |
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| 218(d)(5)(A),
218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For |
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| the period before January 1,
1989, the term includes all |
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| persons who were employed as investigators by the
Office of |
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| the Attorney General, without regard to social security |
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| status.
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| (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person |
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| who is employed
as such by the Department of Professional |
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| Regulation and is vested with such
law enforcement duties |
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| as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
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| 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. The term |
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| "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
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| Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program |
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| Executive of Enforcement.
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| (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the |
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| State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor" means a person |
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| employed in that capacity on a full
time basis under the |
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| authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
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| Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
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| (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any |
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| person employed
by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is |
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| vested with such law
enforcement duties as render him |
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| ineligible for coverage under the Social
Security Act by |
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| reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
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| 218(l)(1) of that Act.
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| (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is |
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| employed as such by
the Office of the State Fire Marshal |
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| and is vested with such law enforcement
duties as render |
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| the person ineligible for coverage under the Social |
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| 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. A person who was |
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| 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 |
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| annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
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| employment as an arson investigator into eligible |
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| creditable service by paying
to the System the difference |
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| between the employee contributions actually paid
for that |
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| service and the amounts that would have been contributed if |
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| the
applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to |
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| persons with the same
social security status earning |
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| eligible creditable service on the date of
application.
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| (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means |
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| a person who is
either of the following:
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| (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
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| Illinois
Department of Transportation in the position |
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| of
highway maintainer,
highway maintenance lead |
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| worker,
highway maintenance lead/lead worker,
heavy |
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| construction equipment operator,
power shovel |
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| operator, or
bridge mechanic; and
whose principal |
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| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
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| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the highways that |
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| form a part of the State
highway system in serviceable |
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| condition for vehicular traffic.
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| (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the |
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| Illinois
State Toll Highway Authority in the position |
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| of
equipment operator/laborer H-4,
equipment |
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| operator/laborer H-6,
welder H-4,
welder H-6,
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| mechanical/electrical H-4,
mechanical/electrical H-6,
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| water/sewer H-4,
water/sewer H-6,
sign maker/hanger |
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| H-4,
sign maker/hanger H-6,
roadway lighting H-4,
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| roadway lighting H-6,
structural H-4,
structural H-6,
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| painter H-4, or
painter H-6; and
whose principal |
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| responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the |
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| actual
maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's |
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| tollways in serviceable condition
for vehicular |
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| traffic.
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| (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or |
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| the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security
employee of |
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| the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health |
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| police
officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative |
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| retirement annuity provided
by this Section unless he or she |
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| meets the following minimum age and service
requirements at the |
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| time of retirement:
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| (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55; |
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| or
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| (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 54, or 24 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 53, or 23 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 52, or 22 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 51, or 21 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55; or
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| (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible |
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| creditable service
and age 50, or 20 years of eligible |
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| creditable service and age 55.
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| Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this |
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| Code for service
as a security employee of the Department of |
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| Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the |
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| Department
of Human Services in a position requiring |
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| certification as a teacher may
count such service toward |
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| establishing their eligibility under the service
requirements |
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| of this Section; but such service may be used only for
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| establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of |
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| increasing or
calculating any benefit.
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| (e) If a member enters military service while working in a |
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| position in
which eligible creditable service may be earned, |
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| and returns to State
service in the same or another such |
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| position, and fulfills in all other
respects the conditions |
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| prescribed in this Article for credit for military
service, |
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| such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
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| service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed |
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| in this Section.
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| (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
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| this
Section, periods of service rendered after December 31, |
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| 1968 and before
October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the |
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| position of special agent,
conservation police officer, mental |
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| health police officer, or investigator
for the Secretary of |
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| State, shall be deemed to have been service as a
noncovered |
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| employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior |
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| to
retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the |
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| employee
contributions that would have been required for such |
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| service as a
noncovered employee, and the amount of employee |
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| contributions actually
paid, plus (2) if payment is made after |
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| July 31, 1987, regular interest
on the amount specified in item |
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| (1) from the date of service to the date
of payment.
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| For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under |
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| this Section,
periods of service rendered after December 31, |
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| 1968 and before January 1,
1982 as a covered employee in the |
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| position of investigator for the
Department of Revenue shall be |
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| deemed to have been service as a noncovered
employee, provided |
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| that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement
an |
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| amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee |
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| contributions
that would have been required for such service as |
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| a noncovered employee,
and the amount of employee contributions |
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| actually paid, plus (2) if payment
is made after January 1, |
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| 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in
item (1) from |
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| the date of service to the date of payment.
