93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4317

 

Introduced 2/2/2004, by Kurt M. Granberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
40 ILCS 5/7-116   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116
40 ILCS 5/7-142   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142
40 ILCS 5/7-142.1   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1
40 ILCS 5/7-144.3   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-144.3
40 ILCS 5/7-152   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-152
40 ILCS 5/7-156   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156
40 ILCS 5/7-169   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169
40 ILCS 5/7-173.1   from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173.1
30 ILCS 805/8.28 new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows a sheriff's law enforcement employee (SLEP) to convert up to 10 years of non-SLEP service credit into SLEP credit by paying the difference in employee contributions, plus interest. Increases the SLEP retirement formula to 2.5% of the final rate of earnings for each year of SLEP service. Allows a person with at least 20 years of SLEP credit to have the pension based on his or her salary rate on the last day of SLEP service. Compounds the 3% annual increase in retirement annuities for SLEPs who retire on or after July 1, 2004; specifies that those retirees do not receive a supplemental benefit payment (13th check). Increases the basic disability benefit for a sheriff's law enforcement employee whose disability is the result of sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or resulting from the performance of an act of duty, from 50% to 65% of the final rate of earnings. Increases the SLEP surviving spouse benefit to 66% of the deceased SLEP's retirement annuity. Removes the 2-year service requirement for earning new benefits after a return to service as a SLEP. Increases the additional employee contribution paid by SLEPs to 3.1% of salary. Also eliminates the reduction in benefit imposed on a surviving spouse who is more than 5 years younger than the deceased member, for the surviving spouse of any member who dies on or after the effective date. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
PENSION IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 changing
5 Sections 7-116, 7-142, 7-142.1, 7-144.3, 7-152, 7-156, 7-169,
6 and 7-173.1 as follows:
 
7     (40 ILCS 5/7-116)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-116)
8     Sec. 7-116. "Final rate of earnings":
9     (a) For retirement and survivor annuities, the monthly
10 earnings obtained by dividing the total earnings received by
11 the employee during the period of either (1) the 48 consecutive
12 months of service within the last 120 months of service in
13 which his total earnings were the highest or (2) the employee's
14 total period of service, by the number of months of service in
15 such period.
16     (b) For death benefits, the higher of the rate determined
17 under paragraph (a) of this Section or total earnings received
18 in the last 12 months of service divided by twelve. If the
19 deceased employee has less than 12 months of service, the
20 monthly final rate shall be the monthly rate of pay the
21 employee was receiving when he began service.
22     (c) For disability benefits, the total earnings of a
23 participating employee in the last 12 calendar months of
24 service prior to the date he becomes disabled divided by 12.
25     (d) For persons who have at least 20 years of service
26 credit as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, the rate of
27 earnings on the last day of service in that capacity, the
28 average rate of earnings during any 12 consecutive months
29 within the last 48 months of service in that capacity, or the
30 rate determined under the other provisions of this Section,
31 whichever is greater.
32     (e) In computing the final rate of earnings: (1) the

 

 

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1 earnings rate for all periods of prior service shall be
2 considered equal to the average earnings rate for the last 3
3 calendar years of prior service for which creditable service is
4 received under Section 7-139 or, if there is less than 3 years
5 of creditable prior service, the average for the total prior
6 service period for which creditable service is received under
7 Section 7-139; (2) for out of state service and authorized
8 leave, the earnings rate shall be the rate upon which service
9 credits are granted; (3) periods of military leave shall not be
10 considered; (4) the earnings rate for all periods of disability
11 shall be considered equal to the rate of earnings upon which
12 the employee's disability benefits are computed for such
13 periods; (5) the earnings to be considered for each of the
14 final three months of the final earnings period shall not
15 exceed 125% of the highest earnings of any other month in the
16 final earnings period; and (6) the annual amount of final rate
17 of earnings shall be the monthly amount multiplied by the
18 number of months of service normally required by the position
19 in a year.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97.)
 
