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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 2-121, 3-109, 4-109.1, 7-141.1, and 14-104 as follows:
 
6     (40 ILCS 5/2-121)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-121)
7     Sec. 2-121. Survivor's annuity - conditions for payment.
8     (a) A survivor's annuity shall be payable to a surviving
9 spouse or eligible child (1) upon the death in service of a
10 participant with at least 2 years of service credit, or (2)
11 upon the death of an annuitant in receipt of a retirement
12 annuity, or (3) upon the death of a participant who terminated
13 service with at least 4 years of service credit.
14     The change in this subsection (a) made by this amendatory
15 Act of 1995 applies to survivors of participants who die on or
16 after December 1, 1994, without regard to whether or not the
17 participant was in service on or after the effective date of
18 this amendatory Act of 1995.
19     (b) To be eligible for the survivor's annuity, the spouse
20 and the participant or annuitant must have been married for a
21 continuous period of at least one year immediately preceding
22 the date of death, but need not have been married on the day of
23 the participant's last termination of service, regardless of

 

 

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1 whether such termination occurred prior to the effective date
2 of this amendatory Act of 1985.
3     (c) The annuity shall be payable beginning on the date of a
4 participant's death, or the first of the month following an
5 annuitant's death, if the spouse is then age 50 or over, or
6 beginning at age 50 if the spouse is then under age 50. If an
7 eligible child or children of the participant or annuitant (or
8 a child or children of the eligible spouse meeting the criteria
9 of item (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (d) of this Section)
10 also survive, and the child or children are under the care of
11 the eligible spouse, the annuity shall begin as of the date of
12 a participant's death, or the first of the month following an
13 annuitant's death, without regard to the spouse's age.
14     The change to this subsection made by this amendatory Act
15 of 1998 (relating to children of an eligible spouse) applies to
16 the eligible spouse of a participant or annuitant who dies on
17 or after the effective date of this amendatory Act, without
18 regard to whether the participant or annuitant is in service on
19 or after that effective date.
20     (c-5) Upon the death in service of a participant during the
21 90th General Assembly, the survivor's annuity shall be payable
22 prior to age 50, notwithstanding subsection (c) of this
23 Section, provided that the deceased participant had at least 6
24 years of service. This subsection (c-5) applies to the eligible
25 spouse of a deceased participant without regard to whether the
26 deceased participant was in service on or after the effective

 

 

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1 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, and
2 retroactive benefits may be paid for periods of eligibility
3 after February 28, 2009.
4     (d) For the purposes of this Section and Section 2-121.1,
5 "eligible child" means a child of the deceased participant or
6 annuitant who is at least one of the following:
7         (1) unmarried and under the age of 18;
8         (2) unmarried, a full-time student, and under the age
9     of 22;
10         (3) dependent by reason of physical or mental
11     disability.
12     The inclusion of unmarried students under age 22 in the
13 calculation of survivor's annuities by this amendatory Act of
14 1991 shall apply to all eligible students beginning January 1,
15 1992, without regard to whether the deceased participant or
16 annuitant was in service on or after the effective date of this
17 amendatory Act of 1991.
18     (e) Remarriage of a surviving spouse prior to attainment of
19 age 55 shall disqualify the surviving spouse from the receipt
20 of a survivor's annuity, if the remarriage occurs before the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
22 Assembly.
23     The changes made to this subsection by this amendatory Act
24 of the 91st General Assembly (pertaining to remarriage prior to
25 age 55) apply without regard to whether the deceased
26 participant or annuitant was in service on or after the

 

 

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1 effective date of this amendatory Act.
2 (Source: P.A. 95-279, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
3     (40 ILCS 5/3-109)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 3-109)
4     Sec. 3-109. Persons excluded.
5     (a) The following persons shall not be eligible to
6 participate in a fund created under this Article:
7         (1) part-time police officers, special police
8     officers, night watchmen, temporary employees, traffic
9     guards or so-called auxiliary police officers specially
10     appointed to aid or direct traffic at or near schools or
11     public functions, or to aid in civil defense, municipal
12     parking lot attendants, clerks or other civilian employees
13     of a police department who perform clerical duties
14     exclusively;
15         (2) any police officer who fails to pay the
16     contributions required under Section 3-125.1, computed (i)
17     for funds established prior to August 5, 1963, from the
18     date the municipality established the fund or the date of a
19     police officer's first appointment (including an
20     appointment on probation), whichever is later, or (ii) for
21     funds established after August 5, 1963, from the date, as
22     determined from the statistics or census provided in
23     Section 3-103, the municipality became subject to this
24     Article by attaining the minimum population or by
25     referendum, or the date of a police officer's first