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| (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1, |
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| 1990, to
establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 |
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| years of his service as
a policeman under Article 3, by filing |
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| a written election with the Board,
accompanied by payment of an |
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| amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
(i) the |
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| difference between the amount of employee and employer
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| contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5, |
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| and the
amounts that would have been contributed had such |
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| contributions been made
at the rates applicable to State |
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| 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 |
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| date of payment.
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State |
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| policeman may elect,
not later than July 1, 1993, to establish |
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| 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 |
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difference between the amount of employee and employer |
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| contributions
transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10 |
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have been contributed had those |
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applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective
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investigator for the Secretary of State may elect |
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creditable service for up to 12 years of |
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Article 5, by filing a written |
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31, 1992, and |
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| determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between |
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| the amount of
employee and employer contributions transferred |
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| to the System under Section
5-236, and the amounts that would |
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contributions been made at the |
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| rates applicable to State policemen, plus
(ii) interest thereon |
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annually, from |
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service as a sheriff's |
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equal to (i) the difference between |
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employer contributions transferred |
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contributions been made at the |
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conservation police officer, or investigator for |
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elect to establish eligible |
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service as a police |
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a written election with the |
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| Board and paying
to the System an amount to be determined by |
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equal to (i) the difference between the amount of |
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employer contributions transferred to the System |
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(ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for |
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| each year, compounded
annually, from the date of service to the |
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| date of payment. |
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| Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an |
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| investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an |
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| investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to |
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| establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of |
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| the System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to |
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| applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at |
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| annually, from the date of service to the date of payment. |
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| municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement |
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| officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve |
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| district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a |
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| court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written |
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| election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009 |
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| ( the effective date of Public Act 96-745) this amendatory Act |
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| of the 96th General Assembly and paying to the System an amount |
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| to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference |
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| between the amount of employee and employer contributions |
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| transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8 and 9-121.10 |
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| and the amounts that would have been contributed had such |
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| contributions been made at the rates applicable to State |
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| policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially |
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| assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date |
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| of service to the date of payment. |
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| (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service |
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| established by any
person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k), |
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| and (l) of this
Section shall not exceed 12 years.
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| (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an |
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| investigator for
the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate |
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| Prosecutor or a controlled
substance inspector may elect to
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| establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his |
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| service as
a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law |
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payment of an amount to |
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| be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the
difference between |
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| the amount of employee and employer contributions
transferred |
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| to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
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| that would have been contributed had such contributions been |
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| made at the
rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2) |
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effective rate for each year, |
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| compounded annually, from the date of service
to the date of |
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| payment.
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alternative formula employee may elect to establish |
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service for periods spent as a full-time |
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corrections officer |
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other public employee pension fund or retirement |
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| system. To obtain this
credit, the applicant must file a |
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| written application with the Board by March
31, 1998, |
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| accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board |
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| and
payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal |
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| 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 |
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| alternative formula employee after the employment
for which |
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established, plus (3) regular |
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| interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from
the first day |
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| which
credit is being established to the date of payment.
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the Department of Corrections may elect, not later |
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establish eligible creditable service for |
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| up to 10 years of his or her service
as a policeman under |
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| Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
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| Board, equal to
(i) the difference between the amount of |
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| employee and employer contributions
transferred to the System |
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| under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would
have been |
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| contributed had such contributions been made at the rates |
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| applicable
to security employees of the Department of |
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| Corrections, plus (ii) interest
thereon at the effective rate |
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| for each year, compounded annually, from the date
of service to |
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| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1) |
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| security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and |
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| case of persons who provide vocational training, who are |
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| (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of |
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| any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years |
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| of that service credit into service credit covered under this |
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| Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the |
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| additional employee contribution required under Section |
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| 14-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required |
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| under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at |
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| the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to |
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| the date of payment. |
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| (o) A member employed on a full-time basis by the Illinois |
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| Department of Transportation in the position of highway |
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| maintainer who has at least 20 years of creditable service |
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| under this Section may elect, within 6 months of the effective |
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| date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, to |
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| convert up to 5 years of service under this Article rendered at |
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| Illinois Veterans Homes to service under this Section by paying |
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| to the Fund an amount equal to the increase in the present |
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| value of future benefits, as calculated by the System. In |
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| calculating the increase in the present value of future |
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| benefits, the System shall use the same actuarial assumptions |
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| used in the most recent actuarial valuation. The member must |
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| submit the required contributions prior to retirement. |
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| (Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09; |
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| 96-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; revised 10-1-09.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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