21     (40 ILCS 5/7-142)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142)
22     Sec. 7-142. Retirement annuities - Amount.
23     (a) The amount of a retirement annuity shall be the sum of
24 the following, determined in accordance with the actuarial
25 tables in effect at the time of the grant of the annuity:
26         1. For employees with 8 or more years of service, an
27     annuity computed pursuant to subparagraphs a or b of this
28     subparagraph 1, whichever is the higher, and for employees
29     with less than 8 years of service the annuity computed
30     pursuant to subparagraph a:
31             a. The monthly annuity which can be provided from
32         the total accumulated normal, municipality and prior
33         service credits, as of the attained age of the employee
34         on the date the annuity begins provided that such
35         annuity shall not exceed 75% of the final rate of

 

 

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1         earnings of the employee.
2             b. (i) The monthly annuity amount determined as
3         follows by multiplying (a) 1 2/3% for annuitants with
4         not more than 15 years or (b) 1 2/3% for the first 15
5         years and 2% for each year in excess of 15 years for
6         annuitants with more than 15 years by the number of
7         years plus fractional years, prorated on a basis of
8         months, of creditable service and multiply the product
9         thereof by the employee's final rate of earnings.
10             (ii) For the sole purpose of computing the formula
11         (and not for the purposes of the limitations
12         hereinafter stated) $125 shall be considered the final
13         rate of earnings in all cases where the final rate of
14         earnings is less than such amount.
15             (iii) The monthly annuity computed in accordance
16         with this subparagraph b, shall not exceed an amount
17         equal to 75% of the final rate of earnings.
18             (iv) For employees who have less than 35 years of
19         service, the annuity computed in accordance with this
20         subparagraph b (as reduced by application of
21         subparagraph (iii) above) shall be reduced by 0.25%
22         thereof (0.5% if service was terminated before January
23         1, 1988) for each month or fraction thereof (1) that
24         the employee's age is less than 60 years, or (2) if the
25         employee has at least 30 years of service credit, that
26         the employee's service credit is less than 35 years,
27         whichever is less, on the date the annuity begins.
28         2. The annuity which can be provided from the total
29     accumulated additional credits as of the attained age of
30     the employee on the date the annuity begins.
31     (b) If payment of an annuity begins prior to the earliest
32 age at which the employee will become eligible for an old age
33 insurance benefit under the Federal Social Security Act, he may
34 elect that the annuity payments from this fund shall exceed
35 those payable after his attaining such age by an amount,
36 computed as determined by rules of the Board, but not in excess

 

 

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1 of his estimated Social Security Benefit, determined as of the
2 effective date of the annuity, provided that in no case shall
3 the total annuity payments made by this fund exceed in
4 actuarial value the annuity which would have been payable had
5 no such election been made.
6     (c) The retirement annuity shall be increased each year by
7 2%, not compounded, of the monthly amount of annuity, taking
8 into consideration any adjustment under paragraph (b) of this
9 Section. This increase shall be effective each January 1 and
10 computed from the effective date of the retirement annuity, the
11 first increase being 0.167% .167% of the monthly amount times
12 the number of months from the effective date to January 1.
13 Beginning January 1, 1984 and thereafter, the retirement
14 annuity (including any retirement annuity calculated under
15 Section 7-142.1 or 7-145.1) shall be increased by 3% each year,
16 not compounded; except that for a person who retires on or
17 after July 1, 2004 with a retirement annuity calculated under
18 Section 7-142.1 (or under Section 7-145.1, if the annuitant was
19 otherwise eligible to have the retirement annuity calculated
20 under Section 7-142.1), the annual increases under this Section
21 shall be 3% of the total amount of the retirement annuity
22 payable at the time of the increase, including any increases
23 previously granted under this Article.
24     This increase shall not be applicable to annuitants who are
25 not in service on or after September 8, 1971.
26 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
27     (40 ILCS 5/7-142.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-142.1)
28     Sec. 7-142.1. Sheriff's law enforcement employees.
29     (a) In lieu of the retirement annuity provided by
30 subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of Section 7-142:
31     Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
32 years of service in that capacity and who terminates service
33 prior to January 1, 1988 shall be entitled at his option to
34 receive a monthly retirement annuity for his service as a
35 sheriff's law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2%