 

 

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1     appointment (including an appointment on probation),
2     whichever is later, and continuing during his or her entire
3     service as a police officer; and
4         (3) any person who has elected under Section 3-109.1 to
5     participate in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
6     rather than in a fund established under this Article,
7     without regard to whether the person continues to be
8     employed as chief of police or is employed in some other
9     rank or capacity within the police department, unless the
10     person has lawfully rescinded that election.
11     (b) A police officer who is reappointed shall, before being
12 declared eligible to participate in the pension fund, repay to
13 the fund as required by Section 3-124 any refund received
14 thereunder.
15     (c) Any person otherwise qualified to participate who was
16 excluded from participation by reason of the age restriction
17 removed by Public Act 79-1165 may elect to participate by
18 making a written application to the Board before January 1,
19 1990. Persons so electing shall begin participation on the
20 first day of the month following the date of application. Such
21 persons may also elect to establish creditable service for
22 periods of employment as a police officer during which they did
23 not participate by paying into the police pension fund, before
24 January 1, 1990, the amount that the person would have
25 contributed had deductions from salary been made for such
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1 interest thereon at 6% per annum from the time such service was
2 rendered until the date the payment is made.
3     (d) A person otherwise qualified to participate who was
4 excluded from participation by reason of the fitness
5 requirement removed by this amendatory Act of 1995 may elect to
6 participate by making a written application to the Board before
7 July 1, 1996. Persons so electing shall begin participation on
8 the first day of the month following the month in which the
9 application is received by the Board. These persons may also
10 elect to establish creditable service for periods of employment
11 as a police officer during which they did not participate by
12 paying into the police pension fund, before January 1, 1997,
13 the amount that the person would have contributed had
14 deductions from salary been made for this purpose at the time
15 the service was rendered, together with interest thereon at 6%
16 per annum, compounded annually, from the time the service was
17 rendered until the date of payment.
18     (e) A person employed by the Village of Shiloh who is
19 otherwise qualified to participate and was excluded from
20 participation by reason of his or her failure to make written
21 application to the Board within 3 months after receiving his or
22 her first appointment or reappointment as required under
23 Section 3-106 may elect to participate by making a written
24 application to the Board before July 1, 2008. Persons so
25 electing shall begin participation on the first day of the
26 month following the month in which the application is received

 

 

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1 by the Board. These persons may also elect to establish
2 creditable service for periods of employment as a police
3 officer during which they did not participate by paying into
4 the police pension fund, before January 1, 2009, the amount
5 that the person would have contributed had deductions from
6 salary been made for this purpose at the time the service was
7 rendered, together with interest thereon at 6% per annum,
8 compounded annually, from the time the service was rendered
9 until the date of payment. The Village of Shiloh must pay to
10 the System the corresponding employer contributions, plus
11 interest.
12     (f) A person who has entered into a personal services
13 contract to perform police duties for the Village of
14 Bartonville on or before the effective date of this amendatory
15 Act of the 96th General Assembly may be appointed as an officer
16 in the Village of Bartonville within 6 months after the
17 effective date of this amendatory Act, but shall be excluded
18 from participating under this Article.
19 (Source: P.A. 95-483, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
20     (40 ILCS 5/4-109.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 4-109.1)
21     Sec. 4-109.1. Increase in pension.
22     (a) Except as provided in subsection (e), the monthly
23 pension of a firefighter who retires after July 1, 1971 and
24 prior to January 1, 1986, shall, upon either the first of the
25 month following the first anniversary of the date of retirement

 

 

