97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3932

 

Introduced 11/14/2012, by Sen. Kyle McCarter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Project Labor Agreements Act. Prohibits the State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board from requiring a project labor agreement for any school construction project or grant. Authorizes a board of education to exempt any school construction project from the requirements of the Act. Amends the General Assembly, State Employees, State Universities, Downstate Teachers, and Judges Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits employees, except in certain circumstances, from receiving a retirement annuity before age 62. Changes the conditions of eligibility for, and the amount of, automatic annual increases in retirement annuities. Caps pensionable salary and compensation. Suspends the accrual of benefits in traditional and portable benefit packages. Establishes a self-managed plan for each State-funded retirement system. Requires affected participants to participate in the self-managed plans with respect to future service. Shifts normal costs to local school districts if certain mandates are funded. In various Articles, excludes new hires of certain government-related organizations from participation in State retirement systems. Amends the School Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning mandates for public and private schools. Repeals the Driver's Education Act. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Prohibits school districts from entering into, amending, or renewing certain technology-related collective bargaining agreements. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that a board of education may exempt school construction projects undertaken in the district from the Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
5amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 315/15)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1615)
7    Sec. 15. Act Takes Precedence.
8    (a) In case of any conflict between the provisions of this
9Act and any other law (other than Section 5 of the State
10Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and other than the
11changes made by this amendatory Act of the 97th General
12Assembly or to the Illinois Pension Code by this amendatory Act
13of the 96th General Assembly), executive order or
14administrative regulation relating to wages, hours and
15conditions of employment and employment relations, the
16provisions of this Act or any collective bargaining agreement
17negotiated thereunder shall prevail and control. Nothing in
18this Act shall be construed to replace or diminish the rights
19of employees established by Sections 28 and 28a of the
20Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, Sections 2.15 through 2.19
21of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. The provisions of
22this Act are subject to Section 5 of the State Employees Group
23Insurance Act of 1971. Nothing in this Act shall be construed

 

 

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1to replace the necessity of complaints against a sworn peace
2officer, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Uniform Peace
3Officer Disciplinary Act, from having a complaint supported by
4a sworn affidavit.
5    (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above, any
6collective bargaining contract between a public employer and a
7labor organization executed pursuant to this Act shall
8supersede any contrary statutes, charters, ordinances, rules
9or regulations relating to wages, hours and conditions of
10employment and employment relations adopted by the public
11employer or its agents. Any collective bargaining agreement
12entered into prior to the effective date of this Act shall
13remain in full force during its duration.
14    (c) It is the public policy of this State, pursuant to
15paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
16Illinois Constitution, that the provisions of this Act are the
17exclusive exercise by the State of powers and functions which
18might otherwise be exercised by home rule units. Such powers
19and functions may not be exercised concurrently, either
20directly or indirectly, by any unit of local government,
21including any home rule unit, except as otherwise authorized by
22this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-889, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
24    Section 5. The Project Labor Agreements Act is amended by
25changing Sections 10 and 15 and by adding Section 17 as

 

 

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1follows:
 
2    (30 ILCS 571/10)
3    Sec. 10. Public works projects. Except as provided in
4Section 17 of this Act, on On a project-by-project basis, a
5State department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality
6that is under the control of the Governor shall include a
7project labor agreement on a public works project when that
8department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality has
9determined that the agreement advances the State's interests of
10cost, efficiency, quality, safety, timeliness, skilled labor
11force, labor stability, or the State's policy to advance
12minority-owned and women-owned businesses and minority and
13female employment.
14(Source: P.A. 97-199, eff. 7-27-11.)
 
15    (30 ILCS 571/15)
16    Sec. 15. Public works projects funded with federal funds.
17Except as provided in Section 17 of this Act, when When it has
18been determined that a project labor agreement is appropriate,
19and in furtherance of the President's Executive Order 13502,
20the State department, agency, authority, board, or
21instrumentality responsible for awarding the project may
22include a project labor agreement on a public works project
23funded in whole or in part with federal funds.
24(Source: P.A. 97-199, eff. 7-27-11.)
 

 

 

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1    (30 ILCS 571/17 new)
2    Sec. 17. School construction projects; grants.
3    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
4State Board of Education and the Capital Development Board
5shall not require a project labor agreement for any school
6construction project or any school construction project grant
7or debt service grant provided under the School Construction
8Law.
9    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
10board of education of any school district may, by passage of a
11resolution, exempt any school construction project undertaken
12in the district from the requirements of this Act, unless the
13district has already entered into a project labor agreement
14concerning that school construction project.
15    (c) For the purposes of this Section, "school construction
16project" means the acquisition, development, construction,
17reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, architectural
18planning, and installation of capital facilities consisting of
19buildings, structures, durable equipment, and land for
20educational purposes.
 
21    Section 10. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by
22changing Sections 1-160, 2-108, 2-119, 2-119.1, 7-109,
2314-103.10, 14-107, 14-110, 14-114, 15-103.1, 15-103.2, 15-107,
2415-111, 15-134.5, 15-135, 15-136, 15-158.2, 16-106, 16-121,

 

 

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116-132, 16-133.1, 16-152.1, 16-158, 18-111, 18-124, and
218-125.1 and adding Sections 2-103.1, 2-103.2, 2-105.1,
32-126.2, 14-103.40, 14-103.41, 14-103.42, 14-103.43, 14-106.5,
414-133.2, 15-107.1, 15-134.6, 16-104.1, 16-104.2, 16-106.4,
516-131.7, 16-158.2, 18-105.1, 18-105.2, 18-108.1, 18-123.3,
6and 18-133.2 as follows:
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/1-160)
8    Sec. 1-160. Provisions applicable to new hires.
9    (a) The provisions of this Section apply to a person who,
10on or after January 1, 2011, first becomes a member or a
11participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension
12fund established under this Code, other than a retirement
13system or pension fund established under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
14or 18 of this Code, notwithstanding any other provision of this
15Code to the contrary, but do not apply to any self-managed plan
16established under this Code, to any person with respect to
17service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
187, or to any participant of the retirement plan established
19under Section 22-101.
20    (b) "Final average salary" means the average monthly (or
21annual) salary obtained by dividing the total salary or
22earnings calculated under the Article applicable to the member
23or participant during the 96 consecutive months (or 8
24consecutive years) of service within the last 120 months (or 10
25years) of service in which the total salary or earnings

 

 

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1calculated under the applicable Article was the highest by the
2number of months (or years) of service in that period. For the
3purposes of a person who first becomes a member or participant
4of any retirement system or pension fund to which this Section
5applies on or after January 1, 2011, in this Code, "final
6average salary" shall be substituted for the following:
7        (1) In Articles 7 (except for service as sheriff's law
8    enforcement employees) and 15, "final rate of earnings".
9        (2) In Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, "highest average
10    annual salary for any 4 consecutive years within the last
11    10 years of service immediately preceding the date of
12    withdrawal".
13        (3) In Article 13, "average final salary".
14        (4) In Article 14, "final average compensation".
15        (5) In Article 17, "average salary".
16        (6) In Section 22-207, "wages or salary received by him
17    at the date of retirement or discharge".
18    (b-5) Beginning on January 1, 2011, for all purposes under
19this Code (including without limitation the calculation of
20benefits and employee contributions), the annual earnings,
21salary, or wages (based on the plan year) of a member or
22participant to whom this Section applies shall not exceed
23$106,800; however, that amount shall annually thereafter be
24increased by the lesser of (i) 3% of that amount, including all
25previous adjustments, or (ii) one-half the annual unadjusted
26percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the consumer

 

 

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1price index-u for the 12 months ending with the September
2preceding each November 1, including all previous adjustments.
3    For the purposes of this Section, "consumer price index-u"
4means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
5the United States Department of Labor that measures the average
6change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
7consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
8100. The new amount resulting from each annual adjustment shall
9be determined by the Public Pension Division of the Department
10of Insurance and made available to the boards of the retirement
11systems and pension funds by November 1 of each year.
12    (c) A member or participant is entitled to a retirement
13annuity upon written application if he or she has attained age
1467 and has at least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise
15eligible under the requirements of the applicable Article.
16    A member or participant who has attained age 62 and has at
17least 10 years of service credit and is otherwise eligible
18under the requirements of the applicable Article may elect to
19receive the lower retirement annuity provided in subsection (d)
20of this Section.
21    (d) The retirement annuity of a member or participant who
22is retiring after attaining age 62 with at least 10 years of
23service credit shall be reduced by one-half of 1% for each full
24month that the member's age is under age 67.
25    (e) Any retirement annuity or supplemental annuity shall be
26subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring either

 

 

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1on or after the attainment of age 67 or the first anniversary
2of the annuity start date, whichever is later. Each annual
3increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the annual
4unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero) in the
5consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
6September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
7originally granted retirement annuity. If the annual
8unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
9the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
101 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
11increased.
12    (f) The initial survivor's or widow's annuity of an
13otherwise eligible survivor or widow of a retired member or
14participant who first became a member or participant on or
15after January 1, 2011 shall be in the amount of 66 2/3% of the
16retired member's or participant's retirement annuity at the
17date of death. In the case of the death of a member or
18participant who has not retired and who first became a member
19or participant on or after January 1, 2011, eligibility for a
20survivor's or widow's annuity shall be determined by the
21applicable Article of this Code. The initial benefit shall be
2266 2/3% of the earned annuity without a reduction due to age. A
23child's annuity of an otherwise eligible child shall be in the
24amount prescribed under each Article if applicable. Any
25survivor's or widow's annuity shall be increased (1) on each
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1if the deceased member died while receiving a retirement
2annuity or (2) in other cases, on each January 1 occurring
3after the first anniversary of the commencement of the annuity.
4Each annual increase shall be calculated at 3% or one-half the
5annual unadjusted percentage increase (but not less than zero)
6in the consumer price index-u for the 12 months ending with the
7September preceding each November 1, whichever is less, of the
8originally granted survivor's annuity. If the annual
9unadjusted percentage change in the consumer price index-u for
10the 12 months ending with the September preceding each November
111 is zero or there is a decrease, then the annuity shall not be
12increased.
13    (g) The benefits in Section 14-110 apply only if the person
14is a State policeman, special agent, a fire fighter in the fire
15protection service of a department, or a security employee of
16the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile
17Justice, or an investigator for the Department of State Police,
18as those terms are defined in subsection (c) (b) of Section
1914-110. A person who meets the requirements of this Section is
20entitled to an annuity calculated under the provisions of
21Section 14-110, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement
22annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not
23less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has
24attained age 60, regardless of whether the attainment of age 60
25occurs while the person is still in service.
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1of a retirement system or pension fund subject to this Section
2on or after January 1, 2011 is receiving a retirement annuity
3or retirement pension under that system or fund and becomes a
4member or participant under any other system or fund created by
5this Code and is employed on a full-time basis, except for
6those members or participants exempted from the provisions of
7this Section under subsection (a) of this Section, then the
8person's retirement annuity or retirement pension under that
9system or fund shall be suspended during that employment. Upon
10termination of that employment, the person's retirement
11annuity or retirement pension payments shall resume and be
12recalculated if recalculation is provided for under the
13applicable Article of this Code.
14    If a person who first becomes a member of a retirement
15system or pension fund subject to this Section on or after
16January 1, 2012 and is receiving a retirement annuity or
17retirement pension under that system or fund and accepts on a
18contractual basis a position to provide services to a
19governmental entity from which he or she has retired, then that
20person's annuity or retirement pension earned as an active
21employee of the employer shall be suspended during that
22contractual service. A person receiving an annuity or
23retirement pension under this Code shall notify the pension
24fund or retirement system from which he or she is receiving an
25annuity or retirement pension, as well as his or her
26contractual employer, of his or her retirement status before

 

 

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1accepting contractual employment. A person who fails to submit
2such notification shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and
3required to pay a fine of $1,000. Upon termination of that
4contractual employment, the person's retirement annuity or
5retirement pension payments shall resume and, if appropriate,
6be recalculated under the applicable provisions of this Code.
7    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, a
8person who first becomes a participant of the retirement system
9established under Article 15 on or after January 1, 2011 shall
10have the option to enroll in the self-managed plan created
11under Section 15-158.2 of this Code.
12    (j) In the case of a conflict between the provisions of
13this Section and any other provision of this Code, the
14provisions of this Section shall control.
15(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11;
1697-609, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
17    (40 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new)
18    Sec. 2-103.1. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional
19benefit package" means the defined benefit retirement program
20maintained by the System, which includes retirement annuities
21payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
222-119, 2-119.01, 2-119.1, and 2-120; survivor's annuities
23payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
242-121, 2-121.1, 2-121.2, and 2-121.3; and contribution
25refunds, as provided in Section 2-123.
 

 

 

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1    (40 ILCS 5/2-103.2 new)
2    Sec. 2-103.2. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan" means
3the defined contribution retirement program maintained by the
4System, as described in Section 2-126.2. The self-managed plan
5does not include retirement annuities or survivor's benefits
6payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
72-119, 2-119.01, 2-119.1, 2-120, 2-121, 2-121.1, 2-121.2, and
82-121.3 or refunds determined under Section 2-123.
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/2-105.1 new)
10    Sec. 2-105.1. Tier I employee. "Tier I employee": A
11participant who first became a participant before January 1,
122011.
 
13    (40 ILCS 5/2-108)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108)
14    Sec. 2-108. Salary. "Salary": (1) For members of the
15General Assembly, the total compensation paid to the member by
16the State for one year of service, including the additional
17amounts, if any, paid to the member as an officer pursuant to
18Section 1 of "An Act in relation to the compensation and
19emoluments of the members of the General Assembly", approved
20December 6, 1907, as now or hereafter amended.
21    (2) For the State executive officers specified in Section
222-105, the total compensation paid to the member for one year
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1    (3) For members of the System who are participants under
2Section 2-117.1, or who are serving as Clerk or Assistant Clerk
3of the House of Representatives or Secretary or Assistant
4Secretary of the Senate, the total compensation paid to the
5member for one year of service, but not to exceed the salary of
6the highest salaried officer of the General Assembly.
7    However, in the event that federal law results in any
8participant receiving imputed income based on the value of
9group term life insurance provided by the State, such imputed
10income shall not be included in salary for the purposes of this
11Article.
12    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for
13periods of service on and after the effective date of this
14amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, "salary" does not
15include any annual remuneration for personal services in an
16amount that is in excess of the annual contribution and benefit
17base established for the previous year by the Commissioner of
18Social Security pursuant to Section 230 of the federal Social
19Security Act.
20(Source: P.A. 86-27; 86-273; 86-1028; 86-1488.)
 
21    (40 ILCS 5/2-119)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119)
22    Sec. 2-119. Retirement annuity - conditions for
23eligibility.
24    (a) A participant whose service as a member is terminated,
25regardless of age or cause, is entitled to a retirement annuity

 

 

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1beginning on the date specified by the participant in a written
2application subject to the following conditions:
3        1. The date the annuity begins does not precede the
4    date of final termination of service, or is not more than
5    30 days before the receipt of the application by the board
6    in the case of annuities based on disability or one year
7    before the receipt of the application in the case of
8    annuities based on attained age;
9        2. The participant meets one of the following
10    eligibility requirements:
11        For a participant who first becomes a participant of
12    this System before January 1, 2011 (the effective date of
13    Public Act 96-889):
14            (A) He or she has attained age 55 and has at least
15        8 years of service credit;
16            (B) He or she has attained age 62 and terminated
17        service after July 1, 1971 with at least 4 years of
18        service credit; or
19            (C) He or she has completed 8 years of service and
20        has become permanently disabled and as a consequence,
21        is unable to perform the duties of his or her office.
22        For a participant who first becomes a participant of
23    this System on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date
24    of Public Act 96-889), he or she has attained age 67 and
25    has at least 8 years of service credit.
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1beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
297th General Assembly, a Tier I employee shall not, regardless
3of the amount of accrued service credit, be entitled to a
4retirement annuity until he or she has attained age 62.
5    (a-5) A participant who first becomes a participant of this
6System on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of
7Public Act 96-889) who has attained age 62 and has at least 8
8years of service credit may elect to receive the lower
9retirement annuity provided in paragraph (c) of Section
102-119.01 of this Code.
11    (b) A participant shall be considered permanently disabled
12only if: (1) disability occurs while in service and is of such
13a nature as to prevent him or her from reasonably performing
14the duties of his or her office at the time; and (2) the board
15has received a written certificate by at least 2 licensed
16physicians appointed by the board stating that the member is
17disabled and that the disability is likely to be permanent.
18(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
19    (40 ILCS 5/2-119.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119.1)
20    Sec. 2-119.1. Automatic increase in retirement annuity.
21    (a) A participant who retires after June 30, 1967, and who
22has not received an initial increase under this Section before
23the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991, shall, in
24January or July next following the first anniversary of
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1each year thereafter, but in no event prior to age 60, have the
2amount of the originally granted retirement annuity increased
3as follows: for each year through 1971, 1 1/2%; for each year
4from 1972 through 1979, 2%; and for 1980 and each year
5thereafter, 3%. Annuitants who have received an initial
6increase under this subsection prior to the effective date of
7this amendatory Act of 1991 shall continue to receive their
8annual increases in the same month as the initial increase.
9    (b) Beginning January 1, 1990, for eligible participants
10who remain in service after attaining 20 years of creditable
11service, the 3% increases provided under subsection (a) shall
12begin to accrue on the January 1 next following the date upon
13which the participant (1) attains age 55, or (2) attains 20
14years of creditable service, whichever occurs later, and shall
15continue to accrue while the participant remains in service;
16such increases shall become payable on January 1 or July 1,
17whichever occurs first, next following the first anniversary of
18retirement. For any person who has service credit in the System
19for the entire period from January 15, 1969 through December
2031, 1992, regardless of the date of termination of service, the
21reference to age 55 in clause (1) of this subsection (b) shall
22be deemed to mean age 50.
23    This subsection (b) does not apply to any person who first
24becomes a member of the System after the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
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1except subsections (f), (f-5), and (g) of this Section, a
2participant who first becomes a participant on or after January
31, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 96-889) shall, in
4January or July next following the first anniversary of
5retirement, whichever occurs first, and in the same month of
6each year thereafter, but in no event prior to age 67, have the
7amount of the retirement annuity then being paid increased by
83% or the annual unadjusted percentage increase in the Consumer
9Price Index for All Urban Consumers as determined by the Public
10Pension Division of the Department of Insurance under
11subsection (a) of Section 2-108.1, whichever is less.
12    (c) The foregoing provisions relating to automatic
13increases are not applicable to a participant who retires
14before having made contributions (at the rate prescribed in
15Section 2-126) for automatic increases for less than the
16equivalent of one full year. However, in order to be eligible
17for the automatic increases, such a participant may make
18arrangements to pay to the system the amount required to bring
19the total contributions for the automatic increase to the
20equivalent of one year's contributions based upon his or her
21last salary.
22    (d) A participant who terminated service prior to July 1,
231967, with at least 14 years of service is entitled to an
24increase in retirement annuity beginning January, 1976, and to
25additional increases in January of each year thereafter.
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1granted retirement annuity multiplied by the number of full
2years that the annuitant was in receipt of such annuity prior
3to January 1, 1972, plus 2% of the originally granted
4retirement annuity for each year after that date. The
5subsequent annual increases shall be at the rate of 2% of the
6originally granted retirement annuity for each year through
71979 and at the rate of 3% for 1980 and thereafter.
8    (e) Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual
9increases payable under this Section shall be calculated as a
10percentage of the total annuity payable at the time of the
11increase, including previous increases granted under this
12Article.
13    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
14except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
15effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
16Assembly, the monthly retirement annuity of an annuitant shall
17first be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
18on or next after either the attainment of age 67 or the January
191 occurring on or next after the fifth anniversary of the
20annuity start date, whichever occurs earlier. If on the
21effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
22Assembly an annuitant has already received an annual increase
23under this Section but is not eligible to receive an annual
24increase under this subsection (f), then the annual increases
25already received shall continue in force, but no additional
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1new eligibility requirements.
2    (f-5) Notwithstanding subsection (f), no annual increase
3shall be paid under this Section in a calendar year if, on
4January 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total assets of
5the System are less than 85% of the total actuarial liabilities
6of the System, as annually certified by the System.
7    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
8except subsection (f-5), beginning on the effective date of
9this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the amount of
10each automatic annual increase in retirement annuity occurring
11on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1297th General Assembly shall be 3% or one-half of the annual
13unadjusted percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price
14Index-U for the 12 months ending with the preceding September,
15whichever is less, of the originally granted retirement
16annuity. For the purposes of this Section, "Consumer Price
17Index-U" means the index published by the Bureau of Labor
18Statistics of the United States Department of Labor that
19measures the average change in prices of goods and services
20purchased by all urban consumers, United States city average,
21all items, 1982-84 = 100.
22(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/2-126.2 new)
24    Sec. 2-126.2. Self-managed plan.
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1the flexibility to provide a defined contribution
2(self-managed) plan for eligible participants. Accordingly,
3the General Assembly Retirement System is hereby required,
4within 6 months after the effective date of this Section, to
5establish and administer a self-managed plan, which shall offer
6participants the opportunity to accumulate assets for
7retirement through a combination of participant and State
8contributions that may be invested in mutual funds, collective
9investment funds, or other investment products and used to
10purchase annuity contracts, either fixed or variable or a
11combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified
12under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
13    (b) The Board shall adopt the self-managed plan established
14under this Section for all participants under this Article.
15    The General Assembly Retirement System shall be the plan
16sponsor for the self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan
17document and adopt any rules and procedures as are considered
18necessary or desirable for the administration of the
19self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
20participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the
21Board of Trustees of the System may delegate aspects of plan
22administration as it sees fit to companies authorized to do
23business in this State.
24    (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
25administrative services and funding vehicles for the
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1mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies, or other
2financial institutions authorized to do business in this State.
3In reviewing the proposals received and approving and
4contracting with no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies,
5the Board of Trustees of the System shall consider, among other
6things, the following criteria:
7        (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be
8    provided to the participants;
9        (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to
10    the premium charged;
11        (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
12    interests of the participants and the State; and
13        (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits
14    under the contract and the financial stability of the
15    company.
16    The System shall periodically review each approved
17company. A company may continue to provide administrative
18services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so
19long as it continues to be an approved company under contract
20with the Board.
21    In addition to the companies approved by the System under
22this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an
23investment fund managed by the System.
24    (d) Participants in the program must be allowed to direct
25the transfer of their account balances among the various
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1provisions. The participant shall not be deemed a fiduciary by
2reason of providing such investment direction. A person who is
3a fiduciary shall not be liable for any loss resulting from
4that investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
5breached any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that
6direction. Neither the System nor the State shall guarantee any
7of the investments in the participant's account balances.
8    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
9beginning on the effective date of the self-managed plan
10established pursuant to this Section, all participants shall
11participate in the self-managed plan instead of the traditional
12benefit package with respect to service under this Article on
13and after that date. A member's participation in the
14traditional benefit package under this Article shall terminate
15on that date, and any existing rights and credits in the
16traditional benefit package shall be rolled over into the
17self-managed plan in accordance with subsection (f) of this
18Section.
19    Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section
20shall constitute participation in the General Assembly
21Retirement System.
22    A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the
23benefits of Article 20 of this Code.
24    (f) If, on the effective date of the self-managed plan
25established under this Section, a participant has rights and
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1traditional benefit package, the System shall establish for the
2participant an opening account balance in the self-managed
3plan, equal to (1) the amount of the contribution refund that
4the participant would be eligible to receive under Section
52-123 if the participant terminated employment on that date and
6elected a refund of contributions and (2) an amount equal to
7the regular employer contribution that would be required to
8fund the actual regular cost incurred for each year of service
9credit earned, provided that the total opening account balance
10does not exceed 7.6% of the participant's salary for that year,
11plus interest. The interest used in this subsection (f) is
12calculated as the average annual rate of return that the System
13has earned over the past 20 fiscal years and is compounded. The
14System shall transfer assets from the defined benefit
15retirement program to the self-managed plan, as a tax-free
16transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue Service
17guidelines, for purposes of funding the participant's opening
18account balance.
19    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
20participant may not purchase or receive service or service
21credit applicable to the traditional benefit package under this
22Article for any period during which the member was a
23participant in the self-managed plan established under this
24Section.
25    (h) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
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1Section.
2    The annual required contribution for participants in the
3self-managed plan shall be an amount equal to 6% of the
4employee's salary. This required contribution shall be made as
5an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of the Internal
6Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section thereof.
7Participants may make additional contributions to the
8self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
9the System, to the extent permitted under rules adopted by the
10System.
11    (i) A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a
12distribution from the self-managed plan while not yet eligible
13for retirement under this Article (and Article 20, if
14applicable) shall forfeit all service credit and accrued rights
15in the System; if he or she subsequently becomes a participant
16under this Article again, he or she shall be considered a new
17participant. If a former participant again becomes a
18participating member (or becomes employed by a participating
19system under Article 20 of this Code) and continues as such for
20at least 2 years, all rights, service credits, and previous
21status as a participant shall be restored upon repayment of the
22amount of the distribution, without interest.
23    (j) If a participant in the self-managed plan terminates
24employment, the participant shall be entitled to a benefit that
25is based on the account values attributable to contributions
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1    (k) If a participant so requests, a distribution of funds
2from the self-managed plan may be paid in the form of a direct
3rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by
4federal law and in accordance with the rules of the System.
 