 

 

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1 for each year of such service up to 10 years, 2 1/4% for each
2 year of such service above 10 years and up to 20 years, and 2
3 1/2% for each year of such service above 20 years, by his
4 annual final rate of earnings and dividing by 12.
5     Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
6 years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on
7 or after January 1, 1988 and before July 1, 2004 shall be
8 entitled at his option to receive a monthly retirement annuity
9 for his service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee
10 computed by multiplying 2.5% for each year of such service up
11 to 20 years, 2% for each year of such service above 20 years
12 and up to 30 years, and 1% for each year of such service above
13 30 years, by his annual final rate of earnings and dividing by
14 12.
15     Any sheriff's law enforcement employee who has 20 or more
16 years of service in that capacity and who terminates service on
17 or after July 1, 2004 shall be entitled at his or her option to
18 receive a monthly retirement annuity for service as a sheriff's
19 law enforcement employee computed by multiplying 2.5% for each
20 year of such service by his annual final rate of earnings and
21 dividing by 12.
22     If a sheriff's law enforcement employee has service in any
23 other capacity, his retirement annuity for service as a
24 sheriff's law enforcement employee may be computed under this
25 Section and the retirement annuity for his other service under
26 Section 7-142.
27     In no case shall the total monthly retirement annuity
28 exceed 75% of the monthly final rate of earnings.
29     (b) Whenever continued group insurance coverage is elected
30 in accordance with the provisions of Section 367h of the
31 Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended, the total
32 monthly premium for such continued group insurance coverage or
33 such portion thereof as is not paid by the municipality shall,
34 upon request of the person electing such continued group
35 insurance coverage, be deducted from any monthly pension
36 benefit otherwise payable to such person pursuant to this

 

 

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1 Section, to be remitted by the Fund to the insurance company or
2 other entity providing the group insurance coverage.
3     (c) A sheriff's law enforcement employee who has service in
4 any other capacity may convert up to 10 years of that service
5 into service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee by paying
6 to the Fund an amount equal to the additional contribution
7 required under Section 7-173.1, plus interest at the prescribed
8 rate from the date of the service to the date of payment.
9 (Source: P.A. 85-941.)
 
10     (40 ILCS 5/7-144.3)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-144.3)
11     Sec. 7-144.3. Supplemental benefit payment.
12     (a) A supplemental benefit payment, consisting of a sum
13 calculated as provided in subsection (c), shall be payable to
14 each eligible retirement annuitant and surviving spouse
15 annuitant on July 1, 1993, and on each subsequent July 1. ;
16 except that if this Code is amended to change the uncompounded
17 annual increase in retirement annuity granted in subsection (c)
18 of Section 7-142 to a compounded annual increase, No
19 supplemental benefit shall be paid under this Section to a
20 person who retires on or after July 1, 2004 with a retirement
21 annuity calculated under Section 7-142.1 (or under Section
22 7-145.1, if the annuitant was otherwise eligible to have the
23 retirement annuity calculated under Section 7-142.1); but this
24 exclusion does not apply to the surviving spouses of those
25 persons on any July 1 occurring on or after the effective date
26 of that amendment. The amount of the supplemental benefit
27 payment, and a person's eligibility to receive the supplemental
28 benefit payment, shall be redetermined for each year in which
29 the benefit is payable.
30     (b) To be eligible to receive a supplemental benefit
31 payment, a person must be entitled to receive a retirement
32 annuity or surviving spouse annuity from the Fund on the July 1
33 supplemental benefit payment date, and must have been receiving
34 that annuity during each of the 12 months immediately preceding
35 that date; except that a surviving spouse annuitant whose

