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92_HB3362 LRB9208328LDcs 1 AN ACT in relation to public employee benefits. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by 5 changing Section 17-130.2 as follows: 6 (40 ILCS 5/17-130.2) 7 Sec. 17-130.2. Pickup of optional contributions. 8 (a) For the purposes of this Section, "optional 9 contributions" means contributions that a member elects to 10 make in order to establish optional service credit or to 11 qualify for the augmented service retirement pension rate 12 under Section 17-119.1. 13 (b) Subject to the requirements of federal law and the 14 rules of the Board,beginning July 1, 1998a member who is 15 employed on a full-time basis may elect to have the Employer 16 pick up optional contributions that the member has elected to 17 pay to the Fund, and the contributions so picked up shall be 18 treated as employer contributions for the purposes of 19 determining federal tax treatment. The election to have 20 optional contributions picked up is irrevocable. At the time 21 of making the election, the member shall execute a binding, 22 irrevocable payroll deduction authorization. Upon receiving 23 notice of the election, the Employer shall pick up the 24 contributions by a reduction in the cash salary of the member 25 and shall pay the contributions from the same source of funds 26 that is used to pay earnings to the member. 27 (c) Each Employer under this Fund shall take the steps 28 necessary to comply with the requirements of Section 414(h) 29 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to permit 30 the pickup of optional contributions on a tax-deferred basis. 31 (Source: P.A. 90-582, eff. 5-27-98.) -2- LRB9208328LDcs 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.