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1 if 60 years of age or over at retirement date, or upon the
2 first day of the month following attainment of age 60 if it
3 occurs after the first anniversary of retirement, be increased
4 by 2% of the originally granted monthly pension and by an
5 additional 2% in each January thereafter. Effective January
6 1976, the rate of the annual increase shall be 3% of the
7 originally granted monthly pension.
8     (b) The monthly pension of a firefighter who retired from
9 service with 20 or more years of service, on or before July 1,
10 1971, shall be increased, in January of the year following the
11 year of attaining age 65 or in January 1972, if then over age
12 65, by 2% of the originally granted monthly pension, for each
13 year the firefighter received pension payments. In each January
14 thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional increase of
15 2% of the original monthly pension. Effective January 1976, the
16 rate of the annual increase shall be 3%.
17     (c) The monthly pension of a firefighter who is receiving a
18 disability pension under this Article shall be increased, in
19 January of the year following the year the firefighter attains
20 age 60, or in January 1974, if then over age 60, by 2% of the
21 originally granted monthly pension for each year he or she
22 received pension payments. In each January thereafter, the
23 firefighter shall receive an additional increase of 2% of the
24 original monthly pension. Effective January 1976, the rate of
25 the annual increase shall be 3%.
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1 payable on that date under Section 4-110 or 4-110.1 shall be
2 increased by an amount equal to 1/12 of 3% of the amount of the
3 benefit, multiplied by the number of months for which the
4 benefit has been payable. On each January 1 thereafter, every
5 child's disability benefit payable under Section 4-110 or
6 4-110.1 shall be increased by 3% of the amount of the benefit
7 then being paid, including any previous increases received
8 under this Article. These increases are not subject to any
9 limitation on the maximum benefit amount included in Section
10 4-110 or 4-110.1.
11     (c-2) On July 1, 2004, every pension payable to or on
12 behalf of a minor or disabled surviving child that is payable
13 on that date under Section 4-114 shall be increased by an
14 amount equal to 1/12 of 3% of the amount of the pension,
15 multiplied by the number of months for which the benefit has
16 been payable. On July 1, 2005, July 1, 2006, July 1, 2007, and
17 July 1, 2008, every pension payable to or on behalf of a minor
18 or disabled surviving child that is payable under Section 4-114
19 shall be increased by 3% of the amount of the pension then
20 being paid, including any previous increases received under
21 this Article. These increases are not subject to any limitation
22 on the maximum benefit amount included in Section 4-114.
23     (d) The monthly pension of a firefighter who retires after
24 January 1, 1986, shall, upon either the first of the month
25 following the first anniversary of the date of retirement if 55
26 years of age or over, or upon the first day of the month

 

 

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1 following attainment of age 55 if it occurs after the first
2 anniversary of retirement, be increased by 1/12 of 3% of the
3 originally granted monthly pension for each full month that has
4 elapsed since the pension began, and by an additional 3% in
5 each January thereafter.
6     The changes made to this subsection (d) by this amendatory
7 Act of the 91st General Assembly apply to all initial increases
8 that become payable under this subsection on or after January
9 1, 1999. All initial increases that became payable under this
10 subsection on or after January 1, 1999 and before the effective
11 date of this amendatory Act shall be recalculated and the
12 additional amount accruing for that period, if any, shall be
13 payable to the pensioner in a lump sum.
14     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), upon
15 the first day of the month following (1) the first anniversary
16 of the date of retirement, or (2) the attainment of age 55, or
17 (3) July 1, 1987, whichever occurs latest, the monthly pension
18 of a firefighter who retired on or after January 1, 1977 and on
19 or before January 1, 1986 and did not receive an increase under
20 subsection (a) before July 1, 1987, shall be increased by 3% of
21 the originally granted monthly pension for each full year that
22 has elapsed since the pension began, and by an additional 3% in
23 each January thereafter. The increases provided under this
24 subsection are in lieu of the increases provided in subsection
25 (a).
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1 retired before July 1, 1977 shall be recalculated and increased
2 to reflect the amount that the firefighter would have received
3 in July 2009 had the firefighter been receiving a 3% compounded
4 increase for each year he or she received pension payments
5 after January 1, 1986, plus any increases in pension received
6 for each year prior to January 1, 1986. In each January
7 thereafter, he or she shall receive an additional increase of
8 3% of the amount of the pension then being paid. The changes
9 made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 96th General
10 Assembly apply without regard to whether the firefighter was in
11 service on or after its effective date.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-689, eff. 7-1-04.)
 
