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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1779
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1779, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
6 changing Section 14-105 as follows:
7 (40 ILCS 5/14-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105)
8 Sec. 14-105. Service credit for which contributions are
9 not required.
10 (a) Each employee in service on December 31, 1943, or
11 then on leave of absence not in conflict with Civil Service
12 rules, if such leave had not extended for more than one year
13 continuously, or who is otherwise entitled to prior service
14 credit, who becomes a member shall file with the board on a
15 form supplied by it, a detailed statement of all service
16 rendered prior to January 1, 1944, for which credit is
17 claimed.
18 Upon verification thereof, the board shall issue a prior
19 service certificate certifying length of prior service. A
20 prior service certificate shall be conclusive so long as
21 membership continues, provided, that a member may, within one
22 year from the date of original issuance of the certificate or
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1 modification thereof, request the board to modify or correct
2 the certificate.
3 When membership ceases, a prior service certificate shall
4 become void, and shall be revived only under the conditions
5 specified in this Article.
6 In the computation of prior service, the following
7 schedule shall govern: 9 months of service or more during any
8 fiscal year constitutes a year of service; 6 to 9 months, 3/4
9 of a year; 3 to 6 months, 1/2 year; less than 3 months shall
10 not be considered. Credit shall not be allowed for any
11 period of absence without compensation or for less than 15
12 days service in any month, nor shall more than one year of
13 service be creditable for all service rendered in any one
14 fiscal year.
15 (b) Any member shall receive credit for military service
16 provided all of the following conditions are met:
17 (1) the member was a State employee within 6 months
18 immediately prior to entry into military service;
19 (2) the member returns as a State employee within
20 15 months after his unconditional discharge other than by
21 dishonorable discharge; and
22 (3) the member establishes creditable service for
23 State employment immediately prior to and following the
24 military service.
25 The total amount of creditable military service for any
26 member during his entire term of service shall not exceed 5
27 years in the aggregate, except that any member who on July 1,
28 1963, had accrued more than 5 years of such credit shall be
29 entitled to the total amount of such accrued credit.
30 (c) Any active member of the System who (1) was earning
31 eligible creditable service under subdivision (b)(12) of
32 Section 14-110 on January 1, 1992, and (2) has at least 17
33 years of creditable service under Article 5, and (3) is
34 eligible to transfer that creditable service to this System
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1 under subsection (c) of Section 5-236 of this Code, and (4)
2 applies in writing for transfer of that creditable service to
3 this System within 30 days after the effective date of this
4 amendatory Act of 1993, shall receive eligible creditable
5 service in this System for that creditable service upon
6 receipt by this System of the amounts transferred under
7 Section 5-236. No additional contributions shall be required
8 for the transferred service.
9 (d) Any active member of the system who (1) was earning
10 eligible creditable service under subdivision (b)(5) of
11 Section 14-110 on January 1, 1992, and (2) has no more than 7
12 years of creditable service as a municipal conservator of the
13 peace under Article 7, and (3) is eligible to transfer that
14 creditable service to this System under subsection (a) of
15 Section 7-139.7 of this Code, and (4) makes written
16 notification to this System by January 31, 1994, shall
17 receive eligible creditable service in this System for that
18 service upon receipt by this System of the amounts
19 transferred under Section 7-139.7. No additional
20 contributions shall be required for the transferred service.
21 (e) Any member may establish creditable service and
22 earnings credit for a period of voluntary or involuntary
23 furlough, not exceeding 5 days, beginning on or after January
24 1, 2002 and ending before July 1, 2002, that is utilized as a
25 means of addressing a State fiscal emergency. To receive
26 this credit, the member must apply in writing to the System
27 or the member's employer before July 1, 2005. No additional
28 contribution is required for this credit.
29 (Source: P.A. 87-1265.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.".