 

 

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1 surviving spouse annuity began less than one year before the
2 July 1 supplemental benefit payment date shall be eligible if
3 the deceased spouse received a retirement annuity from the Fund
4 during the period from the previous July 1 until the start of
5 the surviving spouse annuity.
6     (c) The amount of the supplemental benefit payment shall be
7 determined by the Board as follows:
8         (1) The total amount available for the payment of
9     supplemental benefit payments under this Section in any
10     year shall be 0.62% of the last annual participating
11     payroll for all participating municipalities and
12     participating instrumentalities in the Fund, as determined
13     and reconciled by the Fund.
14         (2) The amount of the supplemental benefit payment to
15     each eligible person shall be a portion of the total amount
16     available under paragraph (1), equal to that portion of the
17     total amount payable by the Fund to all eligible persons
18     for retirement and surviving spouse annuities in the June
19     preceding the July 1 supplemental benefit payment date,
20     that is payable to the eligible person in that month.
21         (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the amount of any
22     supplemental benefit payment paid to an annuitant under
23     this Section shall not exceed any benefit limitations
24     established by the federal government for qualified public
25     pension plans.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-850.)
 
27     (40 ILCS 5/7-152)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-152)
28     Sec. 7-152. Disability benefits - Amount. The amount of
29 the monthly temporary and total and permanent disability
30 benefits shall be 50% of the participating employee's final
31 rate of earnings on the date disability was incurred, subject
32 to the following adjustments:
33     (a) If the participating employee has a reduced rate of
34 earnings at the time his employment ceases because of
35 disability, the rate of earnings shall be computed on the basis

 

 

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1 of his last 12 month period of full-time employment.
2     (b) If the participating employee is eligible for a
3 disability benefit under the federal Social Security Act, the
4 amount of monthly disability benefits shall be reduced, but not
5 to less than $10 a month, by the amount he would be eligible to
6 receive as a disability benefit under the federal Social
7 Security Act, whether or not because of service as a covered
8 employee under this Article. The reduction shall be effective
9 as of the month the employee is eligible for Social Security
10 disability benefits. The Board may make such reduction if it
11 appears that the employee may be so eligible pending
12 determination of eligibility and make an appropriate
13 adjustment if necessary after such determination. If the
14 employee, because of his refusal to accept rehabilitation
15 services under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the
16 federal Social Security Act, or because he is receiving
17 workers' compensation benefits, has his Social Security
18 benefits reduced or terminated, the disability benefit shall be
19 reduced as if the employee were receiving his full Social
20 Security disability benefit.
21     (c) If the employee (i) is over the age for a full Social
22 Security old-age insurance benefit, (ii) was not eligible for a
23 Social Security disability benefit immediately before reaching
24 that age, and (iii) is eligible for a full Social Security
25 old-age insurance benefit, then the amount of the monthly
26 disability benefit shall be reduced, but not to less than $10 a
27 month, by the amount of the old-age insurance benefit to which
28 the employee is entitled, whether or not the employee applies
29 for the Social Security old-age insurance benefit. This
30 reduction shall be made in the month after the month in which
31 the employee attains the age for a full Social Security old-age
32 insurance benefit. However, if the employee was receiving a
33 Social Security disability benefit before reaching the age for
34 a full Social Security old-age insurance benefit, the
35 disability benefits after that age shall be determined under
36 subsection (b) of this Section.

