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1     AN ACT concerning pensions.
 
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 Section 14-110 and by adding Section 14-152.2 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
7     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 94-696)
8     Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
9     (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
10 than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
11 age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
12 less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
13 attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
14 of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
15 service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
16 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
17 retirement annuity computed as follows:
18         (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
19     retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
20     average compensation for each year of creditable service;
21     if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
22     final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
23     of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
24     to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
25     for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
26         (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
27     covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
28     1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
29     of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
30     1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
31     the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
32     next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such

 

 

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1     service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
2     each year in excess of 30.
3     Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
4 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
5 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
6 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
7     These rates shall not be applicable to any service
8 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
9 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
10 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
11 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
12     (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
13 service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
14 or more of the following positions:
15         (1) State policeman;
16         (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
17     department;
18         (3) air pilot;
19         (4) special agent;
20         (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
21         (6) conservation police officer;
22         (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
23         (8) security employee of the Department of Human
24     Services;
25         (9) Central Management Services security police
26     officer;
27         (10) security employee of the Department of
28     Corrections;
29         (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
30         (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
31         (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
32     General;
33         (14) controlled substance inspector;
34         (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
35     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
36         (16) Commerce Commission police officer;

 

 

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1         (17) arson investigator;
2         (18) State highway maintenance worker; .
3         (19) automotive mechanic.
4     A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
5 subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
6 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
7 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
8 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
9 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
10 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
11 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
12 duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
13 a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
14     (c) For the purposes of this Section:
15         (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
16     position in the Department of State Police that is held by
17     an individual employed under the State Police Act.
18         (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
19     service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
20     protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
21     fire chiefs.
22         (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
23     official job description on file in the Department of
24     Central Management Services, or in the department by which
25     he is employed if that department is not covered by the
26     Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
27     operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
28     however, the change in this definition made by this
29     amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
30     noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
31     of this Section on January 1, 1984.
32         (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
33     reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
34     the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
35     Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
36     Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any

 

 

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1     other Division or organizational entity in the Department
2     of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
3     public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
4     this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
5     and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
6     title or position in the Department of State Police that is
7     held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
8         (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
9     means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
10     State and vested with such investigative duties as render
11     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
12     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
13     218(l)(1) of that Act.
14         A person who became employed as an investigator for the
15     Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
16     1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
17     60, either continuously or with a single break in service
18     of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
19     before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
20     retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
21     subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
22     years of credit for such service.
23         (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
24     person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
25     Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
26     enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
27     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
28     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
29     term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
30     of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
31     Conservation Police Administrator.
32         (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
33     Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
34     Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
35     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
36     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and

 

 

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1     218(l)(1) of that Act.
2         (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
3     Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
4     of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
5     Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
6     thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
7     facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
8     with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
9     at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
10     security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
11     50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
12     or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
13     police officer" means any person employed by the Department
14     of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
15     Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
16     functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
17     render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
18     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
19     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
20     means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
21     care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
22     the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
23     persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
24     guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
25     employment, references to the Department of Human Services
26     include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
27     and Developmental Disabilities.
28         The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
29     Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
30     1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
31         (9) "Central Management Services security police
32     officer" means any person employed by the Department of
33     Central Management Services who is vested with such law
34     enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
35     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
36     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.

 

 

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1         (10) For a member who first became an employee under
2     this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
3     employee of the Department of Corrections" means any
4     employee of the Department of Corrections or the former
5     Department of Personnel, and any member or employee of the
6     Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with inmates
7     by working within a correctional facility or who is a
8     parole officer or an employee who has direct contact with
9     committed persons in the performance of his or her job
10     duties. For a member who first becomes an employee under
11     this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the term means an
12     employee of the Department of Corrections who is any of the
13     following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
14     facility, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of the
15     apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence unit,
16     (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an investigator.
17         (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
18     person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
19     Services.
20         (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
21     Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
22     Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
23     Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
24     powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
25     Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
26     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
27         (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
28     General" means any person who is employed as such by the
29     Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
30     investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
31     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
32     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
33     the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
34     persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
35     the Attorney General, without regard to social security
36     status.

 

 

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1         (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
2     who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
3     Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
4     as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
5     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
6     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
7     "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
8     Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
9     Executive of Enforcement.
10         (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
11     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
12     employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
13     authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
14     Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
15         (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
16     person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
17     vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
18     ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
19     reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
20     218(l)(1) of that Act.
21         (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
22     employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
23     and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
24     the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
25     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
26     218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
27     employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
28     no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
29     annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
30     employment as an arson investigator into eligible
31     creditable service by paying to the System the difference
32     between the employee contributions actually paid for that
33     service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
34     the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
35     persons with the same social security status earning
36     eligible creditable service on the date of application.