5    (40 ILCS 5/7-109)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109)
6    Sec. 7-109. Employee.
7    (1) "Employee" means any person who:
8        (a) 1. Receives earnings as payment for the performance
9        of personal services or official duties out of the
10        general fund of a municipality, or out of any special
11        fund or funds controlled by a municipality, or by an
12        instrumentality thereof, or a participating
13        instrumentality, including, in counties, the fees or
14        earnings of any county fee office; and
15            2. Under the usual common law rules applicable in
16        determining the employer-employee relationship, has
17        the status of an employee with a municipality, or any
18        instrumentality thereof, or a participating
19        instrumentality, including aldermen, county
20        supervisors and other persons (excepting those
21        employed as independent contractors) who are paid
22        compensation, fees, allowances or other emolument for
23        official duties, and, in counties, the several county
24        fee offices.
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1    School Code, as heretofore or hereafter amended, and who
2    receives for such services regular compensation as
3    distinguished from per diem compensation, and any regular
4    employee in the office of any township treasurer whether or
5    not his earnings are paid from the income of the permanent
6    township fund or from funds subject to distribution to the
7    several school districts and parts of school districts as
8    provided in the School Code, or from both such sources; or
9    is the chief executive officer, chief educational officer,
10    chief fiscal officer, or other employee of a Financial
11    Oversight Panel established pursuant to Article 1H of the
12    School Code, other than a superintendent or certified
13    school business official, except that such person shall not
14    be treated as an employee under this Section if that person
15    has negotiated with the Financial Oversight Panel, in
16    conjunction with the school district, a contractual
17    agreement for exclusion from this Section.
18        (c) Holds an elective office in a municipality,
19    instrumentality thereof or participating instrumentality.
20    (2) "Employee" does not include persons who:
21        (a) Are eligible for inclusion under any of the
22    following laws:
23            1. "An Act in relation to an Illinois State
24        Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund", approved May
25        27, 1915, as amended;
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1        However, such persons shall be included as employees to
2    the extent of earnings that are not eligible for inclusion
3    under the foregoing laws for services not of an
4    instructional nature of any kind.
5        However, any member of the armed forces who is employed
6    as a teacher of subjects in the Reserve Officers Training
7    Corps of any school and who is not certified under the law
8    governing the certification of teachers shall be included
9    as an employee.
10        (b) Are designated by the governing body of a
11    municipality in which a pension fund is required by law to
12    be established for policemen or firemen, respectively, as
13    performing police or fire protection duties, except that
14    when such persons are the heads of the police or fire
15    department and are not eligible to be included within any
16    such pension fund, they shall be included within this
17    Article; provided, that such persons shall not be excluded
18    to the extent of concurrent service and earnings not
19    designated as being for police or fire protection duties.
20    However, (i) any head of a police department who was a
21    participant under this Article immediately before October
22    1, 1977 and did not elect, under Section 3-109 of this Act,
23    to participate in a police pension fund shall be an
24    "employee", and (ii) any chief of police who elects to
25    participate in this Fund under Section 3-109.1 of this
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1    employed as chief of police or is employed in some other
2    rank or capacity within the police department, shall be an
3    employee under this Article for so long as such person is
4    employed to perform police duties by a participating
5    municipality and has not lawfully rescinded that election.
6        (c) After August 26, 2011 (the effective date of Public
7    Act 97-609) this amendatory Act of the 97th General
8    Assembly, are contributors to or eligible to contribute to
9    a Taft-Hartley pension plan established on or before June
10    1, 2011 and are employees of a theatre, arena, or
11    convention center that is located in a municipality located
12    in a county with a population greater than 5,000,000, and
13    to which the participating municipality is required to
14    contribute as the person's employer based on earnings from
15    the municipality. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect
16    service credit or creditable service for any period of
17    service prior to August 26, 2011 the effective date of this
18    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, and this
19    paragraph shall not apply to individuals who are
20    participating in the Fund prior to August 26, 2011 the
21    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
22    Assembly.
23        (d) Become an employee of any of the following
24    participating instrumentalities on or after the effective
25    date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly:
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1    Park Districts; the Illinois Supervisors, County
2    Commissioners and Superintendents of Highways Association;
3    an association, or not-for-profit corporation, membership
4    in which is authorized under Section 85-15 of the Township
5    Code; the United Counties Council; or the Will County
6    Governmental League.
7    (3) All persons, including, without limitation, public
8defenders and probation officers, who receive earnings from
9general or special funds of a county for performance of
10personal services or official duties within the territorial
11limits of the county, are employees of the county (unless
12excluded by subsection (2) of this Section) notwithstanding
13that they may be appointed by and are subject to the direction
14of a person or persons other than a county board or a county
15officer. It is hereby established that an employer-employee
16relationship under the usual common law rules exists between
17such employees and the county paying their salaries by reason
18of the fact that the county boards fix their rates of
19compensation, appropriate funds for payment of their earnings
20and otherwise exercise control over them. This finding and this
21amendatory Act shall apply to all such employees from the date
22of appointment whether such date is prior to or after the
23effective date of this amendatory Act and is intended to
24clarify existing law pertaining to their status as
25participating employees in the Fund.
26(Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11; 97-609, eff. 8-26-11;

 

 

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1revised 9-28-11.)
 
2    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.10)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10)
3    Sec. 14-103.10. Compensation.
4    (a) For periods of service prior to January 1, 1978, the
5full rate of salary or wages payable to an employee for
6personal services performed if he worked the full normal
7working period for his position, subject to the following
8maximum amounts: (1) prior to July 1, 1951, $400 per month or
9$4,800 per year; (2) between July 1, 1951 and June 30, 1957
10inclusive, $625 per month or $7,500 per year; (3) beginning
11July 1, 1957, no limitation.
12    In the case of service of an employee in a position
13involving part-time employment, compensation shall be
14determined according to the employees' earnings record.
15    (b) For periods of service on and after January 1, 1978,
16all remuneration for personal services performed defined as
17"wages" under the Social Security Enabling Act, including that
18part of such remuneration which is in excess of any maximum
19limitation provided in such Act, and including any benefits
20received by an employee under a sick pay plan in effect before
21January 1, 1981, but excluding lump sum salary payments:
22        (1) for vacation,
23        (2) for accumulated unused sick leave,
24        (3) upon discharge or dismissal,
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1    (c) For periods of service on or after December 16, 1978,
2compensation also includes any benefits, other than lump sum
3salary payments made at termination of employment, which an
4employee receives or is eligible to receive under a sick pay
5plan authorized by law.
6    (d) For periods of service after September 30, 1985,
7compensation also includes any remuneration for personal
8services not included as "wages" under the Social Security
9Enabling Act, which is deducted for purposes of participation
10in a program established pursuant to Section 125 of the
11Internal Revenue Code or its successor laws.
12    (e) For members for which Section 1-160 applies for periods
13of service on and after January 1, 2011, all remuneration for
14personal services performed defined as "wages" under the Social
15Security Enabling Act, excluding remuneration that is in excess
16of the annual earnings, salary, or wages of a member or
17participant, as provided in subsection (b-5) of Section 1-160,
18but including any benefits received by an employee under a sick
19pay plan in effect before January 1, 1981. Compensation shall
20exclude lump sum salary payments:
21        (1) for vacation;
22        (2) for accumulated unused sick leave;
23        (3) upon discharge or dismissal; and
24        (4) for approved holidays.
25    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for
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1amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, "compensation"
2does not include any annual remuneration for personal services
3in an amount that is in excess of the annual contribution and
4benefit base established for the previous year by the
5Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to Section 230 of the
6federal Social Security Act or any remuneration for overtime.
7(Source: P.A. 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new)
9    Sec. 14-103.40. Tier I employee. "Tier I employee": An
10employee under this Article who first became a member or
11participant before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal
12retirement system or pension fund established under this Code
13other than a retirement system or pension fund established
14under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 18 of this Code.
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 new)
16    Sec. 14-103.41. Tier II employee. "Tier II employee": An
17employee under this Article to whom Section 1-160 applies.
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.42 new)
19    Sec. 14-103.42. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional
20benefit package" means the defined benefit retirement program
21maintained by the System, which includes retirement annuities
22payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
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114-113, 14-114, and 14-115; disability benefits payable under
2Sections 14-123, 14-123.1, 14-124, 14-125, 14-125.1, and
314-126; death benefits payable directly from the System, as
4provided in Sections 14-116, 14-117, and 14-128; widow or
5survivors annuities payable directly from the System, as
6provided in Sections 14-118, 14-119, 14-120, 14-121, 14-121.1,
7and 14-122; and contribution refunds, as provided in Section
814-130. The traditional benefit package also includes any
9benefits determined under Section 1-160 with respect to service
10performed under this Article.
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/14-103.43 new)
12    Sec. 14-103.43. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan"
13means the defined contribution retirement program maintained
14under the System, as described in Section 14-133.2. The
15self-managed plan also includes disability benefits, as
16provided in Sections 14-123, 14-123.1, 14-124, 14-125,
1714-125.1, and 14-126. The self-managed plan does not include
18retirement annuities, death benefits, widow or survivors
19annuities payable directly from the System, as provided in
20Sections 14-107, 14-108, 14-108.3, 14-108.4, 14-109, 14-110,
2114-112, 14-113, 14-114, 14-115, 14-116, 14-117, 14-118,
2214-119, 14-120, 14-121, 14-121.1, 14-122, and 14-128 or refunds
23determined under Section 14-130.
 
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1    Sec. 14-106.5. Suspension of the accrual of benefits under
2the traditional benefit package.
3    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
4retirement annuity of a member who satisfies, on the effective
5date of the self-managed plan established under Section
614-133.2, the service requirement for a retirement annuity
7under this Article and who retires on or after that date shall
8be calculated based on the service credit accrued under this
9Article prior to that date and the member's annual rate of
10compensation on that date.
11    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
12a member who does not, on the effective date of the
13self-managed plan established under Section 14-133.2, satisfy
14the service requirement for a retirement annuity under this
15Article shall not be entitled to a retirement annuity under
16this Article, but shall instead be eligible to have an initial
17account balance established in the self-managed plan in
18accordance with Section 14-133.2.
19    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if a
20member or any other person is eligible for a benefit in the
21traditional benefit package, other than a retirement annuity,
22on the effective date of the self-managed plan established
23under Section 14-133.2, then he or she shall continue to be
24eligible for that benefit while he or she continues to meet all
25otherwise applicable eligibility requirements.
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1if a member or other person is ineligible for a benefit in the
2traditional benefit package, other than a retirement annuity,
3on the effective date of the self-managed plan established
4under Section 14-133.2, then he or she shall remain ineligible
5for that benefit on and after the effective date of this
6Section.
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/14-107)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-107)
8    Sec. 14-107. Retirement annuity - service and age -
9conditions. A member is entitled to a retirement annuity after
10having at least 8 years of creditable service.
11    A member who has at least 35 years of creditable service
12may claim his or her retirement annuity at any age. A member
13having at least 8 years of creditable service but less than 35
14may claim his or her retirement annuity upon or after
15attainment of age 60 or, beginning January 1, 2001, any lesser
16age which, when added to the number of years of his or her
17creditable service, equals at least 85. A member upon or after
18attainment of age 55 having at least 25 years of creditable
19service (30 years if retirement is before January 1, 2001) may
20elect to receive the lower retirement annuity provided in
21paragraph (c) of Section 14-108 of this Code. For purposes of
22the rule of 85, portions of years shall be counted in whole
23months.
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197th General Assembly, a member shall not, regardless of the
2amount of accrued service credit, be entitled to a retirement
3annuity until he or she has attained age 62, except as provided
4in Section 14-110 and subsection (g) of Section 1-160.
5    The allowance shall begin with the first full calendar
6month specified in the member's application therefor, the first
7day of which shall not be before the date of withdrawal as
8approved by the board. Regardless of the date of withdrawal,
9the allowance need not begin within one year of application
10therefor.
11(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/14-110)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110)
13    Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity.
14    (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less
15than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained
16age 55, and any member who has withdrawn from service with not
17less than 25 years of eligible creditable service and has
18attained age 50, regardless of whether the attainment of either
19of the specified ages occurs while the member is still in
20service, shall, upon payment of the amount specified in
21subsection (o), be entitled to receive at the option of the
22member, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, a
23retirement annuity computed as follows:
24        (i) for periods of service as a noncovered employee: if
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1    average compensation for each year of creditable service;
2    if retirement occurs before January 1, 2001, 2 1/4% of
3    final average compensation for each of the first 10 years
4    of creditable service, 2 1/2% for each year above 10 years
5    to and including 20 years of creditable service, and 2 3/4%
6    for each year of creditable service above 20 years; and
7        (ii) for periods of eligible creditable service as a
8    covered employee: if retirement occurs on or after January
9    1, 2001, 2.5% of final average compensation for each year
10    of creditable service; if retirement occurs before January
11    1, 2001, 1.67% of final average compensation for each of
12    the first 10 years of such service, 1.90% for each of the
13    next 10 years of such service, 2.10% for each year of such
14    service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
15    each year in excess of 30.
16    Such annuity shall be subject to a maximum of 75% of final
17average compensation if retirement occurs before January 1,
182001 or to a maximum of 80% of final average compensation if
19retirement occurs on or after January 1, 2001.
20    These rates shall not be applicable to any service
21performed by a member as a covered employee which is not
22eligible creditable service. Service as a covered employee
23which is not eligible creditable service shall be subject to
24the rates and provisions of Section 14-108.
25    (b) For the purpose of this Section, prior to the effective
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1"eligible creditable service" means creditable service
2resulting from service in one or more of the following
3positions:
4        (1) State policeman;
5        (2) fire fighter in the fire protection service of a
6    department;
7        (3) air pilot;
8        (4) special agent;
9        (5) investigator for the Secretary of State;
10        (6) conservation police officer;
11        (7) investigator for the Department of Revenue or the
12    Illinois Gaming Board;
13        (8) security employee of the Department of Human
14    Services;
15        (9) Central Management Services security police
16    officer;
17        (10) security employee of the Department of
18    Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice;
19        (11) dangerous drugs investigator;
20        (12) investigator for the Department of State Police;
21        (13) investigator for the Office of the Attorney
22    General;
23        (14) controlled substance inspector;
24        (15) investigator for the Office of the State's
25    Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor;
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1        (17) arson investigator;
2        (18) State highway maintenance worker.
3    A person employed in one of the positions specified in this
4subsection is entitled to eligible creditable service for
5service credit earned under this Article while undergoing the
6basic police training course approved by the Illinois Law
7Enforcement Training Standards Board, if completion of that
8training is required of persons serving in that position. For
9the purposes of this Code, service during the required basic
10police training course shall be deemed performance of the
11duties of the specified position, even though the person is not
12a sworn peace officer at the time of the training.
13    (b-1) For the purpose of this Section, on and after the
14effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
15Assembly, "eligible creditable service" means creditable
16service resulting from service in one or more of the following
17positions:
18        (1) State policeman;
19        (2) special agent;
20        (3) security employee of the Department of
21    Corrections;
22        (4) investigator for the Department of State Police.
23    (c) For the purposes of this Section:
24        (1) The term "state policeman" includes any title or
25    position in the Department of State Police that is held by
26    an individual employed under the State Police Act.

 

 

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1        (2) The term "fire fighter in the fire protection
2    service of a department" includes all officers in such fire
3    protection service including fire chiefs and assistant
4    fire chiefs.
5        (3) The term "air pilot" includes any employee whose
6    official job description on file in the Department of
7    Central Management Services, or in the department by which
8    he is employed if that department is not covered by the
9    Personnel Code, states that his principal duty is the
10    operation of aircraft, and who possesses a pilot's license;
11    however, the change in this definition made by this
12    amendatory Act of 1983 shall not operate to exclude any
13    noncovered employee who was an "air pilot" for the purposes
14    of this Section on January 1, 1984.
15        (4) The term "special agent" means any person who by
16    reason of employment by the Division of Narcotic Control,
17    the Bureau of Investigation or, after July 1, 1977, the
18    Division of Criminal Investigation, the Division of
19    Internal Investigation, the Division of Operations, or any
20    other Division or organizational entity in the Department
21    of State Police is vested by law with duties to maintain
22    public order, investigate violations of the criminal law of
23    this State, enforce the laws of this State, make arrests
24    and recover property. The term "special agent" includes any
25    title or position in the Department of State Police that is
26    held by an individual employed under the State Police Act.

 

 