13     (40 ILCS 5/7-141.1)
14     Sec. 7-141.1. Early retirement incentive.
15     (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
16         (1) Units of local government across the State have
17     been functioning under a financial crisis.
18         (2) This financial crisis is expected to continue.
19         (3) Units of local government must depend on additional
20     sources of revenue and, when those sources are not
21     forthcoming, must establish cost-saving programs.
22         (4) An early retirement incentive designed
23     specifically to target highly-paid senior employees could
24     result in significant annual cost savings.
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1     available only to those units of local government that
2     determine that an early retirement incentive is in their
3     best interest.
4         (6) A unit of local government adopting a program of
5     early retirement incentives under this Section is
6     encouraged to implement personnel procedures to prohibit,
7     for at least 5 years, the rehiring (whether on payroll or
8     by independent contract) of employees who receive early
9     retirement incentives.
10         (7) A unit of local government adopting a program of
11     early retirement incentives under this Section is also
12     encouraged to replace as few of the participating employees
13     as possible and to hire replacement employees for salaries
14     totaling no more than 80% of the total salaries formerly
15     paid to the employees who participate in the early
16     retirement program.
17     It is the primary purpose of this Section to encourage
18 units of local government that can realize true cost savings,
19 or have determined that an early retirement program is in their
20 best interest, to implement an early retirement program.
21     (b) Until the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22 1997, this Section does not apply to any employer that is a
23 city, village, or incorporated town, nor to the employees of
24 any such employer. Beginning on the effective date of this
25 amendatory Act of 1997, any employer under this Article,
26 including an employer that is a city, village, or incorporated

 

 

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1 town, may establish an early retirement incentive program for
2 its employees under this Section. The decision of a city,
3 village, or incorporated town to consider or establish an early
4 retirement program is at the sole discretion of that city,
5 village, or incorporated town, and nothing in this amendatory
6 Act of 1997 limits or otherwise diminishes this discretion.
7 Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to require
8 a city, village, or incorporated town to establish an early
9 retirement program and no city, village, or incorporated town
10 may be compelled to implement such a program.
11     The benefits provided in this Section are available only to
12 members employed by a participating employer that has filed
13 with the Board of the Fund a resolution or ordinance expressly
14 providing for the creation of an early retirement incentive
15 program under this Section for its employees and specifying the
16 effective date of the early retirement incentive program.
17 Subject to the limitation in subsection (h), an employer may
18 adopt a resolution or ordinance providing a program of early
19 retirement incentives under this Section at any time.
20     The resolution or ordinance shall be in substantially the
21 following form:
 
22
RESOLUTION (ORDINANCE) NO. ....
23
A RESOLUTION (ORDINANCE) ADOPTING AN EARLY
24
RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES
25
IN THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Section 7-141.1 of the Illinois Pension Code
2 provides that a participating employer may elect to adopt an
3 early retirement incentive program offered by the Illinois
4 Municipal Retirement Fund by adopting a resolution or
5 ordinance; and
6     WHEREAS, The goal of adopting an early retirement program
7 is to realize a substantial savings in personnel costs by
8 offering early retirement incentives to employees who have
9 accumulated many years of service credit; and
10     WHEREAS, Implementation of the early retirement program
11 will provide a budgeting tool to aid in controlling payroll
12 costs; and
13     WHEREAS, The (name of governing body) has determined that
14 the adoption of an early retirement incentive program is in the
15 best interests of the (name of participating employer);
16 therefore be it
17     RESOLVED (ORDAINED) by the (name of governing body) of
18 (name of participating employer) that:
19     (1) The (name of participating employer) does hereby adopt
20 the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund early retirement
21 incentive program as provided in Section 7-141.1 of the
22 Illinois Pension Code. The early retirement incentive program
23 shall take effect on (date).
24     (2) In order to help achieve a true cost savings, a person
25 who retires under the early retirement incentive program shall
26 lose those incentives if he or she later accepts employment

 

 

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1 with any IMRF employer in a position for which participation in
2 IMRF is required or is elected by the employee.
3     (3) In order to utilize an early retirement incentive as a
4 budgeting tool, the (name of participating employer) will use
5 its best efforts either to limit the number of employees who
6 replace the employees who retire under the early retirement
7 program or to limit the salaries paid to the employees who
8 replace the employees who retire under the early retirement
9 program.
10     (4) The effective date of each employee's retirement under
11 this early retirement program shall be set by (name of
12 employer) and shall be no earlier than the effective date of
13 the program and no later than one year after that effective
14 date; except that the employee may require that the retirement
15 date set by the employer be no later than the June 30 next
16 occurring after the effective date of the program and no
17 earlier than the date upon which the employee qualifies for
18 retirement.
19     (5) To be eligible for the early retirement incentive under
20 this Section, the employee must have attained age 50 and have
21 at least 20 years of creditable service by his or her
22 retirement date.
23     (6) The (clerk or secretary) shall promptly file a
24 certified copy of this resolution (ordinance) with the Board of
25 Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund.
26 CERTIFICATION