 

 

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1         (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
2     a person who is either of the following:
3             (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
4         Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
5         of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
6         worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
7         construction equipment operator, power shovel
8         operator, sign hanger, sign hanger foreman, or bridge
9         mechanic; and whose principal responsibility is to
10         perform, on the roadway, the actual maintenance
11         necessary to keep the highways that form a part of the
12         State highway system in serviceable condition for
13         vehicular traffic.
14             (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
15         Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
16         of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
17         operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
18         mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
19         water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
20         H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
21         roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
22         painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
23         responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
24         actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
25         tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
26         traffic.
27         (19) The term "automotive mechanic" means a person who
28     is employed as such on a full-time basis by the Illinois
29     State Toll Highway Authority and who is assigned to
30     retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or
31     tollways.
32     (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections,
33 and a security employee of the Department of Human Services who
34 is not a mental health police officer, shall not be eligible
35 for the alternative retirement annuity provided by this Section
36 unless he or she meets the following minimum age and service

 

 

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1 requirements at the time of retirement:
2         (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
3     or
4         (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
5     creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
6     creditable service and age 55; or
7         (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
8     creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
9     creditable service and age 55; or
10         (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
11     creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
12     creditable service and age 55; or
13         (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
14     creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
15     creditable service and age 55; or
16         (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
17     creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
18     creditable service and age 55.
19     Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
20 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
21 Corrections or the Department of Human Services in a position
22 requiring certification as a teacher may count such service
23 toward establishing their eligibility under the service
24 requirements of this Section; but such service may be used only
25 for establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
26 increasing or calculating any benefit.
27     (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
28 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
29 and returns to State service in the same or another such
30 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
31 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
32 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
33 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
34 in this Section.
35     (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
36 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,

 

 

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1 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
2 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
3 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
4 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
5 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
6 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
7 employee contributions that would have been required for such
8 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
9 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
10 July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
11 (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
12     For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
13 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
14 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
15 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
16 deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
17 that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
18 amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
19 contributions that would have been required for such service as
20 a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
21 actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
22 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
23 the date of service to the date of payment.
24     (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
25 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
26 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
27 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
28 amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
29 difference between the amount of employee and employer
30 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
31 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
32 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
33 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
34 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
35 date of payment.
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1 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
2 eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
3 as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
4 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
5 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
6 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
7 contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
8 and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
9 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
10 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
11 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
12 date of payment.
13     (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
14 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
15 to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
16 his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
17 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
18 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
19 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
20 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
21 to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
22 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
23 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
24 at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
25 the date of service to the date of payment.
26     Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
27 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
28 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
29 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
30 law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
31 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
32 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
33 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
34 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
35 to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
36 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the

 

 

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1 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
2 at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
3 the date of service to the date of payment.
4     (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
5 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
6 and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
7     (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
8 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
9 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
10 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
11 service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
12 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
13 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
14 be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
15 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
16 to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
17 that would have been contributed had such contributions been
18 made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
19 interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
20 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
21 payment.
22     (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
23 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
24 eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
25 law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
26 employed by the federal government or by a state or local
27 government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
28 held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
29 system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
30 written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
31 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
32 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
33 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
34 based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
35 alternative formula employee after the employment for which
36 credit is being established and the rates then applicable to

 

 

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1 alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
2 the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
3 accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
4 interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
5 as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
6 which credit is being established to the date of payment.
7     (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
8 employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
9 than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
10 up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
11 Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
12 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
13 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
14 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
15 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
16 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
17 applicable to security employees of the Department of
18 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
19 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
20 the date of payment.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
 
22     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 94-696)
23     Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
24     (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
25 than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
26 age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
27 less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
28 attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
29 of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
30 service, shall be entitled to receive at the option of the
31 member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
32 retirement annuity computed as follows:
33         (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
34     retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001, 3% of final
35     average compensation for each year of creditable service;

 

 