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1        (5) The term "investigator for the Secretary of State"
2    means any person employed by the Office of the Secretary of
3    State and vested with such investigative duties as render
4    him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
5    by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
6    218(l)(1) of that Act.
7        A person who became employed as an investigator for the
8    Secretary of State between January 1, 1967 and December 31,
9    1975, and who has served as such until attainment of age
10    60, either continuously or with a single break in service
11    of not more than 3 years duration, which break terminated
12    before January 1, 1976, shall be entitled to have his
13    retirement annuity calculated in accordance with
14    subsection (a), notwithstanding that he has less than 20
15    years of credit for such service.
16        (6) The term "Conservation Police Officer" means any
17    person employed by the Division of Law Enforcement of the
18    Department of Natural Resources and vested with such law
19    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
20    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
21    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The
22    term "Conservation Police Officer" includes the positions
23    of Chief Conservation Police Administrator and Assistant
24    Conservation Police Administrator.
25        (7) The term "investigator for the Department of
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1    Revenue and vested with such investigative duties as render
2    him ineligible for coverage under the Social Security Act
3    by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and
4    218(l)(1) of that Act.
5        The term "investigator for the Illinois Gaming Board"
6    means any person employed as such by the Illinois Gaming
7    Board and vested with such peace officer duties as render
8    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
9    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
10    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
11        (8) The term "security employee of the Department of
12    Human Services" means any person employed by the Department
13    of Human Services who (i) is employed at the Chester Mental
14    Health Center and has daily contact with the residents
15    thereof, (ii) is employed within a security unit at a
16    facility operated by the Department and has daily contact
17    with the residents of the security unit, (iii) is employed
18    at a facility operated by the Department that includes a
19    security unit and is regularly scheduled to work at least
20    50% of his or her working hours within that security unit,
21    or (iv) is a mental health police officer. "Mental health
22    police officer" means any person employed by the Department
23    of Human Services in a position pertaining to the
24    Department's mental health and developmental disabilities
25    functions who is vested with such law enforcement duties as
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1    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
2    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. "Security unit"
3    means that portion of a facility that is devoted to the
4    care, containment, and treatment of persons committed to
5    the Department of Human Services as sexually violent
6    persons, persons unfit to stand trial, or persons not
7    guilty by reason of insanity. With respect to past
8    employment, references to the Department of Human Services
9    include its predecessor, the Department of Mental Health
10    and Developmental Disabilities.
11        The changes made to this subdivision (c)(8) by Public
12    Act 92-14 apply to persons who retire on or after January
13    1, 2001, notwithstanding Section 1-103.1.
14        (9) "Central Management Services security police
15    officer" means any person employed by the Department of
16    Central Management Services who is vested with such law
17    enforcement duties as render him ineligible for coverage
18    under the Social Security Act by reason of Sections
19    218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
20        (10) For a member who first became an employee under
21    this Article before July 1, 2005, the term "security
22    employee of the Department of Corrections or the Department
23    of Juvenile Justice" means any employee of the Department
24    of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice or the
25    former Department of Personnel, and any member or employee
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1    inmates or youth by working within a correctional facility
2    or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of Juvenile
3    Justice or who is a parole officer or an employee who has
4    direct contact with committed persons in the performance of
5    his or her job duties. For a member who first becomes an
6    employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005, the
7    term means an employee of the Department of Corrections or
8    the Department of Juvenile Justice who is any of the
9    following: (i) officially headquartered at a correctional
10    facility or Juvenile facility operated by the Department of
11    Juvenile Justice, (ii) a parole officer, (iii) a member of
12    the apprehension unit, (iv) a member of the intelligence
13    unit, (v) a member of the sort team, or (vi) an
14    investigator.
15        (11) The term "dangerous drugs investigator" means any
16    person who is employed as such by the Department of Human
17    Services.
18        (12) The term "investigator for the Department of State
19    Police" means a person employed by the Department of State
20    Police who is vested under Section 4 of the Narcotic
21    Control Division Abolition Act with such law enforcement
22    powers as render him ineligible for coverage under the
23    Social Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
24    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act.
25        (13) "Investigator for the Office of the Attorney
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1    Office of the Attorney General and is vested with such
2    investigative 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. For
5    the period before January 1, 1989, the term includes all
6    persons who were employed as investigators by the Office of
7    the Attorney General, without regard to social security
8    status.
9        (14) "Controlled substance inspector" means any person
10    who is employed as such by the Department of Professional
11    Regulation and is vested with such law enforcement duties
12    as render him ineligible for coverage under the Social
13    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
14    218(d)(8)(D) and 218(l)(1) of that Act. The term
15    "controlled substance inspector" includes the Program
16    Executive of Enforcement and the Assistant Program
17    Executive of Enforcement.
18        (15) The term "investigator for the Office of the
19    State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor" means a person
20    employed in that capacity on a full time basis under the
21    authority of Section 7.06 of the State's Attorneys
22    Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
23        (16) "Commerce Commission police officer" means any
24    person employed by the Illinois Commerce Commission who is
25    vested with such law enforcement duties as render him
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1    reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A), 218(d)(8)(D), and
2    218(l)(1) of that Act.
3        (17) "Arson investigator" means any person who is
4    employed as such by the Office of the State Fire Marshal
5    and is vested with such law enforcement duties as render
6    the person ineligible for coverage under the Social
7    Security Act by reason of Sections 218(d)(5)(A),
8    218(d)(8)(D), and 218(l)(1) of that Act. A person who was
9    employed as an arson investigator on January 1, 1995 and is
10    no longer in service but not yet receiving a retirement
11    annuity may convert his or her creditable service for
12    employment as an arson investigator into eligible
13    creditable service by paying to the System the difference
14    between the employee contributions actually paid for that
15    service and the amounts that would have been contributed if
16    the applicant were contributing at the rate applicable to
17    persons with the same social security status earning
18    eligible creditable service on the date of application.
19        (18) The term "State highway maintenance worker" means
20    a person who is either of the following:
21            (i) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
22        Illinois Department of Transportation in the position
23        of highway maintainer, highway maintenance lead
24        worker, highway maintenance lead/lead worker, heavy
25        construction equipment operator, power shovel
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1        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
2        actual maintenance necessary to keep the highways that
3        form a part of the State highway system in serviceable
4        condition for vehicular traffic.
5            (ii) A person employed on a full-time basis by the
6        Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in the position
7        of equipment operator/laborer H-4, equipment
8        operator/laborer H-6, welder H-4, welder H-6,
9        mechanical/electrical H-4, mechanical/electrical H-6,
10        water/sewer H-4, water/sewer H-6, sign maker/hanger
11        H-4, sign maker/hanger H-6, roadway lighting H-4,
12        roadway lighting H-6, structural H-4, structural H-6,
13        painter H-4, or painter H-6; and whose principal
14        responsibility is to perform, on the roadway, the
15        actual maintenance necessary to keep the Authority's
16        tollways in serviceable condition for vehicular
17        traffic.
18    (d) A security employee of the Department of Corrections or
19the Department of Juvenile Justice, and a security employee of
20the Department of Human Services who is not a mental health
21police officer, shall not be eligible for the alternative
22retirement annuity provided by this Section unless he or she
23meets the following minimum age and service requirements at the
24time of retirement:
25        (i) 25 years of eligible creditable service and age 55;
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1        (ii) beginning January 1, 1987, 25 years of eligible
2    creditable service and age 54, or 24 years of eligible
3    creditable service and age 55; or
4        (iii) beginning January 1, 1988, 25 years of eligible
5    creditable service and age 53, or 23 years of eligible
6    creditable service and age 55; or
7        (iv) beginning January 1, 1989, 25 years of eligible
8    creditable service and age 52, or 22 years of eligible
9    creditable service and age 55; or
10        (v) beginning January 1, 1990, 25 years of eligible
11    creditable service and age 51, or 21 years of eligible
12    creditable service and age 55; or
13        (vi) beginning January 1, 1991, 25 years of eligible
14    creditable service and age 50, or 20 years of eligible
15    creditable service and age 55.
16    Persons who have service credit under Article 16 of this
17Code for service as a security employee of the Department of
18Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, or the
19Department of Human Services in a position requiring
20certification as a teacher may count such service toward
21establishing their eligibility under the service requirements
22of this Section; but such service may be used only for
23establishing such eligibility, and not for the purpose of
24increasing or calculating any benefit.
25    (e) If a member enters military service while working in a
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1and returns to State service in the same or another such
2position, and fulfills in all other respects the conditions
3prescribed in this Article for credit for military service,
4such military service shall be credited as eligible creditable
5service for the purposes of the retirement annuity prescribed
6in this Section.
7    (f) For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
8this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
91968 and before October 1, 1975 as a covered employee in the
10position of special agent, conservation police officer, mental
11health police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of
12State, shall be deemed to have been service as a noncovered
13employee, provided that the employee pays to the System prior
14to retirement an amount equal to (1) the difference between the
15employee contributions that would have been required for such
16service as a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee
17contributions actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after
18July 31, 1987, regular interest on the amount specified in item
19(1) from the date of service to the date of payment.
20    For purposes of calculating retirement annuities under
21this Section, periods of service rendered after December 31,
221968 and before January 1, 1982 as a covered employee in the
23position of investigator for the Department of Revenue shall be
24deemed to have been service as a noncovered employee, provided
25that the employee pays to the System prior to retirement an
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1contributions that would have been required for such service as
2a noncovered employee, and the amount of employee contributions
3actually paid, plus (2) if payment is made after January 1,
41990, regular interest on the amount specified in item (1) from
5the date of service to the date of payment.
6    (g) A State policeman may elect, not later than January 1,
71990, to establish eligible creditable service for up to 10
8years of his service as a policeman under Article 3, by filing
9a written election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an
10amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i) the
11difference between the amount of employee and employer
12contributions transferred to the System under Section 3-110.5,
13and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
14contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
15policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
16each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
17date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman may elect, not later than July 1, 1993, to establish
20eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his service
21as a member of the County Police Department under Article 9, by
22filing a written election with the Board, accompanied by
23payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to
24(i) the difference between the amount of employee and employer
25contributions transferred to the System under Section 9-121.10
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1contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
2policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
3each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
4date of payment.
5    (h) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
6policeman or investigator for the Secretary of State may elect
7to establish eligible creditable service for up to 12 years of
8his service as a policeman under Article 5, by filing a written
9election with the Board on or before January 31, 1992, and
10paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
11determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
12the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
13to the System under Section 5-236, and the amounts that would
14have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
15rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
16at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
17the date of service to the date of payment.
18    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
19policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
20the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
21creditable service for up to 10 years of service as a sheriff's
22law enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
23election with the Board on or before January 31, 1993, and
24paying to the System by January 31, 1994 an amount to be
25determined by the Board, equal to (i) the difference between
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1to the System under Section 7-139.7, and the amounts that would
2have been contributed had such contributions been made at the
3rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon
4at the effective rate for each year, compounded annually, from
5the date of service to the date of payment.
6    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
7policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for
8the Secretary of State may elect to establish eligible
9creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police
10officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a
11sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article 7, a member of
12the county police department under Article 9, or a police
13officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the
14Board and paying to the System an amount to be determined by
15the Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
16employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
17under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, 9-121.10, or 15-134.4
18and the amounts that would have been contributed had such
19contributions been made at the rates applicable to State
20policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate for
21each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to the
22date of payment.
23    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
24investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or an
25investigator for the Department of Revenue, may elect to
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1service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under
2Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee under Article
37, or a member of the county police department under Article 9
4by filing a written election with the Board within 6 months
5after August 25, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-745)
6and paying to the System an amount to be determined by the
7Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
8employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
9under Section 3-110.6, 5-236, 7-139.8, or 9-121.10 and the
10amounts that would have been contributed had such contributions
11been made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (ii)
12interest thereon at the actuarially assumed rate for each year,
13compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
14payment.
15    Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State
16policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the
17Office of the Attorney General, an investigator for the
18Department of Revenue, or investigator for the Secretary of
19State may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up
20to 5 years of service as a person employed by a participating
21municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement
22officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve
23district under Article 7, a county corrections officer, or a
24court services officer under Article 9, by filing a written
25election with the Board within 6 months after August 25, 2009
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1System an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to (i)
2the difference between the amount of employee and employer
3contributions transferred to the System under Sections 7-139.8
4and 9-121.10 and the amounts that would have been contributed
5had such contributions been made at the rates applicable to
6State policemen, plus (ii) interest thereon at the actuarially
7assumed rate for each year, compounded annually, from the date
8of service to the date of payment.
9    (i) The total amount of eligible creditable service
10established by any person under subsections (g), (h), (j), (k),
11and (l) of this Section shall not exceed 12 years.
12    (j) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), an
13investigator for the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate
14Prosecutor or a controlled substance inspector may elect to
15establish eligible creditable service for up to 10 years of his
16service as a policeman under Article 3 or a sheriff's law
17enforcement employee under Article 7, by filing a written
18election with the Board, accompanied by payment of an amount to
19be determined by the Board, equal to (1) the difference between
20the amount of employee and employer contributions transferred
21to the System under Section 3-110.6 or 7-139.8, and the amounts
22that would have been contributed had such contributions been
23made at the rates applicable to State policemen, plus (2)
24interest thereon at the effective rate for each year,
25compounded annually, from the date of service to the date of
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1    (k) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i) of this
2Section, an alternative formula employee may elect to establish
3eligible creditable service for periods spent as a full-time
4law enforcement officer or full-time corrections officer
5employed by the federal government or by a state or local
6government located outside of Illinois, for which credit is not
7held in any other public employee pension fund or retirement
8system. To obtain this credit, the applicant must file a
9written application with the Board by March 31, 1998,
10accompanied by evidence of eligibility acceptable to the Board
11and payment of an amount to be determined by the Board, equal
12to (1) employee contributions for the credit being established,
13based upon the applicant's salary on the first day as an
14alternative formula employee after the employment for which
15credit is being established and the rates then applicable to
16alternative formula employees, plus (2) an amount determined by
17the Board to be the employer's normal cost of the benefits
18accrued for the credit being established, plus (3) regular
19interest on the amounts in items (1) and (2) from the first day
20as an alternative formula employee after the employment for
21which credit is being established to the date of payment.
22    (l) Subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a security
23employee of the Department of Corrections may elect, not later
24than July 1, 1998, to establish eligible creditable service for
25up to 10 years of his or her service as a policeman under
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1accompanied by payment of an amount to be determined by the
2Board, equal to (i) the difference between the amount of
3employee and employer contributions transferred to the System
4under Section 3-110.5, and the amounts that would have been
5contributed had such contributions been made at the rates
6applicable to security employees of the Department of
7Corrections, plus (ii) interest thereon at the effective rate
8for each year, compounded annually, from the date of service to
9the date of payment.
10    (m) The amendatory changes to this Section made by this
11amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly apply only to: (1)
12security employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice
13employed by the Department of Corrections before the effective
14date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and
15transferred to the Department of Juvenile Justice by this
16amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly; and (2) persons
17employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice on or after the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
19Assembly who are required by subsection (b) of Section 3-2.5-15
20of the Unified Code of Corrections to have a bachelor's or
21advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a
22specialization in criminal justice, education, psychology,
23social work, or a closely related social science or, in the
24case of persons who provide vocational training, who are
25required to have adequate knowledge in the skill for which they
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1    (n) A person employed in a position under subsection (b) of
2this Section who has purchased service credit under subsection
3(j) of Section 14-104 or subsection (b) of Section 14-105 in
4any other capacity under this Article may convert up to 5 years
5of that service credit into service credit covered under this
6Section by paying to the Fund an amount equal to (1) the
7additional employee contribution required under Section
814-133, plus (2) the additional employer contribution required
9under Section 14-131, plus (3) interest on items (1) and (2) at
10the actuarially assumed rate from the date of the service to
11the date of payment.
12    (o) Any member who applies to the System for an alternative
13retirement annuity under this Section on or after the effective
14date of this subsection (o) shall, at the time of applying for
15that annuity, make a one-time payment to the System in an
16amount, to be determined by the Board, that is equal to:
17        (1) in the case of Tier I employees,
18            (A) the employee contributions that would be due
19        under Section 14-133 in each of the next 7 years if the
20        member remained employed during those years in the
21        position that he or she held on the date of application
22        for the alternative retirement annuity and earned an
23        annual salary in each of those years in an amount equal
24        to the annual salary that he or she earned on the date
25        of application for the alternative retirement annuity,
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1            (B) the amount of employer contributions that
2        would be due for that employee under Section 14-131 in
3        each of the next 7 years, as estimated by the Board,
4        plus
5            (C) interest on items (A) and (B) at the
6        actuarially assumed rate; and
7        (2) in the case of Tier II employees,
8            (A) the employee contributions that would be due
9        under Section 14-133 in each of the next 2 years if the
10        member remained employed during those years in the
11        position that he or she held on the date of application
12        for the alternative retirement annuity and earned an
13        annual salary in each of those years in an amount equal
14        to the annual salary that he or she earned on the date
15        of application for the alternative retirement annuity,
16        plus
17            (B) the amount of employer contributions that
18        would be due for that employee under Section 14-131 in
19        each of the next 2 years, as estimated by the Board,
20        plus
21            (C) interest on items (A) and (B) at the
22        actuarially assumed rate.
23(Source: P.A. 95-530, eff. 8-28-07; 95-1036, eff. 2-17-09;
2496-37, eff. 7-13-09; 96-745, eff. 8-25-09; 96-1000, eff.
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1    (40 ILCS 5/14-114)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-114)
2    Sec. 14-114. Automatic increase in retirement annuity.
3    (a) Any person receiving a retirement annuity under this
4Article who retires having attained age 60, or who retires
5before age 60 having at least 35 years of creditable service,
6or who retires on or after January 1, 2001 at an age which,
7when added to the number of years of his or her creditable
8service, equals at least 85, shall, on January 1 next following
9the first full year of retirement, have the amount of the then
10fixed and payable monthly retirement annuity increased 3%. Any
11person receiving a retirement annuity under this Article who
12retires before attainment of age 60 and with less than (i) 35
13years of creditable service if retirement is before January 1,
142001, or (ii) the number of years of creditable service which,
15when added to the member's age, would equal 85, if retirement
16is on or after January 1, 2001, shall have the amount of the
17fixed and payable retirement annuity increased by 3% on the
18January 1 occurring on or next following (1) attainment of age
1960, or (2) the first anniversary of retirement, whichever
20occurs later. However, for persons who receive the alternative
21retirement annuity under Section 14-110, references in this
22subsection (a) to attainment of age 60 shall be deemed to refer
23to attainment of age 55. For a person receiving early
24retirement incentives under Section 14-108.3 whose retirement
25annuity began after January 1, 1992 pursuant to an extension
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1anniversary of retirement shall be deemed to be January 1,
21993. For a person who retires on or after June 28, 2001 and on
3or before October 1, 2001, and whose retirement annuity is
4calculated, in whole or in part, under Section 14-110 or
5subsection (g) or (h) of Section 14-108, the first anniversary
6of retirement shall be deemed to be January 1, 2002.
7    On each January 1 following the date of the initial
8increase under this subsection, the employee's monthly
9retirement annuity shall be increased by an additional 3%.
10    Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual increases
11payable under this Section shall be calculated as a percentage
12of the total annuity payable at the time of the increase,
13including previous increases granted under this Article.
14    (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall
15be applicable to an employee only if the employee makes the
16additional contributions required after December 31, 1969 for
17the purpose of the automatic increases for not less than the
18equivalent of one full year. If an employee becomes an
19annuitant before his additional contributions equal one full
20year's contributions based on his salary at the date of
21retirement, the employee may pay the necessary balance of the
22contributions to the system, without interest, and be eligible
23for the increasing annuity authorized by this Section.
24    (c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this Section shall
25not be applicable to any annuitant who is on retirement on
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1unless the member has established at least one year of
2additional creditable service following reentry into service.
3    (d) In addition to other increases which may be provided by
4this Section, on January 1, 1981 any annuitant who was
5receiving a retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1971
6shall have his retirement annuity then being paid increased $1
7per month for each year of creditable service. On January 1,
81982, any annuitant who began receiving a retirement annuity on
9or before January 1, 1977, shall have his retirement annuity
10then being paid increased $1 per month for each year of
11creditable service.
12    On January 1, 1987, any annuitant who began receiving a
13retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1977, shall have the
14monthly retirement annuity increased by an amount equal to 8¢
15per year of creditable service times the number of years that
16have elapsed since the annuity began.
17    (e) Every person who receives the alternative retirement
18annuity under Section 14-110 and who is eligible to receive the
193% increase under subsection (a) on January 1, 1986, shall also
20receive on that date a one-time increase in retirement annuity
21equal to the difference between (1) his actual retirement
22annuity on that date, including any increases received under
23subsection (a), and (2) the amount of retirement annuity he
24would have received on that date if the amendments to
25subsection (a) made by Public Act 84-162 had been in effect
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1    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
2except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
4Assembly, the monthly retirement annuity of an annuitant shall
5first be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
6on or next after either the attainment of age 67 or the January
71 occurring on or next after the fifth anniversary of the
8annuity start date, whichever occurs earlier. If on the
9effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
10Assembly an annuitant has already received an annual increase
11under this Section but is not eligible to receive an annual
12increase under this subsection, then the annual increases
13already received shall continue in force, but no additional
14annual increase shall be granted until the annuitant meets the
15new eligibility requirements.
16    (f-5) Notwithstanding subsection (f), no annual increase
17shall be paid under this Section in a calendar year if, on
18January 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total assets of
19the System are less than 85% of the total actuarial liabilities
20of the System, as annually certified by the System.
21    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
22except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
24Assembly, the amount of each automatic annual increase in
25retirement annuity occurring on or after the effective date of
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1one-half of the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any,
2in the Consumer Price Index-U for the 12 months ending with the
3preceding September, whichever is less, of the originally
4granted retirement annuity. For the purposes of this Section,
5"Consumer Price Index-U" means the index published by the
6Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
7Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
8services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
9average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
10(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00; 92-14, eff. 6-28-01;
1192-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/14-133.2 new)
13    Sec. 14-133.2. Self-managed plan.
14    (a) The General Assembly finds that it is important for
15Illinois to be able to attract and retain the most qualified
16employees and that in order to attract and retain these
17employees, the State of Illinois should have the flexibility to
18provide a defined contribution (self-managed) plan for
19eligible employees. Accordingly, the State Employees
20Retirement System of Illinois is hereby required, within 6
21months after the effective date of this Section, to establish
22and administer a self-managed plan, which shall offer
23participating employees the opportunity to accumulate assets
24for retirement through a combination of employee and employer
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1investment funds, or other investment products and used to
2purchase annuity contracts, either fixed or variable or a
3combination of fixed and variable. The plan must be qualified
4under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
5    (b) The Board shall adopt the self-managed plan established
6under this Section for any person who is a member under this
7Article.
8    The State Employees Retirement System of Illinois shall be
9the plan sponsor for the self-managed plan and shall prepare a
10plan document and adopt such rules and procedures as are
11considered necessary or desirable for the administration of the
12self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
13participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the
14Board of Trustees of the System may delegate aspects of plan
15administration as it sees fit to companies authorized to do
16business in this State.
17    (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
18administrative services and funding vehicles for the
19self-managed plan from insurance and annuity companies and
20mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies, or other
21financial institutions authorized to do business in this State.
22In reviewing the proposals received and approving and
23contracting with no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies,
24the Board of Trustees of the System shall consider, among other
25things, the following criteria:
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1    provided to the participants;
2        (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to
3    the premium charged;
4        (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
5    interests of the participating employees and the State;
6        (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits
7    under the contract and the financial stability of the
8    company; and
9        (5) the efficacy of the contract in the recruitment and
10    retention of employees.
11    The System shall periodically review each approved
12company. A company may continue to provide administrative
13services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so
14long as it continues to be an approved company under contract
15with the Board.
16    In addition to the companies approved by the System under
17this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an
18investment fund managed by the System.
19    (d) Employees who are participating in the program must be
20allowed to direct the transfer of their account balances among
21the various investment options offered, subject to applicable
22contractual provisions. The participant shall not be deemed a
23fiduciary by reason of providing such investment direction. A
24person who is a fiduciary shall not be liable for any loss
25resulting from such investment direction and shall not be
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1accordance with that direction. Neither the System nor the
2employer shall guarantee any of the investments in the
3employee's account balances.
4    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
5beginning on the effective date of the self-managed plan
6established under this Section, each member shall participate
7in the self-managed plan with respect to service under this
8Article on and after that date, and a member's ability to
9accrue, on and after that date, additional benefits under the
10traditional benefit package is terminated.
11    A member who participates in the self-managed plan under
12this Section must continue participation while employed in an
13eligible position, and may not participate in the traditional
14benefit package administered by the System under this Article
15while employed by the State under this Article.
16    Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section
17shall constitute membership in the State Employees' Retirement
18System of Illinois.
19    A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the
20benefits of Article 20 of this Code.
21    (f) If a member has rights and credits in the System due to
22previous participation in the traditional benefit package but
23those credits are insufficient, on the effective date of the
24self-managed plan established under this Section, to satisfy
25the service requirement for a retirement annuity under this
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1opening account balance in the self-managed plan, equal to (i)
2the amount of the contribution refund that the member would be
3eligible to receive under Section 14-130 if the employee
4terminated employment on that date and elected a refund of
5contributions, plus (ii) an amount equal to the regular
6employer contribution that would be required to fund the actual
7regular cost incurred for each year of service credit earned,
8provided that the total opening account balance does not exceed
97.6% of that participant's salary for that year, plus interest.
10The interest used in this subsection (f) is calculated as the
11average annual rate of return that the System has earned over
12the past 20 fiscal years and is compounded. The System shall
13transfer assets from the traditional benefit package to the
14self-managed plan, as a tax-free transfer in accordance with
15Internal Revenue Service guidelines, for purposes of funding
16the member's opening account balance.
17    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
18member may not purchase or receive service or service credit
19applicable to the traditional benefit package under this
20Article for any period during which the employee was a
21participant in the self-managed plan established under this
22Section.
23    (h) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
24from employees participating in the self-managed plan and State
25contributions as provided in this Section.
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1participating in the self-managed plan shall be an amount equal
2to 6% of the employee's salary. This required contribution
3shall be made as an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of
4the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section
5thereof. Participants may make additional contributions to the
6self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
7the System, to the extent permitted under rules adopted by the
8System.
9    The program shall provide for annual State contributions to
10be credited to the account of each employee who participates in
11the self-managed plan in an amount equal to 6% of the
12employee's compensation.
13    The System shall not be obligated to remit the required
14employer contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
15companies, mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies,
16financial institutions, or other sponsors of any of the funding
17vehicles offered under the self-managed plan until it has
18received the required employer contributions from the State. In
19the event of a deficiency in the amount of State contributions,
20the System shall implement any procedures to obtain the
21required funding from the General Revenue Fund.
22    (i) A participant in the self-managed plan becomes vested
23in the employer contributions credited to his or her accounts
24in the self-managed plan on the earliest to occur of the
25following: (1) completion of 5 years of service credit under
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1employed by an employer under this Article, if the participant
2has completed at least 1.5 years of service; or (3) the
3participant's election to retire and apply the reciprocal
4provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
5    A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a
6distribution of his or her vested amounts from the self-managed
7plan while not yet eligible for retirement under this Article
8(and Article 20, if applicable) shall forfeit all service
9credit and accrued rights in the System; if subsequently
10re-employed, the participant shall be considered a new
11employee. If a former participant again becomes a participating
12employee (or becomes employed by a participating system under
13Article 20 of this Code) and continues as such for at least 2
14years, all rights, service credits, and previous status as a
15participant shall be restored upon repayment of the amount of
16the distribution, without interest.
17    (j) If an employee participating in the self-managed plan
18who is vested in employer contributions terminates employment,
19the employee shall be entitled to a benefit which is based on
20the account values attributable to both employer and employee
21contributions and any investment return thereon.
22    If an employee participating in the self-managed plan who
23is not vested in employer contributions terminates employment,
24the employee shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
25account values attributable to the employee's contributions
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1contributions and any investment return thereon shall be
2forfeited. Any employer contributions which are forfeited
3shall be held in escrow by the company investing those
4contributions and shall be used, as directed by the System, for
5future allocations of employer contributions or for the
6restoration of amounts previously forfeited by former
7participants who again become participating employees.
8    (k) If a participant so requests, a distribution of funds
9from the self-managed plan may be paid in the form of a direct
10rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by
11federal law and in accordance with the rules of the System.
 
12    (40 ILCS 5/15-103.1)
13    Sec. 15-103.1. Traditional Benefit Package. "Traditional
14benefit package": The defined benefit retirement program
15maintained under the System which includes retirement
16annuities payable directly from the System as provided in
17Sections 15-135 through 15-140 (but disregarding Section
1815-136.4), disability retirement annuities payable under
19Section 15-153.2, death benefits payable directly from the
20System as provided in Sections 15-141 through 15-144, survivors
21insurance benefits payable directly from the System as provided
22in Sections 15-145 through 15-149, and contribution refunds as
23provided in Section 15-154. The traditional benefit package
24also includes disability benefits as provided in Sections
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1includes any benefits determined under Section 1-160 with
2respect to service performed under this Article.
3(Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
4    (40 ILCS 5/15-103.2)
5    Sec. 15-103.2. Portable Benefit Package. "Portable benefit
6package": The defined benefit retirement program maintained
7under the System which includes retirement annuities payable
8directly from the System as provided in Sections 15-135 through
915-139 (specifically including Section 15-136.4), disability
10retirement annuities payable under Section 15-153.2, death
11benefits payable directly from the System as provided in
12Sections 15-141 through 15-144, and contribution refunds as
13provided in Section 15-154. The portable benefit package also
14includes disability benefits as provided in Sections 15-150
15through 15-153.3. The portable benefit package does not include
16the survivors insurance benefits payable directly from the
17System as provided in Sections 15-145 through 15-149. The
18traditional benefit package also includes any benefits
19determined under Section 1-160 with respect to service
20performed under this Article.
21(Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98.)
 