 

 

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1     I, (name), the (clerk or secretary) of the (name of
2 participating employer) of the County of (name), State of
3 Illinois, do hereby certify that I am the keeper of the books
4 and records of the (name of employer) and that the foregoing is
5 a true and correct copy of a resolution (ordinance) duly
6 adopted by the (governing body) at a meeting duly convened and
7 held on (date).
8 SEAL
9 (Signature of clerk or secretary)
 
10     (c) To be eligible for the benefits provided under an early
11 retirement incentive program adopted under this Section, a
12 member must:
13         (1) be a participating employee of this Fund who, on
14     the effective date of the program, (i) is in active payroll
15     status as an employee of a participating employer that has
16     filed the required ordinance or resolution with the Board,
17     (ii) is on layoff status from such a position with a right
18     of re-employment or recall to service, (iii) is on a leave
19     of absence from such a position, or (iv) is on disability
20     but has not been receiving benefits under Section 7-146 or
21     7-150 for a period of more than 2 years from the date of
22     application;
23         (2) have never previously received a retirement
24     annuity under this Article or under the Retirement Systems
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1     Article;
2         (3) (blank);
3         (4) have at least 20 years of creditable service in the
4     Fund by the date of retirement, without the use of any
5     creditable service established under this Section;
6         (5) have attained age 50 by the date of retirement,
7     without the use of any age enhancement received under this
8     Section; and
9         (6) be eligible to receive a retirement annuity under
10     this Article by the date of retirement, for which purpose
11     the age enhancement and creditable service established
12     under this Section may be considered.
13     (d) The employer shall determine the retirement date for
14 each employee participating in the early retirement program
15 adopted under this Section. The retirement date shall be no
16 earlier than the effective date of the program and no later
17 than one year after that effective date, except that the
18 employee may require that the retirement date set by the
19 employer be no later than the June 30 next occurring after the
20 effective date of the program and no earlier than the date upon
21 which the employee qualifies for retirement. The employer shall
22 give each employee participating in the early retirement
23 program at least 30 days written notice of the employee's
24 designated retirement date, unless the employee waives this
25 notice requirement.
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1 creditable service under this Section. In addition, for each
2 period of creditable service established under this Section, a
3 person shall have his or her age at retirement deemed enhanced
4 by an equivalent period.
5     The creditable service established under this Section may
6 be used for all purposes under this Article and the Retirement
7 Systems Reciprocal Act, except for the computation of final
8 rate of earnings and the determination of earnings, salary, or
9 compensation under this or any other Article of the Code.
10     The age enhancement established under this Section may be
11 used for all purposes under this Article (including calculation
12 of the reduction imposed under subdivision (a)1b(iv) of Section
13 7-142), except for purposes of a reversionary annuity under
14 Section 7-145 and any distributions required because of age.
15 The age enhancement established under this Section may be used
16 in calculating a proportionate annuity payable by this Fund
17 under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act, but shall not be
18 used in determining benefits payable under other Articles of
19 this Code under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act.
20     (f) For all creditable service established under this
21 Section, the member must pay to the Fund an employee
22 contribution consisting of 4.5% of the member's highest annual
23 salary rate used in the determination of the final rate of
24 earnings for retirement annuity purposes for each year of
25 creditable service granted under this Section. For creditable
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1 sheriff's law enforcement employee to be deemed service as a
2 sheriff's law enforcement employee, the employee contribution
3 shall be at the rate of 6.5% of highest annual salary per year
4 of creditable service granted. Contributions for fractions of a
5 year of service shall be prorated. Any amounts that are
6 disregarded in determining the final rate of earnings under
7 subdivision (d)(5) of Section 7-116 (the 125% rule) shall also
8 be disregarded in determining the required contribution under
9 this subsection (f).
10     The employee contribution shall be paid to the Fund as
11 follows: If the member is entitled to a lump sum payment for
12 accumulated vacation, sick leave, or personal leave upon
13 withdrawal from service, the employer shall deduct the employee
14 contribution from that lump sum and pay the deducted amount
15 directly to the Fund. If there is no such lump sum payment or
16 the required employee contribution exceeds the net amount of
17 the lump sum payment, then the remaining amount due, at the
18 option of the employee, may either be paid to the Fund before
19 the annuity commences or deducted from the retirement annuity
20 in 24 equal monthly installments.
21     (g) An annuitant who has received any age enhancement or
22 creditable service under this Section and thereafter accepts
23 employment with or enters into a personal services contract
24 with an employer under this Article thereby forfeits that age
25 enhancement and creditable service; except that this
26 restriction does not apply to (1) service in an elective