 

 

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1     (d) The amount of disability benefits shall not be reduced
2 by reason of any increase, other than one resulting from a
3 correction in the employee's wage records, in the amount of
4 disability or old-age insurance benefits under the federal
5 Social Security Act which takes effect after the month of the
6 initial reduction under paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section.
7     (e) If the employee in any month receives compensation from
8 gainful employment which is more than 25% of the final rate of
9 earnings on which his disability benefits are based, the
10 temporary disability benefit payable for that month shall be
11 reduced by an amount equal to such excess.
12     (f) An employee who has been disabled for at least 30 days
13 may return to work for the employer on a part-time basis for a
14 trial work period of up to one year, during which the
15 disability shall be deemed to continue. Service credit shall
16 continue to accrue and the disability benefit shall continue to
17 be paid during the trial work period, but the benefit shall be
18 reduced by the amount of earnings received by the disabled
19 employee. Return to service on a full-time basis shall
20 terminate the trial work period. The reduction under this
21 subsection (f) shall be in lieu of the reduction, if any,
22 required under subsection (e).
23     (g) Beginning January 1, 1988, every total and permanent
24 disability benefit shall be increased by 3% of the original
25 amount of the benefit, not compounded, on each January 1
26 following the later of (1) the date the total and permanent
27 disability benefit begins, or (2) the date the total and
28 permanent disability benefit would have begun if the employee
29 had been paid a temporary disability benefit for 30 months.
30     (h) Beginning July 1, 2004, the basic disability benefit
31 for a sheriff's law enforcement employee whose disability is
32 the result of sickness, accident, or injury incurred in or
33 resulting from the performance of an act of duty shall be 65%
34 of the employee's final rate of earnings on the date the
35 disability was incurred, rather than the 50% otherwise provided
36 under this Section. A sheriff's law enforcement employee who

 

 

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1 meets the requirement of this subsection (h) and is receiving a
2 disability benefit on that date shall have the benefit
3 increased accordingly.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-424, eff. 8-17-01.)
 
5     (40 ILCS 5/7-156)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-156)
6     Sec. 7-156. Surviving spouse annuities - amount.
7     (a) The amount of surviving spouse annuity shall be:
8     1. Upon the death of an employee annuitant or such person
9 entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity at date of
10 death, (i) an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity (in
11 the case of such a person who dies on or after July 1, 2004 with
12 at least 20 years of service as a sheriff's law enforcement
13 employee, 66% of the retirement annuity) which was or would
14 have been payable exclusive of the amount so payable which was
15 provided from additional credits, and disregarding any
16 election made under paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus (ii)
17 an annuity which could be provided at the then attained age of
18 the surviving spouse and under actuarial tables then in effect,
19 from the excess of the additional credits, (excluding any such
20 credits used to create a reversionary annuity) used to provide
21 the annuity granted pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Section
22 7-142 of this article over the total annuity payments made
23 pursuant thereto.
24     2. Upon the death of a participating employee on or after
25 attainment of age 55, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement
26 annuity (in the case of such a person who dies on or after July
27 1, 2004 with at least 20 years of service as a sheriff's law
28 enforcement employee, 66% of the retirement annuity) which he
29 could have had as of the date of death had he then retired and
30 applied for annuity, exclusive of the portion thereof which
31 could have been provided from additional credits, and
32 disregarding paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus an amount
33 equal to the annuity which could be provided from the total of
34 his accumulated additional credits at date of death, on the
35 basis of the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date.

 

 

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1     3. Upon the death of a participating employee before age
2 55, an amount equal to 1/2 of the retirement annuity (in the
3 case of such a person who dies on or after July 1, 2004 with at
4 least 20 years of service as a sheriff's law enforcement
5 employee, 66% of the retirement annuity) which he could have
6 had as of his attained age on the date of death, had he then
7 retired and applied for annuity, and the provisions of this
8 Article that no such annuity shall begin until the employee has
9 attained at least age 55 were not applicable, exclusive of the
10 portion thereof which could have been provided from additional
11 credits and disregarding paragraph (b) of Section 7-142, plus
12 an amount equal to the annuity which could be provided from the
13 total of his accumulated additional credits at date of death,
14 on the basis of the attained age of the surviving spouse on
15 such date.
16     In the case of the surviving spouse of a person who dies
17 before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
18 General Assembly, if the a surviving spouse is more than 5
19 years younger than the deceased, that portion of the annuity
20 which is not based on additional credits shall be reduced in
21 the ratio of the value of a life annuity of $1 per year at an
22 age of 5 years less than the attained age of the deceased, at
23 the earlier of the date of the death or the date his retirement
24 annuity begins, to the value of a life annuity of $1 per year
25 at the attained age of the surviving spouse on such date,
26 according to actuarial tables approved by the Board. This
27 reduction does not apply to the surviving spouse of a person
28 who dies on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
29 of the 93rd General Assembly.
30     In computing the amount of a surviving spouse annuity,
31 incremental increases of retirement annuities to the date of
32 death of the employee annuitant shall be considered.
33     (b) Each surviving spouse annuity payable on January 1,
34 1988 shall be increased on that date by 3% of the original
35 amount of the annuity. Each surviving spouse annuity that
36 begins after January 1, 1988 shall be increased on the January