22    (40 ILCS 5/15-107)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107)
23    Sec. 15-107. Employee.
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1administrative, secretarial, clerical, mechanical, labor or
2other staff of an employer whose employment is permanent and
3continuous or who is employed in a position in which services
4are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least
54 months or one academic term, whichever is less, who (A)
6receives payment for personal services on a warrant issued
7pursuant to a payroll voucher certified by an employer and
8drawn by the State Comptroller upon the State Treasurer or by
9an employer upon trust, federal or other funds, or (B) is on a
10leave of absence without pay. Employment which is irregular,
11intermittent or temporary shall not be considered continuous
12for purposes of this paragraph.
13    However, a person is not an "employee" if he or she:
14        (1) is a student enrolled in and regularly attending
15    classes in a college or university which is an employer,
16    and is employed on a temporary basis at less than full
17    time;
18        (2) is currently receiving a retirement annuity or a
19    disability retirement annuity under Section 15-153.2 from
20    this System;
21        (3) is on a military leave of absence;
22        (4) is eligible to participate in the Federal Civil
23    Service Retirement System and is currently making
24    contributions to that system based upon earnings paid by an
25    employer;
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1    days immediately following termination of disability
2    benefits under this Article;
3        (6) is hired after June 30, 1979 as a public service
4    employment program participant under the Federal
5    Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and receives
6    earnings in whole or in part from funds provided under that
7    Act; or
8        (7) is employed on or after July 1, 1991 to perform
9    services that are excluded by subdivision (a)(7)(f) or
10    (a)(19) of Section 210 of the federal Social Security Act
11    from the definition of employment given in that Section (42
12    U.S.C. 410).
13    (b) Any employer may, by filing a written notice with the
14board, exclude from the definition of "employee" all persons
15employed pursuant to a federally funded contract entered into
16after July 1, 1982 with a federal military department in a
17program providing training in military courses to federal
18military personnel on a military site owned by the United
19States Government, if this exclusion is not prohibited by the
20federally funded contract or federal laws or rules governing
21the administration of the contract.
22    (c) Any person appointed by the Governor under the Civil
23Administrative Code of the State is an employee, if he or she
24is a participant in this system on the effective date of the
25appointment.
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1rules is considered an employee for not more than 120 days from
2the date of the lay-off.
3    (e) A participant is considered an employee during (1) the
4first 60 days of disability leave, (2) the period, not to
5exceed one year, in which his or her eligibility for disability
6benefits is being considered by the board or reviewed by the
7courts, and (3) the period he or she receives disability
8benefits under the provisions of Section 15-152, workers'
9compensation or occupational disease benefits, or disability
10income under an insurance contract financed wholly or partially
11by the employer.
12    (f) Absences without pay, other than formal leaves of
13absence, of less than 30 calendar days, are not considered as
14an interruption of a person's status as an employee. If such
15absences during any period of 12 months exceed 30 work days,
16the employee status of the person is considered as interrupted
17as of the 31st work day.
18    (g) A staff member whose employment contract requires
19services during an academic term is to be considered an
20employee during the summer and other vacation periods, unless
21he or she declines an employment contract for the succeeding
22academic term or his or her employment status is otherwise
23terminated, and he or she receives no earnings during these
24periods.
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1Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
2of that fire department and who immediately after the
3elimination of that fire department became employed by the fire
4department of the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign shall
5continue to be considered as an employee for purposes of this
6Article for so long as the individual remains employed as a
7firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City of Champaign. The
8individual shall cease to be considered an employee under this
9subsection (h) upon the first termination of the individual's
10employment as a firefighter by the City of Urbana or the City
11of Champaign.
12    (i) An individual who is employed on a full-time basis as
13an officer or employee of a statewide teacher organization that
14serves System participants or an officer of a national teacher
15organization that serves System participants may participate
16in the System and shall be deemed an employee, provided that
17(1) the individual has previously earned creditable service
18under this Article, (2) the individual files with the System an
19irrevocable election to become a participant before the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
21Assembly, (3) the individual does not receive credit for that
22employment under any other Article of this Code, and (4) the
23individual first became a full-time employee of the teacher
24organization and becomes a participant before the effective
25date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. An
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1the System both (A) employee contributions based on the actual
2compensation received for service with the teacher
3organization and (B) employer contributions equal to the normal
4costs (as defined in Section 15-155) resulting from that
5service; all or any part of these contributions may be paid on
6the employee's behalf or picked up for tax purposes (if
7authorized under federal law) by the teacher organization.
8    A person who is an employee as defined in this subsection
9(i) may establish service credit for similar employment prior
10to becoming an employee under this subsection by paying to the
11System for that employment the contributions specified in this
12subsection, plus interest at the effective rate from the date
13of service to the date of payment. However, credit shall not be
14granted under this subsection for any such prior employment for
15which the applicant received credit under any other provision
16of this Code, or during which the applicant was on a leave of
17absence under Section 15-113.2.
18    (j) A person employed by the State Board of Higher
19Education in a position with the Illinois Century Network as of
20June 30, 2004 shall be considered to be an employee for so long
21as he or she remains continuously employed after that date by
22the Department of Central Management Services in a position
23with the Illinois Century Network, the Bureau of Communication
24and Computer Services, or, if applicable, any successor bureau
25and meets the requirements of subsection (a).
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1an individual who begins employment with any of the following
2employers on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
3of the 97th General Assembly shall not be deemed an employee
4and shall not be eligible to participate in the System with
5respect to that employment: any association of community
6college boards organized under Section 3-55 of the Public
7Community College Act, the Association of Illinois
8Middle-Grade Schools, the Illinois Association of School
9Administrators, the Illinois Association for Supervision and
10Curriculum Development, the Illinois Principals Association,
11the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, or the
12Illinois Special Olympics; provided, however, that those
13individuals who are both employed and already participants in
14the System on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
1597th General Assembly shall be allowed to continue as
16participants in the System for the duration of that employment.
17(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/15-107.1 new)
19    Sec. 15-107.1. Tier I employee. "Tier I employee": An
20employee under this Article who first became a member or
21participant before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal
22retirement system or pension fund established under this Code
23other than a retirement system or pension fund established
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1    (40 ILCS 5/15-111)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-111)
2    Sec. 15-111. Earnings. "Earnings": An amount paid for
3personal services equal to the sum of the basic compensation
4plus extra compensation for summer teaching, overtime or other
5extra service. For periods for which an employee receives
6service credit under subsection (c) of Section 15-113.1 or
7Section 15-113.2, earnings are equal to the basic compensation
8on which contributions are paid by the employee during such
9periods. Compensation for employment which is irregular,
10intermittent and temporary shall not be considered earnings,
11unless the participant is also receiving earnings from the
12employer as an employee under Section 15-107.
13    With respect to transition pay paid by the University of
14Illinois to a person who was a participating employee employed
15in the fire department of the University of Illinois's
16Champaign-Urbana campus immediately prior to the elimination
17of that fire department:
18        (1) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the
19    employee on or after the effective date of this amendatory
20    Act of the 91st General Assembly.
21        (2) "Earnings" includes transition pay paid to the
22    employee before the effective date of this amendatory Act
23    of the 91st General Assembly only if (i) employee
24    contributions under Section 15-157 have been withheld from
25    that transition pay or (ii) the employee pays to the System
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1    contributions under Section 15-157 on that transition pay.
2    Employee contributions under item (ii) may be paid in a
3    lump sum, by withholding from additional transition pay
4    accruing before January 1, 2001, or in any other manner
5    approved by the System. Upon payment of the employee
6    contributions on transition pay, the corresponding
7    employer contributions become an obligation of the State.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for
9periods of service on and after the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, "earnings" does
11not include any annual remuneration for personal services in an
12amount that is in excess of the annual contribution and benefit
13base established for the previous year by the Commissioner of
14Social Security pursuant to Section 230 of the federal Social
15Security Act.
16(Source: P.A. 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
17    (40 ILCS 5/15-134.5)
18    Sec. 15-134.5. Retirement program elections.
19    (a) All participating employees are participants under the
20traditional benefit package prior to January 1, 1998.
21    Effective as of the date that an employer elects, as
22described in Section 15-158.2, to offer to its employees the
23portable benefit package and the self-managed plan as
24alternatives to the traditional benefit package, each of that
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1shall be given the choice to elect which retirement program he
2or she wishes to participate in with respect to all periods of
3covered employment occurring on and after the effective date of
4the employee's election. The retirement program election made
5by an eligible employee must be made in writing, in the manner
6prescribed by the System, and within the time period described
7in subsection (d) or (d-1).
8    The employee election authorized by this Section is a
9one-time, irrevocable election. If an employee terminates
10employment after making the election provided under this
11subsection (a), then upon his or her subsequent re-employment
12with an employer the original election shall automatically
13apply to him or her, provided that the employer is then a
14participating employer as described in Section 15-158.2.
15    An eligible employee who fails to make this election shall,
16by default, participate in the traditional benefit package.
17    (b) "Eligible employee" means an employee (as defined in
18Section 15-107) who is either a currently eligible employee or
19a newly eligible employee. For purposes of this Section, a
20"currently eligible employee" is an employee who is employed by
21an employer on the effective date on which the employer offers
22to its employees the portable benefit package and the
23self-managed plan as alternatives to the traditional benefit
24package. A "newly eligible employee" is an employee who first
25becomes employed by an employer after the effective date on
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1package and the self-managed plan as alternatives to the
2traditional benefit package. A newly eligible employee
3participates in the traditional benefit package until he or she
4makes an election to participate in the portable benefit
5package or the self-managed plan. If an employee does not elect
6to participate in the portable benefit package or the
7self-managed plan, he or she shall continue to participate in
8the traditional benefit package by default.
9    (c) An eligible employee who at the time he or she is first
10eligible to make the election described in subsection (a) does
11not have sufficient age and service to qualify for a retirement
12annuity under Section 15-135 may elect to participate in the
13traditional benefit package, the portable benefit package, or
14the self-managed plan. An eligible employee who has sufficient
15age and service to qualify for a retirement annuity under
16Section 15-135 at the time he or she is first eligible to make
17the election described in subsection (a) may elect to
18participate in the traditional benefit package or the portable
19benefit package, but may not elect to participate in the
20self-managed plan.
21    (d) A currently eligible employee must make this election
22within one year after the effective date of the employer's
23adoption of the self-managed plan.
24    A newly eligible employee must make this election within 6
25months after the date on which the System receives the report
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1elects to participate in the self-managed plan, no employer
2contributions shall be remitted to the self-managed plan when
3the employee's account balance transfer is made. Employer
4contributions to the self-managed plan shall commence as of the
5first pay period that begins after the System receives the
6employee's election.
7    (d-1) A newly eligible employee who, prior to the effective
8date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, fails
9to make the election within the period provided under
10subsection (d) and participates by default in the traditional
11benefit package may make a late election to participate in the
12portable benefit package or the self-managed plan instead of
13the traditional benefit package at any time within 6 months
14after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st
15General Assembly.
16    (e) If a currently eligible employee elects the portable
17benefit package, that election shall not become effective until
18the one-year anniversary of the date on which the election is
19filed with the System, provided the employee remains
20continuously employed by the employer throughout the one-year
21waiting period, and any benefits payable to or on account of
22the employee before such one-year waiting period has ended
23shall not be determined under the provisions applicable to the
24portable benefit package but shall instead be determined in
25accordance with the traditional benefit package. If a currently
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1terminates employment covered by the System before the one-year
2waiting period has ended, then no benefits shall be determined
3under the portable benefit package provisions while he or she
4is inactive in the System and upon re-employment with an
5employer covered by the System he or she shall begin a new
6one-year waiting period before the provisions of the portable
7benefit package become effective.
8    (f) An eligible employee shall be provided with written
9information prepared or prescribed by the System which
10describes the employee's retirement program choices. The
11eligible employee shall be offered an opportunity to receive
12counseling from the System prior to making his or her election.
13This counseling may consist of videotaped materials, group
14presentations, individual consultation with an employee or
15authorized representative of the System in person or by
16telephone or other electronic means, or any combination of
17these methods.
18    (g) This Section applies only prior to the effective date
19of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. On and
20after that date, all participants in the System, other than
21annuitants, shall participate in the self-managed plan.
22(Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98; 91-887, eff. 7-6-00.)
 
23    (40 ILCS 5/15-134.6 new)
24    Sec. 15-134.6. Suspension of the accrual of benefits under
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1    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
2retirement annuity of an employee who satisfies, on the
3effective date of this Section, the service requirement for a
4retirement annuity under this Article and who retires on or
5after that date shall be calculated based on the service credit
6accrued under this Article prior to that date and the
7employee's annual rate of earnings on that date.
8    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
9an employee who does not, on the effective date of this
10Section, satisfy the service requirement for a retirement
11annuity under this Article shall not be entitled to a
12retirement annuity under this Article, but shall instead be
13eligible to have an initial account balance established in the
14self-managed plan in accordance with Section 15-158.2.
15    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if an
16employee or any other person is eligible for a benefit in the
17traditional benefit package or portable benefit package, other
18than a retirement annuity, on the effective date of this
19Section, then he or she shall continue to be eligible for that
20benefit while he or she continues to meet all otherwise
21applicable eligibility requirements.
22    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
23if an employee or other person is ineligible for a benefit in
24the traditional benefit package or portable benefit package,
25other than a retirement annuity, on the effective date of this
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1benefit on and after the effective date of this Section.
 
2    (40 ILCS 5/15-135)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-135)
3    Sec. 15-135. Retirement annuities - Conditions.
4    (a) A participant who retires in one of the following
5specified years with the specified amount of service is
6entitled to a retirement annuity at any age under the
7retirement program applicable to the participant:
8        35 years if retirement is in 1997 or before;
9        34 years if retirement is in 1998;
10        33 years if retirement is in 1999;
11        32 years if retirement is in 2000;
12        31 years if retirement is in 2001;
13        30 years if retirement is in 2002 or later.
14    A participant with 8 or more years of service after
15September 1, 1941, is entitled to a retirement annuity on or
16after attainment of age 55.
17    A participant with at least 5 but less than 8 years of
18service after September 1, 1941, is entitled to a retirement
19annuity on or after attainment of age 62.
20    A participant who has at least 25 years of service in this
21system as a police officer or firefighter is entitled to a
22retirement annuity on or after the attainment of age 50, if
23Rule 4 of Section 15-136 is applicable to the participant.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
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197th General Assembly, a Tier I employee shall not, regardless
2of the amount of accrued service credit, be entitled to a
3retirement annuity until he or she has attained age 62.
4    (b) The annuity payment period shall begin on the date
5specified by the participant submitting a written application,
6which date shall not be prior to termination of employment or
7more than one year before the application is received by the
8board; however, if the participant is not an employee of an
9employer participating in this System or in a participating
10system as defined in Article 20 of this Code on April 1 of the
11calendar year next following the calendar year in which the
12participant attains age 70 1/2, the annuity payment period
13shall begin on that date regardless of whether an application
14has been filed.
15    (c) An annuity is not payable if the amount provided under
16Section 15-136 is less than $10 per month.
17(Source: P.A. 92-749, eff. 8-2-02.)
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/15-136)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-136)
19    Sec. 15-136. Retirement annuities - Amount. The provisions
20of this Section 15-136 apply only to those participants who are
21participating in the traditional benefit package or the
22portable benefit package and do not apply to participants who
23are participating in the self-managed plan.
24    (a) The amount of a participant's retirement annuity,
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1determined by whichever of the following rules is applicable
2and provides the largest annuity:
3    Rule 1: The retirement annuity shall be 1.67% of final rate
4of earnings for each of the first 10 years of service, 1.90%
5for each of the next 10 years of service, 2.10% for each year
6of service in excess of 20 but not exceeding 30, and 2.30% for
7each year in excess of 30; or for persons who retire on or
8after January 1, 1998, 2.2% of the final rate of earnings for
9each year of service.
10    Rule 2: The retirement annuity shall be the sum of the
11following, determined from amounts credited to the participant
12in accordance with the actuarial tables and the prescribed rate
13of interest in effect at the time the retirement annuity
14begins:
15        (i) the normal annuity which can be provided on an
16    actuarially equivalent basis, by the accumulated normal
17    contributions as of the date the annuity begins;
18        (ii) an annuity from employer contributions of an
19    amount equal to that which can be provided on an
20    actuarially equivalent basis from the accumulated normal
21    contributions made by the participant under Section
22    15-113.6 and Section 15-113.7 plus 1.4 times all other
23    accumulated normal contributions made by the participant;
24    and
25        (iii) the annuity that can be provided on an
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1    made by the participant under Section 15-113.3.
2    With respect to a police officer or firefighter who retires
3on or after August 14, 1998, the accumulated normal
4contributions taken into account under clauses (i) and (ii) of
5this Rule 2 shall include the additional normal contributions
6made by the police officer or firefighter under Section
715-157(a).
8    The amount of a retirement annuity calculated under this
9Rule 2 shall be computed solely on the basis of the
10participant's accumulated normal contributions, as specified
11in this Rule and defined in Section 15-116. Neither an employee
12or employer contribution for early retirement under Section
1315-136.2 nor any other employer contribution shall be used in
14the calculation of the amount of a retirement annuity under
15this Rule 2.
16    This amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly is a
17clarification of existing law and applies to every participant
18and annuitant without regard to whether status as an employee
19terminates before the effective date of this amendatory Act.
20    This Rule 2 does not apply to a person who first becomes an
21employee under this Article on or after July 1, 2005.
22    Rule 3: The retirement annuity of a participant who is
23employed at least one-half time during the period on which his
24or her final rate of earnings is based, shall be equal to the
25participant's years of service not to exceed 30, multiplied by
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1than $3,500, (2) $108 if the final rate of earnings is at least
2$3,500 but less than $4,500, (3) $120 if the final rate of
3earnings is at least $4,500 but less than $5,500, (4) $132 if
4the final rate of earnings is at least $5,500 but less than
5$6,500, (5) $144 if the final rate of earnings is at least
6$6,500 but less than $7,500, (6) $156 if the final rate of
7earnings is at least $7,500 but less than $8,500, (7) $168 if
8the final rate of earnings is at least $8,500 but less than
9$9,500, and (8) $180 if the final rate of earnings is $9,500 or
10more, except that the annuity for those persons having made an
11election under Section 15-154(a-1) shall be calculated and
12payable under the portable retirement benefit program pursuant
13to the provisions of Section 15-136.4.
14    Rule 4: A participant who is at least age 50 and has 25 or
15more years of service as a police officer or firefighter, and a
16participant who is age 55 or over and has at least 20 but less
17than 25 years of service as a police officer or firefighter,
18shall be entitled to a retirement annuity of 2 1/4% of the
19final rate of earnings for each of the first 10 years of
20service as a police officer or firefighter, 2 1/2% for each of
21the next 10 years of service as a police officer or
22firefighter, and 2 3/4% for each year of service as a police
23officer or firefighter in excess of 20. The retirement annuity
24for all other service shall be computed under Rule 1.
25    For purposes of this Rule 4, a participant's service as a
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1        (i) service that is performed while the person is an
2    employee under subsection (h) of Section 15-107; and
3        (ii) in the case of an individual who was a
4    participating employee employed in the fire department of
5    the University of Illinois's Champaign-Urbana campus
6    immediately prior to the elimination of that fire
7    department and who immediately after the elimination of
8    that fire department transferred to another job with the
9    University of Illinois, service performed as an employee of
10    the University of Illinois in a position other than police
11    officer or firefighter, from the date of that transfer
12    until the employee's next termination of service with the
13    University of Illinois.
14    Rule 5: The retirement annuity of a participant who elected
15early retirement under the provisions of Section 15-136.2 and
16who, on or before February 16, 1995, brought administrative
17proceedings pursuant to the administrative rules adopted by the
18System to challenge the calculation of his or her retirement
19annuity shall be the sum of the following, determined from
20amounts credited to the participant in accordance with the
21actuarial tables and the prescribed rate of interest in effect
22at the time the retirement annuity begins:
23        (i) the normal annuity which can be provided on an
24    actuarially equivalent basis, by the accumulated normal
25    contributions as of the date the annuity begins; and
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1    amount equal to that which can be provided on an
2    actuarially equivalent basis from the accumulated normal
3    contributions made by the participant under Section
4    15-113.6 and Section 15-113.7 plus 1.4 times all other
5    accumulated normal contributions made by the participant;
6    and
7        (iii) an annuity which can be provided on an
8    actuarially equivalent basis from the employee
9    contribution for early retirement under Section 15-136.2,
10    and an annuity from employer contributions of an amount
11    equal to that which can be provided on an actuarially
12    equivalent basis from the employee contribution for early
13    retirement under Section 15-136.2.
14    In no event shall a retirement annuity under this Rule 5 be
15lower than the amount obtained by adding (1) the monthly amount
16obtained by dividing the combined employee and employer
17contributions made under Section 15-136.2 by the System's
18annuity factor for the age of the participant at the beginning
19of the annuity payment period and (2) the amount equal to the
20participant's annuity if calculated under Rule 1, reduced under
21Section 15-136(b) as if no contributions had been made under
22Section 15-136.2.
23    With respect to a participant who is qualified for a
24retirement annuity under this Rule 5 whose retirement annuity
25began before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
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1was made under Section 15-136.2, the System shall recalculate
2the retirement annuity under this Rule 5 and shall pay any
3additional amounts due in the manner provided in Section
415-186.1 for benefits mistakenly set too low.
5    The amount of a retirement annuity calculated under this
6Rule 5 shall be computed solely on the basis of those
7contributions specifically set forth in this Rule 5. Except as
8provided in clause (iii) of this Rule 5, neither an employee
9nor employer contribution for early retirement under Section
1015-136.2, nor any other employer contribution, shall be used in
11the calculation of the amount of a retirement annuity under
12this Rule 5.
13    The General Assembly has adopted the changes set forth in
14Section 25 of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
15in recognition that the decision of the Appellate Court for the
16Fourth District in Mattis v. State Universities Retirement
17System et al. might be deemed to give some right to the
18plaintiff in that case. The changes made by Section 25 of this
19amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly are a legislative
20implementation of the decision of the Appellate Court for the
21Fourth District in Mattis v. State Universities Retirement
22System et al. with respect to that plaintiff.
23    The changes made by Section 25 of this amendatory Act of
24the 91st General Assembly apply without regard to whether the
25person is in service as an employee on or after its effective
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1    (b) The retirement annuity provided under Rules 1 and 3
2above shall be reduced by 1/2 of 1% for each month the
3participant is under age 60 at the time of retirement. However,
4this reduction shall not apply in the following cases:
5        (1) For a disabled participant whose disability
6    benefits have been discontinued because he or she has
7    exhausted eligibility for disability benefits under clause
8    (6) of Section 15-152;
9        (2) For a participant who has at least the number of
10    years of service required to retire at any age under
11    subsection (a) of Section 15-135; or
12        (3) For that portion of a retirement annuity which has
13    been provided on account of service of the participant
14    during periods when he or she performed the duties of a
15    police officer or firefighter, if these duties were
16    performed for at least 5 years immediately preceding the
17    date the retirement annuity is to begin.
18    (c) The maximum retirement annuity provided under Rules 1,
192, 4, and 5 shall be the lesser of (1) the annual limit of
20benefits as specified in Section 415 of the Internal Revenue
21Code of 1986, as such Section may be amended from time to time
22and as such benefit limits shall be adjusted by the
23Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and (2) 80% of final rate of
24earnings.
25    (d) An annuitant whose status as an employee terminates
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1or her retirement annuity as follows:
2    Effective January 1 immediately following the date the
3retirement annuity begins, the annuitant shall receive an
4increase in his or her monthly retirement annuity of 0.125% of
5the monthly retirement annuity provided under Rule 1, Rule 2,
6Rule 3, Rule 4, or Rule 5, contained in this Section,
7multiplied by the number of full months which elapsed from the
8date the retirement annuity payments began to January 1, 1972,
9plus 0.1667% of such annuity, multiplied by the number of full
10months which elapsed from January 1, 1972, or the date the
11retirement annuity payments began, whichever is later, to
12January 1, 1978, plus 0.25% of such annuity multiplied by the
13number of full months which elapsed from January 1, 1978, or
14the date the retirement annuity payments began, whichever is
15later, to the effective date of the increase.
16    The annuitant shall receive an increase in his or her
17monthly retirement annuity on each January 1 thereafter during
18the annuitant's life of 3% of the monthly annuity provided
19under Rule 1, Rule 2, Rule 3, Rule 4, or Rule 5 contained in
20this Section. The change made under this subsection by P.A.
2181-970 is effective January 1, 1980 and applies to each
22annuitant whose status as an employee terminates before or
23after that date.
24    Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual increases
25payable under this Section shall be calculated as a percentage
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1including all increases previously granted under this Article.
2    The change made in this subsection by P.A. 85-1008 is
3effective January 26, 1988, and is applicable without regard to
4whether status as an employee terminated before that date.
5    (d-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
6except subsection (d-2) of this Section, beginning on the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
8Assembly, the monthly retirement annuity of an annuitant shall
9first be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
10on or next after either the attainment of age 67 or the January
111 occurring on or next after the fifth anniversary of the
12annuity start date, whichever occurs earlier. If on the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
14Assembly an annuitant has already received an annual increase
15under this Section but is not eligible to receive an annual
16increase under this subsection, then the annual increases
17already received shall continue in force, but no additional
18annual increase shall be granted until the annuitant meets the
19new eligibility requirements.
20    (d-2) Notwithstanding subsection (d-1), no annual increase
21shall be paid under this Section in a calendar year if, on
22January 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total assets of
23the System are less than 85% of the total actuarial liabilities
24of the System, as annually certified by the System.
25    (d-3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
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1effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
2Assembly, the amount of each automatic annual increase in
3retirement annuity occurring on or after the effective date of
4this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be 3% or
5one-half of the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any,
6in the Consumer Price Index-U for the 12 months ending with the
7preceding September, whichever is less, of the originally
8granted retirement annuity. For the purposes of this Section,
9"Consumer Price Index-U" means the index published by the
10Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
11Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
12services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
13average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
14    (e) If, on January 1, 1987, or the date the retirement
15annuity payment period begins, whichever is later, the sum of
16the retirement annuity provided under Rule 1 or Rule 2 of this
17Section and the automatic annual increases provided under the
18preceding subsection or Section 15-136.1, amounts to less than
19the retirement annuity which would be provided by Rule 3, the
20retirement annuity shall be increased as of January 1, 1987, or
21the date the retirement annuity payment period begins,
22whichever is later, to the amount which would be provided by
23Rule 3 of this Section. Such increased amount shall be
24considered as the retirement annuity in determining benefits
25provided under other Sections of this Article. This paragraph
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1terminated before the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21987, provided that the annuitant was employed at least
3one-half time during the period on which the final rate of
4earnings was based.
5    (f) A participant is entitled to such additional annuity as
6may be provided on an actuarially equivalent basis, by any
7accumulated additional contributions to his or her credit.
8However, the additional contributions made by the participant
9toward the automatic increases in annuity provided under this
10Section shall not be taken into account in determining the
11amount of such additional annuity.
12    (g) If, (1) by law, a function of a governmental unit, as
13defined by Section 20-107 of this Code, is transferred in whole
14or in part to an employer, and (2) a participant transfers
15employment from such governmental unit to such employer within
166 months after the transfer of the function, and (3) the sum of
17(A) the annuity payable to the participant under Rule 1, 2, or
183 of this Section (B) all proportional annuities payable to the
19participant by all other retirement systems covered by Article
2020, and (C) the initial primary insurance amount to which the
21participant is entitled under the Social Security Act, is less
22than the retirement annuity which would have been payable if
23all of the participant's pension credits validated under
24Section 20-109 had been validated under this system, a
25supplemental annuity equal to the difference in such amounts
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1    (h) On January 1, 1981, an annuitant who was receiving a
2retirement annuity on or before January 1, 1971 shall have his
3or her retirement annuity then being paid increased $1 per
4month for each year of creditable service. On January 1, 1982,
5an annuitant whose retirement annuity began on or before
6January 1, 1977, shall have his or her retirement annuity then
7being paid increased $1 per month for each year of creditable
8service.
9    (i) On January 1, 1987, any annuitant whose retirement
10annuity began on or before January 1, 1977, shall have the
11monthly retirement annuity increased by an amount equal to 8¢
12per year of creditable service times the number of years that
13have elapsed since the annuity began.
14(Source: P.A. 93-347, eff. 7-24-03; 94-4, eff. 6-1-05.)
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/15-158.2)
16    Sec. 15-158.2. Self-managed plan.
17    (a) Purpose. The General Assembly finds that it is
18important for colleges and universities to be able to attract
19and retain the most qualified employees and that in order to
20attract and retain these employees, colleges and universities
21should have the flexibility to provide a defined contribution
22plan as an alternative for eligible employees who elect not to
23participate in a defined benefit retirement program provided
24under this Article. Accordingly, the State Universities
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1and administer a self-managed plan, which shall offer
2participating employees the opportunity to accumulate assets
3for retirement through a combination of employee and employer
4contributions that may be invested in mutual funds, collective
5investment funds, or other investment products and used to
6purchase annuity contracts, either fixed or variable or a
7combination thereof. The plan must be qualified under the
8Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
9    (b) Adoption by employers. Before the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, each Each
11employer subject to this Article may elect to adopt the
12self-managed plan established under this Section; this
13election is irrevocable. An employer's election to adopt the
14self-managed plan makes available to the eligible employees of
15that employer the elections described in Section 15-134.5. On
16and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
17General Assembly, each employer subject to this Article shall
18adopt the self-managed plan established under this Section, and
19each participant shall participate in that plan with respect to
20service on and after that date.
21    The State Universities Retirement System shall be the plan
22sponsor for the self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan
23document and prescribe such rules and procedures as are
24considered necessary or desirable for the administration of the
25self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
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1Board of Trustees of the System may delegate aspects of plan
2administration as it sees fit to companies authorized to do
3business in this State, to the employers, or to a combination
4of both.
5    (c) Selection of service providers and funding vehicles.
6The System, in consultation with the employers, shall solicit
7proposals to provide administrative services and funding
8vehicles for the self-managed plan from insurance and annuity
9companies and mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies, or
10other financial institutions authorized to do business in this
11State. In reviewing the proposals received and approving and
12contracting with no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies,
13the Board of Trustees of the System shall consider, among other
14things, the following criteria:
15        (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be
16    provided to the participants;
17        (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to
18    the premium charged;
19        (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
20    interests of the participating employees and the employer;
21        (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits
22    under the contract and the financial stability of the
23    company; and
24        (5) the efficacy of the contract in the recruitment and
25    retention of employees.
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1periodically review each approved company. A company may
2continue to provide administrative services and funding
3vehicles for the self-managed plan only so long as it continues
4to be an approved company under contract with the Board.
5    (d) Employee Direction. Employees who are participating in
6the program must be allowed to direct the transfer of their
7account balances among the various investment options offered,
8subject to applicable contractual provisions. The participant
9shall not be deemed a fiduciary by reason of providing such
10investment direction. A person who is a fiduciary shall not be
11liable for any loss resulting from such investment direction
12and shall not be deemed to have breached any fiduciary duty by
13acting in accordance with that direction. Neither the System
14nor the employer guarantees any of the investments in the
15employee's account balances.
16    (e) Participation. Prior to the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, an An employee
18eligible to participate in the self-managed plan must make a
19written election in accordance with the provisions of Section
2015-134.5 and the procedures established by the System.
21Participation in the self-managed plan by an electing employee
22shall begin on the first day of the first pay period following
23the later of the date the employee's election is filed with the
24System or the effective date as of which the employee's
25employer begins to offer participation in the self-managed
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1beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
297th General Assembly, each participant in the System shall
3participate in the self-managed plan with respect to service on
4and after that date, and a participant's ability to accrue, on
5and after that date, additional benefits under the traditional
6benefit package or the portable benefit package is terminated.
7Employers may not make the self-managed plan available earlier
8than January 1, 1998. An employee's participation in any other
9retirement program administered by the System under this
10Article shall terminate on the date that participation in the
11self-managed plan begins.
12    An employee who has elected to participate in the
13self-managed plan under this Section must continue
14participation while employed in an eligible position, and may
15not participate in any other retirement program administered by
16the System under this Article while employed by that employer
17or any other employer that has adopted the self-managed plan,
18unless the self-managed plan is terminated in accordance with
19subsection (i).
20    Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section
21shall constitute membership in the State Universities
22Retirement System.
23    A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the
24benefits of Article 20 of this Code.
25    (f) Establishment of Initial Account Balance. Prior to the
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1Assembly, if If at the time an employee elects to participate
2in the self-managed plan he or she has rights and credits in
3the System due to previous participation in the traditional
4benefit package, the System shall establish for the employee an
5opening account balance in the self-managed plan, equal to the
6amount of contribution refund that the employee would be
7eligible to receive under Section 15-154 if the employee
8terminated employment on that date and elected a refund of
9contributions, except that this hypothetical refund shall
10include interest at the effective rate for the respective
11years. The System shall transfer assets from the defined
12benefit retirement program to the self-managed plan, as a tax
13free transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue Service
14guidelines, for purposes of funding the employee's opening
15account balance.
16    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
17the 97th General Assembly, if a participant has rights and
18credits in the System due to previous participation in the
19traditional benefit package, portable benefit package, or both
20but those credits are insufficient, on the effective date of
21this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, to satisfy
22the service requirement for a retirement annuity under this
23Article, then the System shall establish for the member an
24opening account balance in the self-managed plan, equal to (i)
25the amount of the contribution refund that the member would be
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1terminated employment on that date and elected a refund of
2contributions, plus (ii) an amount equal to the regular
3employer contribution that would be required to fund the actual
4regular cost incurred for each year of service credit earned,
5provided that the total opening account balance does not exceed
67.6% of that participant's salary for that year, plus interest.
7The interest used in this subsection (f) is calculated as the
8average annual rate of return that the System has earned over
9the past 20 fiscal years and is compounded. The System shall
10transfer assets from the traditional benefit package and the
11portable benefit package to the self-managed plan, as a
12tax-free transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue Service
13guidelines, for purposes of funding the member's opening
14account balance.
15    (g) No Duplication of Service Credit. Notwithstanding any
16other provision of this Article, an employee may not purchase
17or receive service or service credit applicable to any other
18retirement program administered by the System under this
19Article for any period during which the employee was a
20participant in the self-managed plan established under this
21Section.
22    (h) Contributions prior to the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. The self-managed
24plan shall be funded by contributions from employees
25participating in the self-managed plan and employer
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1    The contribution rate for employees participating in the
2self-managed plan under this Section shall be equal to the
3employee contribution rate for other participants in the
4System, as provided in Section 15-157. This required
5contribution shall be made as an "employer pick-up" under
6Section 414(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any
7successor Section thereof. Any employee participating in the
8System's traditional benefit package prior to his or her
9election to participate in the self-managed plan shall continue
10to have the employer pick up the contributions required under
11Section 15-157. However, the amounts picked up after the
12election of the self-managed plan shall be remitted to and
13treated as assets of the self-managed plan. In no event shall
14an employee have an option of receiving these amounts in cash.
15Employees may make additional contributions to the
16self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
17the System, to the extent permitted under rules prescribed by
18the System.
19    The program shall provide for employer contributions to be
20credited to each self-managed plan participant at a rate of
217.6% of the participating employee's salary, less the amount
22used by the System to provide disability benefits for the
23employee. The amounts so credited shall be paid into the
24participant's self-managed plan accounts in a manner to be
25prescribed by the System.
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1participating employee's salary, shall be used for the purpose
2of providing the disability benefits of the System to the
3employee. Prior to the beginning of each plan year under the
4self-managed plan, the Board of Trustees shall determine, as a
5percentage of salary, the amount of employer contributions to
6be allocated during that plan year for providing disability
7benefits for employees in the self-managed plan.
8    The State of Illinois shall make contributions by
9appropriations to the System of the employer contributions
10required for employees who participate in the self-managed plan
11under this Section. The amount required shall be certified by
12the Board of Trustees of the System and paid by the State in
13accordance with Section 15-165. The System shall not be
14obligated to remit the required employer contributions to any
15of the insurance and annuity companies, mutual fund companies,
16banks, trust companies, financial institutions, or other
17sponsors of any of the funding vehicles offered under the
18self-managed plan until it has received the required employer
19contributions from the State. In the event of a deficiency in
20the amount of State contributions, the System shall implement
21those procedures described in subsection (c) of Section 15-165
22to obtain the required funding from the General Revenue Fund.
23    The provisions of this subsection (h) apply before the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
25Assembly.
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1amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
2    The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions from
3employees participating in the self-managed plan and State
4contributions as provided in this Section.
5    The annual required contribution for employees
6participating in the self-managed plan shall be an amount equal
7to 6% of the employee's salary. This required contribution
8shall be made as an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of
9the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section
10thereof. Participants may make additional contributions to the
11self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
12the System, to the extent permitted under rules adopted by the
13System.
14    The program shall provide for annual State contributions to
15be credited to the account of each employee who participates in
16the self-managed plan in an amount equal to 6% of the
17employee's compensation.
18    The System shall not be obligated to remit the required
19employer contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
20companies, mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies,
21financial institutions, or other sponsors of any of the funding
22vehicles offered under the self-managed plan until it has
23received the required employer contributions from the State. In
24the event of a deficiency in the amount of State contributions,
25the System shall implement any procedures to obtain the
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1    The provisions of this subsection (h-5) apply on and after
2the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
3Assembly.
4    (i) Termination. (Blank). The self-managed plan authorized
5under this Section may be terminated by the System, subject to
6the terms of any relevant contracts, and the System shall have
7no obligation to reestablish the self-managed plan under this
8Section. This Section does not create a right to continued
9participation in any self-managed plan set up by the System
10under this Section. If the self-managed plan is terminated, the
11participants shall have the right to participate in one of the
12other retirement programs offered by the System and receive
13service credit in such other retirement program for any years
14of employment following the termination.
15    (j) Vesting; Withdrawal; Return to Service. A participant
16in the self-managed plan becomes vested in the employer
17contributions credited to his or her accounts in the
18self-managed plan on the earliest to occur of the following:
19(1) completion of 5 years of service with an employer described
20in Section 15-106; (2) the death of the participating employee
21while employed by an employer described in Section 15-106, if
22the participant has completed at least 1 1/2 years of service;
23or (3) the participant's election to retire and apply the
24reciprocal provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
25    A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a
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1plan while not yet eligible for retirement under this Article
2(and Article 20, if applicable) shall forfeit all service
3credit and accrued rights in the System; if subsequently
4re-employed, the participant shall be considered a new
5employee. If a former participant again becomes a participating
6employee (or becomes employed by a participating system under
7Article 20 of this Code) and continues as such for at least 2
8years, all such rights, service credits, and previous status as
9a participant shall be restored upon repayment of the amount of
10the distribution, without interest.
11    (k) Benefit amounts. If an employee who is vested in
12employer contributions terminates employment, the employee
13shall be entitled to a benefit which is based on the account
14values attributable to both employer and employee
15contributions and any investment return thereon.
16    If an employee who is not vested in employer contributions
17terminates employment, the employee shall be entitled to a
18benefit based solely on the account values attributable to the
19employee's contributions and any investment return thereon,
20and the employer contributions and any investment return
21thereon shall be forfeited. Any employer contributions which
22are forfeited shall be held in escrow by the company investing
23those contributions and shall be used as directed by the System
24for future allocations of employer contributions or for the
25restoration of amounts previously forfeited by former
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1    (l) If a participant so requests, a distribution of funds
2from the self-managed plan may be paid in the form of a direct
3rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by
4federal law and in accordance with the rules of the System.
5(Source: P.A. 93-347, eff. 7-24-03.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/16-104.1 new)
7    Sec. 16-104.1. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional
8benefit package" means the defined benefit retirement program
9maintained by the System, which includes retirement annuities
10payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
1116-132 through 16-136.4; disability benefits payable under
12Sections 16-149 through 16-149.5; survivor's benefits payable
13directly from the System, as provided in Sections 16-140
14through 16-143.1; and contribution refunds, as provided in
15Sections 16-138, 16-143.2, and 16-151. The traditional benefit
16package also includes any benefits determined under Section
171-160 with respect to service performed under this Article.
 