 

 

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1 office, so long as the annuitant does not participate in this
2 Fund with respect to that office and (2) a person appointed as
3 an officer under subsection (f) of Section 3-109 of this Code.
4 A person forfeiting early retirement incentives under this
5 subsection (i) must repay to the Fund that portion of the
6 retirement annuity already received which is attributable to
7 the early retirement incentives that are being forfeited, (ii)
8 shall not be eligible to participate in any future early
9 retirement program adopted under this Section, and (iii) is
10 entitled to a refund of the employee contribution paid under
11 subsection (f). The Board shall deduct the required repayment
12 from the refund and may impose a reasonable payment schedule
13 for repaying the amount, if any, by which the required
14 repayment exceeds the refund amount.
15     (h) The additional unfunded liability accruing as a result
16 of the adoption of a program of early retirement incentives
17 under this Section by an employer shall be amortized over a
18 period of 10 years beginning on January 1 of the second
19 calendar year following the calendar year in which the latest
20 date for beginning to receive a retirement annuity under the
21 program (as determined by the employer under subsection (d) of
22 this Section) occurs; except that the employer may provide for
23 a shorter amortization period (of no less than 5 years) by
24 adopting an ordinance or resolution specifying the length of
25 the amortization period and submitting a certified copy of the
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1 after the effective date of the program. An employer, at its
2 discretion, may accelerate payments to the Fund.
3     An employer may provide more than one early retirement
4 incentive program for its employees under this Section.
5 However, an employer that has provided an early retirement
6 incentive program for its employees under this Section may not
7 provide another early retirement incentive program under this
8 Section until the liability arising from the earlier program
9 has been fully paid to the Fund.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-456, eff. 8-4-05.)
 