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1     if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
2     final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
3     of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
4     to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
5     for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
6         (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
7     covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
8     1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
9     of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
10     1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
11     the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
12     next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
13     service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
14     each year in excess of 30.
15     Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
16 average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
17 2001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
18 retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
19     These rates shall not be applicable to any service
20 performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
21 eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
22 which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
23 the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
24     (b) For the purpose of this Section, "eligible creditable
25 service" means creditable service resulting from service in one
26 or more of the following positions:
27         (1) State policeman;
28         (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
29     department;
30         (3) air pilot;
31         (4) special agent;
32         (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
33         (6) conservation police officer;
34         (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue;
35         (8) security employee of the Department of Human
36     Services;

 

 

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1         (9) Central Management Services security police
2     officer;
3         (10) security employee of the Department of
4     Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
5         (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
6         (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
7         (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
8     General;
9         (14) controlled substance inspector;
10         (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
11     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
12         (16) Commerce Commission police officer;
13         (17) arson investigator;
14         (18) State highway maintenance worker; .
15         (19) automotive mechanic.
16     A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
17 subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
18 service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
19 basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
20 Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
21 training is required of persons serving in that position. For
22 the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
23 police training course shall be deemed performance of the
24 duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
25 a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
26     (c) For the purposes of this Section:
27         (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
28     position in the Department of State Police that is held by
29     an individual employed under the State Police Act.
30         (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
31     service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
32     protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
33     fire chiefs.
34         (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
35     official job description on file in the Department of
36     Central Management Services, or in the department by which

 

 

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1     he is employed if that department is not covered by the
2     Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
3     operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
4     however, the change in this definition made by this
5     amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
6     noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
7     of this Section on January 1, 1984.
8         (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
9     reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
10     the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
11     Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
12     Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
13     other Division or organizational entity in the Department
14     of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
15     public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
16     this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
17     and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
18     title or position in the Department of State Police that is
19     held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.
20         (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
21     means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
22     State and vested with such investigative duties as render
23     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
24     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
25     218(l)(1) of that Act.
26         A person who became employed as an investigator for the
27     Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
28     1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
29     60, either continuously or with a single break in service
30     of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
31     before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
32     retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
33     subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
34     years of credit for such service.
35         (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
36     person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the

 

 

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1     Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
2     enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
3     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
4     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
5     term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
6     of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
7     Conservation Police Administrator.
8         (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
9     Revenue" means any person employed by the Department of
10     Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
11     him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
12     by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
13     218(l)(1) of that Act.
14         (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
15     Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
16     of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
17     Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
18     thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
19     facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
20     with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
21     at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
22     security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
23     50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
24     or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
25     police officer" means any person employed by the Department
26     of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
27     Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
28     functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
29     render the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
30     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
31     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
32     means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
33     care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
34     the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
35     persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
36     guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past

 

 

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1     employment, references to the Department of Human Services
2     include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
3     and Developmental Disabilities.
4         The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
5     Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
6     1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
7         (9) "Central Management Services security police
8     officer" means any person employed by the Department of
9     Central Management Services who is vested with such law
10     enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
11     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
12     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
13         (10) For a member who first became an employee under
14     this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
15     employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
16     of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
17     of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
18     former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
19     of the Prisoner Review Board, who has daily contact with
20     inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
21     or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
22     Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
23     direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
24     his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
25     employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
26     term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
27     the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
28     following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
29     facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
30     Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
31     the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
32     unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
33     investigator.
34         (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
35     person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
36     Services.

 

 

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1         (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
2     Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
3     Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
4     Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
5     powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
6     Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
8         (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
9     General" means any person who is employed as such by the
10     Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
11     investigative duties as render him ineligible for coverage
12     under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
13     218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. For
14     the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
15     persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
16     the Attorney General, without regard to social security
17     status.
18         (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
19     who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
20     Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
21     as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
22     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
23     218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
24     "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
25     Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
26     Executive of Enforcement.
27         (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
28     State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
29     employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
30     authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
31     Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
32         (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
33     person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
34     vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
35     ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act by
36     reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and

 

 

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1     218(l)(1) of that Act.
2         (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
3     employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
4     and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
5     the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
6     Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
7     218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
8     employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
9     no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
10     annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
11     employment as an arson investigator into eligible
12     creditable service by paying to the System the difference
13     between the employee contributions actually paid for that
14     service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
15     the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
16     persons with the same social security status earning
17     eligible creditable service on the date of application.
18         (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
19     a person who is either of the following:
20             (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
21         Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
22         of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
23         worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
24         construction equipment operator, power shovel
25         operator, sign hanger, sign hanger foreman, or bridge
26         mechanic; and whose principal responsibility is to
27         perform, on the roadway, the actual maintenance
28         necessary to keep the highways that form a part of the
29         State highway system in serviceable condition for
30         vehicular traffic.
31             (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
32         Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
33         of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
34         operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
35         mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
36         water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger

 

 

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1         H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
2         roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
3         painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
4         responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
5         actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
6         tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
7         traffic.
8         (19) The term "automotive mechanic" means a person who
9     is employed as such on a full-time basis by the Illinois
10     State Toll Highway Authority and who is assigned to
11     retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or
12     tollways.
13     (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
14 the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
15 the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
16 police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
17 retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
18 meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
19 time of retirement:
20         (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
21     or
22         (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
23     creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
24     creditable service and age 55; or
25         (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
26     creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
27     creditable service and age 55; or
28         (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
29     creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
30     creditable service and age 55; or
31         (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
32     creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
33     creditable service and age 55; or
34         (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
35     creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
36     creditable service and age 55.

 

 

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1     Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
2 Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
3 Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
4 Department of Human Services in a position requiring
5 certification as a teacher may count such service toward
6 establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
7 of this Section; but such service may be used only for
8 establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
9 increasing or calculating any benefit.
10     (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
11 position in which eligible creditable service may be earned,
12 and returns to State service in the same or another such
13 position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
14 prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
15 such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
16 service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
17 in this Section.
18     (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
19 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
20 1968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
21 position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
22 health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
23 State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
24 employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
25 to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
26 employee contributions that would have been required for such
27 service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
28 contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
29 July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
30 (1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
31     For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
32 this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
33 1968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
34 position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
35 deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
36 that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an

 

 

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1 amount equal to (1) the difference between the employee
2 contributions that would have been required for such service as
3 a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
4 actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
5 1990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
6 the date of service to the date of payment.
7     (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
8 1990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
9 years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
10 a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
11 amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
12 difference between the amount of employee and employer
13 contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
14 and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
15 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
16 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
17 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
18 date of payment.
19     Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
20 policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
21 eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
22 as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
23 filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
24 payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
25 (i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
26 contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
27 and the amounts that would have been contributed had those
28 contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
29 policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
30 each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
31 date of payment.
32     (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
33 policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
34 to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
35 his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
36 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and

 

 

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1 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
2 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
3 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
4 to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
5 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
6 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
7 at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
8 the date of service to the date of payment.
9     Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
10 policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
11 the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
12 creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
13 law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
14 election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
15 paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
16 determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
17 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
18 to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
19 have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
20 rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
21 at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
22 the date of service to the date of payment.
23     (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
24 established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
25 and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
26     (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
27 investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
28 Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
29 establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
30 service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
31 enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
32 election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
33 be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
34 the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
35 to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
36 that would have been contributed had such contributions been

 

 

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1 made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
2 interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
3 compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
4 payment.
5     (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
6 Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
7 eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
8 law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
9 employed by the federal government or by a state or local
10 government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
11 held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
12 system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
13 written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
14 accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
15 and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
16 to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
17 based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
18 alternative formula employee after the employment for which
19 credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
20 alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
21 the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
22 accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
23 interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
24 as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
25 which credit is being established to the date of payment.
26     (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
27 employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
28 than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
29 up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
30 Article 3, by filing a written election with the Board,
31 accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
32 Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
33 employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
34 under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
35 contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
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1 Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
2 for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
3 the date of payment.
4     (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
5 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
6 security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
7 employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
8 date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
9 transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
10 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
11 employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
12 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
13 Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
14 of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
15 advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
16 specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
17 social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
18 case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
19 required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
20 are providing the vocational training.
21 (Source: P.A. 94-4, eff. 6-1-05; 94-696, eff. 6-1-06.)
 
22     (40 ILCS 5/14-152.2 new)
23     Sec. 14-152.2. New benefit increases. The General Assembly
24 finds and declares that the amendment to Section 14-110 made by
25 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly that provides
26 the alternative formula to automotive mechanics employed by the
27 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority who are assigned to
28 retrieve or repair State vehicles on State highways or tollways
29 and certain sign hangers employed by the Department of
30 Transportation constitutes a new benefit increase within the
31 meaning of Section 14-152.1. This new benefit increase will
32 expire 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
33 Funding for this new benefit increase will be provided by
34 additional employee contributions under Section 14-133.
 

 

 

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1     Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
2 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
3 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
4 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
5 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
6 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
7 Public Act.
 
8     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
9 becoming law.