(40 ILCS 5/11-125.8)
Sec. 11-125.8.
Service as police officer, firefighter, or teacher.
(a) Service rendered by an employee as a police officer and member of the
regularly constituted police department of the city, or as a firefighter
and regular member of the paid fire department of the city, or as a teacher
in the public school system in the city shall be counted, for the purposes
of this Article, as service rendered as an employee of the city. Salary
received for any such service shall be treated, for the purposes of this
Article, as salary received for the performance of duty as an employee.
(b) Credit shall be granted under subsection (a) only if (1) the employee
pays to the Fund prior to his or her separation from service an amount
equal to the employee contributions that would have been payable for that
service, based on the salary actually received, plus interest at the effective
rate, and (2) the employee has terminated any credit for that service
earned in any other annuity and benefit fund or pension fund in operation
in the city for the benefit of police officers, firefighters, or
teachers. The amount transferred to the Fund under item (1) of Section
5-233.1, if any, shall be credited against the contributions required under
this subsection.
(Source: P.A. 92-599, eff. 6-28-02.)
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