 

 

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1 1 next occurring after the annuity begins, by an amount equal
2 to (i) 3% of the original amount thereof if the deceased
3 employee was receiving a retirement annuity at the time of his
4 death; otherwise (ii) 0.167% of the original amount thereof for
5 each complete month which has elapsed since the date the
6 annuity began.
7     On each January 1 after the date of the initial increase
8 under this subsection, each surviving spouse annuity shall be
9 increased by 3% of the originally granted amount of the
10 annuity.
11 (Source: P.A. 85-941.)
 
12     (40 ILCS 5/7-169)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-169)
13     Sec. 7-169. Separation benefits; repayments. If an
14 employee who has received a separation benefit subsequently
15 becomes a participating employee, and renders at least 2 years
16 of contributing service from the date of such re-entry, he may
17 pay to the fund the amount of the separation benefit, plus
18 interest at the effective rate for each year from the date of
19 payment of the separation benefit to the date of repayment.
20 Upon payment his creditable service shall be reinstated and the
21 payment shall be credited to his account as normal
22 contributions. Beginning July 1, 2004, the requirement of
23 returning to service for at least 2 years does not apply to
24 persons who return to service as a sheriff's law enforcement
25 employee.
26 (Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
 
27     (40 ILCS 5/7-173.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-173.1)
28     Sec. 7-173.1. Additional contribution by sheriff's law
29 enforcement employees.
30     (a) Each sheriff's law enforcement employee shall make an
31 additional contribution of 1% of earnings, which shall be
32 considered as normal contributions. For earnings on or after
33 July 1, 1988, the additional contribution shall be 2% of
34 earnings. For earnings on or after July 1, 2004, the additional

 

 

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1 contribution shall be 3.1% of earnings; this increase is
2 intended to defray the employee's portion of the cost of the
3 benefit increases provided by this amendatory Act of the 93rd
4 General Assembly.
5     This additional contribution shall be payable for
6 retroactive service periods which the employee elects to
7 establish and to periods of authorized leave of absence.
8     (b) If the employee is awarded a retirement annuity under
9 Section 7-142 and not under Section 7-142.1, then the
10 additional contribution required under this Section shall be
11 refunded with interest or paid as provided in subsection (c).
12 If the employee returns to a participating status as a
13 sheriff's law enforcement employee, the employee may repay the
14 amount refunded with interest and upon subsequent retirement be
15 entitled to a recomputation of the retirement annuity under
16 Section 7-142.1 if the total service as a sheriff's law
17 enforcement employee meets the requirements of that Section.
18     (c) Instead of a refund under subsection (b), the retiring
19 employee may elect to convert the amount of the refund into an
20 annuity, payable separately from the retirement annuity. If the
21 annuitant dies before the guaranteed amount has been
22 distributed, the remainder shall be paid in a lump sum to the
23 designated beneficiary of the annuitant. The Board shall adopt
24 any rules necessary for the implementation of this subsection.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
26     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
27 Section 8.28 as follows:
 
28     (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
29     Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
30 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
31 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
32 the 93rd General Assembly.
 
33     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.