11     (40 ILCS 5/14-104)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104)
12     Sec. 14-104. Service for which contributions permitted.
13 Contributions provided for in this Section shall cover the
14 period of service granted. Except as otherwise provided in this
15 Section, the contributions shall be based upon the employee's
16 compensation and contribution rate in effect on the date he
17 last became a member of the System; provided that for all
18 employment prior to January 1, 1969 the contribution rate shall
19 be that in effect for a noncovered employee on the date he last
20 became a member of the System. Except as otherwise provided in
21 this Section, contributions permitted under this Section shall
22 include regular interest from the date an employee last became
23 a member of the System to the date of payment.
24     These contributions must be paid in full before retirement
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1 with such rules as may be adopted by the board.
2     (a) Any member may make contributions as required in this
3 Section for any period of service, subsequent to the date of
4 establishment, but prior to the date of membership.
5     (b) Any employee who had been previously excluded from
6 membership because of age at entry and subsequently became
7 eligible may elect to make contributions as required in this
8 Section for the period of service during which he was
9 ineligible.
10     (c) An employee of the Department of Insurance who, after
11 January 1, 1944 but prior to becoming eligible for membership,
12 received salary from funds of insurance companies in the
13 process of rehabilitation, liquidation, conservation or
14 dissolution, may elect to make contributions as required in
15 this Section for such service.
16     (d) Any employee who rendered service in a State office to
17 which he was elected, or rendered service in the elective
18 office of Clerk of the Appellate Court prior to the date he
19 became a member, may make contributions for such service as
20 required in this Section. Any member who served by appointment
21 of the Governor under the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
22 and did not participate in this System may make contributions
23 as required in this Section for such service.
24     (e) Any person employed by the United States government or
25 any instrumentality or agency thereof from January 1, 1942
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1 State service by executive order of the President of the United
2 States shall be entitled to prior service credit covering the
3 period from January 1, 1942 through December 31, 1943 as
4 provided for in this Article and to membership service credit
5 for the period from January 1, 1944 through November 15, 1946
6 by making the contributions required in this Section. A person
7 so employed on January 1, 1944 but whose employment began after
8 January 1, 1942 may qualify for prior service and membership
9 service credit under the same conditions.
10     (f) An employee of the Department of Labor of the State of
11 Illinois who performed services for and under the supervision
12 of that Department prior to January 1, 1944 but who was
13 compensated for those services directly by federal funds and
14 not by a warrant of the Auditor of Public Accounts paid by the
15 State Treasurer may establish credit for such employment by
16 making the contributions required in this Section. An employee
17 of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois, who
18 performed services for and under the supervision of that
19 Department prior to June 1, 1963, but was compensated for those
20 services directly by federal funds and not paid by a warrant of
21 the Auditor of Public Accounts paid by the State Treasurer, and
22 who did not contribute to any other public employee retirement
23 system for such service, may establish credit for such
24 employment by making the contributions required in this
25 Section.
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1 60 days prior to January 1, 1944 may, at any time while in the
2 service of a department, file with the board a rescission of
3 such waiver. Upon making the contributions required by this
4 Section, the member shall be granted the creditable service
5 that would have been received if the waiver had not been
6 executed.
7     (h) Until May 1, 1990, an employee who was employed on a
8 full-time basis by a regional planning commission for at least
9 5 continuous years may establish creditable service for such
10 employment by making the contributions required under this
11 Section, provided that any credits earned by the employee in
12 the commission's retirement plan have been terminated.
13     (i) Any person who rendered full time contractual services
14 to the General Assembly as a member of a legislative staff may
15 establish service credit for up to 8 years of such services by
16 making the contributions required under this Section, provided
17 that application therefor is made not later than July 1, 1991.
18     (j) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
19 this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
20 equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
21 interest, but with all of the interest calculated from the date
22 the employee last became a member of the System or November 19,
23 1991, whichever is later, to the date of payment, an employee
24 may establish service credit for a period of up to 4 years
25 spent in active military service for which he does not qualify
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1 dishonorably discharged from such military service, and (2) the
2 amount of service credit established by a member under this
3 subsection (j), when added to the amount of military service
4 credit granted to the member under subsection (b) of Section
5 14-105, shall not exceed 5 years. The change in the manner of
6 calculating interest under this subsection (j) made by this
7 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly applies to credit
8 purchased by an employee on or after its effective date and
9 does not entitle any person to a refund of contributions or
10 interest already paid. In compliance with Section 14-152.1 of
11 this Act concerning new benefit increases, any new benefit
12 increase as a result of the changes to this subsection (j) made
13 by Public Act 95-483 is funded through the employee
14 contributions provided for in this subsection (j). Any new
15 benefit increase as a result of the changes made to this
16 subsection (j) by Public Act 95-483 is exempt from the
17 provisions of subsection (d) of Section 14-152.1.
18     (k) An employee who was employed on a full-time basis by
19 the Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate
20 Assistance Service LEAA-ILEC grant project prior to the time
21 that project became the State's Attorneys Appellate Service
22 Commission, now the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
23 Prosecutor, an agency of State government, may establish
24 creditable service for not more than 60 months service for such
25 employment by making contributions required under this
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1     (l) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
2 this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
3 equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
4 interest, a member may establish service credit for periods of
5 less than one year spent on authorized leave of absence from
6 service, provided that (1) the period of leave began on or
7 after January 1, 1982 and (2) any credit established by the
8 member for the period of leave in any other public employee
9 retirement system has been terminated. A member may establish
10 service credit under this subsection for more than one period
11 of authorized leave, and in that case the total period of
12 service credit established by the member under this subsection
13 may exceed one year. In determining the contributions required
14 for establishing service credit under this subsection, the
15 interest shall be calculated from the beginning of the leave of
16 absence to the date of payment.
17     (l-5) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
18 this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
19 equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
20 interest, a member may establish service credit for periods of
21 up to 2 years spent on authorized leave of absence from
22 service, provided that during that leave the member represented
23 or was employed as an officer or employee of a statewide labor
24 organization that represents members of this System. In
25 determining the contributions required for establishing
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1 calculated from the beginning of the leave of absence to the
2 date of payment.
3     (m) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
4 member of the General Assembly as a worker in the member's
5 district office may establish creditable service for up to 3
6 years of those contractual services by making the contributions
7 required under this Section. The System shall determine a
8 full-time salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the
9 required contribution. To establish credit under this
10 subsection, the applicant must apply to the System by March 1,
11 1998.
12     (n) Any person who rendered contractual services to a
13 member of the General Assembly as a worker providing
14 constituent services to persons in the member's district may
15 establish creditable service for up to 8 years of those
16 contractual services by making the contributions required
17 under this Section. The System shall determine a full-time
18 salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the required
19 contribution. To establish credit under this subsection, the
20 applicant must apply to the System by March 1, 1998.
21     (o) A member who participated in the Illinois Legislative
22 Staff Internship Program may establish creditable service for
23 up to one year of that participation by making the contribution
24 required under this Section. The System shall determine a
25 full-time salary equivalent for the purpose of calculating the
26 required contribution. Credit may not be established under this