18    (40 ILCS 5/16-104.2 new)
19    Sec. 16-104.2. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan"
20means the defined contribution retirement program maintained
21by the System, as described in Section 16-158.2. The
22self-managed plan also includes disability benefits, as
23provided in Sections 16-149 through 16-149.5 (but disregarding
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1self-managed plan does not include retirement annuities or
2survivor's benefits payable directly from the System as
3provided in Sections 16-132 through 16-136.4, Sections 16-140
4through 16-143.1, and Section 16-149.2, or refunds determined
5under Sections 16-138, 16-143.2, and 16-151.
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/16-106)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106)
7    Sec. 16-106. Teacher. "Teacher": The following
8individuals, provided that, for employment prior to July 1,
91990, they are employed on a full-time basis, or if not
10full-time, on a permanent and continuous basis in a position in
11which services are expected to be rendered for at least one
12school term:
13        (1) Any educational, administrative, professional or
14    other staff employed in the public common schools included
15    within this system in a position requiring certification
16    under the law governing the certification of teachers;
17        (2) Any educational, administrative, professional or
18    other staff employed in any facility of the Department of
19    Children and Family Services or the Department of Human
20    Services, in a position requiring certification under the
21    law governing the certification of teachers, and any person
22    who (i) works in such a position for the Department of
23    Corrections, (ii) was a member of this System on May 31,
24    1987, and (iii) did not elect to become a member of the
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1    14-108.2 of this Code; except that "teacher" does not
2    include any person who (A) becomes a security employee of
3    the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section
4    14-110, after June 28, 2001 (the effective date of Public
5    Act 92-14), or (B) becomes a member of the State Employees'
6    Retirement System pursuant to Section 14-108.2c of this
7    Code;
8        (3) Any regional superintendent of schools, assistant
9    regional superintendent of schools, State Superintendent
10    of Education; any person employed by the State Board of
11    Education as an executive; any executive of the boards
12    engaged in the service of public common school education in
13    school districts covered under this system of which the
14    State Superintendent of Education is an ex-officio member;
15        (4) Any employee of a school board association
16    operating in compliance with Article 23 of the School Code
17    who is certificated under the law governing the
18    certification of teachers, provided that he or she becomes
19    such an employee before the effective date of this
20    amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
21        (5) Any person employed by the retirement system who:
22            (i) was an employee of and a participant in the
23        system on August 17, 2001 (the effective date of Public
24        Act 92-416), or
25            (ii) becomes an employee of the system on or after
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1        (6) Any educational, administrative, professional or
2    other staff employed by and under the supervision and
3    control of a regional superintendent of schools, provided
4    such employment position requires the person to be
5    certificated under the law governing the certification of
6    teachers and is in an educational program serving 2 or more
7    districts in accordance with a joint agreement authorized
8    by the School Code or by federal legislation;
9        (7) Any educational, administrative, professional or
10    other staff employed in an educational program serving 2 or
11    more school districts in accordance with a joint agreement
12    authorized by the School Code or by federal legislation and
13    in a position requiring certification under the laws
14    governing the certification of teachers;
15        (8) Any officer or employee of a statewide teacher
16    organization or officer of a national teacher organization
17    who is certified under the law governing certification of
18    teachers, provided: (i) the individual had previously
19    established creditable service under this Article, (ii)
20    the individual files with the system an irrevocable
21    election to become a member before the effective date of
22    this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, (iii) the
23    individual does not receive credit for such service under
24    any other Article of this Code, and (iv) the individual
25    first became an officer or employee of the teacher
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1    of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly;
2        (9) Any educational, administrative, professional, or
3    other staff employed in a charter school operating in
4    compliance with the Charter Schools Law who is certificated
5    under the law governing the certification of teachers; .
6        (10) Any person employed, on the effective date of this
7    amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, by the
8    Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education in a
9    birth-through-age-three pilot program receiving funds
10    under Section 2-389 of the School Code who is required by
11    the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education to hold a
12    teaching certificate, provided that the Macon-Piatt
13    Regional Office of Education makes an election, within 6
14    months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
15    the 94th General Assembly, to have the person participate
16    in the system. Any service established prior to the
17    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General
18    Assembly for service as an employee of the Macon-Piatt
19    Regional Office of Education in a birth-through-age-three
20    pilot program receiving funds under Section 2-389 of the
21    School Code shall be considered service as a teacher if
22    employee and employer contributions have been received by
23    the system and the system has not refunded those
24    contributions.
25    An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under this
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1board of education or other employer as permitted under Section
216-118 or 16-150.1 is not a "teacher" for purposes of this
3Article. A person who has received a single-sum retirement
4benefit under Section 16-136.4 of this Article is not a
5"teacher" for purposes of this Article.
6(Source: P.A. 97-651, eff. 1-5-12; revised 8-3-12.)
 
7    (40 ILCS 5/16-106.4 new)
8    Sec. 16-106.4. Tier I employee. "Tier I employee": A
9teacher under this Article who first became a member or
10participant before January 1, 2011 under any reciprocal
11retirement system or pension fund established under this Code
12other than a retirement system or pension fund established
13under Article 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 18 of this Code.
 
14    (40 ILCS 5/16-121)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121)
15    Sec. 16-121. Salary. "Salary": The actual compensation
16received by a teacher during any school year and recognized by
17the system in accordance with rules of the board. For purposes
18of this Section, "school year" includes the regular school term
19plus any additional period for which a teacher is compensated
20and such compensation is recognized by the rules of the board.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for
22periods of service on and after the effective date of this
23amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, "salary" does not
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1amount that is in excess of the annual contribution and benefit
2base established for the previous year by the Commissioner of
3Social Security pursuant to Section 230 of the federal Social
4Security Act.
5(Source: P.A. 84-1028.)
 
6    (40 ILCS 5/16-131.7 new)
7    Sec. 16-131.7. Suspension of the accrual of benefits under
8the traditional benefit package.
9    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
10retirement annuity of a teacher who satisfies, on the effective
11date of the self-managed plan established under Section
1216-158.2, the service requirement for a retirement annuity
13under this Article and who retires on or after the effective
14date of this Section shall be calculated based on service
15credit accrued under this Article prior to the effective date
16of this Section and the teacher's annual salary on the
17effective date of this Section.
18    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
19a teacher who does not, on the effective date of the
20self-managed plan established under Section 16-158.2, satisfy
21the service requirement for a retirement annuity under this
22Article shall not be entitled to a retirement annuity under
23this Article, but shall instead be eligible to have an initial
24account balance established in the self-managed plan in
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1    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if a
2teacher or any other person is eligible for a benefit in the
3traditional benefit package, other than a retirement annuity,
4on the effective date of the self-managed plan established
5under Section 16-158.2, then he or she shall continue to be
6eligible for that benefit while he or she continues to meet all
7otherwise applicable eligibility requirements.
8    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
9if a teacher or other person is ineligible for such a benefit
10in the traditional benefit package, other than a retirement
11annuity, on the effective date of the self-managed plan
12established under Section 16-158.2, then he or she shall remain
13ineligible for that benefit on and after the effective date of
14this Section.
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/16-132)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-132)
16    Sec. 16-132. Retirement annuity eligibility. A member who
17has at least 20 years of creditable service is entitled to a
18retirement annuity upon or after attainment of age 55. A member
19who has at least 10 but less than 20 years of creditable
20service is entitled to a retirement annuity upon or after
21attainment of age 60. A member who has at least 5 but less than
2210 years of creditable service is entitled to a retirement
23annuity upon or after attainment of age 62. A member who (i)
24has earned during the period immediately preceding the last day
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1as an employee of a department as defined in Section 14-103.04,
2(ii) has earned at least 5 years of contributing creditable
3service as an employee of a department as defined in Section
414-103.04, and (iii) retires on or after January 1, 2001 is
5entitled to a retirement annuity upon or after attainment of an
6age which, when added to the number of years of his or her
7total creditable service, equals at least 85. Portions of years
8shall be counted as decimal equivalents.
9    A member who is eligible to receive a retirement annuity of
10at least 74.6% of final average salary and will attain age 55
11on or before December 31 during the year which commences on
12July 1 shall be deemed to attain age 55 on the preceding June
131.
14    A member meeting the above eligibility conditions is
15entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application to
16the board setting forth the date the member wishes the
17retirement annuity to commence. However, the effective date of
18the retirement annuity shall be no earlier than the day
19following the last day of creditable service, regardless of the
20date of official termination of employment.
21    To be eligible for a retirement annuity, a member shall not
22be employed as a teacher in the schools included under this
23System or under Article 17, except (i) as provided in Section
2416-118 or 16-150.1, (ii) if the member is disabled (in which
25event, eligibility for salary must cease), or (iii) if the
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1the member's age; the changes to this sentence made by this
2amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly apply without
3regard to whether the member terminated employment before or
4after its effective date.
5    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
6beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
797th General Assembly, a Tier I employee shall not, regardless
8of the amount of accrued service credit, be entitled to a
9retirement annuity until he or she has attained age 62.
10(Source: P.A. 93-320, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/16-133.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-133.1)
12    Sec. 16-133.1. Automatic annual increase in annuity.
13    (a) Each member with creditable service and retiring on or
14after August 26, 1969 is entitled to the automatic annual
15increases in annuity provided under this Section while
16receiving a retirement annuity or disability retirement
17annuity from the system.
18    An annuitant shall first be entitled to an initial increase
19under this Section on the January 1 next following the first
20anniversary of retirement, or January 1 of the year next
21following attainment of age 61, whichever is later. At such
22time, the system shall pay an initial increase determined as
23follows:
24        (1) 1.5% of the originally granted retirement annuity
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1    of years elapsed, if any, from the date of retirement until
2    January 1, 1972, plus
3        (2) 2% of the originally granted annuity multiplied by
4    the number of years elapsed, if any, from the date of
5    retirement or January 1, 1972, whichever is later, until
6    January 1, 1978, plus
7        (3) 3% of the originally granted annuity multiplied by
8    the number of years elapsed from the date of retirement or
9    January 1, 1978, whichever is later, until the effective
10    date of the initial increase.
11However, the initial annual increase calculated under this
12Section for the recipient of a disability retirement annuity
13granted under Section 16-149.2 shall be reduced by an amount
14equal to the total of all increases in that annuity received
15under Section 16-149.5 (but not exceeding 100% of the amount of
16the initial increase otherwise provided under this Section).
17    Following the initial increase, automatic annual increases
18in annuity shall be payable on each January 1 thereafter during
19the lifetime of the annuitant, determined as a percentage of
20the originally granted retirement annuity or disability
21retirement annuity for increases granted prior to January 1,
221990, and calculated as a percentage of the total amount of
23annuity, including previous increases under this Section, for
24increases granted on or after January 1, 1990, as follows: 1.5%
25for periods prior to January 1, 1972, 2% for periods after
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1periods after December 31, 1977.
2    (b) The automatic annual increases in annuity provided
3under this Section shall not be applicable unless a member has
4made contributions toward such increases for a period
5equivalent to one full year of creditable service. If a member
6contributes for service performed after August 26, 1969 but the
7member becomes an annuitant before such contributions amount to
8one full year's contributions based on the salary at the date
9of retirement, he or she may pay the necessary balance of the
10contributions to the system and be eligible for the automatic
11annual increases in annuity provided under this Section.
12    (c) Each member shall make contributions toward the cost of
13the automatic annual increases in annuity as provided under
14Section 16-152.
15    (d) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity or
16disability retirement annuity on July 1, 1969, who subsequently
17re-enters service as a teacher is eligible for the automatic
18annual increases in annuity provided under this Section if he
19or she renders at least one year of creditable service
20following the latest re-entry.
21    (e) In addition to the automatic annual increases in
22annuity provided under this Section, an annuitant who meets the
23service requirements of this Section and whose retirement
24annuity or disability retirement annuity began on or before
25January 1, 1971 shall receive, on January 1, 1981, an increase
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1year of creditable service. On January 1, 1982, an annuitant
2whose retirement annuity or disability retirement annuity
3began on or before January 1, 1977 shall receive an increase in
4the annuity then being paid of one dollar per month for each
5year of creditable service.
6    On January 1, 1987, any annuitant whose retirement annuity
7began on or before January 1, 1977, shall receive an increase
8in the monthly retirement annuity equal to 8¢ per year of
9creditable service times the number of years that have elapsed
10since the annuity began.
11    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
12except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
14Assembly, the monthly retirement annuity of an annuitant shall
15first be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
16on or next after either the attainment of age 67 or the January
171 occurring on or next after the fifth anniversary of the
18annuity start date, whichever occurs earlier. If on the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly an annuitant has already received an annual increase
21under this Section but is not eligible to receive an annual
22increase under this subsection, then the annual increases
23already received shall continue in force, but no additional
24annual increase shall be granted until the annuitant meets the
25new eligibility requirements.
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1shall be paid under this Section in a calendar year if, on
2January 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total assets of
3the System are less than 85% of the total actuarial liabilities
4of the System, as annually certified by the System.
5    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
6except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
8Assembly, the amount of each automatic annual increase in
9retirement annuity occurring on or after the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be 3% or
11one-half of the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any,
12in the Consumer Price Index-U for the 12 months ending with the
13preceding September, whichever is less, of the originally
14granted retirement annuity. For the purposes of this Section,
15"Consumer Price Index-U" means the index published by the
16Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
17Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
18services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
19average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
20(Source: P.A. 91-927, eff. 12-14-00.)
 
