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Public Act 92-0054
HB0513 Enrolled LRB9200763LDpr
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Pension Code by changing
Section 14-104.
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 Section 14-104 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/14-104) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104)
Sec. 14-104. Service for which contributions permitted.
Contributions provided for in this Section shall cover the
period of service granted. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section, the contributions shall be based upon the
employee's compensation and contribution rate in effect on
the date he last became a member of the System; provided that
for all employment prior to January 1, 1969 the contribution
rate shall be that in effect for a noncovered employee on the
date he last became a member of the System. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, contributions permitted
under this Section shall include regular interest from the
date an employee last became a member of the System to the
date of payment.
These contributions must be paid in full before
retirement either in a lump sum or in installment payments in
accordance with such rules as may be adopted by the board.
(a) Any member may make contributions as required in
this Section for any period of service, subsequent to the
date of establishment, but prior to the date of membership.
(b) Any employee who had been previously excluded from
membership because of age at entry and subsequently became
eligible may elect to make contributions as required in this
Section for the period of service during which he was
ineligible.
(c) An employee of the Department of Insurance who,
after January 1, 1944 but prior to becoming eligible for
membership, received salary from funds of insurance companies
in the process of rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation
or dissolution, may elect to make contributions as required
in this Section for such service.
(d) Any employee who rendered service in a State office
to which he was elected, or rendered service in the elective
office of Clerk of the Appellate Court prior to the date he
became a member, may make contributions for such service as
required in this Section. Any member who served by
appointment of the Governor under the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois and did not participate in this System may
make contributions as required in this Section for such
service.
(e) Any person employed by the United States government
or any instrumentality or agency thereof from January 1, 1942
through November 15, 1946 as the result of a transfer from
State service by executive order of the President of the
United States shall be entitled to prior service credit
covering the period from January 1, 1942 through December 31,
1943 as provided for in this Article and to membership
service credit for the period from January 1, 1944 through
November 15, 1946 by making the contributions required in
this Section. A person so employed on January 1, 1944 but
whose employment began after January 1, 1942 may qualify for
prior service and membership service credit under the same
conditions.
(f) An employee of the Department of Labor of the State
of Illinois who performed services for and under the
supervision of that Department prior to January 1, 1944 but
who was compensated for those services directly by federal
funds and not by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts
paid by the State Treasurer may establish credit for such
employment by making the contributions required in this
Section. An employee of the Department of Agriculture of the
State of Illinois, who performed services for and under the
supervision of that Department prior to June 1, 1963, but was
compensated for those services directly by federal funds and
not paid by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts paid
by the State Treasurer, and who did not contribute to any
other public employee retirement system for such service, may
establish credit for such employment by making the
contributions required in this Section.
(g) Any employee who executed a waiver of membership
within 60 days prior to January 1, 1944 may, at any time
while in the service of a department, file with the board a
rescission of such waiver. Upon making the contributions
required by this Section, the member shall be granted the
creditable service that would have been received if the
waiver had not been executed.
(h) Until May 1, 1990, an employee who was employed on a
full-time basis by a regional planning commission for at
least 5 continuous years may establish creditable service for
such employment by making the contributions required under
this Section, provided that any credits earned by the
employee in the commission's retirement plan have been
terminated.
(i) Any person who rendered full time contractual
services to the General Assembly as a member of a legislative
staff may establish service credit for up to 8 years of such
services by making the contributions required under this
Section, provided that application therefor is made not later
than July 1, 1991.
(j) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
interest, but with all of the interest calculated from the
date the employee last became a member of the System or
November 19, 1991, whichever is later, to the date of
payment, an employee may establish service credit for a
period of up to 2 years spent in active military service for
which he does not qualify for credit under Section 14-105,
provided that (1) he was not dishonorably discharged from
such military service, and (2) the amount of service credit
established by a member under this subsection (j), when added
to the amount of military service credit granted to the
member under subsection (b) of Section 14-105, shall not
exceed 5 years. The change in the manner of calculating
interest under this subsection (j) made by this amendatory
Act of the 92nd General Assembly applies to credit purchased
by an employee on or after its effective date and does not
entitle any person to a refund of contributions or interest
already paid.
(k) An employee who was employed on a full-time basis by
the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide
Appellate Assistance Service LEAA-ILEC grant project prior to
the time that project became the State's Attorneys Appellate
Service Commission, now the Office of the State's Attorneys
Appellate Prosecutor, an agency of State government, may
establish creditable service for not more than 60 months
service for such employment by making contributions required
under this Section.
(l) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
interest, a member may establish service credit for periods
of less than one year spent on authorized leave of absence
from service, provided that (1) the period of leave began on
or after January 1, 1982 and (2) any credit established by
the member for the period of leave in any other public
employee retirement system has been terminated. A member may
establish service credit under this subsection for more than
one period of authorized leave, and in that case the total
period of service credit established by the member under this
subsection may exceed one year. In determining the
contributions required for establishing service credit under
this subsection, the interest shall be calculated from the
beginning of the leave of absence to the date of payment.
(m) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
member of the General Assembly as a worker in the member's
district office may establish creditable service for up to 3
years of those contractual services by making the
contributions required under this Section. The System shall
determine a full-time salary equivalent for the purpose of
calculating the required contribution. To establish credit
under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
by March 1, 1998.
(n) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
member of the General Assembly as a worker providing
constituent services to persons in the member's district may
establish creditable service for up to 8 years of those
contractual services by making the contributions required
under this Section. The System shall determine a full-time
salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the required
contribution. To establish credit under this subsection, the
applicant must apply to the System by March 1, 1998.
(o) A member who participated in the Illinois
Legislative Staff Internship Program may establish creditable
service for up to one year of that participation by making
the contribution required under this Section. The System
shall determine a full-time salary equivalent for the purpose
of calculating the required contribution. Credit may not be
established under this subsection for any period for which
service credit is established under any other provision of
this Code.
(Source: P.A. 90-32, eff. 6-27-97; 90-448, eff. 8-16-97;
90-511, eff. 8-22-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-766, eff.
8-14-98.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 17, 2001.
Approved July 12, 2001.
Effective July 12, 2001.
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