 

 

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1 subsection for any period for which service credit is
2 established under any other provision of this Code.
3     (p) By paying the contributions otherwise required under
4 this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be
5 equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
6 interest, a member may establish service credit for a period of
7 up to 8 years during which he or she was employed by the
8 Visually Handicapped Managers of Illinois in a vending program
9 operated under a contractual agreement with the Department of
10 Rehabilitation Services or its successor agency.
11     This subsection (p) applies without regard to whether the
12 person was in service on or after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. In the case of a
14 person who is receiving a retirement annuity on that effective
15 date, the increase, if any, shall begin to accrue on the first
16 annuity payment date following receipt by the System of the
17 contributions required under this subsection (p).
18     (q) By paying the required contributions under this
19 Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be equal to
20 the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus interest, an
21 employee who was laid off but returned to State employment
22 under circumstances in which the employee is considered to have
23 been in continuous service for purposes of determining
24 seniority may establish creditable service for the period of
25 the layoff, provided that (1) the applicant applies for the
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1 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
2 General Assembly, (2) the applicant does not receive credit for
3 that period under any other provision of this Code, (3) at the
4 time of the layoff, the applicant is not in an initial
5 probationary status consistent with the rules of the Department
6 of Central Management Services, and (4) the total amount of
7 creditable service established by the applicant under this
8 subsection (q) does not exceed 3 years. For service established
9 under this subsection (q), the required employee contribution
10 shall be based on the rate of compensation earned by the
11 employee on the date of returning to employment after the
12 layoff and the contribution rate then in effect, and the
13 required interest shall be calculated from the date of
14 returning to employment after the layoff to the date of
15 payment.
16     (r) A member who participated in the University of Illinois
17 Government Public Service Internship Program (GPSI) may
18 establish creditable service for up to 2 years of that
19 participation by making the contribution required under this
20 Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to be equal to
21 the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus interest. The
22 System shall determine a full-time salary equivalent for the
23 purpose of calculating the required contribution. Credit may
24 not be established under this subsection for any period for
25 which service credit is established under any other provision
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1     (s) A member who worked as a nurse under a contractual
2 agreement for the Department of Public Aid, or its successor
3 agency, the Department of Human Services, in the Client
4 Assessment Unit and was subsequently determined to be a State
5 employee by the United States Internal Revenue Service and the
6 Illinois Labor Relations Board may establish creditable
7 service for those contractual services by making the
8 contributions required under this Section. To establish credit
9 under this subsection, the applicant must apply to the System
10 by July 1, 2008.
11     The Department of Human Services shall pay an employer
12 contribution based upon an amount determined by the Board to be
13 equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit, plus
14 interest.
15     In compliance with Section 14-152.1 added by Public Act
16 94-4, the cost of the benefits provided by Public Act 95-583
17 are offset by the required employee and employer contributions.
18     (t) Any person who rendered contractual services on a
19 full-time basis to the Illinois Institute of Natural Resources
20 and the Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources may
21 establish creditable service for up to 4 years of those
22 contractual services by making the contributions required
23 under this Section, plus an amount determined by the Board to
24 be equal to the employer's normal cost of the benefit plus
25 interest at the actuarially assumed rate from the first day of
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1 of payment. To establish credit under this subsection (t), the
2 applicant must apply to the System within 6 months after the
3 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
4 Assembly.
5 (Source: P.A. 94-612, eff. 8-18-05; 94-1111, eff. 2-27-07;
6 95-483, eff. 8-28-07; 95-583, eff. 8-31-07; 95-652, eff.
7 10-11-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
8     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
9 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
10     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)
11     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
12 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
13 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
14 the 96th General Assembly.
 
15     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.