21    (40 ILCS 5/16-152.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-152.1)
22    Sec. 16-152.1. Pickup of contributions.
23    (a) Each employer may pick up the member contributions
24required under Section 16-152 for all salary earned after
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1amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly. If an employer
2decides not to pick up the member contributions, the amount
3that would have been picked up shall continue to be deducted
4from salary. If contributions are picked up, they shall be
5treated as employer contributions in determining tax treatment
6under the United States Internal Revenue Code. The employer
7shall pay these member contributions from the same source of
8funds which is used in paying salary to the member. The
9employer may pick up these contributions by a reduction in the
10cash salary of the member or by an offset against a future
11salary increase or by a combination of a reduction in salary
12and offset against a future salary increase. If member
13contributions are picked up, they shall be treated for all
14purposes of this Article 16 in the same manner as member
15contributions made prior to the date the pick up began.
16    (b) The State Board of Education shall pick up the
17contributions of regional superintendents required under
18Section 16-152 for all salary earned for the 1982 calendar year
19and prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2097th General Assembly thereafter.
21    (c) Effective July 1, 1983 and until the effective date of
22this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, each employer
23shall pick up the member contributions required under Section
2416-152 for all salary earned after such date. Contributions so
25picked up shall be treated as employer contributions in
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1Revenue Code. The employer shall pay these member contributions
2from the same source of funds which is used in paying salary to
3the member. The employer may pick up these contributions by a
4reduction in the cash salary of the member or by an offset
5against a future salary increase or by a combination of a
6reduction in salary and offset against a future salary
7increase. Member contributions so picked up shall be treated
8for all purposes of this Article 16 in the same manner as
9member contributions made prior to the date the pick up began.
10    (d) Subject to the requirements of federal law and the
11rules of the board, beginning July 1, 1998 and until the
12effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
13Assembly, a member who is employed on a full-time basis may
14elect to have the employer pick up optional contributions that
15the member has elected to pay to the System, and the
16contributions so picked up shall be treated as employer
17contributions for the purposes of determining federal tax
18treatment. The election to have optional contributions picked
19up is irrevocable. At the time of making the election, the
20member shall execute a binding, irrevocable payroll deduction
21authorization. Upon receiving notice of the election, the
22employer shall pick up the contributions by a reduction in the
23cash salary of the member and shall pay the contributions from
24the same source of funds that is used to pay earnings to the
25member.
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1    (40 ILCS 5/16-158)   (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-158)
2    Sec. 16-158. Contributions by State and other employing
3units.
4    (a) The State shall make contributions to the System by
5means of appropriations from the Common School Fund and other
6State funds of amounts which, together with other employer
7contributions, employee contributions, investment income, and
8other income, will be sufficient to meet the cost of
9maintaining and administering the System on a 90% funded basis
10in accordance with actuarial recommendations.
11    Subject to the conditions set forth in subsection (b-4),
12the employers under this Article shall be responsible for
13paying a portion of the normal costs of the System beginning in
14State fiscal year 2014 and all of the normal costs of the
15System beginning in State fiscal year 2023.
16    The Board shall determine the amount of State contributions
17required for each fiscal year on the basis of the actuarial
18tables and other assumptions adopted by the Board and the
19recommendations of the actuary, using the formula in subsection
20(b-3).
21    (a-1) Annually, on or before November 15, the Board shall
22certify to the Governor the amount of the required State
23contribution for the coming fiscal year. The certification
24shall include a copy of the actuarial recommendations upon
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1    On or before May 1, 2004, the Board shall recalculate and
2recertify to the Governor the amount of the required State
3contribution to the System for State fiscal year 2005, taking
4into account the amounts appropriated to and received by the
5System under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
6Obligation Bond Act.
7    On or before July 1, 2005 April 1, 2011, the Board shall
8recalculate and recertify to the Governor the amount of the
9required State contribution to the System for State fiscal year
102006, taking into account the changes in required State
11contributions made by this amendatory Act of the 94th General
12Assembly.
13    On or before April 1, 2011 June 15, 2010, the Board shall
14recalculate and recertify to the Governor the amount of the
15required State contribution to the System for State fiscal year
162011, applying the changes made by Public Act 96-889 to the
17System's assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2009 as though
18Public Act 96-889 was approved on that date.
19    (b) Through State fiscal year 1995, the State contributions
20shall be paid to the System in accordance with Section 18-7 of
21the School Code.
22    (b-1) Beginning in State fiscal year 1996, on the 15th day
23of each month, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the
24Board shall submit vouchers for payment of State contributions
25to the System, in a total monthly amount of one-twelfth of the
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1(a-1). From the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
293rd General Assembly through June 30, 2004, the Board shall
3not submit vouchers for the remainder of fiscal year 2004 in
4excess of the fiscal year 2004 certified contribution amount
5determined under this Section after taking into consideration
6the transfer to the System under subsection (a) of Section
76z-61 of the State Finance Act. These vouchers shall be paid by
8the State Comptroller and Treasurer by warrants drawn on the
9funds appropriated to the System for that fiscal year.
10    If in any month the amount remaining unexpended from all
11other appropriations to the System for the applicable fiscal
12year (including the appropriations to the System under Section
138.12 of the State Finance Act and Section 1 of the State
14Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act) is less than the
15amount lawfully vouchered under this subsection, the
16difference shall be paid from the Common School Fund under the
17continuing appropriation authority provided in Section 1.1 of
18the State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act.
19    (b-2) Allocations from the Common School Fund apportioned
20to school districts not coming under this System shall not be
21diminished or affected by the provisions of this Article.
22    (b-3) For State fiscal years 2012 through 2045, the minimum
23contribution to the System to be made by the State for each
24fiscal year shall be an amount determined by the System to be
25sufficient to bring the total assets of the System up to 90% of
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1State fiscal year 2045. In making these determinations, the
2required State contribution shall be calculated each year as a
3level percentage of payroll over the years remaining to and
4including fiscal year 2045 and shall be determined under the
5projected unit credit actuarial cost method.
6    For State fiscal years 1996 through 2005, the State
7contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
8employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
9so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is contributing at
10the rate required under this Section; except that in the
11following specified State fiscal years, the State contribution
12to the System shall not be less than the following indicated
13percentages of the applicable employee payroll, even if the
14indicated percentage will produce a State contribution in
15excess of the amount otherwise required under this subsection
16and subsection (a), and notwithstanding any contrary
17certification made under subsection (a-1) before the effective
18date of this amendatory Act of 1998: 10.02% in FY 1999; 10.77%
19in FY 2000; 11.47% in FY 2001; 12.16% in FY 2002; 12.86% in FY
202003; and 13.56% in FY 2004.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
22total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2006 is
23$534,627,700.
24    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
25total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2007 is
26$738,014,500.

 

 

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1    For each of State fiscal years 2008 through 2009, the State
2contribution to the System, as a percentage of the applicable
3employee payroll, shall be increased in equal annual increments
4from the required State contribution for State fiscal year
52007, so that by State fiscal year 2011, the State is
6contributing at the rate otherwise required under this Section.
7    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
8total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2010 is
9$2,089,268,000 and shall be made from the proceeds of bonds
10sold in fiscal year 2010 pursuant to Section 7.2 of the General
11Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the pro rata share of bond sale
12expenses determined by the System's share of total bond
13proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from the Common School Fund
14in fiscal year 2010, and (iii) any reduction in bond proceeds
15due to the issuance of discounted bonds, if applicable.
16    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the
17total required State contribution for State fiscal year 2011 is
18the amount recertified by the System on or before April 1, 2011
19pursuant to subsection (a-1) of this Section and shall be made
20from the proceeds of bonds sold in fiscal year 2011 pursuant to
21Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act, less (i) the
22pro rata share of bond sale expenses determined by the System's
23share of total bond proceeds, (ii) any amounts received from
24the Common School Fund in fiscal year 2011, and (iii) any
25reduction in bond proceeds due to the issuance of discounted
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1the amount certified by the System, an amount necessary to meet
2employer contributions required by the State as an employer
3under paragraph (e) of this Section, which may also be used by
4the System for contributions required by paragraph (a) of
5Section 16-127.
6    Beginning in State fiscal year 2046, the minimum State
7contribution for each fiscal year shall be the amount needed to
8maintain the total assets of the System at 90% of the total
9actuarial liabilities of the System.
10    Amounts received by the System pursuant to Section 25 of
11the Budget Stabilization Act or Section 8.12 of the State
12Finance Act in any fiscal year do not reduce and do not
13constitute payment of any portion of the minimum State
14contribution required under this Article in that fiscal year.
15Such amounts shall not reduce, and shall not be included in the
16calculation of, the required State contributions under this
17Article in any future year until the System has reached a
18funding ratio of at least 90%. A reference in this Article to
19the "required State contribution" or any substantially similar
20term does not include or apply to any amounts payable to the
21System under Section 25 of the Budget Stabilization Act.
22    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
23required State contribution for State fiscal year 2005 and for
24fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, as calculated
25under this Section and certified under subsection (a-1), shall
26not exceed an amount equal to (i) the amount of the required

 

 

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1State contribution that would have been calculated under this
2Section for that fiscal year if the System had not received any
3payments under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
4Obligation Bond Act, minus (ii) the portion of the State's
5total debt service payments for that fiscal year on the bonds
6issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of that Section
77.2, as determined and certified by the Comptroller, that is
8the same as the System's portion of the total moneys
9distributed under subsection (d) of Section 7.2 of the General
10Obligation Bond Act. In determining this maximum for State
11fiscal years 2008 through 2010, however, the amount referred to
12in item (i) shall be increased, as a percentage of the
13applicable employee payroll, in equal increments calculated
14from the sum of the required State contribution for State
15fiscal year 2007 plus the applicable portion of the State's
16total debt service payments for fiscal year 2007 on the bonds
17issued in fiscal year 2003 for the purposes of Section 7.2 of
18the General Obligation Bond Act, so that, by State fiscal year
192011, the State is contributing at the rate otherwise required
20under this Section.
21    (b-4) Beginning in State fiscal year 2014, the minimum
22required contribution of employers under this Article shall be
23the following percentages of payroll, but only if, for the
24specified State fiscal year, the State provides full funding at
25the State fiscal year 2010 level for the mandates set forth in
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1Sections 18-3, 18-4.3, and 29-5 of the School Code:
2        (i) for State fiscal year 2014, 0.5% of the- employer's
3    payroll for that fiscal year;
4        (ii) for State fiscal year 2015, 1.0% of the employer's
5    payroll for that fiscal year; and
6        (iii) for State fiscal year 2016, 2.0% of the
7    employer's payroll for that fiscal year;
8        (iv) for State fiscal year 2017, 3.0% of the employer's
9    payroll for that fiscal year;
10        (v) for State fiscal year 2018, 4.0% of the employer's
11    payroll for that fiscal year;
12        (vi) for State fiscal year 2019, 5.0% of the employer's
13    payroll for that fiscal year;
14        (vii) for State fiscal year 2020, 6.0% of the
15    employer's payroll for that fiscal year;
16        (viii) for State fiscal year 2021, 7.0% of the
17    employer's payroll for that fiscal year;
18        (ix) for State fiscal year 2022, 8.0% of the employer's
19    payroll for that fiscal year; and
20        (x) for State fiscal year 2023 and each State fiscal
21    year thereafter, 9.0% of the employer's payroll for that
22    fiscal year.
23    If the State does not provide, for a State fiscal year,
24full funding at the State fiscal year 2010 level for the
25mandates set forth in the School Breakfast and Lunch Program
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1School Code, then the employers shall not be required to make a
2contribution under this subsection (b-4) for that State fiscal
3year.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection
5(b-4), the minimum required contribution under this Section for
6a fiscal year shall not exceed the System's normal costs for
7that year.
8    Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
9under this subsection (b-4), the System shall calculate the
10amount of the payment and bill the employer for that amount.
11The bill shall specify the calculations used to determine the
12amount due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it
13may, within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the
14System in writing for a recalculation. The application must
15specify in detail the grounds of the dispute. Upon receiving a
16timely application for recalculation, the System shall review
17the application and, if appropriate, recalculate the amount
18due.
19    The employer contributions required under this subsection
20(b-4) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
21receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
22within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
23charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
24assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from
25the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
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1bill.
2    The purpose of this subsection (b-4), as well as the
3school-mandate-related provisions of this amendatory Act of
4the 97th General Assembly, is to shift certain pension-related
5costs to employers while lessening the effects of unfunded
6State mandates in order to ensure the financial stability of
7affected employers.
8    (c) Payment of the required State contributions and of all
9pensions, retirement annuities, death benefits, refunds, and
10other benefits granted under or assumed by this System, and all
11expenses in connection with the administration and operation
12thereof, are obligations of the State.
13    If members are paid from special trust or federal funds
14which are administered by the employing unit, whether school
15district or other unit, the employing unit shall pay to the
16System from such funds the full accruing retirement costs based
17upon that service, as determined by the System. Employer
18contributions, based on salary paid to members from federal
19funds, may be forwarded by the distributing agency of the State
20of Illinois to the System prior to allocation, in an amount
21determined in accordance with guidelines established by such
22agency and the System.
23    (d) Effective July 1, 1986, any employer of a teacher as
24defined in paragraph (8) of Section 16-106 shall pay the
25employer's normal cost of benefits based upon the teacher's
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1by the System. Such employer contributions shall be forwarded
2monthly in accordance with guidelines established by the
3System.
4    However, with respect to benefits granted under Section
516-133.4 or 16-133.5 to a teacher as defined in paragraph (8)
6of Section 16-106, the employer's contribution shall be 12%
7(rather than 20%) of the member's highest annual salary rate
8for each year of creditable service granted, and the employer
9shall also pay the required employee contribution on behalf of
10the teacher. For the purposes of Sections 16-133.4 and
1116-133.5, a teacher as defined in paragraph (8) of Section
1216-106 who is serving in that capacity while on leave of
13absence from another employer under this Article shall not be
14considered an employee of the employer from which the teacher
15is on leave.
16    (e) Beginning July 1, 1998, every employer of a teacher
17shall pay to the System an employer contribution computed as
18follows:
19        (1) Beginning July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999, the
20    employer contribution shall be equal to 0.3% of each
21    teacher's salary.
22        (2) Beginning July 1, 1999 and thereafter, the employer
23    contribution shall be equal to 0.58% of each teacher's
24    salary.
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1for that purpose and shall forward the contributions to the
2System on the schedule established for the payment of member
3contributions.
4    These employer contributions are intended to offset a
5portion of the cost to the System of the increases in
6retirement benefits resulting from this amendatory Act of 1998.
7    Each employer of teachers is entitled to a credit against
8the contributions required under this subsection (e) with
9respect to salaries paid to teachers for the period January 1,
102002 through June 30, 2003, equal to the amount paid by that
11employer under subsection (a-5) of Section 6.6 of the State
12Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 with respect to salaries
13paid to teachers for that period.
14    The additional 1% employee contribution required under
15Section 16-152 by this amendatory Act of 1998 is the
16responsibility of the teacher and not the teacher's employer,
17unless the employer agrees, through collective bargaining or
18otherwise, to make the contribution on behalf of the teacher.
19    If an employer is required by a contract in effect on May
201, 1998 between the employer and an employee organization to
21pay, on behalf of all its full-time employees covered by this
22Article, all mandatory employee contributions required under
23this Article, then the employer shall be excused from paying
24the employer contribution required under this subsection (e)
25for the balance of the term of that contract. The employer and
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1the existence of the contractual requirement, in such form as
2the System may prescribe. This exclusion shall cease upon the
3termination, extension, or renewal of the contract at any time
4after May 1, 1998.
5    (f) If the amount of a teacher's salary for any school year
6used to determine final average salary exceeds the member's
7annual full-time salary rate with the same employer for the
8previous school year by more than 6%, the teacher's employer
9shall pay to the System, in addition to all other payments
10required under this Section and in accordance with guidelines
11established by the System, the present value of the increase in
12benefits resulting from the portion of the increase in salary
13that is in excess of 6%. This present value shall be computed
14by the System on the basis of the actuarial assumptions and
15tables used in the most recent actuarial valuation of the
16System that is available at the time of the computation. If a
17teacher's salary for the 2005-2006 school year is used to
18determine final average salary under this subsection (f), then
19the changes made to this subsection (f) by Public Act 94-1057
20shall apply in calculating whether the increase in his or her
21salary is in excess of 6%. For the purposes of this Section,
22change in employment under Section 10-21.12 of the School Code
23on or after June 1, 2005 shall constitute a change in employer.
24The System may require the employer to provide any pertinent
25information or documentation. The changes made to this
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1Assembly apply without regard to whether the teacher was in
2service on or after its effective date.
3    Whenever it determines that a payment is or may be required
4under this subsection, the System shall calculate the amount of
5the payment and bill the employer for that amount. The bill
6shall specify the calculations used to determine the amount
7due. If the employer disputes the amount of the bill, it may,
8within 30 days after receipt of the bill, apply to the System
9in writing for a recalculation. The application must specify in
10detail the grounds of the dispute and, if the employer asserts
11that the calculation is subject to subsection (g) or (h) of
12this Section, must include an affidavit setting forth and
13attesting to all facts within the employer's knowledge that are
14pertinent to the applicability of that subsection. Upon
15receiving a timely application for recalculation, the System
16shall review the application and, if appropriate, recalculate
17the amount due.
18    The employer contributions required under this subsection
19(f) may be paid in the form of a lump sum within 90 days after
20receipt of the bill. If the employer contributions are not paid
21within 90 days after receipt of the bill, then interest will be
22charged at a rate equal to the System's annual actuarially
23assumed rate of return on investment compounded annually from
24the 91st day after receipt of the bill. Payments must be
25concluded within 3 years after the employer's receipt of the
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1    (g) This subsection (g) applies only to payments made or
2salary increases given on or after June 1, 2005 but before July
31, 2011. The changes made by Public Act 94-1057 shall not
4require the System to refund any payments received before July
531, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-1057).
6    When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
7(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to teachers
8under contracts or collective bargaining agreements entered
9into, amended, or renewed before June 1, 2005.
10    When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
11(f), the System shall exclude salary increases paid to a
12teacher at a time when the teacher is 10 or more years from
13retirement eligibility under Section 16-132 or 16-133.2.
14    When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
15(f), the System shall exclude salary increases resulting from
16overload work, including summer school, when the school
17district has certified to the System, and the System has
18approved the certification, that (i) the overload work is for
19the sole purpose of classroom instruction in excess of the
20standard number of classes for a full-time teacher in a school
21district during a school year and (ii) the salary increases are
22equal to or less than the rate of pay for classroom instruction
23computed on the teacher's current salary and work schedule.
24    When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
25(f), the System shall exclude a salary increase resulting from
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1certificate or supervisory endorsement issued by the State
2Teacher Certification Board that is a different certification
3or supervisory endorsement than is required for the teacher's
4previous position and (ii) to a position that has existed and
5been filled by a member for no less than one complete academic
6year and the salary increase from the promotion is an increase
7that results in an amount no greater than the lesser of the
8average salary paid for other similar positions in the district
9requiring the same certification or the amount stipulated in
10the collective bargaining agreement for a similar position
11requiring the same certification.
12    When assessing payment for any amount due under subsection
13(f), the System shall exclude any payment to the teacher from
14the State of Illinois or the State Board of Education over
15which the employer does not have discretion, notwithstanding
16that the payment is included in the computation of final
17average salary.
18    (h) When assessing payment for any amount due under
19subsection (f), the System shall exclude any salary increase
20described in subsection (g) of this Section given on or after
21July 1, 2011 but before July 1, 2014 under a contract or
22collective bargaining agreement entered into, amended, or
23renewed on or after June 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2011.
24Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, any
25payments made or salary increases given after June 30, 2014
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1subsection (f) of this Section.
2    (i) The System shall prepare a report and file copies of
3the report with the Governor and the General Assembly by
4January 1, 2007 that contains all of the following information:
5        (1) The number of recalculations required by the
6    changes made to this Section by Public Act 94-1057 for each
7    employer.
8        (2) The dollar amount by which each employer's
9    contribution to the System was changed due to
10    recalculations required by Public Act 94-1057.
11        (3) The total amount the System received from each
12    employer as a result of the changes made to this Section by
13    Public Act 94-4.
14        (4) The increase in the required State contribution
15    resulting from the changes made to this Section by Public
16    Act 94-1057.
17    (j) For purposes of determining the required State
18contribution to the System, the value of the System's assets
19shall be equal to the actuarial value of the System's assets,
20which shall be calculated as follows:
21    As of June 30, 2008, the actuarial value of the System's
22assets shall be equal to the market value of the assets as of
23that date. In determining the actuarial value of the System's
24assets for fiscal years after June 30, 2008, any actuarial
25gains or losses from investment return incurred in a fiscal
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15-year period following that fiscal year.
2    (k) For purposes of determining the required State
3contribution to the system for a particular year, the actuarial
4value of assets shall be assumed to earn a rate of return equal
5to the system's actuarially assumed rate of return.
6(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-950, eff. 8-29-08;
796-43, eff. 7-15-09; 96-1497, eff. 1-14-11; 96-1511, eff.
81-27-11; 96-1554, eff. 3-18-11; revised 4-6-11.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/16-158.2 new)
10    Sec. 16-158.2. Self-managed plan.
11    (a) The General Assembly finds that it is important for
12schools to be able to attract and retain the most qualified
13employees and that in order to attract and retain these
14employees, schools should have the flexibility to provide a
15defined contribution (self-managed) plan for eligible members.
16Accordingly, the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
17Illinois is hereby required, within 6 months after the
18effective date of this Section, to establish and administer a
19self-managed plan, which shall offer participating members the
20opportunity to accumulate assets for retirement through a
21combination of member and employer contributions that may be
22invested in mutual funds, collective investment funds, or other
23investment products and used to purchase annuity contracts,
24either fixed or variable or a combination of fixed and
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1Code of 1986.
2    (b) Each employer subject to this Article shall adopt the
3self-managed plan established under this Section.
4    The Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois
5shall be the plan sponsor for the self-managed plan and shall
6prepare a plan document and adopt any rules and procedures as
7are considered necessary or desirable for the administration of
8the self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to
9the participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan,
10the Board of Trustees of the System may delegate aspects of
11plan administration as it sees fit to companies authorized to
12do business in this State, to the employers, or to a
13combination of both.
14    (c) Selection of service providers and funding vehicles.
15The System shall solicit proposals to provide administrative
16services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan from
17insurance and annuity companies and mutual fund companies,
18banks, trust companies, or other financial institutions
19authorized to do business in this State. In reviewing the
20proposals received and approving and contracting with no fewer
21than 2 and no more than 7 companies, the Board of Trustees of
22the System shall consider, among other things, the following
23criteria:
24        (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be
25    provided to the participants;
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1    the premium charged;
2        (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
3    interests of the participating members and employers;
4        (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits
5    under the contract and the financial stability of the
6    company; and
7        (5) the efficacy of the contract in the recruitment and
8    retention of employees.
9    The System shall periodically review each approved
10company. A company may continue to provide administrative
11services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so
12long as it continues to be an approved company under contract
13with the Board.
14    In addition to the companies approved by the System under
15this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an
16investment fund managed by the System.
17    (d) Participants in the program must be allowed to direct
18the transfer of their account balances among the various
19investment options offered, subject to applicable contractual
20provisions. The participant shall not be deemed a fiduciary by
21reason of providing such investment direction. A person who is
22a fiduciary shall not be liable for any loss resulting from
23such investment direction and shall not be deemed to have
24breached any fiduciary duty by acting in accordance with that
25direction. Neither the System nor the employer guarantees any
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1    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
2beginning on the effective date of the self-managed plan
3established under this Section, each member in the System shall
4participate in the self-managed plan with respect to service
5under this Article on and after that date, and the ability of a
6member in the System to accrue, on and after that date,
7additional benefits under the traditional benefit package is
8terminated.
9    A participant in the self-managed plan under this Section
10must continue participation while he or she remains a member,
11and may not participate in the traditional benefit package
12while employed by that employer or any other employer under
13this Article.
14    Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section
15shall constitute membership in the Teachers' Retirement System
16of the State of Illinois.
17    A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the
18benefits of Article 20 of this Code.
19    (f) If a member has rights and credits in the System due to
20previous participation in the traditional benefit package but
21those credits are insufficient, on the effective date of the
22self-managed plan established under this Section, to satisfy
23the service requirement for a retirement annuity under this
24Article, then the System shall establish for the member an
25opening account balance in the self-managed plan, equal to (i)
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1eligible to receive under Sections 16-143.2 and 16-151 if the
2employee terminated employment on that date and elected a
3refund of contributions, plus (ii) an amount equal to the
4regular employer contribution that would be required to fund
5the actual regular cost incurred for each year of service
6credit earned, provided that the total opening account balance
7does not exceed 7.6% of that participant's salary for that
8year, plus interest. The interest used in this subsection (f)
9is calculated as the average annual rate of return that the
10System has earned over the past 20 fiscal years and is
11compounded. The System shall transfer assets from the
12traditional benefit package to the self-managed plan, as a
13tax-free transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue Service
14guidelines, for purposes of funding the member's opening
15account balance.
16    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, a
17member may not purchase or receive service or service credit
18applicable to the traditional benefit package under this
19Article for any period during which the member was a
20participant in the self-managed plan established under this
21Section.
22    (h) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
23from participants in the self-managed plan and employer
24contributions as provided in this Section.
25    The annual required contribution for employees
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1to 6% of the employee's salary. This required contribution
2shall be made as an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of
3the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section
4thereof. Participants may make additional contributions to the
5self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
6the System, to the extent permitted under rules adopted by the
7System.
8    The program shall provide for annual State contributions to
9be credited to the account of each employee who participates in
10the self-managed plan in an amount equal to 6% of the
11employee's compensation.
12    The System shall not be obligated to remit the required
13employer contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
14companies, mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies,
15financial institutions, or other sponsors of any of the funding
16vehicles offered under the self-managed plan until it has
17received the required employer contributions from the State. In
18the event of a deficiency in the amount of State contributions,
19the System shall implement those procedures described in
20subsection (b-1) of Section 16-158 to obtain the required
21funding from the Common School Fund.
22    (i) A participant in the self-managed plan becomes vested
23in the employer contributions credited to his or her accounts
24in the self-managed plan on the earliest to occur of the
25following: (1) attainment of at least 5 years of creditable
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1member while employed under this Article, if the participant
2has completed at least 1.5 years of service; or (3) the
3participant's election to retire and apply the reciprocal
4provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
5    A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a
6distribution of his or her vested amounts from the self-managed
7plan while not yet eligible for retirement under this Article
8(and Article 20, if applicable) shall forfeit all service
9credit and accrued rights in the System; if subsequently
10re-employed under this Article, the participant shall be
11considered a new member. If a former participant in the
12self-managed plan again becomes a member (or becomes employed
13by a participating system under Article 20 of this Code) and
14continues as such for at least 2 years, all such rights,
15service credits, and previous status as a participant shall be
16restored upon repayment of the amount of the distribution,
17without interest.
18    (j) If a member participating in the self-managed plan who
19is vested in employer contributions terminates employment, the
20member shall be entitled to a benefit that is based on the
21account values attributable to both employer and member
22contributions and any investment return thereon.
23    If a member participating in the self-managed plan who is
24not vested in employer contributions terminates employment,
25the member shall be entitled to a benefit based solely on the
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1any investment return thereon, and the employer contributions
2and any investment return thereon shall be forfeited. Any
3employer contributions that are forfeited shall be held in
4escrow by the company investing those contributions and shall
5be used, as directed by the System, for future allocations of
6employer contributions or for the restoration of amounts
7previously forfeited by former participants who again become
8participants in the self-managed plan.
9    (k) If a participant so requests, a distribution of funds
10from the self-managed plan may be paid in the form of a direct
11rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by
12federal law and in accordance with the rules of the System.
 
13    (40 ILCS 5/18-105.1 new)
14    Sec. 18-105.1. Traditional benefit package. "Traditional
15benefit package" means the defined benefit retirement program
16maintained by the System, which includes retirement annuities
17payable directly from the System, as provided in Sections
1818-124 through 18-125.1; disability retirement annuities
19payable under Sections 18-126 and 18-126.1; survivor's
20annuities payable directly from the System, as provided in
21Section 18-123 and Sections 18-128 through 18-128.1 and Section
2218-128.3; and contribution refunds as provided in Section
2318-129.
 
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1    Sec. 18-105.2. Self-managed plan. "Self-managed plan"
2means the defined contribution retirement program maintained
3by the System, as described in Section 18-133.2. The
4self-managed plan also includes disability benefits, as
5provided in Section 18-126.1. The self-managed plan does not
6include retirement annuities or survivor's annuities payable
7directly from the System, as provided in Section 18-123,
8Sections 18-124 through 18-126, Sections 18-128 through
918-128.1, and Section 18-128.3 or refunds determined under
10Section 18-129.
 
11    (40 ILCS 5/18-108.1 new)
12    Sec. 18-108.1. Tier I employee. "Tier I employee": A
13participant who first became a participant before January 1,
142011.
 
15    (40 ILCS 5/18-111)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-111)
16    Sec. 18-111. Salary. "Salary": The total compensation paid
17for personal services as a judge, by the State, or by the State
18and a county as authorized by law. However, in the event that
19federal law results in any judge receiving imputed income based
20on the value of group term life insurance provided by the
21State, such imputed income shall not be included in salary for
22the purposes of this Article.
23    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, for
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1amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, "salary" does not
2include any annual remuneration for personal services in an
3amount that is in excess of the annual contribution and benefit
4base established for the previous year by the Commissioner of
5Social Security pursuant to Section 230 of the federal Social
6Security Act.
7(Source: P.A. 86-273.)
 
8    (40 ILCS 5/18-123.3 new)
9    Sec. 18-123.3. Suspension of the accrual of benefits under
10the traditional benefit package.
11    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the
12retirement annuity of a judge who satisfies, on the effective
13date of the self-managed plan established under Section
1418-133.2, the service requirement for a retirement annuity
15under this Article and who retires on or after the effective
16date of this Section shall be calculated based on service
17credit accrued under this Article prior to the effective date
18of this Section and the judge's annual salary on the effective
19date of this Section.
20    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
21a judge who does not, on the effective date of the self-managed
22plan established under Section 18-133.2, satisfy the service
23requirement for a retirement annuity under this Article shall
24not be entitled to a retirement annuity under this Article, but
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1established in the self-managed plan in accordance with Section
218-133.2.
3    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, if a
4judge or any other person is eligible for a benefit in the
5traditional benefit package, other than a retirement annuity,
6on the effective date of the self-managed plan established
7under Section 18-133.2, then he or she shall continue to be
8eligible for that benefit while he or she continues to meet all
9otherwise applicable eligibility requirements.
10    However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
11if a judge or other person is ineligible for a benefit in the
12traditional benefit package, other than a retirement annuity,
13on the effective date of the self-managed plan established
14under Section 18-133.2, then he or she shall remain ineligible
15for that benefit on and after the effective date of this
16Section.
 
17    (40 ILCS 5/18-124)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-124)
18    Sec. 18-124. Retirement annuities - conditions for
19eligibility.
20    (a) This subsection (a) applies to a participant who first
21serves as a judge before the effective date of this amendatory
22Act of the 96th General Assembly.
23    A participant whose employment as a judge is terminated,
24regardless of age or cause is entitled to a retirement annuity
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1subject to the following:
2        (1) the date the annuity begins is subsequent to the
3    date of final termination of employment, or the date 30
4    days prior to the receipt of the application by the board
5    for annuities based on disability, or one year before the
6    receipt of the application by the board for annuities based
7    on attained age;
8        (2) the participant is at least age 55, or has become
9    permanently disabled and as a consequence is unable to
10    perform the duties of his or her office;
11        (3) the participant has at least 10 years of service
12    credit except that a participant terminating service after
13    June 30 1975, with at least 6 years of service credit,
14    shall be entitled to a retirement annuity at age 62 or
15    over;
16        (4) the participant is not receiving or entitled to
17    receive, at the date of retirement, any salary from an
18    employer for service currently performed.
19    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
20beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
2197th General Assembly, a Tier I employee shall not, regardless
22of the amount of accrued service credit, be entitled to a
23retirement annuity until he or she has attained age 62.
24    (b) This subsection (b) applies to a participant who first
25serves as a judge on or after the effective date of this
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1    A participant who has at least 8 years of creditable
2service is entitled to a retirement annuity when he or she has
3attained age 67.
4    A member who has attained age 62 and has at least 8 years
5of service credit may elect to receive the lower retirement
6annuity provided in subsection (d) of Section 18-125 of this
7Code.
8(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
9    (40 ILCS 5/18-125.1)  (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-125.1)
10    Sec. 18-125.1. Automatic increase in retirement annuity.
11    (a) A participant who retires from service after June 30,
121969, shall, in January of the year next following the year in
13which the first anniversary of retirement occurs, and in
14January of each year thereafter, have the amount of his or her
15originally granted retirement annuity increased as follows:
16for each year up to and including 1971, 1 1/2%; for each year
17from 1972 through 1979 inclusive, 2%; and for 1980 and each
18year thereafter, 3%.
19    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
20except subsections (f), (f-5), and (g) of this Section, a
21retirement annuity for a participant who first serves as a
22judge on or after January 1, 2011 (the effective date of Public
23Act 96-889) shall be increased in January of the year next
24following the year in which the first anniversary of retirement
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1year thereafter, by an amount equal to 3% or the annual
2percentage increase in the consumer price index-u as determined
3by the Public Pension Division of the Department of Insurance
4under subsection (b-5) of Section 18-125, whichever is less, of
5the retirement annuity then being paid.
6    (c) This Section is not applicable to a participant who
7retires before he or she has made contributions at the rate
8prescribed in Section 18-133 for automatic increases for not
9less than the equivalent of one full year, unless such a
10participant arranges to pay the system the amount required to
11bring the total contributions for the automatic increase to the
12equivalent of one year's contribution based upon his or her
13last year's salary.
14    This Section is applicable to all participants in service
15after June 30, 1969 unless a participant has elected, prior to
16September 1, 1969, in a written direction filed with the board
17not to be subject to the provisions of this Section. Any
18participant in service on or after July 1, 1992 shall have the
19option of electing prior to April 1, 1993, in a written
20direction filed with the board, to be covered by the provisions
21of the 1969 amendatory Act. Such participant shall be required
22to make the aforesaid additional contributions with compound
23interest at 4% per annum.
24    (d) Any participant who has become eligible to receive the
25maximum rate of annuity and who resumes service as a judge
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1have the amount of his or her retirement annuity increased by
23% of the originally granted annuity amount for each year of
3such resumed service, beginning in January of the year next
4following the date of such resumed service, upon subsequent
5termination of such resumed service.
6    (e) Beginning January 1, 1990, all automatic annual
7increases payable under this Section shall be calculated as a
8percentage of the total annuity payable at the time of the
9increase, including previous increases granted under this
10Article.
11    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
12except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
13effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
14Assembly, the monthly retirement annuity of an annuitant shall
15first be subject to annual increases on the January 1 occurring
16on or next after either the attainment of age 67 or the January
171 occurring on or next after the fifth anniversary of the
18annuity start date, whichever occurs earlier. If on the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly an annuitant has already received an annual increase
21under this Section but is not eligible to receive an annual
22increase under this subsection, then the annual increases
23already received shall continue in force, but no additional
24annual increase shall be granted until the annuitant meets the
25new eligibility requirements.
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1annual increase shall be paid under this Section in a calendar
2year if, on January 1 of the preceding calendar year, the total
3assets of the System are less than 85% of the total actuarial
4liabilities of the System, as annually certified by the System.
5    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
6except subsection (f-5) of this Section, beginning on the
7effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
8Assembly, the amount of each automatic annual increase in
9retirement annuity occurring on or after the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall be 3% or
11one-half of the annual unadjusted percentage increase, if any,
12in the Consumer Price Index-U for the 12 months ending with the
13preceding September, whichever is less, of the originally
14granted retirement annuity. For the purposes of this Section,
15"Consumer Price Index-U" means the index published by the
16Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of
17Labor that measures the average change in prices of goods and
18services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
19average, all items, 1982-84 = 100.
20(Source: P.A. 96-889, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1490, eff. 1-1-11.)
 
21    (40 ILCS 5/18-133.2 new)
22    Sec. 18-133.2. Self-managed plan.
23    (a) The General Assembly finds that it is important to be
24able to attract and retain the most qualified judges and that
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1have the flexibility to provide a defined contribution
2(self-managed) plan for eligible participants. Accordingly,
3the Judges Retirement System of Illinois is hereby required,
4within 6 months after the effective date of this Section, to
5establish and administer a self-managed plan, which shall offer
6participants the opportunity to accumulate assets for
7retirement through a combination of participant and employer
8contributions that may be invested in mutual funds, collective
9investment funds, or other investment products and used to
10purchase annuity contracts, either fixed or variable or a
11combination thereof. The plan must be qualified under the
12Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
13    (b) The Board shall adopt the self-managed plan established
14under this Section.
15    The Judges Retirement System of Illinois shall be the plan
16sponsor for the self-managed plan and shall prepare a plan
17document and prescribe such rules and procedures as are
18considered necessary or desirable for the administration of the
19self-managed plan. Consistent with its fiduciary duty to the
20participants and beneficiaries of the self-managed plan, the
21Board of Trustees of the System may delegate aspects of plan
22administration as it sees fit to companies authorized to do
23business in this State.
24    (c) The System shall solicit proposals to provide
25administrative services and funding vehicles for the
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1mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies, or other
2financial institutions authorized to do business in this State.
3In reviewing the proposals received and approving and
4contracting with no fewer than 2 and no more than 7 companies,
5the Board of Trustees of the System shall consider, among other
6things, the following criteria:
7        (1) the nature and extent of the benefits that would be
8    provided to the participants;
9        (2) the reasonableness of the benefits in relation to
10    the premium charged;
11        (3) the suitability of the benefits to the needs and
12    interests of the participants and the employer;
13        (4) the ability of the company to provide benefits
14    under the contract and the financial stability of the
15    company; and
16        (5) the efficacy of the contract in the recruitment and
17    retention of judges.
18    The System shall periodically review each approved
19company. A company may continue to provide administrative
20services and funding vehicles for the self-managed plan only so
21long as it continues to be an approved company under contract
22with the Board.
23    In addition to the companies approved by the System under
24this subsection (c), the System may offer its participants an
25investment fund managed by the System.
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1be allowed to direct the transfer of their account balances
2among the various investment options offered, subject to
3applicable contractual provisions. The participant shall not
4be deemed a fiduciary by reason of providing such investment
5direction. A person who is a fiduciary shall not be liable for
6any loss resulting from such investment direction and shall not
7be deemed to have breached any fiduciary duty by acting in
8accordance with that direction. Neither the System nor the
9State guarantees any of the investments in the participant's
10account balances.
11    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code,
12beginning on the effective date of the self-managed plan
13established under this Section, each participant in the System
14shall participate in the self-managed plan with respect to
15service under this Article on and after that date, and the
16ability of a participant in the System to accrue, on and after
17that date, additional benefits under the traditional benefit
18package is terminated.
19    A participant who participates in the self-managed plan
20under this Section must continue participation while employed
21as a judge, and may not participate in the traditional benefit
22package administered by the System under this Article while
23employed as a judge.
24    Participation in the self-managed plan under this Section
25shall constitute membership in the Judges Retirement System of
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1    A participant under this Section shall be entitled to the
2benefits of Article 20 of this Code.
3    (f) If a participant has rights and credits in the System
4due to previous participation in the traditional benefit
5package but those credits are insufficient, on the effective
6date of the self-managed plan established under this Section,
7to satisfy the service requirement for a retirement annuity
8under this Article, then the System shall establish for the
9member an opening account balance in the self-managed plan,
10equal to (i) the amount of the contribution refund that the
11member would be eligible to receive under Section 18-129 if the
12employee terminated employment on that date and elected a
13refund of contributions, plus (ii) an amount equal to the
14regular employer contribution that would be required to fund
15the actual regular cost incurred for each year of service
16credit earned, provided that the total opening account balance
17does not exceed 7.6% of that participant's salary for that
18year, plus interest. The interest used in this subsection (f)
19is calculated as the average annual rate of return that the
20System has earned over the past 20 fiscal years and is
21compounded. The System shall transfer assets from the
22traditional benefit package to the self-managed plan, as a
23tax-free transfer in accordance with Internal Revenue Service
24guidelines, for purposes of funding the member's opening
25account balance.
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1participant may not purchase or receive service or service
2credit applicable to the traditional benefit package under this
3Article for any period during which the participant was covered
4under the self-managed plan established under this Section.
5    (h) The self-managed plan shall be funded by contributions
6from participants in the self-managed plan and employer
7contributions as provided in this Section.
8    The annual required contribution for employees
9participating in the self-managed plan shall be an amount equal
10to 6% of the employee's salary. This required contribution
11shall be made as an employer pick-up under Section 414(h) of
12the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor Section
13thereof. Participants may make additional contributions to the
14self-managed plan in accordance with procedures prescribed by
15the System, to the extent permitted under rules adopted by the
16System.
17    The program shall provide for annual State contributions to
18be credited to the account of each employee who participates in
19the self-managed plan in an amount equal to 6% of the
20employee's compensation.
21    The System shall not be obligated to remit the required
22employer contributions to any of the insurance and annuity
23companies, mutual fund companies, banks, trust companies,
24financial institutions, or other sponsors of any of the funding
25vehicles offered under the self-managed plan until it has
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1the event of a deficiency in the amount of State contributions,
2the System shall implement those procedures described in
3subsection (b-1) of Section 16-158 to obtain the required
4funding from the Common School Fund.
5    (i) A participant in the self-managed plan becomes vested
6in the employer contributions credited to his or her accounts
7in the self-managed plan on the earliest to occur of the
8following: (1) attainment of 5 years of service credit; (2) the
9death of the participant while employed as a judge, if the
10participant has completed at least 1.5 years of service; or (3)
11the participant's election to retire and apply the reciprocal
12provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
13    A participant in the self-managed plan who receives a
14distribution of his or her vested amounts from the self-managed
15plan while not yet eligible for retirement under this Article
16(and Article 20, if applicable) shall forfeit all service
17credit and accrued rights in the System; if subsequently
18re-employed as a judge, the participant shall be considered a
19new employee. If a former participant again becomes a
20participating employee (or becomes employed by a participating
21system under Article 20 of this Code) and continues as such for
22at least 2 years, all such rights, service credits, and
23previous status as a participant shall be restored upon
24repayment of the amount of the distribution, without interest.
25    (j) If a participant who is vested in employer
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1entitled to a benefit which is based on the account values
2attributable to both employer and participant contributions
3and any investment return thereon.
4    If a participant who is not vested in employer
5contributions terminates employment, the participant shall be
6entitled to a benefit based solely on the account values
7attributable to the participant's contributions and any
8investment return thereon, and the employer contributions and
9any investment return thereon shall be forfeited. Any employer
10contributions which are forfeited shall be held in escrow by
11the company investing those contributions and shall be used, as
12directed by the System, for future allocations of employer
13contributions or for the restoration of amounts previously
14forfeited by former participants who again become
15participating employees.
16    (k) If a participant so requests, a distribution of funds
17from the self-managed plan may be paid in the form of a direct
18rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by
19federal law and in accordance with the rules of the System.
 
20    Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
212-3.11, 10-22.34c, 14-2, and 22-60 as follows:
 
22    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11)
23    Sec. 2-3.11. Report to Governor and General Assembly. To
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1before January 14 the condition of the schools of the State
2using the most recently available data.
3    Such annual report shall contain reports of the State
4Teacher Certification Board; the schools of the State
5charitable institutions; reports on driver education, special
6education, and transportation; and for such year the annual
7statistical reports of the State Board of Education, including
8the number and kinds of school districts; number of school
9attendance centers; number of men and women teachers;
10enrollment by grades; total enrollment; total days attendance;
11total days absence; average daily attendance; number of
12elementary and secondary school graduates; assessed valuation;
13tax levies and tax rates for various purposes; amount of
14teachers' orders, anticipation warrants, and bonds
15outstanding; and number of men and women teachers and total
16enrollment of private schools. The report shall give for all
17school districts receipts from all sources and expenditures for
18all purposes for each fund; the total operating expense, the
19per capita cost, and instructional expenditures; federal and
20state aids and reimbursements; new school buildings, and
21recognized schools; together with such other information and
22suggestions as the State Board of Education may deem important
23in relation to the schools and school laws and the means of
24promoting education throughout the state.
25    In this Section, "instructional expenditures" means the
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1to expenditure functions defined in rules of the State Board of
2Education as: 1100 (Regular Education); 1200-1220 (Special
3Education); 1250 (Ed. Deprived/Remedial); 1400 (Vocational
4Programs); 1600 (Summer School); 1650 (Gifted); 1800
5(Bilingual Programs); 1900 (Truant Alternative); 2110
6(Attendance and Social Work Services); 2120 (Guidance
7Services); 2130 (Health Services); 2140 (Psychological
8Services); 2150 (Speech Pathology and Audiology Services);
92190 (Other Support Services Pupils); 2210 (Improvement of
10Instruction); 2220 (Educational Media Services); 2230
11(Assessment and Testing); 2540 (Operation and Maintenance of
12Plant Services); 2550 (Pupil Transportation Service); 2560
13(Food Service); 4110 (Payments for Regular Programs); 4120
14(Payments for Special Education Programs); 4130 (Payments for
15Adult Education Programs); 4140 (Payments for Vocational
16Education Programs); 4170 (Payments for Community College
17Programs); 4190 (Other payments to in-state government units);
18and 4200 (Other payments to out of state government units).
19(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09; 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c)
21    Sec. 10-22.34c. Third party non-instructional services.
22Notwithstanding any other law of this State, nothing in this
23Code prevents a (a) A board of education from entering may
24enter into a contract with a third party for non-instructional
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1member or from laying lay off those educational support
2personnel employees upon 30 90 days written notice to the
3affected employees. , provided that:
4        (1) a contract must not be entered into and become
5    effective during the term of a collective bargaining
6    agreement, as that term is set forth in the agreement,
7    covering any employees who perform the non-instructional
8    services;
9        (2) a contract may only take effect upon the expiration
10    of an existing collective bargaining agreement;
11        (3) any third party that submits a bid to perform the
12    non-instructional services shall provide the following:
13            (A) evidence of liability insurance in scope and
14        amount equivalent to the liability insurance provided
15        by the school board pursuant to Section 10-22.3 of this
16        Code;
17            (B) a benefits package for the third party's
18        employees who will perform the non-instructional
19        services comparable to the benefits package provided
20        to school board employees who perform those services;
21            (C) a list of the number of employees who will
22        provide the non-instructional services, the job
23        classifications of those employees, and the wages the
24        third party will pay those employees;
25            (D) a minimum 3-year cost projection, using
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1        third party is prohibited from increasing if the bid is
2        accepted by the school board, for each and every
3        expenditure category and account for performing the
4        non-instructional services;
5            (E) composite information about the criminal and
6        disciplinary records, including alcohol or other
7        substance abuse, Department of Children and Family
8        Services complaints and investigations, traffic
9        violations, and license revocations or any other
10        licensure problems, of any employees who may perform
11        the non-instructional services, provided that the
12        individual names and other identifying information of
13        employees need not be provided with the submission of
14        the bid, but must be made available upon request of the
15        school board; and
16            (F) an affidavit, notarized by the president or
17        chief executive officer of the third party, that each
18        of its employees has completed a criminal background
19        check as required by Section 10-21.9 of this Code
20        within 3 months prior to submission of the bid,
21        provided that the results of such background checks
22        need not be provided with the submission of the bid,
23        but must be made available upon request of the school
24        board;
25        (4) a contract must not be entered into unless the
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1    accepted accounting principles, of each and every
2    expenditure category and account that the school board
3    projects it would incur over the term of the contract if it
4    continued to perform the non-instructional services using
5    its own employees with each and every expenditure category
6    and account that is projected a third party would incur if
7    a third party performed the non-instructional services;
8        (5) review and consideration of all bids by third
9    parties to perform the non-instructional services shall
10    take place in open session of a regularly scheduled school
11    board meeting, unless the exclusive bargaining
12    representative of the employees who perform the
13    non-instructional services, if any such exclusive
14    bargaining representative exists, agrees in writing that
15    such review and consideration can take place in open
16    session at a specially scheduled school board meeting;
17        (6) a minimum of one public hearing, conducted by the
18    school board prior to a regularly scheduled school board
19    meeting, to discuss the school board's proposal to contract
20    with a third party to perform the non-instructional
21    services must be held before the school board may enter
22    into such a contract; the school board must provide notice
23    to the public of the date, time, and location of the first
24    public hearing on or before the initial date that bids to
25    provide the non-instructional services are solicited or a
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1    whichever provides a greater period of notice;
2        (7) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the
3    contractor to offer available employee positions pursuant
4    to the contract to qualified school district employees
5    whose employment is terminated because of the contract; and
6        (8) a contract shall contain provisions requiring the
7    contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and
8    equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take
9    affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity for all
10    persons.
11    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, a board
12of education may enter into a contract, of no longer than 3
13months in duration, with a third party for non-instructional
14services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit
15member for the purpose of augmenting the current workforce in
16an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of
17the school district's students or staff, provided that the
18school board meets all of its obligations under the Illinois
19Educational Labor Relations Act.
20    (c) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
21of the 95th General Assembly are not applicable to
22non-instructional services of a school district that on the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
24Assembly are performed for the school district by a third
25party.
26(Source: P.A. 95-241, eff. 8-17-07; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/14-2)
2    Sec. 14-2. Class size Definition of general education
3classes classroom for special education students receiving
4services in the general education classes and special education
5classrooms for special education students receiving services
6in the special education classroom.
7    (a) The State Board of Education shall have no authority to
8adopt or promulgate any administrative rules or regulations
9that establish or limit the class size or ratio of the student
10population of a general education class for students receiving
11services in general education classes beyond what may be
12required by federal rule or law, unless the State Board of
13Education fully funds the cost of additional teachers and other
14staff that are required by such class size limitation. With
15respect to any State statute or administrative rule that
16defines a general education classroom to be composed of a
17certain percentage of students with individualized education
18programs (IEPs), students with individualized education
19programs shall exclude students receiving only speech services
20outside of the general education classroom, provided that the
21instruction the students receive in the general education
22classroom does not require modification.
23    (b) The State Board of Education shall have no authority to
24adopt or promulgate any administrative rules or regulations
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1classes beyond what may be required by federal rule or law,
2unless the State Board of Education fully funds the cost of
3additional teachers and other staff that are required by such
4class size limitation. "Special Education Classes" means any
5circumstance where only students with individual education
6plans are served and at least one special education teacher is
7assigned and provides instruction or therapy exclusively to
8students with individual education plans. In every instance, a
9school district must ensure that composition of the general
10education classroom does not interfere with the provision of a
11free and appropriate public education to any student.
12    (c) Any rule or regulation in effect establishing or
13limiting the class size or ratio of student population of
14general education classes for special education students
15receiving services in general education classes or
16establishing or limiting the class size of special education
17classes is hereby null and void on the effective date of this
18amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.
19(Source: P.A. 97-284, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/22-60)
21    Sec. 22-60. Unfunded mandates prohibited.
22    (a) No public school district or private school is
23obligated to comply with any statutory or regulatory mandate or
24requirement the following types of mandates unless a separate
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1for the mandate for the school year during which the mandate is
2required. :
3        (1) Any mandate in this Code enacted after the
4    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
5    Assembly.
6        (2) Any regulatory mandate promulgated by the State
7    Board of Education and adopted by rule after the effective
8    date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly
9    other than those promulgated with respect to this Section
10    or statutes already enacted on or before the effective date
11    of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
12    (b) If the amount appropriated to fund a statutory or
13regulatory mandate or requirement is insufficient to described
14in subsection (a) of this Section does not fully fund the
15mandated activity, then the school district or private school
16may choose to discontinue or modify the mandated activity to
17ensure that the costs of compliance do not exceed the funding
18received. Official action by a school board must take place
19before a school district may discontinue or modify a mandated
20activity due to insufficient funding from the State. If a
21school district discontinues or modifies a mandated activity
22due to insufficient funding from the State, then the school
23district shall maintain a list of discontinued or modified
24mandated activities. The list shall be provided to the State
25Board of Education upon request.
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1district shall petition its regional superintendent of schools
2on or before February 15 of each year to request to be exempt
3from implementing the mandate in a school or schools in the
4next school year. The petition shall include all legitimate
5costs associated with implementing and operating the mandate,
6the estimated reimbursement from State and federal sources, and
7any unique circumstances the school district can verify that
8exist that would cause the implementation and operation of such
9a mandate to be cost prohibitive.
10    The regional superintendent of schools shall review the
11petition. In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, he or she
12shall convene a public hearing to hear testimony from the
13school district and interested community members. The regional
14superintendent shall, on or before March 15 of each year,
15inform the school district of his or her decision, along with
16the reasons why the exemption was granted or denied, in
17writing. The regional superintendent must also send
18notification to the State Board of Education detailing which
19school districts requested an exemption and the results.
20    If the regional superintendent grants an exemption to the
21school district, then the school district is relieved from the
22requirement to establish and implement the mandate in the
23school or schools granted an exemption for the next school
24year. If the regional superintendent of schools does not grant
25an exemption, then the school district shall implement the
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1first student attendance day of the next school year. However,
2the school district or a resident of the school district may on
3or before April 15 appeal the decision of the regional
4superintendent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
5State Superintendent shall hear appeals on the decisions of
6regional superintendents of schools no later than May 15 of
7each year. The State Superintendent shall make a final decision
8at the conclusion of the hearing on the school district's
9request for an exemption from the mandate. If the State
10Superintendent grants an exemption, then the school district is
11relieved from the requirement to implement a mandate in the
12school or schools granted an exemption for the next school
13year. If the State Superintendent does not grant an exemption,
14then the school district shall implement the mandate in
15accordance with the applicable law or rule by the first student
16attendance day of the next school year.
17    If a school district or private school discontinues or
18modifies a mandated activity due to lack of full funding from
19the State, then the school district or private school shall
20annually maintain and update a list of discontinued or modified
21mandated activities. The list shall be provided to the State
22Board of Education upon request.
23    (c) (Blank). This Section does not apply to (i) any new
24statutory or regulatory mandates related to revised learning
25standards developed through the Common Core State Standards
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1standards or actions specified in this State's Phase 2 Race to
2the Top Grant application if the application is approved by the
3United States Department of Education or (ii) new statutory or
4regulatory mandates from the Race to the Top Grant through the
5federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 imposed
6on school districts designated as being in the lowest
7performing 5% of schools within the Race to the Top Grant
8application.
9    (d) (Blank). In any instances in which this Section
10conflicts with the State Mandates Act, the State Mandates Act
11shall prevail.
12(Source: P.A. 96-1441, eff. 8-20-10.)
 
13    (105 ILCS 5/27-24 rep.)
14    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.1 rep.)
15    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.2 rep.)
16    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.3 rep.)
17    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.4 rep.)
18    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.5 rep.)
19    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.6 rep.)
20    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.7 rep.)
21    (105 ILCS 5/27-24.8 rep.)
22    Section 20. The School Code is amended by repealing
23Sections 27-24, 27-24.1, 27-24.2, 27-24.3, 27-24.4, 27-24.5,
2427-24.6, 27-24.7, and 27-24.8.
 

 

 

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1    Section 22. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act is
2amended by changing Section 4.5 and 17 as follows:
 
3    (115 ILCS 5/4.5)
4    Sec. 4.5. Subjects of collective bargaining.
5    (a) Notwithstanding the existence of any other provision in
6this Act or other law, except subsection (a-5) of this Section,
7collective bargaining between an educational employer whose
8territorial boundaries are coterminous with those of a city
9having a population in excess of 500,000 and an exclusive
10representative of its employees may include any of the
11following subjects:
12        (1) (Blank).
13        (2) Decisions to contract with a third party for one or
14    more services otherwise performed by employees in a
15    bargaining unit and the procedures for obtaining such
16    contract or the identity of the third party.
17        (3) Decisions to layoff or reduce in force employees.
18        (4) Decisions to determine class size, class staffing
19    and assignment, class schedules, academic calendar, length
20    of the work and school day with respect to a public school
21    district organized under Article 34 of the School Code
22    only, length of the work and school year with respect to a
23    public school district organized under Article 34 of the
24    School Code only, hours and places of instruction, or pupil
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1        (5) Decisions concerning use and staffing of
2    experimental or pilot programs and decisions concerning
3    use of technology to deliver educational programs and
4    services and staffing to provide the technology.
5    (a-5) On and after the effective date of this amendatory
6Act of the 97th General Assembly, a school district organized
7under Article 34 of the School Code and an exclusive
8representative of that district's employees shall not enter
9into, amend, or renew a collective bargaining agreement that
10relates to decisions concerning the use and staffing of
11experimental or pilot programs or decisions concerning the use
12of technology to deliver educational programs and services and
13staffing to provide the technology.
14    (b) The subject or matters described in subsection (a) are
15permissive subjects of bargaining between an educational
16employer and an exclusive representative of its employees and,
17for the purpose of this Act, are within the sole discretion of
18the educational employer to decide to bargain, provided that
19the educational employer is required to bargain over the impact
20of a decision concerning such subject or matter on the
21bargaining unit upon request by the exclusive representative.
22During this bargaining, the educational employer shall not be
23precluded from implementing its decision. If, after a
24reasonable period of bargaining, a dispute or impasse exists
25between the educational employer and the exclusive
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1exclusively as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 12 of
2this Act in lieu of a strike under Section 13 of this Act.
3Neither the Board nor any mediator or fact-finder appointed
4pursuant to subsection (a-10) of Section 12 of this Act shall
5have jurisdiction over such a dispute or impasse.
6    (c) A provision in a collective bargaining agreement that
7was rendered null and void because it involved a prohibited
8subject of collective bargaining under this subsection (c) as
9this subsection (c) existed before the effective date of this
10amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly remains null and
11void and shall not otherwise be reinstated in any successor
12agreement unless the educational employer and exclusive
13representative otherwise agree to include an agreement reached
14on a subject or matter described in subsection (a) of this
15Section as subsection (a) existed before this amendatory Act of
16the 93rd General Assembly.
17(Source: P.A. 97-7, eff. 6-13-11; 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)
 
18    (115 ILCS 5/17)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1717)
19    Sec. 17. Effect on other laws. In case of any conflict
20between the provisions of this Act and any other law (other
21than the changes made by this amendatory Act of the 97th
22General Assembly), executive order or administrative
23regulation, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and
24control. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to replace or
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1"An Act to create the State Universities Civil Service System",
2approved May 11, 1905, as amended or modified.
3(Source: P.A. 83-1014.)
 
4    Section 25. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
5changing Sections 1-103 and 6-103 as follows:
 
6    (625 ILCS 5/1-103)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103)
7    Sec. 1-103. Approved driver education course. (a) Any
8course of driver education approved by the State Board of
9Education, offered by public or private schools maintaining
10grades 9 through 12, and meeting at least the minimum
11requirements of the "Driver Education Act", as now or hereafter
12amended, (b) any course of driver education offered by a school
13licensed to give driver education instructions under this Code
14that Act which meets at least the minimum educational
15requirements of the "Driver Education Act", as now or hereafter
16amended, and is approved by the State Board of Education, (c)
17any course of driver education given in another state State to
18an Illinois resident attending school in such state State and
19approved by the state State administrator of the Driver
20Education Program of such other state State, or (d) any course
21of driver education given at a Department of Defense Education
22Activity school that is approved by the Department of Defense
23Education Activity and taught by an adult driver education
24instructor or traffic safety officer.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 96-740, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
2    (625 ILCS 5/6-103)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103)
3    Sec. 6-103. What persons shall not be licensed as drivers
4or granted permits. The Secretary of State shall not issue,
5renew, or allow the retention of any driver's license nor issue
6any permit under this Code:
7        1. To any person, as a driver, who is under the age of
8    18 years except as provided in Section 6-107, and except
9    that an instruction permit may be issued under Section
10    6-107.1 to a child who is not less than 15 years of age if
11    the child is enrolled in an approved driver education
12    course as defined in Section 1-103 of this Code and
13    requires an instruction permit to participate therein,
14    except that an instruction permit may be issued under the
15    provisions of Section 6-107.1 to a child who is 17 years
16    and 3 months of age without the child having enrolled in an
17    approved driver education course and except that an
18    instruction permit may be issued to a child who is at least
19    15 years and 3 months of age, is enrolled in school, meets
20    the educational requirements of the Driver Education Act,
21    and has passed examinations the Secretary of State in his
22    or her discretion may prescribe;
23        2. To any person who is under the age of 18 as an
24    operator of a motorcycle other than a motor driven cycle
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1    provisions of Section 6-107 of this Code, successfully
2    completed a motorcycle training course approved by the
3    Illinois Department of Transportation and successfully
4    completes the required Secretary of State's motorcycle
5    driver's examination;
6        3. To any person, as a driver, whose driver's license
7    or permit has been suspended, during the suspension, nor to
8    any person whose driver's license or permit has been
9    revoked, except as provided in Sections 6-205, 6-206, and
10    6-208;
11        4. To any person, as a driver, who is a user of alcohol
12    or any other drug to a degree that renders the person
13    incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
14        5. To any person, as a driver, who has previously been
15    adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from any mental
16    or physical disability or disease and who has not at the
17    time of application been restored to competency by the
18    methods provided by law;
19        6. To any person, as a driver, who is required by the
20    Secretary of State to submit an alcohol and drug evaluation
21    or take an examination provided for in this Code unless the
22    person has successfully passed the examination and
23    submitted any required evaluation;
24        7. To any person who is required under the provisions
25    of the laws of this State to deposit security or proof of
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1    security or proof;
2        8. To any person when the Secretary of State has good
3    cause to believe that the person by reason of physical or
4    mental disability would not be able to safely operate a
5    motor vehicle upon the highways, unless the person shall
6    furnish to the Secretary of State a verified written
7    statement, acceptable to the Secretary of State, from a
8    competent medical specialist, a licensed physician
9    assistant who has been delegated the performance of medical
10    examinations by his or her supervising physician, or a
11    licensed advanced practice nurse who has a written
12    collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician
13    which authorizes him or her to perform medical
14    examinations, to the effect that the operation of a motor
15    vehicle by the person would not be inimical to the public
16    safety;
17        9. To any person, as a driver, who is 69 years of age
18    or older, unless the person has successfully complied with
19    the provisions of Section 6-109;
20        10. To any person convicted, within 12 months of
21    application for a license, of any of the sexual offenses
22    enumerated in paragraph 2 of subsection (b) of Section
23    6-205;
24        11. To any person who is under the age of 21 years with
25    a classification prohibited in paragraph (b) of Section
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1    with a classification prohibited in paragraph (c) of
2    Section 6-104;
3        12. To any person who has been either convicted of or
4    adjudicated under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon
5    a violation of the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois
6    Controlled Substances Act, or the Methamphetamine Control
7    and Community Protection Act while that person was in
8    actual physical control of a motor vehicle. For purposes of
9    this Section, any person placed on probation under Section
10    10 of the Cannabis Control Act, Section 410 of the Illinois
11    Controlled Substances Act, or Section 70 of the
12    Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act shall
13    not be considered convicted. Any person found guilty of
14    this offense, while in actual physical control of a motor
15    vehicle, shall have an entry made in the court record by
16    the judge that this offense did occur while the person was
17    in actual physical control of a motor vehicle and order the
18    clerk of the court to report the violation to the Secretary
19    of State as such. The Secretary of State shall not issue a
20    new license or permit for a period of one year;
21        13. To any person who is under the age of 18 years and
22    who has committed the offense of operating a motor vehicle
23    without a valid license or permit in violation of Section
24    6-101 or a similar out of state offense;
25        14. To any person who is 90 days or more delinquent in
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1    adjudicated in arrears in an amount equal to 90 days'
2    obligation or more and who has been found in contempt of
3    court for failure to pay the support, subject to the
4    requirements and procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of
5    the Illinois Vehicle Code;
6        14.5. To any person certified by the Illinois
7    Department of Healthcare and Family Services as being 90
8    days or more delinquent in payment of support under an
9    order of support entered by a court or administrative body
10    of this or any other State, subject to the requirements and
11    procedures of Article VII of Chapter 7 of this Code
12    regarding those certifications;
13        15. To any person released from a term of imprisonment
14    for violating Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or a
15    similar provision of a law of another state relating to
16    reckless homicide or for violating subparagraph (F) of
17    paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of Section 11-501 of this
18    Code relating to aggravated driving under the influence of
19    alcohol, other drug or drugs, intoxicating compound or
20    compounds, or any combination thereof, if the violation was
21    the proximate cause of a death, within 24 months of release
22    from a term of imprisonment;
23        16. To any person who, with intent to influence any act
24    related to the issuance of any driver's license or permit,
25    by an employee of the Secretary of State's Office, or the
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1    licensed by the Secretary of State, or any other individual
2    authorized by the laws of this State to give driving
3    instructions or administer all or part of a driver's
4    license examination, promises or tenders to that person any
5    property or personal advantage which that person is not
6    authorized by law to accept. Any persons promising or
7    tendering such property or personal advantage shall be
8    disqualified from holding any class of driver's license or
9    permit for 120 consecutive days. The Secretary of State
10    shall establish by rule the procedures for implementing
11    this period of disqualification and the procedures by which
12    persons so disqualified may obtain administrative review
13    of the decision to disqualify;
14        17. To any person for whom the Secretary of State
15    cannot verify the accuracy of any information or
16    documentation submitted in application for a driver's
17    license; or
18        18. To any person who has been adjudicated under the
19    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 based upon an offense that is
20    determined by the court to have been committed in
21    furtherance of the criminal activities of an organized
22    gang, as provided in Section 5-710 of that Act, and that
23    involved the operation or use of a motor vehicle or the use
24    of a driver's license or permit. The person shall be denied
25    a license or permit for the period determined by the court.
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1information, if the information is required to be held
2confidential under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
3(Source: P.A. 96-607, eff. 8-24-09; 96-740, eff. 1-1-10;
496-962, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-185, eff.
57-22-11.)
 
6    Section 30. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by changing
7Section 2 and by adding Section 11c as follows:
 
8    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
9    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
10mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
11hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
12contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
13repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
14whether owned, leased, or rented.
15    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
16otherwise:
17    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
18demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
19out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
20all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
21loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
22any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
23to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
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1Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
2Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
3the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
4available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; or funds from the
5Fund for Illinois' Future under Section 6z-47 of the State
6Finance Act, funds for school construction under Section 5 of
7the General Obligation Bond Act, funds authorized under Section
83 of the School Construction Bond Act, funds for school
9infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the State Finance Act,
10and funds for transportation purposes under Section 4 of the
11General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works" also includes (i)
12all projects financed in whole or in part with funds from the
13Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under the
14Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act for which
15there is no project labor agreement; (ii) all work performed
16pursuant to a public private agreement under the Public Private
17Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act; and (iii) all
18projects undertaken under a public-private agreement under the
19Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act. "Public
20works" also includes all projects at leased facility property
21used for airport purposes under Section 35 of the Local
22Government Facility Lease Act. "Public works" also includes the
23construction of a new wind power facility by a business
24designated as a High Impact Business under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E)
25of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. "Public works" does not
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1whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or
2paid for wholly or in part out of public funds. "Public works"
3does not include projects undertaken by the owner at an
4owner-occupied single-family residence or at an owner-occupied
5unit of a multi-family residence.
6    "School construction project" means the acquisition,
7development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation,
8improvement, architectural planning, and installation of
9capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures,
10durable equipment, and land for educational purposes.
11    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
12laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
13repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
14whether owned, leased, or rented.
15    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
16public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
17available in the county a sufficient number of competent
18skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
19works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
20county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
21be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
22sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
23respect to contracts for highway work with the Department of
24Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
25of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
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1workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
2    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
3commission of the State or any political subdivision or
4department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
5part by public funds, and includes every county, city, town,
6village, township, school district, irrigation, utility,
7reclamation improvement or other district and every other
8political subdivision, district or municipality of the state
9whether such political subdivision, municipality or district
10operates under a special charter or not.
11    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
12"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
13wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
14fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship programs
15approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
16Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
17vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
18the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
19similar character on public works.
20(Source: P.A. 96-28, eff. 7-1-09; 96-58, eff. 1-1-10; 96-186,
21eff. 1-1-10; 96-913, eff. 6-9-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-502,
22eff. 8-23-11.)
 
23    (820 ILCS 130/11c new)
24    Sec. 11c. School district exemption.
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1school district may exempt all school construction projects
2undertaken in the district from the requirements of this Act.
 
3    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
4Section 8.36 as follows:
 
5    (30 ILCS 805/8.36 new)
6    Sec. 8.36. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
7of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
8implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
9the 97th General Assembly.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 315/15from Ch. 48, par. 1615
4    30 ILCS 571/10
5    30 ILCS 571/15
6    30 ILCS 571/17 new
7    40 ILCS 5/1-160
8    40 ILCS 5/2-103.1 new
9    40 ILCS 5/2-103.2 new
10    40 ILCS 5/2-105.1 new
11    40 ILCS 5/2-108from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-108
12    40 ILCS 5/2-119from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119
13    40 ILCS 5/2-119.1from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 2-119.1
14    40 ILCS 5/2-126.2 new
15    40 ILCS 5/7-109from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 7-109
16    40 ILCS 5/14-103.10from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-103.10
17    40 ILCS 5/14-103.40 new
18    40 ILCS 5/14-103.41 new
19    40 ILCS 5/14-103.42 new
20    40 ILCS 5/14-103.43 new
21    40 ILCS 5/14-106.5 new
22    40 ILCS 5/14-107from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-107
23    40 ILCS 5/14-110from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110
24    40 ILCS 5/14-114from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-114
25    40 ILCS 5/14-133.2 new

 

 

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1    40 ILCS 5/15-103.1
2    40 ILCS 5/15-103.2
3    40 ILCS 5/15-107from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-107
4    40 ILCS 5/15-107.1 new
5    40 ILCS 5/15-111from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-111
6    40 ILCS 5/15-134.5
7    40 ILCS 5/15-134.6 new
8    40 ILCS 5/15-135from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-135
9    40 ILCS 5/15-136from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 15-136
10    40 ILCS 5/15-158.2
11    40 ILCS 5/16-104.1 new
12    40 ILCS 5/16-104.2 new
13    40 ILCS 5/16-106from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-106
14    40 ILCS 5/16-106.4 new
15    40 ILCS 5/16-121from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-121
16    40 ILCS 5/16-131.7 new
17    40 ILCS 5/16-132from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-132
18    40 ILCS 5/16-133.1from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-133.1
19    40 ILCS 5/16-152.1from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-152.1
20    40 ILCS 5/16-158from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-158
21    40 ILCS 5/16-158.2 new
22    40 ILCS 5/18-105.1 new
23    40 ILCS 5/18-105.2 new
24    40 ILCS 5/18-108.1 new
25    40 ILCS 5/18-111from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-111
26    40 ILCS 5/18-123.3 new

 

 

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1    40 ILCS 5/18-124from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-124
2    40 ILCS 5/18-125.1from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 18-125.1
3    40 ILCS 5/18-133.2 new
4    105 ILCS 5/2-3.11from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.11
5    105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c
6    105 ILCS 5/14-2
7    105 ILCS 5/22-60
8    105 ILCS 5/27-24 rep.
9    105 ILCS 5/27-24.1 rep.
10    105 ILCS 5/27-24.2 rep.
11    105 ILCS 5/27-24.3 rep.
12    105 ILCS 5/27-24.4 rep.
13    105 ILCS 5/27-24.5 rep.
14    105 ILCS 5/27-24.6 rep.
15    105 ILCS 5/27-24.7 rep.
16    105 ILCS 5/27-24.8 rep.
17    115 ILCS 5/4.5
18    115 ILCS 5/17from Ch. 48, par. 1717
19    625 ILCS 5/1-103from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-103
20    625 ILCS 5/6-103from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-103
21    820 ILCS 130/2from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2
22    820 ILCS 130/11c new
23    30 ILCS 805/8.36 new